Literature

The effect that a narrative or a particular character has on the reader constitutes one of the major goals of most great authors.  If a reader does not respond to a particular story, situation or human plight, the work does not succeed in this arena.  As a result, many characters are presented as worthy of some amount of sympathy despite negative qualities to their characters.  To this end, all three major male figures – Macbeth, Victor Frankenstein, and John Proctor – all deserve...

Mandela and King Speech, a Comparison     The inaugural speech of Nelson Mandela and the “I Have a Dream” speech of Martin Luther King ring of freedom. In both cases they talk of suppression of their people and the need for freedom. They inspire us to look at the issues and feel the needs of their people. The methods in which they deliver these speeches are quite different, however. What they desire to accomplish with their speech is in many ways the same but the situation in which they...

In real life as well as in the fictional life, the people or readers always want happy endings. However, in fictions, the authors sometimes will avoid happy ending and instead use tragic ending to make an impact on the spectator or audience or reader. They argue that creating tragic endings will make the reader of a play, hold on to the creation for a longer time. So, tragic ending is a ploy, used by many writers including the greatest of them all, William Shakespeare. And in the play, “Othello”,...

The generation during the dawn and dusk of the First World War has been characterized by a great depression. This generation was marked by the depressed state of humanity which has been brought by the wrath and atrocity of the war. During this gloomy generation, the cultural ideals of love, peace and hope have been greatly challenged by the dreadful realities that the world faced. This saddening truth has been depicted in literature where a lot of authors creatively portrayed the destruction of...

The view of Aristotle to acquire virtue is to follow the path of middle between the extreme and the least which is very much different from the early Christian scholars who have advocated to accept the path of one side either of grace or sin, devils or angels, hell or heaven, good or bad, light or dark, death or life. This concept of moderation by Aristotle will remain relevant in each and every society irrespective of the race and country in the world. According to him the virtue lie in the mean...

“Children Need to Play, not Compete” by Jessica Statsky: An Evaluation by Christine Romano is an essay evaluating Statsky’s argument on competitive sports. Romano appreciates the piece but she thinks that there are important elements that are absent and should be considered. Romano presents her ideas by giving citations what parents might predictably ask regarding Statsky’s argument in both noncontact and contact sports. Romano cited that Statsky’s work was incomplete because it fails to anticipate...

The experiences one has during the growing up years have lasting impact on the mind of the individual. Childhood memories are with a person throughout his/her life. If the memories are pleasant, one derives pleasure from them while if they are painful they hurt extremely. Another phase of life that brings new experiences along with it is adolescence. This is the period of life when the wonderful feeling of love enters into one’s life. This stage of life and the blooming of love feelings are very...

The family is the basic unit of society. It is the place where a child begins to interact and respond to other people which will eventually turn into socializing. The parents are seen as the individuals who have the responsibility to guide their children through life and more fundamentally to provide them with the basic necessities needed to live which basically consists of food, shelter and clothing. This paper aims to explore more on the role of parents towards their children and vice versa;...

White Noise is the eigth novel of Don DeLillo which follows a year in a life of Jack Gladney, a professor and department head who became well-known for pioneering Hitler studies in a midwestern college known only as The-College-on –the-Hill. The book is divided into three parts. The first part entitled “Waves and Radiation”, sets the scene for the rest of the book and establishes the important characters. This section chronicles the absurd family life of Jack with his wife Babette and stepchildren,...

Introduction     William Shakespeare did not simply write his plays for the sole purpose of entertainment during the Elizabethan era. It can be assumed that it was his way of criticizing the society around him at the time. In his two most famous plays, Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet, he was able to use his players, the role-playing and the play itself to dissect human behavior, politics, and other societal issues such as feminism. He made use of complex characters and not simply oversimplified...