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...
Knowledge and Christian Belief - Alvin Plantinga (2015) - Philosophical Foundations for Applied Apologetics.
Text commentary - 4 pages - Philosophy
Alvin Plantinga's "Knowledge and Christian Belief" explores the complex link between knowledge and faith. Plantinga delves into epistemology from a Christian perspective. He examines how reason and religious belief might coexist by challenging standard definitions of rationality and religion....
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...
Othello - William Shakespeare (1603) - The Character of Iago and Freud's Psychoanalytic Theories
Text commentary - 2 pages - Philosophy
"Othello," a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, has been preserved as a timeless classic of human emotion and tragedy. Mirroring the Venice and Cyprus setting of the play, themes of envy, deceit, and uncontrollable human immoderation are played out closely. The central situation of "Othello"...
Genetic Engineering: Humankind's Future or Doom?
Essay - 3 pages - Philosophy
Genetic engineering has revolutionized life-altering science. This vital technology has grown significantly since scientists first genetically modified bacteria in the 1970s, influencing healthcare and agriculture. Like every revolutionary innovation, genetic engineering raises difficult ethical,...
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...
Discuss the Advantages and Disadvantages of Space Exploration
Essay - 2 pages - Philosophy
The desire to explore in space certainly is an expression of never-ending human curiosity that leads us to conquer new lands that have not been discovered yet. It is only a domain of knowledge and technology that is solely concerned with travel beyond the atmosphere of our planet Earth, as well...
Do you personally believe religious instruction and public secondary education are compatible?
Dissertation - 1 pages - Philosophy
Since 1991, the percentage of N.O.N.E.S ("None of the above") has increased by 266%, and this proportion of non-religious American citizens is showing no sign of decline. Therefore, how could one claim that religious instruction is still relevant to public education and should not be seen as...
In your opinion, should there be limits to freedom of the press?
Essay - 1 pages - Philosophy
One of the pillars of democracies, freedom of the press is a fundamental right guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US Constitution. It ensures people are properly informed, as when the Washington Post revealed the Watergate scandal which led to the resignation of President Nixon in 1974. Yet...
The moral status of non-human animals - Ethical Dilemmas in Human-Animal Relations: Speciesism, Benign Carnivorism, and Animal Experimentation
Essay - 5 pages - Philosophy
In today's society, the ethical treatment of animals has become the subject of a powerful debate. Our obligation to manage the complex principle of ethical questions surrounding the role of animals in our environment grows as our knowledge of animal cognition, sentience, and emotions deepens....
Philosophy of Science: Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhns Debate
Essay - 6 pages - Philosophy
This essay aims to discuss the contribution of Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhns theories to the philosophy of science and how their debates in their journals contrasted with each other. Kuhn's thought of paradigm and paradigm shift in his normal science. Popper rather went in a different...
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...
A gothic short story
Creative writing - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages
The following gothic short story takes place in the eighteenth century, in a little countryside named Alohaa. Very few people have already been there. Indeed, a lot of mysterious things have happened. (...)
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...
Brain Drain and Reverse Brain Drain - Interview
Creative writing - 3 pages - Linguistics & languages
This written expression exercise simulates an interview in English for a talk show "Talk About It." The subject is the brain drain phenomenon.
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...
Linguistics - Adjectives and pronouns
Worksheets - 9 pages - Linguistics & languages
Adverbs must modify the verb. For instance: She played the guitar dreadfully. The adverb doesn't always change the verb and describes the speaker's attitude. Prescriptivism leads to binary distinctions. One particular form is considered to be more elegant, easier to understand etc. It...
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...
Romeo and Juliet - Shakespeare (1597) ; Snow falling on Cedars - David Guterson (1995) ; Photo by Annie Leibovitz - Forbidden Love
Text commentary - 1 pages - Literature
The topic of forbidden love is approached in each document. The first one is an excerpt from Romeo and Juliet written by the famous Shakespeare, a British poet of the 16th century. Corneille, Racine, Aristotle, and Horace are emblematic figures of this theatrical movement. The second one is a...
The Importance of Being Earnest, Act II - Oscar Wilde (1895)
Text commentary - 3 pages - Literature
'As a man sow, so shall he reap': a biblical saying that Miss Prism, as a good Christian, must have been taught at church. But to feel righteous, it is not enough to utter it as she does when reacting to the tidings of Jack's brother's death, it also takes to apply it personally....
Break It Down, Once A Very Stupid Man - Lydia Davis (1986) - How does the author convey a peculiar writing style and sense to her story?
Text commentary - 1 pages - Literature
As the American writer, Matthew Weiner wrote « Identity is part of drama to me. Who am I? Why am I behaving this way? And am I aware of it? », this quote could genuinely sum up the quintessential quest drawn from Lydia Davis's Break It Down short story, entitled Once A Very Stupid Man and...
The Figure in the Carpet - Henry James (1896) - The meaning of art and literature
Text commentary - 2 pages - Literature
The narrator, a young book reviewer, is asked by Corvik, one of his colleagues, to write a review of a well-known author's (named Vereker) latest book. Having read the review, Vereker seizes the opportunity, when he meets the narrator, to tease him by revealing that he has missed the most...
