Literary Genre

The “Ballad of Birmingham” is written by Dudley Randall. It was written in 1963, after the church bombing in Birmingham. The poet wrote this poem as a tribute to the victims of the bombing. The theme of the poem is race and violence. This poem gives a hint about the socio-political environment during the segregation…

Fairytales have existed for thousands of years. Originally unwritten, spoken stories often made for children. They survived through oral tradition, and stories such as Beauty and the Beast and Rumpelstiltskin date back to some 6,000 years ago (BBC news). The focal text selected for the transformation task was The Elves and the Shoemaker, written by…

There are many great American choreographers of our time. It is through their creative genious that musicals and movies are made memorable. If it wasn’t for the work of these choreographers, musical theatre wouldn’t be what it is today. It is because of these choreographers that musical theatre is what it is. These choreographers brought…

The Sun Also Rises as it applies to the novel as a whole The novel The Sun Also Rises is set directly after World War I. This was a time of confusion for mankind. It can metaphorically be compared to the sun setting on people. People, in many parts of the world, had horrifying memories…

Oliver Twist By Dickens The story of an orphan boy without the “easy life” dares to take on the world in his many journeys, and countless adventures. He goes from the lowest part of London, to a part that he never knew existed. He makes many freinds and a few enemys. No one can turn…

Does he love her for herself or for the opportunity she offers him to renew his wasted estate? The other main characters are tried by events; Bassanio only passes a multiple-choice test. Nerissa, making the best of Portia’s predicament, observes that the right casket will no doubt never be chosen by any rightly but one…

The theme of “healing” is ever present in the novel, Beloved by Toni Morrison. Many forms of “healing” take place, with many different characters undergoing the “healing” process. These forms of “healing” range from healing personal conflicts from within, to healing as a community, and by overcoming individual prejudices. I feel that the overcoming of…

Satire is defined as a kind of literature that ridicules human folly or vice with the purpose of bringing about reform or of keeping others from falling into similar folly or vice. Mark Twain used satire in Huck Finn to show mankind’s shortcomings, namely inhumanity and gullibility. Satire was also used to show that religion…

Imagery Depicted Through T.S. Elliot’s The Hollow Men The imagery depicted in T.S. Eliot’s poem The Hollow Men evokes a sense of desolate hopelessness and lends to Eliot’s generally cynical view of civilization during this period in history. A reaction of deep and profound disappointment in mankind around him is made evident in this poem,…

Susan Glaspells’s Trifles is a little gem of a play. In one short act, the playwright presents the audience with a complex human drama leaving us with a haunting question. Did an abused Nebraska farm wife murder her husband? Through the clever use of clues and the incriminating dialogue of the two main characters, this…