Literature Essays

Mr. Bennet saw the words roll down his ticker, “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife (Austen 1853).”“What is with your status updates?” he asked his lady inquisitively. “If you knew that to let ad for the Netherfield Park on OLX website is now marked ‘sold’, you would also have investigated Mrs. Long’s tweet; it is now owned by this rich hunk, Bingley.” 

According to the Longman Dictionary (2001), racism is defined as unfair treatment of people, or violence against them because they belong to a different race you’re your own. According to the Longman Dictionary (2001), a stereotype can be defined as deciding, usually unfairly, that certain people have particular qualities or abilities because they belong to a particular race, sex, or social class.

Jo March’s state can be understood by Beauvoir’s claim that woman is a product of society. She is bound to follow what society orders her to do, her potential is neglected and there are very few opportunities to come her way. Despite, their willingness to take on tougher jobs, they are imprisoned within walls of social stereotypes.

Techniques then are used towards a wider variety to have a clearer picture. The play can have an increased sense of understanding if the environment is created in such a method that it can depict the actual crises during the Scottish era. The play itself is fast running and gives a sense of connection to the audience.

Ann Doughlas in her book “Skyscrapers, airplanes, and fairmindedness (the necessary Angel)” talks about different values in society. About political values, she says that America was positioning itself to be the world’s most influential economy. Thus, urbanization and modernization were seen as important strategies for rising to power.

Generally, Romanticism is considered an important epoch within the scenario of English literature. To be specific, Romanticism led the readers to the realm of poets’ individual feelings, instincts, and imagination. Most of the poets who patronized Romanticism made use of their personal feelings and imaginative capacity to unleash their poetic craftsmanship.

Antigone, The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West and The Wizard of Oz are important pieces of literary work in the study of gender roles, socialization of gender and gender conflicts. This paper will use qualitative study approaches to analyze the representation of gender in the three pieces of literary work.

It is essential to state that this paper delves into the discussion of the various reasons that made Augustus so much respected by the afterward emperors. This was an emperor of the Roman Empire. It is important to highlight that the paper has been partitioned into various segments to enhance clarity and neatness.

The true picture of slave and slavery can be Cleary observed in the fifth century. There were comedies in the fifth century that illustrated the picture of slavery.  Aristophanes Cleary illustrates this aspect in his plays, the frogs and also peace. The comic works analyze different reactions to the aspect of slaves and their masters.

The most prominent authors, instigators and representations of the movement are Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, Antigone and many other literary pieces that depict civil disobedience in different cultures around the world. Indeed, as a literary theme, civil disobedience often reflects the culture of the society in which it is portrayed, thereby, demonstrating a solid connection between culture and literature.

Among the stories written about Odysseus is the Odyssey, an ancient Greek poem that is part of the sequel known as the Iliad attributed to Homer. The story centers on the life of Odysseus especially on his return home after the Trojan War, a battle that resulted in the fall of Troy. Odyssey, a warrior in the Greek army took part in the war and after the fall of Troy had to find his way back home to Ithaca.

Realism in literature is an artistic technique, employed by artists exploring day-to-day middle-class life. American realism was the idea that carried the art, music, and literature of the indigenous society (Kaplan, 2004). It emerged as the faithful representation of reality in American life, through different types of works, and reflections of reality.

The FBA review identified other barriers to vaccine uptake in the northwestern region such as fear and confusion (FBA Analysts, 2005). Vaccine uptake was rejected in the northwestern states of Kano, Yobe, and Jigawa because many residents believed there were secret agendas to the immunization program such as population control.

Silence is consent to abuse, as the famous saying goes. However, this is not the case in Bombal’s second novel The Shrouded Woman originally titled La amortajada, which just like her first novel House of Mist originally titled La última niebla, utilizes silence as one of the women’s strong weapons against patriarchal oppression and domination

Generally speaking, Niccolò Machiavelli is arguably one of the greatest Florentine writers and diplomats to date. He was born on May 3rd, 1469 to the Machiavelli family. His father- Bernado Machiavelli was a renowned lawyer who unfortunately gave little attention to his prowess in the practice of law.

This paper analyzes how gender is depicted in the Greek myths of the Trojan War and the Odyssey. The Odyssey is an important Greek mythology. This myth is attributed to Homer, and it is part of the sequel contained in the Iliad. This is another work that is attributed to Homer. This poem is very important to modern western canons, and it is the second oldest western literature.

