Genre Essays

Crime and drama dominates most of the television shows in the world today. These are mostly action movies and shows which have been staged. These may depict real life situations but they have been exaggerated. First of all, the action itself is too much. There is so much fighting and people murder each other in […]

The film, titled “The Dope,” is a crime comedy drama that came out in 2015. It follows the story of Malcolm Adekanbi, a high school senior who lives in a neighborhood called Bottoms in California, where crime is common and not surprising. Malcolm’s dream is to attend Harvard University, and he shares this aspiration with […]

Introduction Dramaturgy in the field of sociology refers to the perspectives within the sociological setting that starts from interaction of symbols that are commonly applicable in micro-sociological accounts of daily activities of an individual. Dramaturgical analysis of everyday life among the individuals remains to be analysis based on stages of life development. The core of […]

William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake. The desire and possession of power can appear to be ideal, Lady Macbeth should be cautious with what she wishes for, in light of the fact that possession of power […]

The creators drew closer the Bible as an account of how God has functioned and how He keeps on functioning all through history. It endeavors to take every one of the stories and orchestrate them in an appropriate request to the principle story. It begins at creation and takes after the book of scriptures’ story […]

The two common types of drama are comedies and tragedies. The primary difference between the two is that he former has happy endings while the latter has unhappy ones. The case of Othello is tragedy as it ends with death of the main characters. The cause of death is fuelled by political and emotional issues […]

Basing my responses to the story which is presented in form of a movie “Moulin Rouge” I will give my opinions based on how the subject matter discussed in the story is displayed out. The story mostly focuses on night clubs and activities which are carried out at night parties and functions. In my response, […]

Madrigal is the name given to a type of music for voices which primarily uses secular poetry. This musical genre was prominent in two different time periods: first, during the 14th century, and second, in the 16th and early 17th centuries. Madrigal, a popular vocal genre in the Renaissance Era, derives its lyrics from poetry […]

There has been a rise in gender balance portrayed in contemporary Turkish soap operas. The Turkish soap operas feature career-oriented Muslim couples, showcasing both male and female characters as equals. These values go beyond the traditional cultural norms of Muslim societies, wherein gender roles hinder women’s ability to determine their own lives in areas such […]

Considering the whole span of earthly time…only within the briefest moments has one species – man – acquired significant power to alter the nature of the world. This power has now increased to one of disturbing magnitude. ” (Rachael Carson) An essay exploring above quotation and way in which humans interact with natural world, with […]

Hating Big Brother’s Invasion of privacy and individual freedom, he decides to rebel and searches for answers from his memory and the past to find the truth behind the governments’ constant lies. Since he is watched by the government and everyone around him 24/7, the only place he can carry out his rebellion Is In […]

An antonym of Utopia is Dystopia, which means a place that is not ideal. Therefore, Utopia refers to a perfect place. Hence, creating a terrifying environment with numerous flaws is what a dystopia entails. In the book “1984,” the setting is a dystopian world set in 1984, which was the future when Orwell wrote it. […]

American cinema in the 1970s was filled with movies that explored the risks stemming from scientific and technological advancements. The limited control that mankind had over nuclear power (“The Syndrome of China” 1979), bacteriological research (“The Last Man Alive” 1971), the environment (“Mysterious Ships” 1972), and the fusion of human souls with metal (“Souls of […]

In the ‘Time Machine’, H G Wells writes about what he depicts the future to be like. He explains in great detail his views of evolution and Dystopia. The world he has travelled to could for all he knows be another planet. It is the definition of a Dystopia, with to opposite species living against […]

Prior to my presentation about the complex genre of “utopian fiction,” it is important to clarify my own definition of what constitutes a text as either utopian or dystopian, as the context of the word can greatly influence its meaning. Generally recognized as a broad genre, “utopian fiction” encompasses various sub-genres such as utopian, eutopian, […]

The definition of Dystopia is an imaginary place where the inhabitants are exploited and control is maintained through oppression. Both “The Scarlet Letter” and “The Handmaid’s Tale” reflect characteristics of a dystopian novel. A dystopian novel is usually fictional and futuristic to the time in which it was written. The characters are made to worship […]

Religion is a way of life to mankind, which provides a purpose and meaning in life. It encourages the good and punishes the evil. In the case of the novel The Chrysalids, by John Wyndham, religion creates a dystopian society. This is the result of increased fear amongst the people who fear another tribulation. The […]

Chrysalids, The Hunger Games, and Fahrenheit 451 are considered examples of dystopian societies because the people live in a dehumanized state. The people in Chrysalids live in a dehumanized state because the people of Waknuk classify the things that are not in the image of God as deviations or mutants. If something is done that […]

“The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without color, pain or past” (Lois Lowry). Pleasantville is a 1998 American fantasy comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Gary Ross. A brother and sister, David and Jennifer, are sucked into their television set and suddenly find themselves stuck in a […]

Kurt Vonnegut Junior’s passage “Harrison and Bergeron” is a brief story written in 1961. It is about Harrison Bergeron, an inmate who is forced to diminish his abilities because they are more enhanced than everyone else’s. When Harrison tries to rebel against the laws of the land, he is shot and killed. “Harrison Bergeron” is […]

Question 1 – The concept singularity is a hypothesis on the not so far future of human life on earth. According to Ray Kurzweil, the scientist, inventor, futurist and author of The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology; singularity is a stage in our near future where technological development will start to accrue at an […]

A dystopian society us a society classified by a controlling government. Usually, a dystopian society is miserable. Both societies in “Harrison Bergeron” and The Hunger Games have a controlling government that make the societies miserable but in their own special ways. The societies in both “Harrison Bergeron” and The Hunger Games are synonymous, but they […]