— Anonymous I think that Life of A Sensuous Woman by Ihara Saikaku is a great work because of how radical it was for its time and the manner in which it approaches the idea of love. Given that the story was written in a conservative sixteenth-century Japan, Saikaku took a great risk in writing […]
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“Bewitched,” by Ueda Akinari, is an interesting piece of literature…
— Abdulla Al Sudman “Bewitched,” by Ueda Akinari, is an interesting piece of literature for me because it really touches upon something much deeper than a man’s attraction to beauty, instead on how beauty, and as an extension women, are perceived by people. This is a “Great Work” because it illustrates how people thought and […]
Letter to a Friend…
— Afshara Choudhury Dear Best Friend, As you know I just transferred to Baruch and I am taking a course named English literature 2800. In the beginning when I registered for this class, I didn’t think I would like the reading material and the process of reading these gigantic plays or stories but after 4th […]
Medea, the name of a woman whose sacrifices does not have any limit…
— Anonymous Medea, the name of a women whose sacrifices does not have any limit. For me these poem is really sad and hurtful because here I could see a women who took all the danger for the only person she loves in her whole life but in the end of the day left her […]
The television show I’m currently binging is Californication…
— Anonymous The television show I’m currently binging is Californication. The show follows David Duchovny, who portrays Hank Moody, a morbid and intensely lax writer, through his struggles with alcohol, women, and writing. The man is the definition of a jerk. Charles Baudelaire’s tone in Fleur Du Mal resonates with the character of Hank Moody. […]
