
Understanding Utopia in the Postmodern Literature
When we examine the meaning of the word utopia in relation to the words ‘nusquama’ and ‘eutopia’, we see that the term utopia is a paradox in itself: the perfect place is identical to no place. […]
When we examine the meaning of the word utopia in relation to the words ‘nusquama’ and ‘eutopia’, we see that the term utopia is a paradox in itself: the perfect place is identical to no place. […]
In “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, Le Guin does not follow the conventions of the classic utopia and allows the reader to make speculations about a different world. […]
A story like “Omelas” is valuable to utopian and dystopian critics alike because it allows the reader to determine whether it is a utopia or a dystopia. […]
Far from the world of evil and corrupt court, is the world of the forest. It is a world o true reality where there is no room for flattery. Here people live in harmony with nature and resolve all their conflicts. […]
Shakespeare shows the grim reality of politics in ‘Julius Caesar’. Replete with conspiracies and conflicts, we see how appearance and reality are ambiguous. […]
Shakespeare combines delightful repartee and the conventional comic path to investigate love in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’. Sometimes, it is not a central authority or a powerful person that creates a block in a relationship. Rather it is the pride of the characters themselves that creates this block. […]
‘The Tempest’ is rich with the sense of the ongoing bounty of life, but also well aware of the sadness of loss and the inevitability of death, and also of the mystery of what lies beyond this life. […]
Unlike Caliban, Ariel brings the elements of harmony and forgiveness in ‘The Tempest’. He makes Prospero take the nobler action of mercy. […]
The interactions between Prospero and Caliban in Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ tells us a lot about human relationships. There is mutual hatred along with a heavy dependency for the sake of survival on the island. […]
The duke’s scheme against Angelo was not out of mal-intention or tyranny. In fact, it was to catch him in a situation that he cannot escape anymore or use his hypocrisy to look virtuous. He tricked Angelo into thinking that he is sleeping with Isabel. […]
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