… wrought punishments upon those who have violated its laws and/or codes of conduct. From Hammurabi’s “eye for an eye” to the some Middle Eastern countries’ practice of amputating the hands of thieves, many of these punishments involve violence and…

… great eighteenth century author, Voltaire. The first time I read this book I was in the eighth grade and it was recommended to me by my English teacher who understood my passion to read. I have to admit that I did not appreciate the satire and the…

… it’s going to start controversy,” said by Josh Stafford the main lawyer in John Grisham’s thrilling novel The Testament. The World’s tenth’s richest man jumps to his death from the fourteenth floor of his self made business. Leaving a holographic…

… FilmThe Picture of Dorian Gray is a brilliant yet controversial novel in its times for its immoral views. Although the novel is a great one it has taken about a century for many to praise and accept this aspects of the novel. In 1945 the making of the…

… As a result, the action has to be ingenious and at times gruesome, whilst also being translatable to the stage. Webster uses many techniques and methods whether it is in staging, language or characterisation, to bring the action closer to the audience…

… Love traps one in a state of daze and becomes lethal to its prey. In the famous novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby is in love with Daisy Buchanan so deeply that he begins to lose his true self and undergoes a drastic change. He devot…

… the hardships of a typical rural Arkansas tenant-farmer family struggling to keep afloat. It's also a tale of a young boy, Luke Chandler, and his journey from innocence to experience. During the course of Luke's adventures, John Grisham also shares…

… Nest exposes the theme of absolute rule by elites in local communities in late colonial Latin America. These authority figures, as expressed by Turner, tell the reader “in these parts of the world, the victims that escape the hands of the priest fall…

… day living and also of the evils of the class system. The main three characters in the play are Eddie, Mickey and Mrs Johnstone. Eddie and Mickey are twins, and Mrs Johnstone is their mother. They are separated at birth and grow up unaware of this. Th…

… or HUAC, started a trial and investigation of communism in the Hollywood motion picture industry. The Committee, including Chairman J. Parnell Thomas a young Congressman from California, and Richard M. Nixon tried many celebrities asking them question…