Category: Literary Criticism

Commentary Essay on ‘The Stranger’ Meursault, the protagonist of the novel, discovers that his mother died in an old home. The death of his mother seems to have little effect on him due to his detached emotions and self centered belief of living which makes him look ‘The Stranger’ to the society. Meursault gets into…

Essay on Internalized Racism in ‘The Bluest Eye’ Race and prejudice are extremely complex issues in The Bluest Eye. Contrary to the typical image of racism, including white indignity against blacks, The Bluest Eye investigates the issue of prejudice between ethnic minorities. In this book, there are hardly any white characters in Morrison’s epic and…

Essay on Gender Roles in ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ Have you ever thought of what It wouldve been like to exist in an earlier era? A society riddled with inequality; where individuals were expected to have certain qualities, and if not, considered unworthy. In The Importance of Being Earnest, written by the famous Oscar…

The Importance of Being Earnest’ Theme Essay An Argumentative Analysis of the Themes within The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde’s ‘The Importance Of Being Earnest’ investigates different themes of adoration and marriage, particularly in Act 1, where marriage in Victorian culture is generally negated as an ‘extremely charming state,’ rather utilizing different comedic devices, for…

Similarities and Differences in To Kill a Mockingbird and The Lamp at Noon To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel was written by Harper Lee, through the narrative of Jean Louise who everyone usually calls her is Scout. She lives in a small city named Maycomb with her family, that are older brother Jem and…

The Reasons Medea Is Not Just Some Crazy Homicidal Lady In her eponymous play, Medea, in the name of revenge for Jasons betrayal, kills her own children. I will argue that Medeas actions are, in fact, logically justified because they are rational when viewed on a cosmic scale. First, Jasons severest and highest offense is…

Reasoning And Judgment In Medea Think about the last time you were angry and someone told you to calm down. Did it work? Did you go from angry to complete calmness? Of course not. Human brains have developed over time. We have one brain that can be essentially divided into two sections. The modern brain…

Essay on Symbolism of ‘The Color Purple’ Women have had to fight to get to where they are today. The right to vote, equal wages, the perception of their status in society… all these victories, whether fully achieved or not, have been, and still are today, a struggle. In a hetero-patriarchal society where men have…

Salvage The Bones And Medea: Common Themes And Ideas Salvage the Bones is narrated by a teenager named Esch. She is the only girl in an all-male family, since her mother is dead, and her father is an alcoholic. Isolated and alone in this savage town (the towns name Bois Sauvage and the fact that…

Essay on Homeric Similes in ‘The Odyssey’ The Odyssey, an epic poem by Homer that details Odysseus quest for homecoming after the Trojan War, is a work that has remained relevant for thousands of years because of its ability to examine and discuss many different important aspects of being human. The hero of the narrative…