… molded by experience. In Gustave Flaubert's novel entitled Madame Bovary, Emma's unorthodox behavior during her married life can be attriuted to the illusions she maintained about life during her girlhood. These, combined with her father's disinterest…

… problem Finding Courage to Die         In William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' we see a young man paralyzed with grief over his father. So much so that he is believed to have gone mad. Hamlet is such a complex character that one must…

… play Hamlet in his own play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. What was once a traditionally structured play revolving around important characters such as Kings and Queens has become an absurdist play about ordinary men. The concentration…

… to realise that an audience is composed of multiple individuals, each with their own values and interpretations. In The Skin of a Lion, the novel by Michael Ondaatje is created from a complex range of interwoven storylines, and as a result, can evoke…

… known by his psuedonym George Orwell, is an English author commonly known to write about political issues. Orwell has been highly acclaimed and criticized for his novels, including one of his most famous, Animal Farm. In a satirical form,…

… portrait of a society which is superficially a perfect world. At first inspection, it seems perfect in many ways: it is carefree, problem free and depression free. All aspects of the population are controlled: number, social class, and intellectual…

… of heroism, bravery, and tragedy. American Heritage dictionary states that a tragic hero is any man noted for feat of courage or nobility of purpose: especially, one who has risked or sacrificed his life. As the writing prompt asks who is the actual…

… are greed, vanity, and repentance. Theme is defined as an underlying or essential subject of artistic representation. These three themes play an important role in the development of the story of Moll Flanders.         The first theme, greed,…

… like to write on the Camus work, The Plague. Since Albert Camus has a philosophical view unlike that of many western writers, the book can serve as an excellent reflection on an unpopular view of life, living, and death. Life without a god poses…

… The Flood In the stories of Noah's Ark and Gilgamesh's The Flood, there are many similarities and differences that can be taken from the stories. The two stories are passed down, told from two different religions. This could explain why there…