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Gatsby’s Parties: Emblems of Democracy or Mass ...
Why are Gatsby's parties repeatedly compared to amusement parks. How does Fitzgerald use these parties to offer a commentary on modern life?
Gatsby’s Parties: Emblems of Democracy or Mass ...
Why are Gatsby's parties repeatedly compared to amusement parks. How does Fitzgerald use these parties to offer a commentary on modern life?
The Critique of Racism in The Great Gatsby
In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the bigoted character of Tom Buchanan to critique the pseudo-scientific discourse of white supremacy that was being popularized in the 1920s.
The Critique of Racism in The Great Gatsby
In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the bigoted character of Tom Buchanan to critique the pseudo-scientific discourse of white supremacy that was being popularized in the 1920s.
Animated Objects & Alienated Labor in The Great...
In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald offers a narrative representation of Marx’s theory of “commodity fetishism”: under a capitalist economy, inanimate commodities appear to be endowed with their own...
Animated Objects & Alienated Labor in The Great...
In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald offers a narrative representation of Marx’s theory of “commodity fetishism”: under a capitalist economy, inanimate commodities appear to be endowed with their own...
Automobiles & Reckless Driving in The Great Gatsby
Automobiles play a central role in both the plot and the symbolic meanings which Fitzgerald develops in The Great Gatsby. How do F. Scott Fitzgerald's depictions of careless drivers enable him to expose the...
Automobiles & Reckless Driving in The Great Gatsby
Automobiles play a central role in both the plot and the symbolic meanings which Fitzgerald develops in The Great Gatsby. How do F. Scott Fitzgerald's depictions of careless drivers enable him to expose the...
Rhetorical Devices in Julius Caesar: Mark Anton...
William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar is a treasure trove of rhetorical devices. What devices does Mark Antony employ in his famous speech at Caesar’s funeral?
Rhetorical Devices in Julius Caesar: Mark Anton...
William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar is a treasure trove of rhetorical devices. What devices does Mark Antony employ in his famous speech at Caesar’s funeral?
Teaching Macbeth: Duality, Role Reversal, & Psy...
Shakespeare's Macbeth has been celebrated as a play with unprecedented psychological complexity. Each character is constructed as the site of dual and dueling personality traits!
Teaching Macbeth: Duality, Role Reversal, & Psy...
Shakespeare's Macbeth has been celebrated as a play with unprecedented psychological complexity. Each character is constructed as the site of dual and dueling personality traits!