It is an unfortunate tendency for English-speaking North Americans to lack knowledge of foreign languages. Here I outline quantifiable justification for a more cosmopolitan North American outlook
While not exactly of the Gothic genre, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is nonetheless a novel rich in Gothic themes.
Let's explore several good reasons to learn this admittedly complex and not very widespread, but very rich and beautiful language. Its practical applications may surprise you.
A night of heavy drinking can often lead to an overwhelming feeling of temporary depression the morning after. Let's explore this phenomenon and uncover treatment methods and preventive options.
Understanding one of the most crucial biblical origins of epistemic violence against women in Western Civilization.
In this special entry marking my 75th article, I'd like to share with you the fruits of my favorite hobby—collecting sea glass.
"The Yellow Wallpaper" is in many ways an ironic story. Explore the tragic irony of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's most notorious heroine.
The Russian Revolutions of 1917 have a broad basis of comparison and contrast. The focus here will be to outline similarities and differences between the February and the October Revolutions with emphasis on the nature of the action taken during the...
Samuel Beckett’s "Waiting for Godot" presents a conflict between religious beliefs and existential philosophy. See an analysis of the play and learn about its theme of existentialism.
The theme of “The Canonization” by John Donne revolves around the canonization process of a man into sainthood, with the nature of his romantic relationship being the justification of his right to this status. Read on for my full analysis of the phoenix in this poem.
Considerations of tensions between notions of barbarism and civilization
Interpreting Anne of Green Gables from a feminist perspective opens the door to a dearth of literary interpretation.
Let's explore how the subtle use of Early Modern English can have a dramatic impact on meaning.
Honour and dishonour are pervasive themes in the tragedy Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
There is both a degree of unanimous agreement, as well as a broad range of differing interpretation regarding the status and position of women in Viking Age Scandinavia. A variety of secondary scholarship dating between the second half of the...
In the final two lines of his poem, “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” John Keats writes that what is beautiful is true, and vice versa. The creature constructed and animated by Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, The Modern...
The prominence of humanism and the influences of classical rather than medieval society during the Renaissance were contributing factors to the lack of violent action against witchcraft in Italy. A social, political, cultural, philosophical,...
Plotting Dr. Faustus According to Aristotle's Poetics Aristotle’s Poetics offers a very comprehensive commentary on the plot of dramatic tragedies and his insights are applicable to Christopher Marlowe’s tragedy Dr. Fausus, which came about...