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Emma
Reaction Paper on Emma by Jane Austen.
The Power of Dress and Class Identity in Oliver Twist
An analysis of how Charles Dickens uses the idea of “the power of dress” to satirize class distinctions in Victorian England.
Pygmalion: Does Perfect Speech Make a Lady?
George Bernard Shaw’s play “Pygmalion,” set in Victorian London, is a didactic work that expresses the connection between phonetics and social class.
Fate 1, Free Will 0
In “Oedipus Tyrannus” by Sophocles, Sophocles is trying to teach his audience that humans have no ability to control their fate. He teaches his audience this lesson by explaining the life of Oedipus, the future ruler of Thebes.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The political and historical errors of Emma Orczy’s famous book about the Reign of Terror in France.
Tolstoy, Shakespeare, and the Rest of Us
A little-known pamphlet by Tolstoy dealing with his own unique theory of Shakespeare.