Haruki Murakami, a contemporary Japanese writer, is popularly known as an explorer of the imagination in the recent phenomenon. Murakami’s works associated with fiction have long been witnessed to harvest indispensable acclaim. Murakami, for his contributions, has been honored with numerous awards across different nations of the world. Murakami was born in the year 1949 and spent most of his life in the United States.

There are currently different researches that focus on civil wars and probable ways of ending such conflicts within different regions. The cases presented in these articles assert the fact that relative military capabilities can at times lead to further complications since imbalanced capabilities reduce prospects for a negotiated settlement while balanced capabilities increase them.

Faulkner’s Novel ‘As I Lay Dying’ is a reflection of the modernist movement in literature, where the thematic characteristics and the style techniques used by the novel have been able to explore major modernist concepts of psychology, while at the same time applying modern literature techniques extensively.

It is essential to state that Japanese culture is integrated with all aspects of Spirited Away; that is, from the ancient roots of the spirits that pay regular visits to the bathhouse to the design of the bathhouse. The spirits in the film are derived from the native Shinto practice of Japan (Mason & Caiger 17).

The Greek culture began in Mycenaean Greece and has progressed over thousands of years. In ancient periods, Greece is regarded as the birthplace of democracy and Western culture. Greece is a country that is heavily influenced by its location and is considered a country of diverse cultures and boundless interests.

The argument by Thoreau that government is an impediment to the exercise of the free will of the people in his 1849 lecture, “Resistance to Civil Government”, is a reflection of the perception that social institutions have not been able to address the importance of giving priority to individual conscience over the dictates of the law.

Chinese women have been a target group for people to study throughout world history. Many studies have been done on the characteristics of Chinese women of different generations under different backgrounds. In this paper, several characteristics of Chinese women after the 20th century will be expounded through analyzing 3 films about Chinese women.

The Yellow Wallpaper was written to expressly explore this problem that women had in terms of their position in society. As well, it was written as a way in which to inform the world that locking women away had an undesirable consequences. Wuthering Heights was a tragedy of conflicting desires.

Foucault’s concept of heterotopia challenges the idea that mankind develops in a linear and structured way. Instead, Foucault argues that the progression of time is replete with contestations and resistance which is connected through networks of space.  These networks of space are real and at the same time mythical. 

The literary output of Arab male authors is usually contextualized within its national, cultural and canonical setting. For instance, Naguib Mahfouz is immediately associated with Egyptian literature, while Khalil Gibran is recognized as a Lebanese poet and Nizar Qabbani is a prominent figure in the modern Syrian literary landscape.

The most striking aspect recognized in the works of both writers is their ability to address terrorism. Updike laments the effect of terrorism on humanity and the methods used by terrorist groups or organizations to plan and execute their attacks on innocent individuals irrespective of ethnic background or nationality  

In this century, many institutions had just begun to grow, developing at a tremendous rate. The present population at that time could not provide the much-needed labor force in these institutions. For this reason, child labor started to emerge, with children being forced to work in mills and factories. 

It is essential to state that each literary work normally is a reflection of the circumstance in its surrounding, comprising social, historical as well as economic circumstances (Rivkin 644). Due to that, it is therefore important, before proceeding with any text analysis to scrutinize the surrounding context.

Conrad deliberately uses Africans residing along Congo River Basin. Achebe acknowledged that Heart of Darkness is a work of fiction that had no real obligation to please the Africans. The book only promoted and continued to promote a prejudiced image of Africa, and should not, therefore, be considered a great piece of art (Conrad 2014, p.30).

As the reunion of Odysseus and Telemachus takes place, an extremely humane character between them is revealed. This is because it rekindles the affectionate communication that exists between a father and a son. Because sons are weighed on the same platforms as their fathers, Telemachus is set for greatness.

China stands alone among the countries in the world with the greatest civilization, having developed in total segregation from the rest of the world. Hemmed it by mountains and deserts, isolated by geography, at the extreme eastern end of the ancient euro-Asian world and lying across no routes, china as a country developed by it.

Telling the story of Tess, an innocent woman who became a victim of stigmatization and deeply entrenched prejudices that prevailed in the British society of the Victorian era, Thomas Hardy touched upon social injustice, the littleness of mind, the hypocrisy of Victorian attitudes on women, sex and marriage, and a lot more. 

