by Dr Durkheim J | May 18, 2024 | Literature
In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Fall of The House of Usher”, the character Madeline is subjected to sexist treatment by her brother, Roderick as well as his friend, who is the unnamed narrator. As Madeline falls ill, the men fear her because she does not embody...
by Dr Durkheim J | May 18, 2024 | life essays
[ad_1] While on the airplane fragments of cloud scatter the ocean, as if painted by an artistic hand, delicate inflections of the brush spreading white over blue. Clouds pooled around the great mountains. The mountains lay in a great line like the spine of the land....
by Dr Durkheim J | May 18, 2024 | Literature
The play Antigone is a great example of Greek tragedy which can be directly related to today’s life and provides valuable lessons. Although the play is named after Antigone, I believe that Kreon is the character who delivers the largest emotional response to the...
by Dr Durkheim J | May 18, 2024 | life essays
[ad_1] Cloning is a controversial topic on whether it’s ethically right or wrong to artificially create life ourselves using science. The novel ‘Never Let Me Go’ by Kazuo Ishiguro raises social and ethical issues involving cloning and people’s choices by providing the...
by Dr Durkheim J | May 18, 2024 | Literature
John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath (1939) is a novel that explores and highlights modern gender roles of the decade and also portrays Steinbeck’s modernized ideology towards the traditional patriarchal system during a time of great change. The proletarian...
