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Worry

An old man comes home after committing a violent crime. What awaits him there?

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Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story: A Comparison in Themes

The common themes between the two renowned stories.

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Senseless Acts of Violence Against Women

Sense acts of violence against women domestic violence and rape.

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The Deceit of Romanticized Violence in Resurrection Man

A brief analysis of the effect of the idealization of violence on the character Victor Kelly in Eoin McNamee’s novel Resurrection Man. McNamee shows us that these romanticized ideals of the gangster can lead to excessive violence.

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The Madness of Macbeth

Macbeth’s downfall is complimented by his changing views on masculinity and how it is presented through ambition, morals, patriotism, gender, and ultimately violence.

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Angel in Disguise: Overview of What Happened to Lani Garver

Carol Plum-Ucci’s young adult fiction novel, recently published in the Brattleboro Reformer.

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Direct and Indirect Violence in Nabokov’s “Cloud, Castle, Lake”

Totalitarianism and different forms of violence are the themes of “Cloud, Castle, Lake,” a short story by Vladimir Nabokov (author of “Pale Fire” and “Lolita”).

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The Gift of Fear, Book Review

Book review of Gavin De Becker’s The Gift of Fear, Survival Signals That Protect Us From Violence

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