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19 Jun 2025

The Tempest - Shakespeare (1611) - What is the author's viewpoint on humanity?

Text commentary - 2 pages - Literature

Since English playwrights have ever proved some deep and long-dated personal interest for human beings and social conditions, Shakespeare's last play, The Tempest which was performed by King James in 1611, mostly deals with contemporary subjects such as colonization and culture...

18 Jun 2025

A streetcar Named Desire - Tennesse Williams (1947) - The antagonism and attraction between Blanche and Stanley

Text commentary - 2 pages - Literature

If the most famous American writer of the twentieth century, Tennesse Willliams, once claimed that "America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans" referring to the obvious sociological archetypes of the modern America, his play named A Streetcar Named Desire, dated 1947...

18 Jun 2025

The Tempest - Shakespeare (1611) - Which way did Shakespeare explore to introduce this decisive part of the plot?

Text commentary - 2 pages - Literature

Drama plays are used to convey emotions in many different ways. As Robert Graves quotes, «There's no money in poetry, we have to concede that arts have initially nothing to do with any monetary consideration. Yet, The Tempest, Shakespeare's last play which was performed in 1611 by the...

21 May 2025

The Scarlet Letter, Chapters XVIII and XXII - Nathaniel Hawthorne (1850) - Detailed commentary plans

Text commentary - 2 pages - Literature

This document provides a very detailed outline of two texts from The Scarlet Letter: -A Flood of Sunshine -The Procession

20 May 2025

London - William Blake (1794) - Stance's analysis

Text commentary - 2 pages - Literature

"London" is quite a short poem; it's made up of sixteen lines composed of four stanzas of alternately rhyming short lines. "London" is part of the "Songs of Experience" which is part of William Blake's larger piece, Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1794) and is part of Blake's...

20 May 2025

The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? - Edward Albee (2000) - How is the Absurd conveyed in the play, and what is the result, especially for the audience watching the staging of the play?

Text commentary - 9 pages - Literature

As an unmissable American playwright, Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962) has brought him worldwide fame. The reasons for this success can be explained by the fact that, at that time, no American playwright had really brought the "theater of the Absurd" onto the...

19 May 2025

The Frontier: Interviewing a Descendant of the Pioneers

Creative writing - 2 pages - Literature

You are a successful American novelist. Recently, you found an old diary in your attic. You discovered that one of your ancestors was a pioneer who traveled west to find a better life. You have decided to write a novel about their life, and you have just been invited to a radio show to promote...

19 May 2025

The Mark on the Wall - Virginia Woolf (1917) - What is the significance of the "gaze" in this short story?

Text commentary - 3 pages - Literature

"The Mark on the Wall" by Virginia Woolf is a modernist short story that delves into the complex nature of perception and the workings of the human mind. The story is characterized by its stream-of-consciousness narrative, which allows the reader to explore the inner thoughts and reflections of...

18 May 2025

Wieland, Chapter 20 - Charles Brockden Brown (1798) - How Clara's grappling with the disclosure of her brother's trial leads her to question rationality and contemplate the existence of supernatural forces? - Introduction, detailed plan and conclusion

Text commentary - 2 pages - Literature

In this passage, Mr. Cambridge tries to rationalize the events by evoking Clara's grandfather's suicide. This discussion triggers Clara's internal debate on whether her brother's criminal act was a result of madness or some other supernatural or even divine force.

14 May 2025

Wieland, Chapter XX - Charles Brockden Brown (1798) - How does this chapter mark a decisive turning point in history?

Text commentary - 7 pages - Literature

In Chapter 20 of Wieland, the narrator experiences a profound revelation as they grapple with the shocking truth that Wieland, a man of gentle virtues and the brother, husband and father, is the perpetrator of a mysterious deed. This revelation, shrouded in disbelief, plunges the narrator into an...

01 May 2025

El Cuarto de Atrás - Carmen Martín Gaite (1978) - In what ways El Cuarto de Atrás could be thought to open up space for political dialogue? - Detailed Plan

Text commentary - 3 pages - Literature

As part of a course on "The battle of memory in the contemporary Spanish novel", the document comments on the novel El Cuarto de Atrás by Carmen Martin Gaité. The novel El Cuarto de Atrás was written by Carmen Martín Gaite and was published in 1978. The work is a unique combination of literary...

