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Faust
by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheFaust is written by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, a German writer who attained the literary celebrity status at the age of 25. This Tragic play must be a sequel or penned under the inspiration of “The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus”, written by Christopher Marlowe. This play was Written in two parts, Part one narrates Faust’s adventures of bla..
Oedipus the King
by SophoclesOedipus the King written by Sophocles is the first of The Oedipus Trilogy which portrays the tragic hero Oedipus’s birth to blinding his eyes with pins removed from his mother’s dress. Oedipus was born to King Laius and Queen Jocasta in the kingdom of Thebes. The infamous prophecy said, on attaining the adulthood Oedipus will kill his father, ma..
Oedipus at Colonus
by SophoclesOedipus at Colonus written by Sophocles is the second play of The Oedipus Trilogy which portrays the tragic hero Oedipus’s exit from Thebes till his death at Athens. Oedipus was expelled from the kingdom by his sons Eteocles and Polynices, and travel to Athens accompanied by his daughters Antigone and Ismene to die in the holy land. On reaching ..
Antigone
by SophoclesAntigone written by Sophocles is the third play of The Oedipus Trilogy which portrays the braveness of Oedipus daughter Antigone and the tragedy of the Thebes ruler Creon. The death of Oedipus triggered the civil war and the sons of Oedipus died in an attempt for the throne. Creon, the ruler of the Thebes has decided to honor Eteocles and Polyne..
Household Stories
by Brothers GrimmHousehold Stories is a collection of fairy tales originally written in German by the German academicians Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, most popularly called as Brothers Grimm. The authors ignited the interest in fairy tales, while the romanticism and Romantic nationalism were ruling the literary world in 19th century. The have aided the recover..
Mosses from an Old Manse and Other Stories
by Nathaniel HawthorneMosses from an Old Manse and Other Stories written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, an American novelist who is best remembered for his fiction work “The Scarlet Letter”. Hawthorne titled this short story collection in remembrance of his life with his wife at “The Old Manse”, a historic manse of American literary associations. Like many of his works, Mos..
Hedda Gabler
by Henrik IbsenHedda Gabler is a play written by Henrik Ibsen, a Norwegian playwright and poet who is remembered for his realistic plays A Doll's House, Emperor and Galilean, and Peer Gynt to name a few. Hedda Gabler, a drama of realism has received many negative reviews for portraying the heroine as manipulative villain. Hedda Gabler, the daughter of an arist..
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner is written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an English poet and philosopher credited as the founder of Romantic Movement in England. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is written as poem narrates the long voyage experiences of a mariner who narrates his story to a man who is on his way to attend a wedding ceremony. Blesse..