Background Karl Heinrich Marx, born May 5, 1818, Trier, Rhine province, Prussia [Germany]—died March 14, 1883, London, England), revolutionary, sociologist, historian, and economist. Karl Marx, is without a doubt the most influential socialist thinker to emerge in the 19th century. Although he was largely ignored…
The history of colonialism started during the formation of empires and powerful states. It had the aim of widening territories through wars and conflicts. It expanded enormously in the 15th century as Portugal and Spain started the age of discovery which involved controlling and exploiting…
Introduction India ever since the start of 2000s has experienced declining participation of women in the workforce despite increasing economic growth, in the last few years we have experienced an economic slowdown and the participation of women has gotten even worse. Workforce participation among women…
Sovereignty by definition is the ability to have authority of a state to govern itself or another state. This also includes no interference from any outside sources. This term is very important in world politics because it is exactly the goal of many states and…
Introduction Game of Thrones is one of the most popular tv series of this century and has been highly praised by the mass viewers as well as the critics for depicting the medieval era with a touch of fantasy inculcated. The show has been based…
The literary aspect of the fantasy genre was absolutely not there in my mind when I at the of eight watched the “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” movie adaptation which was the first installment directed by Peter Jackson based on…
There’s literally no excuse for anyone not to know what Game of Thrones is in this day and age. Social media, commercials, ad campaigns, TV shows, and movies have referenced the Emmy award-winning shows numerous times in the last eight years since it premiered on…
Game of Thrones (GOT) is the most watched, most pirated series with the most awards in the history of television. Television fiction is based on the still unfinished literary work of George R.R. Martin. Directed for David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, GOT is considered the…
The Institution of Marriage in Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? and The Yellow Wallpaper
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“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is concerned with the unequal status of women in the society that has a direct bearing on the institution of marriage. Women are forced into solitude as per the prevailing conventions of the society. Suffering of women is…
Image your grandmother, little ol’ grandma on twitter. Tweeting her heart away. That is Joyce Carol Oates. However, she wasn’t always the little old lady on twitter. She’s a writer, an editor, a playwright, a professor, etc. Throughout her life, Joyce Carol Oates has gone…
Smooth talk (1985) is the film celebration winning motion picture propelled by the Joyce Carol Oakes’ short story , ‘Where are you going, Where have you been?’ The principle subject of both of the text and film is about a high school young lady, who…
The corruption that Hamlet learns of within Denmark is where Hamlet first learns of the truth behind his deceased father’s death, thus causing negative complexity within Hamlet’s emotional and mental state. When Hamlet encounters the ghost of his deceased father, who tells him, “So the…
Hamlet is arguably the most dynamic character to come of seventeenth century literature. William Shakespeare created a human being with a complex mind and elements of diversity difficult to understand. From the first glimpse of Hamlet alone, the audience is engulfed in his opulent intensity….
“To be or not to be” is one of the most famous quotes of all time by an author that has stood the test of time, William Shakespeare in his play, Hamlet. There are several themes displayed in Hamlet, these themes include death, obsession, and…
In The Wheel of Fire by G. Wilson Knight, Knight’s argument that Claudius was not a plausible villain has multiple merits but also some underlying flaws. I will defend that Claudius’ later actions were forced on him due to Hamlet’s dangerous mental state, but I…
