Essays on Past
“Never Let Me Go” and “The Glass Menagerie” can be seen to be products of the society they were created in. In fact, the dystopian novel presents the past as an escape from an inhumane reality, while the WW2 play presents a poverty stricken society during the Great Depression. Ishiguro could be trying to explore...
Both Williams and Ishiguro present the past as an escape but also portray different attitudes about the past within their respective texts. They explore themes such as family, relationships and memories but the focus is on the past. Williams, in ‘the memory play’ focuses on Tom, his guilt and regret fuelled past, perhaps wanting to...
Both Williams and Ishiguro use the theme of the past in ‘The Glass Menagerie’ and ‘Never Let Me Go’ to show how individuals can retreat back into their memories, creating a nostalgic and reminiscent tone. For Ishiguro, he explores emotions in his 2005 novel focusing on the sadness of the human condition as well as...
In this essay, I will discuss and analyse the significance of the past in 1920s novel The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I will also discuss the past of A Streetcar Named Desire A play written in 1947 by Playwright Tennessee Williams. Moreover, I will discuss how the past foreshadows and more accurately...
