Scarlett MorineJul 22, 20216 min readThe Narrative Voice of Nelly, Lockwood, and 'the President of the Immortals'In Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Wuthering Heights, narrative voice is used to uncover the plight of the impoverished, or those of a...
Scarlett MorineJul 22, 20214 min readWomen's Happiness: Wuthering Heights and Tess of the D'UrbervillesIn Wuthering Heights and Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy and Emily Bronte present women’s attempt to find happiness as...
Scarlett MorineJul 22, 20212 min read'Metatheatre' in HamletIn Shakespeare’s Hamlet, metatheatre is presented as a conscious centralisation of action, embodying the blurring of boundaries between...
Scarlett MorineJul 22, 20213 min readThe Machiavellian ClaudiusIn Hamlet, Shakespeare presents Claudius as the Machiavellian archetype: a pragmatic but corrupt monarch figure – and blurs the lines...
Scarlett MorineJul 16, 20216 min readA Comparison of Tishani Doshi's The Deliverer and Julia Copus' Raymond, at 60Both Doshi and Copus explore the relationship between a mother and child in relation to parental love and protection, or the absence of...
Scarlett MorineJul 16, 20212 min readWuthering Heights' Symbiotic RelationshipIn Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff and Cathy’s relationship is presented as almost-symbiotic – both of their existence necessary for the...
Scarlett MorineJul 16, 20213 min readThe Dramatic Significance of Hamlet Act 1, Scene 5In Act 1, Scene 5 of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, several significant dramatic elements are founded, which set up the ‘revenge plot’ of the...
Scarlett MorineJul 16, 20213 min readManipulation in Wuthering Heights and Tess of the D'UrbervillesIn Wuthering Heights and Tess of the D’Urbervilles, the theme of manipulation is explored through several means, including that of...
Scarlett MorineJul 16, 20214 min readIntellect and Emotion in John Donne's PoetryIn ‘A Valediction Forbidding Mourning’ and ‘The Canonization’, Donne combines intellect and emotion to elevate his relationship above...
Scarlett MorineMay 15, 20214 min readThe Women of Hamlet‘Hamlet’s love for Ophelia is deformed, though not obliterated, by his distrust of all women because of his disillusionment with his...