Literature of the 19th century contains many a thief, but to paraphrase L. Frank Baum: Is it a good thief or a bad thief? In the event that you are shaking your head and wondering how in the world there could even be such a thing as a good thief, you must remind yourself of ...
There are two major existential themes that evolve in the movie Groundhog Day. One of the major themes is the loss of identity that evolves throughout the story. When Phil (the anchorman) realizes that he wakes up on Groundhog Day every day, he begins to do things that he wouldn’t normally do, like stealing Punxsutawney ...
To some, she may only be vaguely remembered as the mother of Mary Shelley, but in the latter part of the Eighteenth Century she was considered somewhat of a radical feminist. This was in part due to her gender-shattering essay, Vindication of the Rights of Woman. There are some critics who claim that she may ...
“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.” -William Makepeace Thackeray I admit to being a little bit of a quote hound. I have a several notebooks filled with all my favorite quotations and over the last four years, most the quotes I have filed are about mothers and ...
Why 21 Quotes? There are 21 quotes, for 21 days, the number of days it takes to create or break a habit. Do you want to motivate yourself to write, create, get healthy and loose weight? Do you want more peace, love, happiness, creativity, justice, or courage in our lives and world, we must first ...
A recent reading of PENDENNIS by William Makepeace Thackeray reminded me how prevalent is the theme of mother and son incest in classic literature. While the societal taboo is implied in some of the works, even a cursory reading leaves one sensing the lust of the mother for her son. In Thackeray’s classic 19th century ...