In antebellum American literature, the importance of the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin is crucial. In the book, its author Harriet Beecher Stowe managed to not only create a catching story but also represent the numerous details that can serve for contemporary scholars as evidence of life in the nineteenth century.

A telecommunications’ company's frequencies should be safe and secure such that interaction among users cannot be intercepted by third parties. However, if two companies are involved, the partnering companies must ensure that the security of information and customer privacy is guaranteed at all costs.

Though there is cohesion between people from different backgrounds, each has a unique culture, which sets them apart. There are practices that reveal one to be an African, Latino, Asian, or any other culture since these practices are hardly identical. Often, cultures are compromised especially when there is a mingling of people from one culture with others.

Buie and Murray (2012) argue that the researcher should maintain a high degree of respect for the participants by always checking on their well-being as the research progresses. All unfolding events and information should be communicated to the subjects including the possibility of new risks coming up in the process of undertaking the project. 

The effect of the landscape in which a human being dwells can be observed through his everyday activities and thoughts. The land around us is the reflection of our practical and technological capacities; and also of our culture, needs, hopes, preoccupation and dreams. Human identity, thinking and ideas are all bound up with human location.

Some of the most respected and extensively studied literary works of the eighteenth century included Henry Fielding’s ‘Joseph Andrews’, Samuel Richardson’s ‘Pamela’ and Daniel Defoe’s ‘Moll Flanders’. They marked the beginning of novels as literary work and genre. The novels were the first ones to be presented in the English language.

Ang Lee, a Taiwanese-born American, is a successful film director, producer, and screenwriter (Arp, Barkman and McRae 5). His films have won various awards in the film industry due to the incorporation of different titles and themes. He has used his films to portray different social and cultural activities that occur in the set period for the films' plots.

Poets have always created the right depiction of the scenario around them and if the depiction is that of war and strife amongst people of two states, with an adequate description of the state of common people during the time of war, then it becomes a historical landmark of the times that it was created in, giving readers a complete picture of the powers that ruled society at a certain point in history.

Contemporary society is faced with numerous challenges including poverty, corruption, poor leadership, and wars that have a high threat to jeopardizing a fairly just society. Nonetheless, leaders, other than making rational and logical decisions that would help in enhancing the quality of life, act in strange and egocentric ways to the disadvantage of their subjects.

Macbeth is truly a great tragic figure because his downfall cannot be explained away by the facile use of the mistaken translation of Aristotle’s “character flaw”, but rather because his story is one of the de-evolution of a person’s innate humanity through bad judgment based on the often prized characteristic of ambition. 

It is quite essential to state that as argued by Edward Said (Gardiner et al. 2011, p. 55): Stories are at the heart of what explorers and novelists say about strange regions of the world; they also become the method colonized people use to assert their own identity and the existence of their own history. 

Karl Marx was a German economist who put much attention into understanding society in the field of sociology. Marx built theories that tried to explain the relationship of capital to labor that built today’s views of economics. Marx believed that in a capitalist society, there would be struggles between different classes and that this system was not useful for making a productive society in the long term.

New policies have to be enacted that involve all the stakeholders in society. Through the involvement of all the stakeholders, the policy will be embraced by everyone because we are all part of the solution. My policy is all-rounded, and I believe it will be instrumental in curtailing the problem of adolescent substance abuse. 

Gatsby created himself, his aura, and his personality around rotten values of the American dream that money, wealth, and popularity are all that is to be achieved in this world. He was devoted and gave everything he had, emotionally and physically, to win, and it is this uncontrolled desire that contributed to his eventual downfall.  

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier is two novels with the same elements and themes. Both novels show the suffering of women at a time when the male members of society were thought to be superior to the female members. Although the two novels are set in different eras in time, the role and life of women are just the same.

Mathew looked to literature in Victorian England to ward off the crisis presented by secularisation. Mainly, this was because of literature’s idea of universality, coupled with the anticipation that it could welcome other classes into its sphere of moralizing and humanizing. To him, culture was an answer to the education and political life crisis. 

Claggart resolved to employ a squeak. He was to report every doing of Billy. Squeak was clever and understood that Claggart disliked Billy. He, therefore, exaggerated everything Billy added. As time passed, Claggart sent an afterguard to go and ask Billy to assist in the mutiny. He responded furiously to it dismissing it.