14 Mar 2025

The Heritage Status of Lucrezia Borgia, Between Myth and Reality

Presentation - 1 pages - Literature

I have chosen to talk to you about Lucrezia Borgia, focusing specifically on the difference between her real-life nature and her status in popular consciousness. Lucrezia was an Italian aristocrat born on April 18, 1480, in Rome and died on June 24, 1519, in Ferrara. She is the daughter of...

05 Jan 2025

A Golden Age - Tahmima Anam (2007) - Prose Fiction Essay

Essay - 3 pages - Literature

A golden age refers to an era of achievement and an age of sacrificing honour before peace and happiness are awarded. By naming her book 'A Golden Age' (2007), Tahmima Anam signalled to readers the subject matter of her novel. The novel deals with the liberation of Bangladesh while...

05 Jan 2025

Othello - Shakespeare (1604); Long Day's Journey into Night - Eugene O'Neill (1956) - The use of dramatic techniques

Text commentary - 3 pages - Literature

In order to hold the audience's attention, playwrights often incorporate many dramatic techniques into their plays. For example, in the Shakespearean tragedy "Othello" and the modern Eugene O'Neill play "Long Day's Journey into Night", conflict, symbolism and religious imagery are...

31 Oct 2024

Dune - Frank Herbert (1965) - Studying a Pivotal Scene

Text commentary - 3 pages - Literature

In a pivotal scene in Frank Herbert's novel, Dune, the evolvement of Paul Atreides from a noble man of a desert planet into a prophesied Kwisatz Haderach undergoes a turning point. Transfiguration is approaching its critical point, as Paul, along with his mother, is subjected to a horrible...

22 Oct 2024

Untouchability and Dalit women's oppression-Malik (1999); Domestic violence against Dalit women: A critical review- Vinutha (2014); Social Structure and Inequality of Dalits in Dalit Literature: An Overview-Gopinath (2018)- The Pain of Dalit Women

Text commentary - 2 pages - Literature

The narratives of Dalit women, often relegated to the peripheries of mainstream discourse, encapsulate the intersecting layers of oppression based on caste, class, and gender. Bela Malik's presentation of how the Convention against Untouchability and the Oppression of Dalit Women helps to...

22 Oct 2024

Pizza Bomber: The Untold Story of America's Most Shocking Bank Robbery, Chapters 23-30 - Jerry Clark and Ed Palattella (2017) - Justice, Resilience, and the Complexity of Human Behavior

Text commentary - 3 pages - Literature

The last part of the book additionally marks the resolution phase as the collection of all parts of the rich narrative in the Pizza Bomber case. These last chapters give readers a full general idea of the details and consequences of the case. The following sections, which contain the early...

21 Oct 2024

Village Infernos and Witches' Advocates: Witch-Hunting in Navarre, 1608-1614 - Lu Ann Homza (2022) - A Comprehensive Analysis of Witch Trials in Navarre

Text commentary - 3 pages - Literature

Village Infernos and Witches' Advocates: Witchcraft and Witch-Hunting in Navarre, 1608-1614, by Lu A. Homza, followed protocol diligently and studied the witch trials held in the Kingdom of Navarre during such a difficult era of cultural, social, religious, and political confusion. Through...

20 Oct 2024

First Poem for You - Kim Addonizio (1994) - Complexities and Contradictions in Intimate Relationships

Text commentary - 2 pages - Literature

Kim Addonizio's "First Poem for You" is a captivating exploration of the complexities and contradictions that often arise in the early stages of intimate relationships. Ultimately, using the inventive structure and words, Addonizio successfully conveys the contradictory needs that the...

19 Oct 2024

Trifles - Susan Glaspell (1916) - Setting

Artwork commentary - 3 pages - Literature

Setting can be an important element in creating a story and developing the themes within a literary work. For instance, a setting may be used to reveal more about a character, or perhaps it is just a backdrop and setting where a character finds him or herself. This paper examines how Glaspell...

