Art Media and Literature

McMurphy as a Christ figure

How is McMurphy a Christ-like figure in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest?

7 years ago

The cult of personality in Orwell’s Animal Farm

How does George Orwell demonstrate the effects of 'The Cult of Personality' in Animal Farm?

7 years ago

How is Tim Burton an auteur director?

Discussion of director Tim Burton as an auteur.

7 years ago

Jealousy in Othello

To what extent does jealousy present a positive and negative quality in Othello by Shakespeare?

7 years ago

Was Lilly Allen right to apologise to migrant children at Calais

On the 12th October the popular singer received a great deal of criticism for apologising ‘on behalf of my country’…

7 years ago

What does triumvirate mean?

In modern times triumvirate is used to refer to any situation where three individuals are seen to be sharing power…

7 years ago

Impact of contemporary issues in the poem, “The Harp of India”

The Harp of India, published in 1923, when India was under British colonial rule, is a well known patriotic poem…

7 years ago

Is the protagonist Humbert Humbert of Lolita by Nabokov the victim of Lolita’s desires or a paedophile?

Is the protagonist Humbert Humbert of Lolita by Nabokov the victim of Lolita's desires or a paedophile?

7 years ago

The Literary Canon

An explanation of the Western literary canon including some of the developments and debates around it

7 years ago

Small-town America in ‘Adventure’

Sherwood Anderson's depiction small town America in " Adventure" (from Winesburg, Ohio)

7 years ago