Today's Date:
January 12, 2025
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“Paradise Lost” by Milton : Satan, Heroism and Classical Definitions of the Epic Hero
Although Paradise Lost was written by John Milton more than three centuries ago, it remains an important fixture in the Western literary canon, and its central subject continues to be a cause for scholarly debate: Is Satan a heroic figure and more →
Close Reading of a Passage in Othello by Shakespeare : Analysis of the Presence of Racism
In Act I, Scene I of William Shakespeare’s play, Othello, the early exchange among Roderigo, Iago, and Brabantio about the alleged love between Brabantio’s daughter, Desdemona, and Othello, the black Moor, alludes the degree to which race will become an important →
Explanation and Analysis of “Ode to a Grecian Urn” by John Keats
The poem by John Keats, “Ode on a Grecian Urn”, is one of the most memorable and enduring of all the poems to come from the Romantic Period. “Ode on a Grecian Urn” is notable for its profound meditation and persuasive →
Historical Comparison of “Moll Flanders”, “The Country Wife”, and “A Harlot’s Progress”
Sexuality has always played a role in literature and art and is a common theme in three works of fiction from the eighteenth century, “Moll Flanders” by Daniel Defoe, “The Country Wife” by William Wycherley, and “A Harlot’s Progress” by →
The Significance of the Play Within the Play Structure of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare
One of the notable characteristics of the dramatic construction and presentation of William Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the fact that it contains two distinctly different plays within the larger framework of the main play. The author’s skillful →
Analysis of “The Mask of Anarchy” by Percy Bysshe Shelley : The Meaning and Function of the Grotesque
In the poem written by Percy Bysshe Shelley as a response to the 1819 Peterloo Massacre “The Mask of Anarchy,” the grotesque is used as both a narrative and emotional tool as well as an effective means to convey the →
