Essays on Cat

Understanding the Joke: The Great Cat Massacre In Robert Darnton’s “The Great Cat Massacre”, Darnton details a peculiar event in 18th century French history, the Great Cat Massacre of the Rue Saint – Severin. What is incredibly strange about this event is that, while modern…

Upon reading “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll, I came to the realization that I am much like the characters in the story in that I go against many of the “norms” of today’s society. Though of all the characters that were introduced to…

Everyone wants to be wanted. This is especially true in the case of Maggie, the female protagonist in Tennessee Williams’ play, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Maggie’s bothersome sister-in-law, Mae, is always flaunting the fact that she has five children (and a sixth on…