So far, we examined Ishiguro’s short stories and first three novels. The first and the second novels were set in Japan that Ishiguro had not seen for almost 30 years and mainly deal with Japanese. Then, why did Ishiguro try to write the third novel, The Remai...
In the short story “A Rose for Emily” written by William Faulkner, the title mentions a rose; although it does not seem that the rose plays an important role in this story superficially. The word “rose” appears twice at the end of the story: when the town’...
The play “The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark,” written by William Shakespeare, contains various kinds of themes. The theme of duty and honor is one of them, and this theme can be seen frequently throughout the play. The interesting thing is that this t...