Using various techniques of sound creation in “The Hanging Man,” Sylvia Plath easily can set the reader on edge. Alliteration occurs in the first line with the words “god” and “got,” both words sounding jabbing and cruel from the hard G’s and final T of “got.” These contrast with the fluid-sounding words “my” and “me,”Continue reading “Sylvia Plath – The Hanging Man”
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Herland (1915)
How ironic that a story making a statement affecting all men and women should almost miss half its target audience. Airplanes? Young, brave men? An undiscovered land? A jungle? A society full of women? Within a few pages one should be under the assumption that this is going to be the greatest novel for menContinue reading “Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Herland (1915)”
(Huxley) Brave New World / (Naylor) Linden Hills
A Stage Set For Macbeth The ruins would still be burning. By the time any individual or party would ask for complete control of the country in return for assured eternal security and happiness, the citizens would be more than willing to give up their freedoms and become simple sheep. Nature is the embodiment ofContinue reading “(Huxley) Brave New World / (Naylor) Linden Hills”
arts & fetters 