Today's Date:
January 18, 2025
The Power of Words & Language in Hamlet and Othello by William Shakespeare
In two of Shakespeare’s plays, Hamlet and Othello, the power of words helps drive the central action of the plots. While there are different motivations for characters to employ the power of words and language in both Hamlet and Othello , the result is generally the same. First →
A Realistic Utopia in Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swifts
Aside from the more overt satire on English society, much of “Gulliver’s Travels” is devoted to exploring potential utopias. Although there are obvious examples of utopias in the text, most notably represented by the Houyhnhnms, many do not seem realistically →
The Role of Women and Magic in “The Golden Ass” by Apuleius
Magic has long been a device used to attempt an explanation of the inexplicable. It has always been believed by some that there are powers at work we cannot understand. In “The Golden Ass” by Apuleius, magic plays a prominent role →
The Tragic Figure of Laura in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
The plot of “The Glass Menagerie” as well as the detailed stage directions in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams contributes to the reader’s perceptions of Laura as a tragic figure. While the reader of “The Glass Menagerie” knows explicitly that she suffers a →
The Incompatibility of Education and Slavery in The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
In his autobiography, “The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”, Douglass often lapses into assertions that the condition of slavery and education are incompatible for slaves. Throughout the text he is constantly oscillating between an intense desire to become more educated →
“The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”: An Analysis of Hypocrisy and Opposing Representations of Christianity
There are two forms of Christianity represented in The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and each are described and function differently throughout the text. Based on Douglass’ personal recollections and thoughts in The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, there →
Freedom, Liberty, and Meaning in the Slave Narrative: Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington and Olaudah Equiano
The concept of freedom and liberty is slightly different in various slave narratives. While all of them maintain that the institution of slavery must be abolished before freedom can be had for all, these three men, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, →
Major Themes in “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”
There are a number of important themes in “The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”. A few of which include inequality, education and an urban environment as the keys to freedom, as well as the duality of Christianity in terms →
Analysis and Summary of “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”
Although throughout the Narrative, Frederick Douglass has a tendency to skip around often and does not always follow a completely chronological ordering, the work begins with his childhood. Frederick Douglass gives a summary of how he, like many other slave children, has →
