Plums and Mankind’s Inability to Resist Temptation
Let us consider this poem by William Carlos Williams: This Is Just To Say I have eatenthe plumsthat were inthe …
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Using Literature as a Lens to See the World
Let us consider this poem by William Carlos Williams: This Is Just To Say I have eatenthe plumsthat were inthe …
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Now, many know of “The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr.Hyde” . But what if I told you this …
What an interesting title. Try reading it out loud. Take care in pronouncing each word and every syllable. You will …
We are all so busy being ourselves, or a version of ourselves, that we seldom stop and ask: Do I …
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After finishing Shelley’s Frankenstein, I can fully appreciate the significance and foreshadow of the subtitle: The Modern Prometheus, as it …
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Upon the conclusion of Frankenstein, a prevalent theme is that beings are born inherently good, but it is through experience …
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Throughout the second volume of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley uses irony and dictation to illustrate the extent to which physical appearance …
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Shelley’s Frankenstein is commenting on the human condition, and exploring what exactly makes us human. Therefore many thematic ideas correspond …
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Critical essays can be tricky, so I have provided an example of how to take a common theme such as …
Read the title. This time read it right to left. The same ambiguous question, and yet what does it mean? …