by Dr Durkheim J | Jun 17, 2024 | Literature
Never Let Me Go is set in a dystopian world of late 1990s England, in which human clones are created, so they can donate their organs as young adults. It gives a thought to the issue of organ donation. The organ donors are obtained from human clones. Never Let Me Go...
by Dr Durkheim J | Jun 17, 2024 | Literature
In the 1872 novella Carmilla and the 1897 novel Dracula, both Le Fanu and Stoker bestow the treatment of women as a catalyst for exposing the dangers of gender stereotypes, to illuminate social concerns and injustices for the reader that were occurring at the time in...
by Dr Durkheim J | Jun 17, 2024 | Literature
After watching a scene from Act 3 scene 1 within the Hamlet movie, produced by Andrew Fierberg and Amy Hobby it’s instantly evident a modern approach was taken. The characters are dressed with what would be in style in the year 2000 when the movie was released. While...
by Dr Durkheim J | Jun 17, 2024 | Literature
Shakespeare’s Hamlet has often been considered one of the most intriguing and problematic plays of the English language. Among the numerous problems raised by Hamlet is the question of whether or not he genuinely turns crazy. Using extensive evidence from the...
by Dr Durkheim J | Jun 17, 2024 | Literature
The black death is set upon the city of Thebes, as the people look towards their righteous king, Oedipus for hope and resolution. Oedipus is seen as a hero to the people, but has not identified with himself: ‘I grieve for these, my people, far more than I fear...
