What follows is yet another school practice essay that I have decided to publish here for the scrutiny of other lovers of literature. This time it's a discussion about Jane Austen's novel "Emma" and how, through her use of satire, she hints towards what she construes 'proper behaviour.'Enjoy!“Although Austen satirises individual characters, she never really criticises the values and conventions...

This is copied and pasted from a blog on Myspace I wrote a long time ago. However, it still applies, and I'm sure many of you will share my feelings:There's quite a lot of bollocks floating around the internet in the disguise of bulletins giving everyone the relationship “advice” they “need”. I'm not saying all of it’s bad, but here is one particular "bollock," if you will, that makes me...

I thought I'd provide you with another little Shakespeare essay, this one I wrote purely for the fun of it. This time - 'Antony and Cleopatra'What you will find below is a moderately detailed comparison between the portrayal of Cleopatra by Shakespeare's character Enobarbus within the play, and the portrayal of Cleopatra as portrayed by the Ancient Roman historian Plutarch in his biographical...

Though not strictly speaking a story or a poem or even technically something one would ordinarily upload in a "blog", I thought I would share with you my thoughts on Shakespeare's great tragedy, "Othello."It is one of my favourite Shakespearean plays - not because of the plot, or intrigue behind the story, but purely for the quality of language within it. Iago's sheer devilish ability to reel off...