East of Eden Blog

In a Midsummer's Night Dream, the dominance of feminine passions of romantic love overpowers male subordinates in MSND through the power that Hermia and Helena have over their lovers.  The power of the fairies gives an influence on the value of women, such as when the spell when the switch was made. Demetrius and Lysander found themselves fighting over the women because their love is worth fighting for because it is so powerful.     The value of a woman's love in the play is so powerful that the men who raised them have to control who they marry and the women who portray love ultimately get their way. And both Helena and Hermia ultimately get what they want due to the fact that their fathers and suitors know that a woman's love is so powerful that they need it to live a purposeful life in their society. The romantic love overpowers the male subordinates ultimately because, at the end of the play, Hermia's father, Egeus decides to cave in and let Hermia marry Lysander b...

East of Eden, by John Steinbeck, holds a lot of value as a classic American literature piece. The main theme of the novel is family and familial relations. It follows generations of two families: The Hamiltons and the Trasks. They represent two types of American families. The Hamiltons, on one side of the American dream, grew up with a sound family structure, with one parent that is strict (Liza) and one that was more lenient and sentimental (Sam). The nine children experienced the balance of both worlds of parenting and grew up with values instilled in them with both parents. As for the 'black sheep' child, Una, even she got love and attention from her father, so those kids grew up with love and acceptance in all of their childhood. This gave them a headstart in the world because they know how to treat others with respect and are independent enough to go on with their lives with little struggle.    As for the Trask family, their family situation was not structured and they s...