Criticism

as quick and pain-free as possible, using every part of any harvested animal, and protecting the future existence of both species and ecological communities. Under some conditions hunting is an ecological necessity. The question is if Bernstein’s criticism of hunting is mindful of the ecological goals of ethical hunting? In…

Everyone has heard of Narratives, and being critics is a one of those human instincts that comes naturally, but what exactly is Narrative criticism? Narrative criticisms focus on stories or events that help us make sense of specific areas in our daily human experiences. There are four elements that play a role in this. First off a narrative most consist of two or more events that are active. Also, they must be organized in a time order fashion. Thirdly, narrative has a casual or contributing…

Chaucer to use his stories as a way of questioning established religious beliefs and commenting on his society. Chaucer appears to have enjoyed criticizing established religion and societal norms, and uses his texts to illustrate these criticisms. The most prominent criticism is when Chaucer mentions the flood which Noah had to face. Even though this reference is a major part of the tale, its main role is to further progression of Chaucer’s story. Chaucer also utilizes religion as a way to…

male and female roles can be seen throughout literature. However, though both men and women have been represented throughout literature there is a clear commentary thread on the roles of women in society. This “thread” has taken a name: feminist criticism. Due to the diverse array of feminist studies, many feminist critics hesitate to propose a general…

To be entirely honest, I really enjoyed reading “Evolution and Literacy Criticism” by Professor David P. Barash and Nanelle Barash (student). At first, I thought it was going to be very long and painful to read due to its length and terminology. After reading the opening paragraph, I knew I was going to be into it. Science is one of my strong areas, whereas literature, let alone criticizing it, is a far stretch from a strong area. But somehow, the article related the literature and science in a…

might contradict what the author meant in reality. Various forms of criticisms can be applied to weave through assumptions within the phrases of the book and underlying contexts, and although they might be theories rather than factual analysis, basing them on evidence and previous knowledge would create a valid idea. After reading several journals and examining a number of branches of psychoanalysis, I chose psychological criticism to elaborate on in this essay.…

She assumes that men are either too ignorant to realize that she constantly lies to and fools them, or that they are just too weak to overcome her sexual plots. Her first four husbands, for the most part, fell into at least one of these two categories, and in doing so, they proved the wife correct. The foolishness of those men caused Alisoun to lose respect for men in general, and to believe that all men were this easily thwarted. Her fifth husband, Jankyn, is the only husband that she…

There are a few literary critics that evaluate The Handmaid’s Tale to be an anti-Christian book that propagates prejudice towards Christians. These critics take the negative portrayal of Gilead’s “Christian” authority to represent all Christians. In David Robertson’s piece on The Handmaid’s Tale, he says “The Handmaid's Tale is the kind of programme made about Christians that anti-Semites would make about Jews. It demonizes 'the other.' Despite the constant citation of Scripture, the portrayal…

The Leviathon was written as a political fiction establishing the notion of a political community, establishing itself coherently with the social contract argument, which is “a clear device that connects three aspects of political theory: a specific view of human nature… of problems that would arise in the absence of political authority … of government best suited to solve such problems” . Hobbes addresses all three, which we will see by answering the problematique: How does Hobbes justify…

Born in Jackson, Mississippi on April 13, 1909 to a young couple still reeling from the death of an infant only three years prior, Eudora Welty was to later become among one of the most renowned and respected authors throughout most of the twentieth century. Raised by two protective, encouraging parents, and yet having grown up in a world where many Americans still lacked basic rights, it is with no doubt that her memories and experiences heavily influence her writing. The works of Eudora Welty…