Measure for Measure is a play that features women from different backgrounds who represent Viennese society. Isabella, an upper-class woman, is featured along with her lower-class compatriots like Mistress Overdone. But they all share one thing; in male dominated Vienna, …

Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway of 1925 reveals many details about Clarissa through flowers. She uses flowers to play a game of artificial life. Clarissa is unable to understand people, so she gives flowers human characteristics and creates attachments with them. …

James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” is full of light that transforms and destroys while elevating thoughts and feelings. Sonny and the narrator’s brother grew-up in Harlem. They lived amongst the housing projects of the city and its drug-infested streets. Sonny and …

Gary Paulsen is the author of Hatchet. The story is about Brian, a thirteen-year old boy who crash-lands in the Canadian wilds and must survive on his very own. Brian, a thirteen-year-old boy who is visiting his father in Alaska …

Dante used contrapasso in Inferno to create an alternate world, one with a unique psychological depth. It also had a higher potential for suffering. Contrapasso differentiates each infernal soul by tailoring his or her punishment to their sin. Every soul …

Strong words can influence people’s views the most. We communicate using words, which can be powerful and influential. The book “The Book Thief”, by Markus Zusak uses words to influence people’s belief systems and create connections between friends and family. …

Imagine not being allowed to make your own decisions in life, having to be taken from home. Esi, a half-sister from Ghana and Effia a full sister who never met were both in the same situation. The first was captured …

Richard II, a play written by William Shakespeare, chronicles the rise and fall of King Richard II. Simultaneously it also depicts Henry Bolingbroke’s rise to the throne. Shakespeare’s work contains several images that relate to speech, breath, words, names, and …

The Declaration of Independence was based on the Second Treatise of Government by John Locke. In the case of the King’s claims, the similarities are striking. However, they can be seen in other respects as well. Locke’s idea of the …

In literature (novels, folk tales, plays, movies, etc.) Two types of “coming-of age” stories are presented. Traditional methods are geared towards preparing a child for adulthood. The traditional method is to prepare the youth for adulthood. In a painful, yet …