Review Essays Examples

With Liberal Humanism the use of reason, compromise and rational discussion are the major virtues. It seeks to remove the economic disadvantages, believes that man’s individualism and self-interest lead up to general welfare of the community and bring about social justice, harmony and progress. The...

In the twentieth century, humanism has been an essential philosophical stance, with many literary writers trying to represent it in their works. Humanism has been defined in a study named Liberal Humanism and the Concept of Race as “a set of presuppositions that assign to...

Humanism has been a crucial philosophical viewpoint in twentieth-century, with several literary artists making an attempt to uphold it in their writings. Humanism must have the concept of belonging to ensure that everyone deserve their right as human. “Much of what human beings do is...

Some scholars believe that dystopias could be counterproductive. For example, obviously exaggerated doom scenarios could lead people to completely dismiss the urgency of the environment as a political topic. It could backfire. The Day After Tomorrow is a good illustration of this. This film provided...

Fear is a constant reminder that we are human although it can make us believe we’re not. Both Geraldine Brooks the author of ‘Year of Wonders’ and Arthur Miller author of ‘The Crucible’, explore the effect of fear on the seventeenth century communities. While both...

Humanism has been a crucial philosophical viewpoint in twentieth-century, with several literary artists making an attempt to uphold it in their writings. Historically speaking, in the first half of this century the idea of the essentially secular nature of human identity and the essential equality...

“Mimicry in colonial and postcolonial literature is most commonly seen when members of a colonized society (say, Indians or Africans) imitate the language, dress, politics, or cultural attitude of their colonizers (say, the British or the French)“. Mimicry is an important term in post-colonial theory,...

The movie that is based on E.M. Forster’s novel of the same name, A Passage to India, is set in the 1920s where the Indian Independence Struggle was at its pinnacle. Adela, the protagonist’s visit to India can be viewed as exploration of the biggest...

The research question investigated was ‘To what extent do Studio Ghibli productions reflect the political ideologies of their filmmakers?’ The aim of the project was to thoroughly research and determine the various political ideologies that were conveyed through the art, the filmmakers’ intentions, and whether...

The movie Avatar encourages the audience to see nature as something to be respected and cherished through the main themes of Industrialisation and imperialism. Although the movie Avatar may seem quite simple and just some ordinary action movie based in a fantasy world, there are...