Category: College Essays

Alistair Macleod, an unprolific short story writer of his native Nova Scotia, is renowned for the realistic manner in which he depicts the everyday life of closely-bound communities often through the philosophic eyes and contemplations of a manual laborer. What enables him to give an authoritative, sensitive-to-details, and affective voice to his narrators are real-life,…(Continue Reading)

In the first few scenes of Hamlet, the political abilities of Claudius are strikingly evident, and even though it has been only a scant two months since the death of King Hamlet, his powers are well-consolidated. No justification is given for the anomaly in the right of succession to the throne of Denmark, other than…(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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)