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The theme of death and the dying have pervaded numerous works of art throughout the ages. “Do not go gentle into that good night” by Dylan Thomas, “Remember” by Christina Rosetti, and John Donne’s “Death Be Not Proud” are distinguished examples of poems where the matter of death is being explored. These convey a mood…(Continue Reading)

In the 19th century , the society was patriarchal, dominated by men, and women were deprived of all rights. The society was constructed and conducted in a way that women were completely dependent on men in all cultural domains- familial, religious , political, economic ,social , legal and artistic. This is the background ,in which…(Continue Reading)

The individual texts of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the First (so-called ‘Bad’) Quarto (Q1, 1603), Second Quarto (Q2, 1604-1605) and First Folio (F, 1623) have caused much controversy due to their varying natures of each text. Q1 is that of a fast paced nature and many actors enjoyed this due to the fact that lines were…(Continue Reading)

Mirrors and Reflections Mirror images reflect Nathaniel Hawthorne’s view of the Puritan society, his message of humanity, and the different significances of sin during that time period. Not only are these shown through the characters, but it also reveals the characters’ true being. Throughout the novel, characters continuously attempt to conceal their true self from…(Continue Reading)

Military courtesy is basically no different from courtesy in civilian life, just good manner and politeness in dealing with other people. The experience of life has proven that courteous behavior is essential in human relations. The distinction between civilian courtesy and military courtesy is that, military courtesies were developed in a military atmosphere and have…(Continue Reading)

The second half of the twentieth century saw a transformation of British society in which peoples from areas of the world that had formerly constituted colonies of the British Empire migrated to Britain in large enough numbers to have a significant impact upon the host community.  Since Elizabethan times, Britain had been host to significant…(Continue Reading)

Renaissance plays often have the tension between order and disorder as its underlying central issue, which is frequently expressed through the conflicts presented in love, loyalty, family relations, gender issues, and politics and law; and these plays attempt to reinstate order in the end by trying to dispose of those elements that cause the disruption…(Continue Reading)

Can you imagine that one day you kick your mother’s butt hard but do not receive any rebuke, instead, she kicks you back? What would you say if citizens admit that they elect president Obama for his handsome face, strong stature or smooth black skin? What would you think a new study reported that there…(Continue Reading)

In the first stanza of the poem, the fourth and fifth line “Tells with silence the last light breaking / And the still hour” (PoemHunter.com) speaks of the moment of death. Light is usually a word that represents life and birth, as well as the beginning of life itself. When one sees the breaking of…(Continue Reading)

Psychoanalytic criticism is highly regarded by literary critics even after a century of literary interpretations achieved by means of methods belonging to this critical perspective. This type of literary criticism has influenced many other critical approaches including the feminist one. Since the early 1970’s, feminist analysts have employed “tools” belonging to psychoanalytic criticism in order…(Continue Reading)