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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller (1949) - American theater in the 20th century
Book review - 5 pages - Literature
Miller's play is based on a number of assumptions on national, social identity of his audience. He imagined that he would really address a wide-social spectrum and not just Americans impatient with any theatrical enterprise that require education or patience. He addressed a serious audience,...
The Plough and the Stars - Sean O'Casey (1926) - How does the author show his political commitment?
Text commentary - 3 pages - Literature
As Pagans' character John from Thomas MacDonagh's play quotes 'A man who is a mere author is nothing' in 1915, most of the Irish writers, especially playwriters of the period are not only talented dramatists but also national-convinced activists, politically committed and often...
The sonnet: 20th-21st century - British Poetry
Course material - 3 pages - Literature
Wilfred Owen was 25 when he died. Literary man who was a poet and knew people who published, that is how his poems were published. Monument in British culture. Wilfred knew what the war was about, the dominating powers behind it... When analysing, first impression is the first thing we should...
Runaway, Trespasses, Extract - Alice Munro (2004)
Text commentary - 3 pages - Literature
'Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up' wrote the American polemist Camille Paglia. Everything is also a question of identity in Alice Munro's short story collection Runaway, published in 2004. The...
