Literature Essays

In David Ives Sure Thing, the readers experience several comedic scenes: the premise itself as Bill tries to meet and get to know Betty, but is shut down again and again. The sounding bell at the end of each scene of Sure Thing is comedic as the bell sounds like a gong of disapproval every time something wrong or inappropriate is said.

It is dedicated to Omayra Sanchez, who was a young victim of the earthquake in Colombia in 1985. She was “buried in mud up to her armpits in the rubble of her house and the bodies of her family”(De Zapata, 76). This day was a real tragedy for Colombia, it had brought lives to over 20,000 people, despite the nearby cities, being buried in mud.

The language that the men in the slave ship spoke was also different from the one Olaudah Equiano spoke and had ever heard. When Olaudah Equiano looked around the ship, he saw a large furnace of copper that was boiling with black people of different descriptions chained together with each of them showing grief and sorrow.

In an American context, this literary movement, symbolized by the work of authors like Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau, represented a break from rigid Puritan ideals to a gentler and more humanistic view of Americans as individuals vested with spiritual variety and intellectual competence

The book deals with a chapter out of Japan’s own feudal history, when a number of different warlords were battling each other fiercely to control all of Japan (Yasushi: Riley 2006).

The short story ‘The Lesson’, by Toni Cade Bambara, is a story of the failure of the society to give equal life chances to every person in the world. The story throws light on the disadvantages of a person if he is born in a family which is a victim of prejudice, inferior treatment and lack of opportunities in life.

‘‘Charley' War is a story of the First World War, focused on the ordinary Tommy fighting on the western front, written in 1979” (Baxter). It is also notable that many regard this as “An anti-war story in a pro-war comic” which found its perfection through Pat mills the wonderful drawing by Joe Colquhoun”.

Examples of the best Greek tragedies are Ajax, Antigone, Electra, Oedipus the King, Philoctetes, Agamemnon among others (Rehm 135). Usually, tragedies present the downfall of a noble heroine or hero through the combination of fate, hubris

In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Stephenson talks about the existence of Dr. Jekyll, an inventor of a portion that was able to alter his personality. The story is compelling as events unfold when Jekyll transforms into an evil character and tempts to murder people. In The Killer Inside Me, Jim writes a story about a twenty-nine-year-old deputy sheriff.

The author states that man is a social animal characterized by a special ability to relate with the world and other people through the drive of the desires of the heart. Certainly, Doyle must have realized that so much is hidden at the heart that it becomes the primary cause of sorrow for humankind.

Brady includes the woman’s obligation to stop working, once her financial contribution is no longer necessary, and to accept responsibility for the children when the man decides on a divorce and remarriage.

Ernest Hemingway gained eminent fame and popularity throughout his life. Undeniably, his life, works, impact and legacy continue to be distinguished and celebrated today. The influence of Ernest Hemingway's books about American literature was substantial and endures at present.

Personally, however, he suffers. Therefore, the idea that Silk is sacrificing identity for professional success is really a misnomer. Silk suffers personally because he essentially has to turn his back on his family when he made the

The contents of the book are the befitting answer to Joseph Conrad’s book, “Heart of Darkness” whom Achebe dubs as “a thoroughgoing racist.” Achebe exposes the English colonial attitudes towards the Africans. Even for getting his manuscript typed, he undergoes untold hassles. The report on the novel is one of the shortest and revealing comments.

War has been described by many as a ‘necessary evil’. Political and social emanate from quarrels such as oil interests and freedom of liberation. Sun Tzu and Machiavelli were military might’s, whose philosophies continue to reign in the better part of the world. They believed that war is necessary to be fought and won.

Wealth is often described to be material or intangible possessions that individuals or a large group of people deem to have a definitive value or worth and thus can contribute to the possessor’s material or financial gains as well as creating a stratified society in which the highest rungs are occupied with those who are deemed to have the largest amount of wealth, while the lowest ranks have the least.

His sister, Sonia and his wife, Mushumi are also faced with the same choice. In addition, his parents also face an identity crisis as immigrants. They are in a dilemma over whether they should assimilate to the American culture or if they should

(2557-2591)The passage foreshadows the tragic ending of Beowulf. