Anna Karenina’s Relationship with Her Husband
Anna’s affair with Vronsky was a desperate cry for recognition and a courageous rebellion against a life of imposed mediocrity. The landscape of 19th-century Russian aristocratic marriages often mirrored political and societal machinations more than personal...
The Romantic Machiavelli: Julien Sorel in ‘The Red and the Black’
In the complex tapestry of Stendhal’s 1830 psychological novel “The Red and The Black” Julien Sorel emerges as a compelling study of ambition and cunning. The humble yet resourceful protagonist traverses the class-divided landscape of post-Napoleonic...
Romeo and Juliet: Love, Desire, and Female Representation
In ‘Romeo and Juliet’, a classic play by Shakespeare, we are invited into a tale of two ‘star-crossed lovers’ whose passionate and ill-fated love story has long been considered the epitome of romantic love. However, upon closer inspection, this...