Genre Essays

Disillusioned by the societies that lay before them, Huxley and Atwood created fascinating and bleak satires of the future where the past is abolished. In Huxley’s technocratic London and Atwood’s theocratic Gilead, two dehumanized masses simply exist to fulfill the ideals of their all-powerful rulers. These societies, consisting of conditioned and religiously indoctrinated individuals, resonate […]

The Dangers of Totalitarianism: A dystopian novel, “1984” written by George Orwell, attacks the idea of totalitarian communism (a political system in which one ruling party plans and controls the collective social action of a state) by painting a terrifying picture of a world in which personal freedom is nonexistent. Orwell criticizes totalitarianism of all […]

Karl Marx once said, “The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people”. Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World depicts a utopia that has come to completely rely on technology to run their world. This advanced and civilized world has made living thoughtless. Citizens look to Henry Ford as a deity […]

A sense of entrapment pervades both ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’ and ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’. Explore the theme of entrapment in these two texts, making careful comparisons between them and commenting particularly on the narrative strategy of each text. In many works originating from periods of time in which repression in society was apparent, the freedom […]

The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury Utopia: an ideal place (fictional) This short story is an example of Dystopian fiction – dealing with a society that embodies a flawed perfection – achieved at a cost. In the story, Ray Bradbury criticizes a society that resembles a police state or totalitarian regime, with the only representative of […]

“We are like chameleons; we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us” (John Locke, English philosopher and physician). Everyone in the world influences others in many various manners. The influence can be diminutive or extremely significant but they always have an impact. In the novel, Fahrenheit […]

Blade Runner Humanity Question of humanity continually appears throughout the film. What it takes to be human. Humans in the film are human but is it humanity, to have compassion spirit and emotion. Live in the darkness and day to day; the ones who never left to the off-world. Replicants started to achieve humanity where […]

Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World are the two literary works that accentuate the theme of alienation in the classical societies that they were explicitly set to represent. The two works are set against the highly stratified social and political background whereby dominion and manipulations of the lower caste by the members […]

Dystopia is a literal element that typically portrays a grim perspective on the future, highlighting the potential for things to go very wrong. It represents a seemingly perfect utopian society where everything appears flawless. This is often depicted through dehumanization and societal chaos, usually set in the future. Dystopian books serve as cautionary tales, incorporating […]

Prof. Keith Walters Commentary to Bettelheim’s chapter on “Cinderella” Let me start off with saying that Bettelheim completely ruined my fantasy on fairy-tales. His contorted mind really made it hard to remember all the beautiful tales from childhood.Of course he is entitled to his own opinions and I won’t argue with that but I certainly […]

In her collection, The Bloody Chamber, Angela Carter employs various narrative techniques that draw inspiration from fairy tales. She incorporates techniques from the folkloric genre but also blends it with other styles to give her stories a contemporary feel. Through this fusion, she is able to satirize the society she wrote for. In her writing, […]

Angela Carter’s writing possesses a powerful and captivating force that effectively makes us overlook any doubts we may have regarding her subject matter. Discuss. Carter was a renowned advocate of magic realism, incorporating Gothic themes, violence, and eroticism into it. She consistently integrated the language and distinct elements of the fantasy genre in her literary […]

In the discussion of how Carter employs and challenges traditional fairy tale customs, one can observe that fairy tales are typically utilized to instruct youngsters about morals or to aid in their comprehension of distinctions between right and wrong. Angela Carter is renowned for her exceptional ability to transform fairy tale elements into Gothic dramas […]

EXTENSION ENGLISH – The Grandmothers Tale Speech Fairy Tales are short stories that have been passed through cultures and generations, usually adapting to fit the social restrictions and morals of the time. The Grandmothers Tale, which most of us would recognize as Charles Perrault’s adaptation, Little Red Riding Hood, has been passed through different cultures, […]

A Reluctant Master Girish Karnad says that, though the English writers and the thought of writing in English influenced him, it was unknowingly that he became a playwright and started writing in Kannada. ‘Yakshagana’, the traditional folk theatre of Karnataka, influenced him. Karnad’s plays, Yayathi, Hayavadana, Tughlag, and Nagamandala certainly reveal this influence. Two Folktales […]

ENGLISH FAIRY TALE ADAPTATION SPEECH You will all be familiar with the fairy tale of the three little pigs, were in the fairy tale the pigs are cute and cuddly, and the wolf is big and bad. But what if we looked at it from a different point of view? What if the three little […]

That a setoffs laws, neatly defined to suit one narrative medium, can be applied to another is not unlike comparing apples and oranges and including, ‘Now that I know how the apple tastes, I can appreciated the orange better. ‘ Flippant as that comparison sounds, it’s not far from the case. Prop’s 31 functions were […]

“In children you should never let such angry passions rise; their little hands were never made to tear each other’s eyes. ” – Isaac Watt We use fairy tales to teach young children morals; however, these fairy tales have a negative effect on children’s psyche. The fairytale is often an entertaining story of miraculous and […]

‘Shrek’ is an award winning animated film that appeals to all ages due to its unorthodox and interesting approach to a fairy tale. In traditional fairytales there will be an attractive young maiden; a handsome, brave man usually of high office, as the hero; and inevitably bitter, disfigured evil character. Most plots will meander through […]

The opening sequence should be effective in any film, of any genre, to make the viewer want to watch it. The opening introduces us to the theme and the characters in the film. Additionally, music and setting can make the opening of the film more effective. The opening sequence of Shrek is generally effective because […]

In the following essay, I will be analyzing and comparing two highly acclaimed films, namely ‘Shrek’ and ‘Snow White’. My analysis will delve into the contrasting and similar aspects of the movies, specifically regarding their genre, language, animation techniques, and characters. The essay will kick off by examining ‘Snow White’. During the Great Depression in […]

In my first lesson on fairy tales, we read through some stories such as “The Rainbow Fish” and “Going on A Bear Hunt” where we examined stories studying the similarities and conventions of the stories, which eventually, we performed to Year 1’s. The most obvious characteristics that we learnt were:1. Struggle between Protagonists and Antagonists2. […]