Category: Literature Review

In Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men, the narrator, Jack Burden, is a fictionalized version of Warren himself. Jack expresses Warren’s views, which are initially nihilistic, cynical, and escapist. He attempts to distance himself from any darkness surrounding him and his actions, yet simultaneously disclaims all responsibility. However, by the end of the book,…

Jack Burden, the chronicler and one of two possible protagonists of Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men, is anything but a static narrator. His character is quite possibly even more dynamic than that of Willie Stark, the novel’s man of the hour. Throughout the adventures and misadventures Jack encounters on the capricious road of…

A piece of gum. The love of Juan and Sarah in the Extra Gum commercial, begins with an eye connection. After spotting each other across the school, the two become a couple as they share a piece of gum for everything they do together, whether it be a day in the park, a first kiss,…

Our society revolves around the question of what is good and what is evil. We usually characterize humans as essentially malevolent or benevolent. The world contains, however, a minority of people characterized by ambiguity, a unique emotional equilibrium that lets them be both good and bad. Throughout both Washington Square, by Henry James, and All…

Jack Burden is far more than a narrator describing the rise and fall of Willie Stark in Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men. Intertwined in his description of The Boss’s political machinations and personal dilemmas is an account of his own thoughts and aspirations. The novel not only chronicles the downfall of a political…

An individual’s actions and thoughts are often products of one’s nurture and experiences. These can provide a path to one’s destiny. In his novel The Wars, Timothy Findley explores the origin of Robert Ross’s incentives and investigates his actions as the protagonist strives to preserve life. An individual’s course of action is often determined by…

Table of contents Gender Roles and Societal Expectations Analysis of Literary Elements Summer of 1972: Juxtaposition and Postmodernism Distrust of the Legal System Community’s Desire for Drama Absence of Information on the Criminal Emphasis on the Victim Conclusion References Suzanne Berne’s novel “A Crime in the Neighborhood” delves into the complexities of a quiet suburban…

Webster’s decision to cast strong female characters as the protagonists in his two most popular plays could have been considered highly controversial and unexpected by the audiences of his time. This unintended effect immediately seems to prompt a critical questioning of his rationale. The initial reaction of the modern theatre-goer prompted by the contentious discussion…

The mid-20th century was a crucial time period for African Americans. They had been freed from slavery but, were still looked down upon by whites as inferior. Everywhere, public places of all kinds had “colored” and “white” sections. Some blacks in the South were even kept from voting through the intimidation tactics of the Ku…

I started getting interested in the language, in trying to get through the opaque screen that a translation can’t help being to see what Seneca had actually said’ (CARYL CHURCHILL on her translation of Thyestes). Translations of a text that has been present for millennia encounter the problem of missing portions and incomplete manuscripts: translators…