Review Of The Tempest - By William Shakespeare

Prospero and his daughter, Miranda were kidnapped and left die on a 'rotten carcass' of boat infested with rats and without a mast nor sail at sea. They however survived because Gonzalo, his old and loyal councillor, had left them supplies of fresh food and water.

What of Ethics - What Did Plato Know?:
The other day, I was at Starbucks and saw a familiar face. It was a young lady and she was taking notes while she was reading a small book. I asked what she was reading, and she said with a smile; The Bible. She also had another notebook with her, some sort of study guide, and so I asked what the topic was, knowing that The Bible is filled with many lessons and philosophical teachings. She was studying ethics, Christian Ethics.

The Meryton Ball in Pride and Prejudice:
An analysis of the episode of The Meryton Ball in Jane Austen's celebrated novel, Pride and Prejudice. It helps the reader gauge an insight into the social world of the Victorian era.

Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights:
Emily Bronte in her first novel, the Wuthering Heights brought a new sensation to the world of the 18th century. It was a world of divided living, where fine lines were drawn among all the social classes, and material possessions defined the status of the people.

Review of Niels Lyhne-Jens Peter Jacobsen:
Nothing at all worked in Niels' life. Not for Lyhne, his father, whose wife made him feel 'like a fish suffocating in hot air', or his mother, Bartholine, who continued to live in her befuddled world of dreams and fantasy while her marital ship sunk. Not even the birth of Niels could bring his parents together.

Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak - A Review:
Pasternak's own story surrounding the writing of this novel, his winning the Nobel after the manuscript was smuggled out of the Soviet Union and published in Italy, and the fallout that ensued leading to his inglorious death a couple of years later, mirrors the fictitious life of Dr. Zhivago.

Find Poignant Reading in The Storied Life of A J Fikry: A Book Review:
The short but spellbinding novel by Gabrielle Zevin relates the storied life of a unhappy, disgruntled bookstore owner, whose wife, killed in an accident, has left him to run their business. She wanted the store more than he. Enter a new publisher's rep and his attitude toward life begins to change for the better.

Brave New World Gives Sleep-Teaching a Bad Name:
You may have experienced a phenomenon known as 'sleep-teaching' in some of your classes. In your case, however, this probably involved your forehead drooping and gradually coming to rest against your desk as your teacher droned on and on from the front of the classroom about the importance of doing well on your SAT. In Huxley's Brave New World, the term means something a little different.