COMMON PLACE BOOK

Gulliver's Travels, Part Four

At first, I thought this story was just plain weird, but after having the class discussion on it, it makes more sense. My favorite shows...

This documentary is about the long process of the creation of one of the most famous and commonly used translations of the Bible. After...

Oroonoko is sad. Literally everything goes wrong for Oroonoko in the story. Every time something good happens and it seems like his life...

Book 2 of Paradise Lost is like the beginning of an plan. Satan and the other devils debate on what to do about God and Heaven. In the...

Paradise Lost, Book 1 is really interesting. It portrays Satan as a hero. The way the devil's speeches are written almost makes him a...

Katherine Philips is a seventeenth century feminist. She wrote about why being a single woman is much better than being married. This is...

Mary Wroth writes about love in a way that is very spiritual. She often wrote about Gods or powerful beings controlling people's...

John Donne is weird. I have to start by saying that. His poetry is descriptively gross. He tend to compare things that are so drastically...

Acts four and five of Othello are full of action. Iago's plans begin to go into affect and it comes chaotic. Due to the rumors and lies...

I have read Othello a few times before since it is my favorite Shakespeare play. This time while reading Othello Acts one, two, and three...