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February 22, 2025
“Turn of the Screw” by Henry James as a Psychological Thriller?
At its core, and for several reasons that will be explained in more detail in this analysis of the narrator and nature of the story “Turn of the Screw” by Henry James, it is clear that this story is psychological thriller →
Analysis of the Play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell
Susan Glaspell’s play, Trifles, was written in 1916, and reflects the author’s preoccupation with culture-bound notions of gender and sex roles. As the title of the play by Susan Glaspell, “Trifles” (click here for a full plot summary) suggests, the concerns of →
The Thousand and One Nights : Character Analysis of Shahrazad and Issues of Gender & Feminism
Throughout the ancient tale that spawned from even older oral traditions in the Middle East, in “Thousand and One Nights”, Shahrazad occupies not only the position of storyteller, but of teacher. Throughout “Thousand and One Nights” she relates ideas about →
Tragic Characters in “Things Fall Apart” and “Oedipus Rex” : Comparison of Elements of Tragedy in Achebe and Sophocles
In “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, both Okonkwo and Oedipus possess tragic flaws, which lead to their eventual downfalls, thus making both “Oedipus The King” and “Things Fall Apart” fall under the category →
Comparison Essay on Things Fall Apart and My Antonia
There are two vastly different portrayals of women and femininity presented in Willa Cather’s My Antonia and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. In Cather’s text, My Antonia, women are offered a far more equal role in society and their interactions with men, particularly the narrator, →
Short Story Analysis and Themes Summary of “A Temporary Matter” by Jhumpa Lahiri
The fact that this short story is called “A Temporary Matter” is interesting on two levels. First of all, although the main action of the short story “A Temporary Matter” by Jhumpa Lahiri revolves around very important life events such →
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens: Character Analysis and Complexity
In nearly all novels by Dickens, characters take the main the stage and generally are just as important as the plot becuase of their complexity. Charles Dickens’ novel, A Tale of Two Cities, offers far more to the reader than the →
Analysis and Summary of “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston
As the short story by Zora Neale Hurston, “Sweat” begins, the reader is introduced to the protagonist, Delia, as she is sorting clothes on a spring night in Florida at her home. The main character in Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat” →
Comparison Essay on Like Water for Chocolate and The Stranger (Esquivel & Camus)
Although different understandings of love are presented in this comparison essay on “Like Water for Chocolate” by Esquivel and “The Stranger” by Camus, mothers figure prominently in both “Like Water for Chocolate” by Esquivel and “The Stranger” by Camus. Both novels, “Like Water →
