The play titled Othello by William Shakespeare is based upon a web of rage, misplaced trust and betrayal taken by a cast of characters that experience these factors throughout the play. Othello, the main character in this play is known for his nobility and charisma, he is an adventurer and is somew...

Ran Chen's A Private Life, is a monologue written in autobiographical format that reflects on the coming of womanhood in its female heroine from the time period of the mid 1970s to the mid-1990s. The novel explores the main character's individuality of existence, her desires and sexual ide...

Albert Camus' The Stranger explores the causes for Monsieur Meursault's murderous act, portraying Meursault's increasing feelings of indifference toward life following his mother's death. Meursault becomes ignorant to social values and conventions, thinking they constrict him, for he veers towar...

After completely forgetting having read this book in high school, I settled down to start again. Little did I know this time around that I wouldn't be able to put the book down. Partially just because the book itself was interesting, yet mainly because my background knowledge from class made ...

Discuss how Ernest Hemmingway and Louis De Bernieres present the effects of war on the individual in 'A Farewell to Arms' and 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin.' Although some critics disapprove of De Bernieres' portrayal of life in Greece during world war two(1), in p...