The Masquerade of the Red Death and the Moustache, by Edgar Allan Poe and Robert Cormier, are two short-stories that describe a common theme through similar rhetoric. In the Masquerade of Red Death, a wealthy young prince by the name of Prospero...

A prominent feature of dystopian literature is the ability of certain individuals to capitalize on the fear of others in order to gain power. A novel that this is evident in is William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, in which we see how power is...

“Who is to say who is the villain and who is the hero? Probably the dictionary.” - Joss Whedon

Although the line between what makes a hero can become blurred, the basic traits of a hero remain the same for the most part, as proposed by Joseph...