Criticism

Feministic Criticism Traditions have woven their way through society for generations whether it be simple family practice during the holidays, or cultural custom that have been passed down through centuries. Shirley Jackson is able to convey deeper meaning through the illustration of a corrupt tradition. Understood through the feminist view, both Gayle Whittier and Fritz Oehlschlaeger emphasize misogyny and the unfair treatment of women within the short story “The Lottery.” The patriarchal…

until death: that’s the phrase that sums up the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare performed in 1606. With Macbeth being infamous for violence, betrayal, and tragedy, it makes one fascinate how Shakespeare wrote such a twisted play. The historical criticism lens by the definition of Do Yeon Paik, Sung Jun Kim, and Chelsea Yangirefil “show how literary works reflect ideas and attitudes of the time in which they were written,” with the purpose to “provide context of the background information…

When people are just in your ear constantly nitpicking about things you don't want to hear it gets under my skin. I truly hate criticism to a passion and I really can but can't explain why. I don't like when your parents are constantly telling you how to do better or change but telling you their way. I feel like they just don't believe in me enough to stop. They nitpick about my life and school to the way I act and who I associate myself with. Although they say it will sooner or later help…

Essay Number One Through the many hardships one might go through in life, living as a minority can be considered one of the hardest. Not being able to afford a better living, being pigeonholed simply based off of the color of one’s skin, or having to work tirelessly without relief are only a few examples of what an average minority might experience. Langston Hughes’ Mother to Son, Allison Joseph’s On Being Told I Don’t Speak Like a Black Person, and Philip Levine’s What Work Is all illustrate…

Walmart the big boxed realtor that houses stores on 5 continents within 28 countries and reported a net income of $11 billion dollars last year seems to be pretty successful; but it is implied that success is only felt in the upper ranks of the Walmart corporations as many employees have few good words to say towards their employer. In 2014 alone Walmart employees and customers have filled over 5,000 lawsuits against the company, or roughly 14 suits per day (Workplace Fairness 1). Even with…

Myrtle. In the relationship, Myrtle uses her sexuality to attract Tom and he abuses her by breaking her nose. A reader today with a Marxist and a reader with a feminist perspective may interpret their relationship differently. Marxist literary criticism focuses on the struggle between the lower and upper class and the issues of power and money in literature. Readers with this point of view would perhaps look for the oppression of the proletariat by the bourgeoisie. As well as looking at the…

sense of humor?” He believes that it is wrong to attack Orwell especially since many of us can’t fully grasp totalitarianism. We are told that we should thank Orwell and not resent him on how he chose to end his book (Rielly). This Reader-Response criticism demonstrates the misinterpretation of what Orwell actually meant as an…

4-10). According to Takatoshi Ito, this deepened the recession that Thailand was already experiencing. Criticism of the IMF Response “In retrospect even the IMF would admit it made things worse in Asia” (“How the IMF helped create and worsen the Asian financial crisis”, n.d., para. 9). According to Ito, the IMF policies led to an increased recession in Thailand…

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight has been subjected to a fair amount of criticism and praise surrounding the tale’s main character, Knight Sir Gawain and the authenticity following the chivalric code based on numerous actions of Gawain’s throughout the book, many critics imply his actions oppose the archetypal knight. However, I do not agree with critics denouncing Gawain as a hero, the story provided a plethora of instances in which Gawain exhibits significant restraint during adversities,…

these groups became prevalent in society as people began to criticize these religions and their strict rules. Today, many artists, movie producers, and authors show these criticism through their works. One of these authors, Nathaniel Hawthorne, has written the short story “Young Goodman Brown” conveying the message of criticism through satire. As Young Goodman Brown travels on a psychologically enlightening journey through Salem woods, Nathaniel Hawthorne brings light to…