Charles Eades

Before his transformation, Gregor is presented as a hard worker, someone who sticks to his job out of duty to his family, since he is the sole bread winner. Because he works such long hours, Gregor...

The success of Rome as a city, being the centre of the Roman Empire until 285 CE, when the Empire was divided in two, is partly down to both military and administrative efficiency. The province of...

Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the first woman authors to be seen as feminist in her writing and in her practice. She wrote and published two polemics on the role of women in society, A Vindication...

In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the unnamed Mariner narrates the story of his voyage. He doesn't give the reason for the voyage or go into specifics about where...

Part of the conflict in A Passage to India comes from Forster's decision to focus on the need for friendship in people of all races, as well as the importance of members of different races...

Mother Courage and Her Children is rightly described as a piece of anti-war literature. Bertolt Brecht was very open about his pacifism even at the time of his writing of the play. He wrote the...

After shooting the albatross, the Mariner's guilt is tempered by the reactions of his crew mates. At first they condemn his crime, only to change their minds when the weather seems to improve. They...