Category Archives: Literature

The Second Coming

Posted on September 12, 2014 by michaelstjoseph

By William Butler Yeats Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony … Continue reading →

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The Ignoble Savage: An analysis of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (December 2007)

Posted on November 21, 2012 by michaelstjoseph

There are two intertwined and over-arching themes in Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness and in Apocalypse Now, the screenplay by John Milius which is loosely based on it: a study of the nature of man and an examination of … Continue reading →

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Christian Testimony in Romeo and Juliet (November 2007)

Posted on November 21, 2012 by michaelstjoseph

There are many themes evident in Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet: love, hate, youth, death, honor, fate, and conflict to name but a few.  There is another theme, however, which can be discerned throughout the play and is more easily … Continue reading →

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On the Galilee: Christian Themes and Imagery in Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront (December 2007)

Posted on November 21, 2012 by michaelstjoseph

The award winning film, On the Waterfront, like all great Christian tales, is a story of personal redemption; it is also the classical heroic story of one man’s struggle to triumph over evil.   As a Christian hero, for the protagonist … Continue reading →

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