18 Oct 2024

Hamlet, Act V, Scene 1 - William Shakespeare (1623) - The Importance of the Gravedigger's Scene to the Whole Play

Artwork commentary - 2 pages - Literature

In William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, there is a scene that is often considered one of the most iconic and thought-provoking moments in the entire play—the gravedigger's scene. This scene, which occurs in Act V, Scene I, remains memorable to audiences due to its dark humor and somber...

17 Oct 2024

SAS Survival Handbook - John "Lofty" Wiseman (1986)

Book review - 3 pages - Literature

The book's title clearly states that it covers comprehensive survival knowledge. Authored by John 'Lofty' Wiseman, a former survival teacher for the legendary Special Air Service (SAS), this book is a true beacon of preparedness in a sea of uncertainty. Of course, this is a time of...

12 Oct 2024

A Lesson before dying - Ernest J. Gaines (1993) - Reader's response essay

Text commentary - 4 pages - Literature

'A Lesson Before Dying' is a touching novel created by Ernest J. Gaines, a remarkable African-American writer whose works illustrate the lives of the rural Southerners in the era of segregation. This novel is set in a small Louisiana town in the late 1940s where the topics of racism,...

11 Oct 2024

I heard a fly buzz -when I died - Emily Dickinson (1896); Death Be Not Proud - John Donne (1633); Starry Night - Anne Sexton (1962) - Perspectives on Death in Poetry

Text commentary - 2 pages - Literature

Among all the subjects researched, those of human life are always of the most significant interest, and none rivals the topic of death in terms of a captivating and meaningful theme. Through the lens of poetry, this essay delves into the varied perspectives on death as portrayed in three distinct...

11 Oct 2024

Family Dynamics and Fairy Tales: A Personal Perspective

Creative writing - 2 pages - Literature

With that autobiographical experience in mind, I found many parallels to complex family dynamics in the famous fairy tale "Cinderella" by the Brothers Grimm. At its core, the story deals with the struggles between a folk heroine named Cinderella and her wicked stepmother and stepsisters after her...

01 Oct 2024

The Great Gatsby, Chapter III, Excerpt - Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1925)

Text commentary - 3 pages - Literature

In this excerpt from Francis Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, the narrator, Nick Carraway, offers a reflective account of his life as a young bond salesman during a summer in New York. After having described the dazzling and opulent parties held at Jay Gatsby's mansion, Nick now...

01 Oct 2024

Walden or Life in the Woods, Excerpt - H. D. Thoreau (1854)

Text commentary - 4 pages - Literature

In the intricate labyrinth of literature that delves into the realm of human interaction with the natural world, few works have as much reverence and significance as Henry David Thoreau's "Walden or Life in the Woods." Written in the serene setting of Walden Pond, where Thoreau spent two...

31 Aug 2024

The Bastard - Erskine Caldwell (1929) - What was the writer's purpose with the expression of violence in this novel?

Text commentary - 2 pages - Literature

'Where there is no human connection (...) there is no compassion. The isolated turn cruel in the forms of domestic and civil violence' here is a brief definition from the writer Susan Vreeland which perfectly matches the title character of Erskine Caldwell's crime novel The Bastard....

30 Aug 2024

The Things They Carried, Ambush - Tim O'Brien (1990) - How does the past affect the present in this essay?

Text commentary - 7 pages - Literature

Perhaps more than any other group in society, veterans have a difficult and painful past. Some remember their combat experiences vividly; Some block them entirely. The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien (b. 1946), is a collection of short stories that are interdependent. All of these stories...

30 Aug 2024

Great Expectations, Chapter 41 - Charles Dickens (1861) - Pip's Assessment of a Past Event

Text commentary - 2 pages - Literature

Published in 1861 and written by Charles Dickens, Great Expectations is the perfect illustration of the Victorian period. Through this novel, Dickens portrays different social classes in industrial Britain, and mock the aristocracy. Different styles are blended together (notably gothic and...