Life With Literature

What Political Satires display between the lines. Mikhail Bulgakov wrote ‘The Master and Margarita’ for many reasons, mostly to reflect his views on the Soviet Union. I believe that he sought to expose the wrongdoings of his party, using writing to reveal Stalin’s actions and the restrictions on artistic liberty.  In ‘The Master and Margarita,’… Continue reading

The Unattainable American Dream  Within Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck portrays the unattainable American dream through the construct of Curley’s wife. She is presented as a marginalised gender minority in society amidst her complex exhibition of seduction, silence and solitude. Her character questions whether her traits come naturally or from oppressive forces. Is she fully… Continue reading

The presentation of Nancy in Oliver Twist How would a poverty stricken woman feel to be defined as ‘fallen’ in Oliver Twist? Charles Dickens uses Nancy as a tragic allegory to symbolise to his readers that she is not just the victim of her brutally abusive lover, Bill Sykes, but of society in general. Her… Continue reading

How humans undermine personal effects of control until something significantly irreversible takes place. In Romeo and Juliet, the relationship between Juliet and her parents begins to debate how misguided attempts to help the young can influence an innocent adolescent to the point of rebellious acts. “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny… Continue reading