One paragraph response to ” what is the main theme, and meaning of the setting in “Alice Munro(1931-)”The Office”How are they connected? What are some conflict in Women &Fuction Tillie Olsen(1913-) “I Stand Here Ironing”? What is the theme in ? What is the setting in the story and how is it connected to the […]
In one of the most influential essays ever written about Hamlet, A. C. Bradley raised nine compelling questions about Ophelia. Each of these questions raised some doubts about what Bradley called “the popular view” that “Hamlet’s love for Ophelia never changed” (153). In your essay respond to Bradley’s observations about Ophelia and to his observation […]
A Psychoanalytic Critique of Hedonist Characters in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray and Abdu Khal’s Throwing Sparks.
Develop a sustained, analytical essay of seven pages that engages in a critical interpretation on The Game (Fincher, 1997)
Write a synthesis essay. Focus on The Nickel Boys and Corazon Whitehead’s novels other than “Sag Harbor” and “The Underground Railroad”.
In the opening paragraph of Waiting for the Barbarians, Coetzee hints at a relation between the Magistrate and Colonel through the symbolic reflection that the Magistrate sees of himself in Colonel Joll’s sunglasses. Later, when the Magistrate is with the “barbarian girl,” he again sees his reflection in her eyes. What do you think is […]
Your task is to choose a text (or several texts) that try to deal with an event or a process from Russian history. How does this or that author approach the chosen subject? What tools does he/she use to tell the story? For example, you can talk about the Russian Revolution and the Civil War […]
Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet Why “Hamlet, A Desktop Performance” Is A Must-See The task is to get a sense of the cultural production inspired by Hamlet. After viewing the video adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, you may want to do further research on how the production came about, the people behind it, its reception, etc. […]
In David Chariandy’s I’ve Been Meaning To Tell You, during a trip to Germany, the narrator notes, “I had failed to read the landscape” (94). Focusing on Chariandy’s book and Lee Maracle’s short story “Goodbye Snauq,” develop an argument about what literary devices, techniques, and language are used in both texts to “read the landscape.” […]
In Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, what are the tensions between Stanley and Blanche? There are, obviously, tensions from the start. What are these? Consider the following: their backgrounds, their values, their perceptions of each other, their relationship with Stella, their expressions of sexuality, their cramped living conditions, etc.
