Momo is a modern fairytale in which the fight between good and evil and the contemporary society, in which because of the wish for material stability doesn't give anyone time to take care of another person, is being shown. The novel is composed of three parts: the first one has 5 chapters, the second one […]
Six Characters In Search of an Author
The play “Six Characters in Search of an Author” belongs to the theatre of absurd and it was written by Luigi Pirandello in 1921 when it was also performed in the Theatre Valle in Rome. As it usually goes with plays of this type, the audience and the critics had different opinions about it. During […]
Metamorphoses - Apollo and Daphne
Mythical epic “Metamorphoses” is a work by a Roman writer Ovid. It belongs to the middle phase of his literary work in which he wrote mythological poems, even though the influence of his first phase, in which he wrote love poetry, is felt. “Metamorphoses” is consisted out of 246 stories of mythological thematic. The stories […]
Metamorphoses - Venus and Adonis
Mythical epic “Metamorphoses” is a work by a Roman writer Ovid. It belongs to the middle phase of his literary work in which he wrote mythological poems, even though the influence of his first phase, in which he wrote love poetry, is felt. “Metamorphoses” is consisted out of 246 stories of mythological thematic. The stories […]
Metamorphoses - Orpheus and Eurydice
Mythical epic “Metamorphoses” is a work by a Roman writer Ovid. It belongs to the middle phase of his literary work in which he wrote mythological poems, even though the influence of his first phase, in which he wrote love poetry, is felt. “Metamorphoses” is consisted out of 246 stories of mythological thematic. The stories […]
Metamorphoses - Pyramus and Thisbe
Mythical epic "Metamorphoses" is a work by a Roman writer Ovid. It belongs to the middle phase of his literary work in which he wrote mythological poems, even though the influence of his first phase, in which he wrote love poetry, is felt. "Metamorphoses" is consisted out of 246 stories of mythological thematic. The stories […]
Metamorphoses - Narcissus and Echo
The mythological story about Narcissus and Echo is famous for being the proof of Tiresias' prophecy gift. When Jupiter got into a debate with Juno about lust being bigger with women than with men they decided to ask the prophet. He spent seven years as a woman and answered that woman's lust is bigger than […]
The Imaginary Invalid
"The Imaginary Invalid" is a comedy-ballet by Jean Baptiste Moliere in three acts. The work has the characteristics of an opera and a play and it was very popular during the reign of Louise XVI., and it was often preformed in his castle. The performances were great spectacles in which the text would intertwine with […]
The Catcher in the Rye
"The Catcher in the Rye" is a modern novel whose centre point aren't the events but the character. The inner world (emotions, thoughts, conscious and subconscious) of the character are the centre of the novel. The character isn't a hero, he's actually an introvert who is just observing the world around himself and has no […]
The Plague
The novel “The Plague” by Albert Camus is composed of 5 parts. The author told us the events happening during the plague in the city Oran on the Algerian coast that counts only 200.000 citizens. In the beginning we find out that the novel is a chronological diary. Notes by Jean Tarrou, one of the […]
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner was an author well known for his not so optimistic novels. "The Sound and the Fury" is a novel in which the intellectual, moral and emotional falling apart of the world is shown. Faulkner uses his characters to describe the 20th century society. The novel begins with the fall of an aristocratic family […]
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka's novella "The Metamorphosis" carries an allegorical meaning, and the moral of the story is hard to reach. The plot is narrated in a simple and chronological way and the events are transparent. The only departure of reality is in Gregor's metamorphosis when he becomes a giant bug. The style, structure and language are […]
Anna Karenina
"Anna Karenina" is a novel with a contemporary thematic in which the main theme is Anna's adultery because of which she get rejected from society and experiences a tragic end. Parallel to her story we follow up on the destructive love between Anna and Vronsky and the love story between Levin and Kitty based on […]
Madame Bovary
The centre of the novel is the character Emma Bovary, but the French author Gustave Flaubert also emphasized his social critic towards the life in French provinces in the 19th century. The themes of the novel are marriage and adultery. By characterizing his characters, Flaubert made a new concept called bovarism defined as people's tendency […]
The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood
