Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House is a brilliantly written play/piece of literature expressing the low expectations that were set upon women in the 19th century and how they could be overcome. The main character, Nora, played the role of the puppet, the housewife, the simple caretaker while her husband Torvald was the primary breadwinner. He treated ( Read more... )

Hamlet is a classic play of conflict, revenge, and indecision. Hamlet, the son of the deceased former king, has been told by the ghost of his father that his uncle, Claudius, killed him in his sleep in order to take the throne of Denmark. After learning of this Hamlet plots to murder Claudius although when given a clear chance to do so he decides ( Read more... )

Seeing as I chose The Yellow Wallpaper for my short story paper, I’ll try not to make this too much like my original paper. In the story, the narrator says that she is in a country house on vacation, as a temporary rest with her husband. However, the fact that the narrator is unreliable can lead to the conclusion that the narrator was actually ( Read more... )

The grand old south, small towns, agriculture, and racism. This story is rooted in the deep south post-antebellum. The story often mentions dust as the story is based during the decay of the south. A well-known name in the town passed away, Emily Rose, and the whole town went to her funeral out either respect or curiosity. She had been a recluse ( Read more... )

The use of symbols and esoteric language is typical among families that have strong ties. People who spend a lot of time around eachother can say a lot by saying very little, as they are so accustomed to what they are thinking. In this story the use of symbols is put to dramatic effect, used to emphasize the ability of those familiar with eachother ( Read more... )

Margaret Atwood wrote a brilliant story by using an interesting gimmick of having multiple endings. By playing with the continuation of the stories, they get more and more detailed and evolved with each consecutive part. As I read, it made me think about how interesting drama and conflict make a story. Everyone wants to go off and get married and ( Read more... )

All of those late nights spent staying up until dawn finishing a paper for a class that you could have been working on for days before. The procrastination culminating into an insane, stressing spiral that results in complete success or mild defeat. As I wrote my fight club paper late at night, it was different from most in that I felt much more ( Read more... )

I was one of the few who weren't lucky enough to raise their hand when asked if they didn't read “Story of an Hour”. When I came into our 2:30 Composition/Writing II class, I was under the assumption that the woman from the story had died before her husband came home. After it was established that she did not die until she saw her husband come ( Read more... )

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ENGL 1302.P15

2/25/11

His Last Duchess

The Last Duchess by Robert Browning is an interesting dramatic poem written entirely in dialogue. It gives an interesting perspective as he tells his story of his portrait depicting his former wife “looking as if she were alive” (Browning). He immediately begins to both ask and answer why the duchess ( Read more... )