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The Qur’anic presentation of Jesus is oddly similar to the New Testament presentation of Jesus; this may come unexpected to any individual not well-versed in both the Qur’an and the New Testament. At its core, the Qur’an narrative corroborates...

In the Roman imperial world — precisely around 177 CE — Christians were being scrutinized and punished because of their idea of true religion. At this time, the Romans defined the Christians’ religious deviance as atheism, cannibalism, and incest....

In Milton's Paradise Lost, Satan appears to be an antagonist to God, but is actually a hero in rebel form. Through his speeches and the birth of Sin, Satan establishes himself as a creator. Creation, especially through word, is the ultimate form...

Christina Rossetti’s “Goblin Market” and John Keats’ “La Belle Dame sans Merci” explore the power of women. “Goblin Market” preaches that women have the power to renew the lives of other women. Keats explores the way a woman’s seduction can...

The story of The Metamorphosis is a troubling one in that the author, Franz Kafka, left the interpretation of its proceedings open to the reader. Because Kafka did not leave any sort of metaphorical explanation for the short-story, there are many...

In A.E. Housman’s “The Carpenter’s Son” and Christin Rossetti’s “Good Friday”, both authors write about the Passion of the Christ. The poem is written from Jesus’ point of view in “The Carpenter’s Son” and portrays Jesus’ regret and doubt. In “...

In Graham Greene’s A Gun for Sale and Evelyn Waugh’s Vile Bodies, the authors explore the consequences of the new technology of the telephone. Both books describe how telephones are a form of miscommunication, accidental and intended, due to the...

Writers and poets customarily portray the traits of the modern man in their contemporary setting akin to the altering literary and social values. In T.S Eliot’s poem, The Hollow Men, the titular men are confined in a purgatory of two counterpart...

Masculinity is one of the most prevalent themes in the films of Stanley Kubrick. Kubrick’s films can be viewed as misogynistic, as there is often brutal violence towards women and a considerable lack of prominent or dynamic female characters at...

In Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining(1980), there is a prominent theme of familicide throughout the film. Familicide is defined as a murder where at least one spouse and one child are killed, usually by the other spouse. Jack Torrance (Jack...

Having meaningful relationships is an essential part of one’s life as it provides the individual with an external support system, whether it be emotionally or physically. In fact, just the mere idea of knowing you have people you can count on when...

Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics serves as a guidebook to living a relatively moral life. In his Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle placed an emphasis on friendship—what it is, it's different types, and its requirements—within two books. Aristotle then...

The novel “Good Omens” by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett has finally come alive on the screen in a six part miniseries for Amazon and the BBC, after years of projects and ideas that never saw the light of day. Unlike many movie or television...

Originally examined by Immanuel Kant, he describes the sublime as an aesthetic experience in which one feels a greatness beyond all possibility of calculation, measurement, or imitation. The sublime is known to be found in “formless objects" or...

Following the resurgence of the Russian writer with Alexander Pushkin, a new generation of Russian authors emerged. Among the writers of the ‘Golden Age of Russian Literature’ are Nikolai Gogol and Fyodor Dostoyevsky who dominated the field....

The unique quality which separates Asian American literature from all other literature lies in its exploration of the outcome of cultural clashing. Especially since Eastern culture and Western culture are polar opposites, stories focusing on Asian...

H.R Ole Kulet’s Blossoms of the Savannah is set in a patriarchal society where women live in the shadows of men. Women in Nasila are expected to get married and bear children. In chapter three Kulet, explains that Mama Milanoi was married to...

The title of a novel summarizes the entire novel. The title should be in line with the content explored from the introduction to the conclusion of the novel. Relevant titles captivate the readers. An irrelevant title will hinder the reader in...

Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes are two of the most influential authors ever, and were central figures during the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance was “the development of the Harlem neighborhood in New York City as a black...

The phenomenon of opposites attracting, whether it be in a romantic relationship or in a platonic friendship, can be seen all throughout literature. These pairings, though, in the beginning often seen as odd and unlikely, prove to be perfect and...

“Infant Joy” describes the feeling of a mother emotionally overwhelmed by the beauty, sweetness, and innocence of her newborn baby; she cannot think or feel anything but joy. The poem belongs to William Blake’s collection Songs of Innocence and...

Where does the world come from? Does man have an immortal soul? Questions like these are what race through the brain of Sophie Amundsen, a character in Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder. This novel about the history of philosophy pushes readers to...

In the trilogy, The Oresteia, Aeschylus has depicted the evolution from an older, more primitive autocratic form of justice, to a new concept of civil justice formulated by Athena. In the beginning, there is the law of Dike i.e. not ‘justice’ but...

The 19th century was a period of turmoil and significant change. The century consisted of revolutions and various ideas of what philosophy should be used in an effort to alter the lives of people for the better. The century began in a time of...