The moral of every fairytale is that good conquers all and in these fairytale the same thing happens when the young princess lives a happy life with her prince and two kids, while the evil queen pays for her actions. Except for the happy ending many other events that a poor servant encountered are described […]
Don Quixote
"Don Quixote" is a novel by a Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes. It is one of the most significant works by Spanish and the worldwide literature. It is important because it has the first characteristics of novels that we know today such as a long, complex story, characterized characters, a clear critic of society and […]
Crime and Punishment
"Crime and Punishment" is one of the most famous and most read novels by F.M. Dostoyevsky which brought him fame. He writes about the same theme he wrote about in "The Idiot" and "The Brothers Karamazov" - sin and redemption. Dostoyevsky deals with the degradation of Russian society and family in most of his works. […]
Confessions
Augustine of Hippo began a new era of autobiographical tradition with his work “Confessions” in which he described the detail from his life and preached about him in his own, individual way. The fact that in the time span of 100 years after “Confessions” was published more autobiographical works were written than in any other […]
The Neverending Story
"The Neverending story" is a famous children and young's novel by Michael Ende. It was published in 1979 and it brought the author worldwide success. It was such a success that Wolfgang Petersen made a movie adaption in 1984 and then it was one of the most expensive German cinematography movie. The world of which […]
Ricky of the Tuft
"Ricky of the Tuft" is a fairytale about two princesses and an ugly prince that received their abilities from a good fairy. We are used to miracles happen in fairytales and so did in this one. The prince fell in love with the most beautiful princess of all kingdom but the love wasn't mutual. Even […]
The Fairies
The fairytale "Fairies" is one of the most famous works by Charles Perrault. The story begins with a mother that had two daughters. They weren't much alike and the older one was more like her mother while the younger one was known as the most beautiful girls that were a lot like a father who […]
Town Musicians of Bremen
In the fairytale "Town Musicians of Bremen" an encounter between four animals, who believe their life is over, is described. The owner wanted to get rid of them so they decided to head their own way. A donkey, a dog, a cat and a rooster decided to go to Bremen. Since it was a long […]
The Brave Little Tailor
"The Brave Little Tailor" is a fairytale that describes the events of the main character and his outsmarting with a giant. After he killed seven flies with one hit he thought it would be a good idea to see the world instead of spending his day in his tailor shop. He met a giant on […]
Rapunzel
While reading fairytales, we enter an amazing world or surreal events that happen to the main characters. In this fairy tale, the main theme is the love between two young people. An evil Witch wants to destroy their love, but she doesn't do it in the end. Rapunzel is a fairy tale about the love […]
The Frog Prince
"The Frog Prince" is a classical fairytale about a prince who is turned into a frog by an evil witch. In order to break the spell a good princess had to grant him one wish. Luckily the youngest princess in the kingdom came to play near the lake every day so the frog got he's […]
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
The fairytale about twelve sisters going to a ball in their dancing shoes is a story that awakens our imagination and makes us think about pleasant music, beautiful dresses and dancing. Every night they would go to their princes to go and dance all night. Their father was worried because their dancing shoes didn't lie. […]
Donkeyskin
This fairytale can be compared to Cinderella because of the ring that only fits to one hand. The main theme of the story is the love between young princess and a prince. A relationship between two families is being described so on one side we have the desperate princess's father who wants to marry his […]
Little Thumb
A tiny and wise boy named Little Thumb was very poor. In his intentions to help his family he became smaller and smaller but wiser at the same time. He managed to confront an evil cannibal that wanted to eat his brothers and him. Even though his parents wanted to get rid of all of […]
The Fisherman and His Wife
The tale of the fisherman and his wife is actually a fairytale about a wife that asked the impossible from her husband. He caught a magical fish and she asked him to let her live. He was kindhearted and pleased her demand and she granted him three wishes. The fisherman had no desires and he […]
The Tempest
"The Tempest" is a romantic drama written by the biggest English dramatic William Shakespeare. It was written between 1619 and 1611 but it was published more than 10 years later, in 1623. The main theme is a conflict between Prospero, a Duke of Milan who is also a sorcerer banished from Italy and his brothers […]