William Hague

life into the novel by reflecting her own trials and tribulations into the plot. Mary Wollstonecraft, soon to be known as Mary Shelley, was born on August 30th 1897, in London, England. She was the daughter of a philosopher and political writer, William Godwin. Sadly, Mary never got the chance to meet her mother, because she died shortly after giving birth. At the age of four, Mary’s dad decided to re-marry. With this marriage came two step sisters. Mary and her stepmother never got along as…

beauty, dreams and reality, hate and adoration, fused into one strange and dark novel. This essay is a comparative analysis of two film adaptations of Brontë’s novel; the thesis being the 1939 film adaptation, titled Wuthering Heights and directed by William Wyler, presents the story within the romance genre. By comparison the 2011 adaptation directed by Andrea Arnold, also titled Wuthering Heights presents the story within the realist genre. Using comparative analysis to engage with these two…

As times change, values and ideas often change as they are invariably shaped by their context. However, some remain constant throughout time and are universal. The 1592 Shakespearean drama Richard III and Al Pacino 's 1995 docu-drama Looking for Richard [LFR] were written four hundred years apart yet both texts address perpetual values and ideas that are common to both eras. Through a simultaneous study of both texts, the responder is able to understand the influence of context on aspects of the…

written works produced by man. As I Lay Dying reflects the society that surrounded the author and points out several factors from that time in history. The novel reflects the social issues and concerns of the time such as female rights and poverty. William Faulkner uses his setting and his characters to mimic his hometown in Mississippi and mock the state’s slow coming to the progression happening in the rest of the country. He sets up the novel in such a way that the character’s emotions are…

Lord of the Flies, by William Goldberg, addresses savagery through the narratives of the boys trapped on an island. They do not understand what it feels like to be in an unknown premise without adult supervision. The protagonist, Ralph, tries to civilize the boys by establishing rules. However, the demanding Jack disregards Ralph’s rules and establishes those of his own—killing pigs. Soon, the boys slowly lose their innocence as they become attracted towards Jack’s regulations. The modern…

Obsession is the single most wasteful activity because becoming obsessed leads to irrational actions and self destruction. In the plays, King Oedipus by Sophocles and Hamlet by William Shakespeare, the writers express how the protagonists are the makers of their own fate and self destruction. The authors demonstrate that humans who possess or are ruled by obsessive behavior will only act rashly and cause their own demise. The obsessive nature of both Oedipus and Hamlet proves to lead to…

60, Johnson even claims “[he] often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful” (182). Curiously, Shakespeare seems to be one of the few exceptions. In his “Preface to The Plays of William Shakespeare” (referred to as “Preface to Shakespeare" below), Johnson does not show any interest in Shakespeare’s life. Nor did Johnson write a biography of Shakespeare elsewhere. Johnson did not write about the life of Shakespeare maybe because…

Power in a general sense is the ability to direct or influence the behavior of others. In the book, Lord of the Flies, William Golding illustrates the gruesome story of a group of British schoolboys who get stranded on an island after their plane crashes. The book is set, unspecifically, during the wartime evacuation of the children, while World War II is happening around them. Following this event, the group of surviving boys includes Piggy, SamnEric, Ralph, Jack, and Simon who attempt to…

The Oxford English Dictionary defines tragicomedy as “a play or other literary or dramatic work which combines the qualities of a tragedy and a comedy, or contains both tragic and comic elements” (“Tragicomedy”). William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale falls into this genre of writing. The first three acts of the play provide tragic elements such as error and death, while the final two acts provide comedic elements such as misunderstandings and romance. Leontes, the king of Sicilia, accuses…

links with the theme of the play. A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams presents Blanche Dubois, the embodiment of a typical Southern Belle: dainty, vain, and very feminine. After moving in with her sister Stella and her husband Stanley, Blanche finds herself caught in a spiral of alcoholism and stupor. The fallen and faded belle is prone to her frequent haunting memories and fantasy-like state-of-mind. While Williams utilizes repetition to represent chronic flashbacks that injure…