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LITERATURE
“Twelfth Night”: Shakespeare’s Play and its Religious Subtext
Different readings of Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night have often emphasized cross-dressing and gender mix-ups as central themes....
Is Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” a Colonialist Novel?
Post-colonial writer Chinua Achebe eviscerated the story, interpreting it as a racist contrast between “civilized” Europe and “savage”...
Some Thoughts on Caryl Churchill’s “Cloud 9” and Sexual Politics
Men playing women, women playing men, and Victorian repressions galore – playwright Churchill tackled Millet’s feminist theories to...
A Story of Liberation: James Joyce’s “A Portrait of the Artist”
In a fight against father figures, both real and metaphorical, Joyce’s hero follows in the footsteps of his Greek namesake by spreading...
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