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Metaphorical Titles in Reference to Mental Conflict Metaphors create enticing writing that allows readers to understand text beyond a surface level. In many pieces of literature, metaphors are used within the text or the title to capture the...

Life asked Death, “Why do people love me but hate you?” Death replied, “Because you are a beautiful lie and I am a painful truth.” - Anonymous

Edgar Allan Poe’s “Masque of the Red Death” takes place in 15th century medieval times where disease...

Due to the obligatory nature of motherhood, Plath exposes the co-dependent relationship between mother and child, unveiling the nuances of love, dependency and fear endured by women. Sylvia Plath's poetry collection "Ariel" uncovers the subtle yet...

William Carlos Williams’ work “The Use of Force” is told from the narrative perspective of a doctor reminiscing on a home visit he made to a sick child. The visit starts off normal as the doctor takes stock of his patient’s symptoms and...

“May the odds be ever in your favor,” are the notorious words of Effie Trinket in the first installment of “The Hunger Games” movies. The dystopian story takes place in the post-apocalyptic society of Panem in North America, 74 years after a...

'The Dressmaker’, directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse in 2015 and ‘Muriel’s Wedding’, directed by P.J. Hogan in 1994, are both Australian comedy-drama films that explore the theme of escaping a country town. In ‘The Dressmaker’, Myrtle Dunnage returns...

Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" explores the difficulties of moral progressiveness due to character's inherent desires to fulfil the ludicrous demands of contemporary society which are rooted in traditional values. The unattainable...

“The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.” Formulated by James Truslow Adams, this is the first official definition...

In the Anglo-Saxon poetic tradition, the feast is the epitome of order in society. Feast scenes such as those scene in heroic poems like Beowulf give leaders the opportunity to solidify their retainers’ bonds through generosity and gift-giving,...

The accentuation of a period in history where intuition and intimation were used to condemn individuals is reflected in Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men, which stands in stark counterpoint to these injustices, typified by the oppressive power of...

Time is the scarcest resource and it affects society and people by causing extremely major changes either positive or negative; time is as well indefinite and continuous. In “A Streetcar Named Desire”, the readers face and observe the considerable...

Poets Robinson Jeffers and Robert Frost were early modernist poets who had strong feelings towards nature and believed people should act accordingly to keep it safe. The poems "Carmel Point" and "Shine, Perishing Republic" by Jeffers show his...

The film, Maybe I’ll Come Home in the Spring, illustrates a clear distinction between two different generations through the lens of a suburban family's life. The movie starts with Denise and her journey back home to her parents after abruptly...

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a profound and emotionally challenging movie that attacks various nuances within the high school educational and social setting. While it is specific to one individual, Charlie, and his navigation of this new and...

Lack of familial support is the primary reasoning behind low self-esteem and insufficient development in children. In Catherine Hernandez’s Scarborough, poverty is the root cause of neglect. In the novel, Sylvie displays the obstructive impact of...

In a society today that idealizes perfection, many find themselves forming a façade to hide their flawed reality. In “Dressing Up for the Carnival” by Carol Shields, a disguised truth prevails, showing that those who are posed with domestic issues...

In When the Emperor Was Divine, Julie Otsuka takes us through the journey of a Japanese-American family that is displaced to internment camps along with many other families because of the war. The novel is told through the different perspectives...

Immigrants often face social alienation and exclusion from the society they are trying to enter, causing them to feel powerless. In Michael Ondaatje’s In the Skin of a Lion, it is shown that the hardships of entering a new cultural space cause an...

Viktor Frankl, a neurologist, psychologist and Holocaust survivor once quoted, “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” This suggests that sometimes a person might find himself in a dangerous...

When viewed unironically, “The Revenger’s Tragedy” may appear to be a misogynistic play. However, upon viewing it through a satirical lens, it seems unlikely that the playwright shares the motifs and ideas that the story seemingly promotes....

Given that Shakespeare’s primary motivation for writing Richard III was less fueled by a desire to accurately depict the objective truth regarding the title character’s short-lived tenure as England’s monarch, than it was by the intention of...

Hunter S. Thompson’s novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream is his magnum opus and in it, that is exactly what he does, which is to endure a “savage journey to the heart of the American dream”....

‘Gattaca’ (1997) directed by Andrew Niccol, follows the life of Vincent Freeman. Vincent was born with mutations in his DNA, therefore illegally purchases the DNA of genetically superior Jerome Morrow, to fulfill his career aspiration of space...

We emotionally respond to a text as it has been intentionally set up to manipulate the audience into behaving and thinking in a particular manner. The Help is a historical fiction film set during the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement and outlines...