Category: Literature

The Divine Comedy, written by Italian writer Dante Alighieri between approximately 1308 and his death in 1321, is commonly regarded as the most well-known epic poem of Italian literature and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature ever. The poem describes a culmination of the medieval image of life after death.…

The author of The Hunger Game, Nick Saul, brings up the topic of hunger and poverty in Canada and how food distribution programs only exacerbate it. People often think they are doing a good thing helping the poor people, but Saul explains in an article posted on an independent Canadian platform, the Walrus, why it…

It seems that love has always been the driving force that has been keeping the humankind from facing the unbearable down-to-earth reality. Praised in a countless number of songs, love still is and will remain the key source of poets’ inspiration and the muse of all lyricists. Though the poem A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning by…

This popular show is presented in a well-designed set by Andrew Ward that highlights its best qualities. The direction of Trevor Nunn is assured and tactful. The choreography by Susan Stroman is equally impressive; it is thrilling, energizing, and electrifying, but most importantly, it is expressive without ever interfering with the dramatic flow. A large…

According to Egan, in literature, there are circumstances when some situations surrounding a narrator compromise their credibility in narration (13). Therefore, such types of narrators are usually a sample driven by first-person narratives, which allow the audience or the readers of the literary works considerable flexibilities of shaping their perception of the story. Therefore, this…

Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Work Cited Introduction Nonviolence means have been used variously to oppose the oppression of the weak in society. In the book entitled, ‘A force more powerful: a century of nonviolence conflict,’ the author emphasizes the theme of nonviolence, and how the concept was applied in offering resistance to…

Current research deals with the analysis of the difficult connection between two characters and literary works divided by over 2.500 thousand years of history and cultural differences – Dionysus in Euripides’s Bacchae and Elesin Oba in Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman. Notwithstanding different historical and social conditions, as well as author biographic specificities…

James Joyce is considered to be one of the most outstanding writers of the Modernist literature which occupies period from the beginning of the XXth century to the end of World War II. Modernist works are known to depict characters who feel themselves lost, in social and spiritual sense. Themes such as government and religion…

Table of Contents Introduction Thesis statement- Arguable, specific Arguments Counterargument Rebuttal Conclusion Reference Introduction The tale of Prometheus, the Titan who dared to challenge Zeus, is one of the best-known fables. Described colorfully in Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, the character represents a challenge that was bound to end in suffering, yet had to happen in order…

Literature has always been an integral part of human society, going along with it and promoting the development of various qualities and values, such as spirituality, moral, honesty, etc. It helped various people to express their feelings and emotions and share their thoughts with the next generations. Nevertheless, each period of time could be characterized…