Robert Frost's "Home Burial" is a narrative poem that speaks of life's tragedies. Robert Frost's writing style is very straight-forward and direct. In "Home Burial" the setting appears to be the background of a tragedy that centers around the death of a child. It is important for the reader to rec...

Ernest Hemingway's short story "The Cat in the Rain" is, on the surface, a simple tale of an American couple in Italy. However, the reader soon realizes that this uncomplicated tale illuminates much deeper meanings. Of significant important is the author's attitude toward the...

HEDDA GABLER The more I read and look into Hedda Gabler the more I like it and appreciate Ibsen's efforts. It is kind of a pre-modernistic soap opera. Each character exhibits a complex set of traits, some good and some wicked. All the traits play off of one another and create depth an...

The Cripple of Inishmaan The story of The Cripple of Inishmaan is a very intriguing one, as it seeks to break down a few conventional assumptions and expectations that we, the readers, might have. This is especially evident in the way McDonagh treats Billy as a character who is the protagoni...

Death of a Salesman Plot Summary This play is about Willy Loman who is the main character. Willy has spent his whole life "way out there in the blue, riding a smile and a shoeshine," proud of his ability to sell anything to anyone and to provide for his family. Now he finds himself at the end of...