World Literature essays:
The corruption of Culture in Yukio Mishimas "Swaddling Clothes".
... and that the changes that are being made are corrupting their moral values. The story is told through Toshiko, a lonely and seemingly oppressed wife and mother. She shows how this corruption is leading to decay. The story depicts the corruption of Japanese culture by western modernization ...
The presentation and significance of the maternal instinct in So long a letter (Mariama Bâ) and Mother Courage and her Children (Bertolt Brecht).
... Frequent references to maternal instinct can be found in So long a letter and Mother Courage and her Children. Certain aspects of a character reveal themselves in the behaviour and actions taken due to the maternal instinct. In addition to giving insight into character, both Bâ and Brecht use the ...
Ideologies of the reader is a main factor which results in the readers reading.
... Stolen Car" by Archie Wellar, "Manhood" by John Wain, and "Through the Tunnel" by Doris Lessing. All these texts presented the reading that boys feel the need to be men. The various factors that produced the reading included, values and beliefs (ideologies), characters, and ...
Book Review of 'Leap of Love: A Novella' By Catherine Lim
... Vancouver for his marriage. He left with a promise to come back every 29th February. Over the years, Li-ann couldn't forget him, regardless how K.S. and her mother persuaded her to give up. 4 years later, Jeremy came back. He divorced his wife and ...
Sacrafices to Social Appearances: A Comparative Analysis between Kate Chopin's The Awakening and Henrik Iben's A Doll's House.
... Nora before her awakenings, Edna also played the role of the submissive wife and nurturing mother, however, Edna later seeks to rekindle the passionate life of her youth, which she sacrificed when she married Leonce. Although Edna does not spend a great deal of time with her children, the ...
Star-crossed Lovers or Just Unfortunate Circumstance Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
... And the continuance of their parents' rage, Which, but their childrens end, naught could remove (Prologue, 1-14). Circumstance plays a major role in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. The driving power of this play is in the actions the characters engage in and ...
Forms of colonialism in Achebe's Things Fall Apart
... the turning point that forced things to fall apart. Furthermore, Achebe portrays the idea of colonialism, and the way it quietly gains acceptance across the country and then takes over just when the country has been disrupted enough to be overruled by foreign forces. When religion is acting as the ...
The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
... the story interesting to the reader. Despite the constant struggle between Jekyll and Hyde, they are the same person and the struggle is just an exagerated example of the choice of good or bad which all people deal with in their life. While Jekyll seems to be moral and good and the majority of the ...
Character Comparision Between A Rose for Emily and The Yellow Wallpaper
... the characters. References: Faulkner,William. " A Rose for Emily ." Discovering Literature: Stories, Poems, and Plays. 3rd ed. Eds. Hans P. Guth and Gabriele Rico. Upper Saddle River, N.J. Prentice Hall,2003.165-172. Howells, William Dean, "A Reminiscent Introduction," in The Great Modern ...
Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Heale Hurston Literary Elements
... and being the mayor's wife, held her from having any friends at all. Being watched constantly by the town, restricted Janie from doing what she pleased, along with a selfish husband. Janie seems to lose her innocence living in an urban setting, being corrupted by the ...