Essays on Fantasy

Becoming the Dragon is the first instalment in the fantasy epic The Dragon Inside by Alex Sapegin. Becoming the Dragon follows the story of Andy, a teenage boy growing up in small town modern Russia. Andy’s life started to change when he was struck by...

Fantasy World is a setting in which fictional characters also have to face so many challenges in their day to day lives. People say nothing is easy to get and for that one must do so much hard-work and has to face criticism among their...

James Joyce was one of the most controversial writers of his time. He was often thought of as perverse through his writings, leading to one of his most well-known books “Ulysses” to be banned in some countries. While he may very well be a bit...

Have we ever wondered what an apocalypse is? According to various resources found on the internet, it is a single event that involves the destruction of everything in its wake at a gigantic level. If this definition is not satisfying enough, then maybe the terminology...

The zombie apocalypse can be described as a widespread or universal disaster caused by the reincarnate humans in any work of literature. In other words, it is a specific scenario in the literature that fuse science fantasy, fiction, horror, or dystopian exhibiting the failure of...

Author Dew Pellucid weaves a teen fantasy with a murder mystery twist in The Crystilleries of Echoland. Will Cleary has not seen his twin sister Emmy in ten years. Both children were kidnapped at the age of two, but only Will was recovered by two...

In Hesiod’s Works and Days, lines 81-105, Pandora releases thousands of evils into the world, as forced by Zeus. Surrounding the world was suffering, pain, disease, hardships, all griefs but one, hope. Pandora shut the lid before hope could escape. Pandora is depicted as the...