— Ali Zandani Tartuffe by Molière is one of the great works that came to my mind. In this play, Tartuffe the deceiver one pretending to be religious who is taken into a house of a wealthy man named Orgon in order to educate his family members. At the beginning, Tartuffe was able to fool […]
Enlightenment, Romantic, and Colonial (1660–1830CE)
Dear Future Great Works Reader …
— Anonymous Dear Future Great Works Reader, One of the works that you will be reading in this class is Candide. I’ll tell you now that it has thirty chapters. But do not sweat it. Each chapter is about one be to five pages long. It will probably take you about four hours to read […]
In the book, The Love Suicides at Amijima …
— Anonymous In the book, The Love Suicides at Amijima written by Chikamatsu Monzaemon, we see Koharu, a prostitute and her romance encounter with Jihei, a father of two. In act 1, I was not convinced that Koharu’s feelings for Jihei were genuine. Personally, I think Koharu does not know what love is. Koharu is […]
One of the pieces that made me feel uncomfortable …
— Anonymous One of the pieces that made me feel uncomfortable during the semester was “Juliette” By Marquis de Sade. When I read it the first time around, I couldn’t believe some of the things that Sade said. At first, it was a little hard to understand the story relative to the theme, so I […]
While transitioning from our previous narrative (The Incidents in the Life…
—Mazidul Ahmed While transitioning from our previous narrative (The Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl) to The Love Suicides at Amijima, I assumed this might be a more distinguishable read because of the disparities between the cultures. However, this play doesn’t fall too far from the themes we’ve been accustomed to from The […]
