Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving is a set in a small village with mountainous landscape by the banks of River Hudson. It depicts the simple life of the inhabitants under the British rule. The main character is Rip Van Winkle, a good-natured Dutch man who is held in high esteem within the village. Irving...Read More
A pastoral elegy is a type of poem whose meaning and significance is centered on death and the heavenly rural life. This type of poem is often written in an expressive way and in a somber tone to express disappointment in the demise of a loved one.Read More
The discriminating nature of postcolonial hypothesis involves destabilizing Western methods thinking, subsequently making space for the marginalized group, or subaltern, to talk and produce options to prevailing discourse.Read More
Gender roles in fairy tales, folktales, myths, and legends are clearly depicted among the characters in a given piece of art. The protagonist who can either be a hero or heroine displays a perfect example of the role they assume throughout a story (McCormick and White 494).Read More
The play Prologue to Euripides Medea and the play Doll’s House by Ibsen have various similarities that account to Specific areas covered, and perfectly elaborated on major themes of character and character plotting, gender and genre, time and place.Read More
In the 19th century, women were constantly finding themselves in situations where they had to put up with certain condescending attitudes from the society, especially from men, regarding their social status in the society.Read More
One day, while driving home, a man spotted an SUV on the roadside. The sunset reflections from the side of the SUV were blinding, but the man could see a stranded old woman standing by the car.Read More
“Frankenstein and Radical Science” by Marilyn Butler mainly focuses on rather concentrates on the existing contrast between two revisions that were made on the novel Frankenstein. Butler argues that the major focus in the first edition is religion and its relations to creation. Thus, it tries to bring up the concept that God created the...Read More
Delia’s husband does not like her to keep white’s clothes in their house. She goes ahead to rebel against him. This is how she is able to make a living for both of them since her husband continues to spend his money on another woman. He decides to bring a snake in the house to...Read More
Winter is a season; a temporal period. In the story ‘Snow’ by Ann Beattie, the female narrator uses snow to symbolize a temporal period. When the chipmunk entered the house through a load of firewood brought in by her lover (Bailey 2001), it was lucky to find a place to hide considering it was cold...Read More
