Articles written by Jennifer M. Willhite

Written in 1955, "Tongues of Stone" is one of Plath's more compelling works of short fiction. A young woman tries desperately to find meaning in an empty, sterile world.

Nov 24, 2008 - Jennifer M. Willhite

Milton makes the case for Satan to be viewed on a human level different from the tradition of a demon detached from the material world.

Nov 24, 2008 - Jennifer M. Willhite

Chopin's Mrs. Mallard has been burdened with heart trouble for years. Following her husband's death her newfound freedom heals her pain, but ultimately takes her life.

Nov 15, 2008 - Jennifer M. Willhite

Aurelie's is consumbed by anguish and saddness over allowing herself to be deprived of a life that she thought she could exist without.

Nov 13, 2008 - Jennifer M. Willhite

Daisy Buchanan is the epitome of a daughter of privilege. She comes from old money, never wanted for anything, but she has no concept of how it has shaped her character.

Nov 10, 2008 - Jennifer M. Willhite

Montresor's vengeful nature is exhibited through his diabolical actions. His complexion remains a mystery to the audience, but the glimpses to his soul display an abyss.

Nov 4, 2008 - Jennifer M. Willhite

Melanctha constantly sought acceptance and found her worth in the eyes of others. When she meets Campbell a relationship blossoms that causes her to amend her ways.

Nov 4, 2008 - Jennifer M. Willhite

The rage Medea feels consumes her when she addresses Jason in the aftermath of his affair. Her uncensored language is considered unbecoming of a woman in her position.

Oct 18, 2008 - Jennifer M. Willhite

Neely is consumed with the illusion of power, wealth and influence. She is willing to ride the high all the way to her own destruction.

Oct 17, 2008 - Jennifer M. Willhite

Marlow, the protagonist of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, comes face to face with himself in the heart of a dark, horrifying and extreme experience.

Oct 17, 2008 - Jennifer M. Willhite

Masculinity/Femininity are demonstrated as a double construction of gender as a professional and private manner in Macbeth.

Oct 8, 2008 - Jennifer M. Willhite

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most celebrated American authors of the 19th century. His most memorable works were published shortly before his death in 1849.

Aug 28, 2008 - Jennifer M. Willhite

Esther Greenwood desperately searches for purity in a world that is anything but pure. The disillusionment she suffers antagonizes her eventual mental collapse.

Aug 13, 2008 - Jennifer M. Willhite

Stein's Melanctha is a young woman who is desperate to find herself. Through her relationships, she tries to define who she is and what it is that she seeks

Aug 9, 2008 - Jennifer M. Willhite

Voltaire's Candide defines the roles of faith and suffering through experience and thought, while rejecting the threat of conformity that looms all around him.

Aug 9, 2008 - Jennifer M. Willhite

Moliere's view of a woman's role in the 17th century, through the character of Mrs. Jourdain, turns conventional stereotypes on end, and indicts traditional decorum.

Aug 9, 2008 - Jennifer M. Willhite

Written October 12, 1962, Daddy serves as a type of confession. The poem is a deep, dark examination of a paternal relationship that died when Plath was young.

Aug 6, 2008 - Jennifer M. Willhite

Darwin's theory of sexual selection is prominently portrayed through Catherine, who adds a human element to a theory traditionally applied to the animal kingdom.

Aug 6, 2008 - Jennifer M. Willhite

Santiago Nasar's masculinity is defined by secondhand accounts of the events, observations and experiences in the hours leading up to his death.

Aug 5, 2008 - Jennifer M. Willhite

Chief Bromden's obsession with the combine, and the mechanisms thereof, is allegorical of the threat conformity inflicts on individuality.

Jul 28, 2008 - Jennifer M. Willhite

Thompson's writings on the death of the American dream are, in part, a response to Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling.

Jul 3, 2008 - Jennifer M. Willhite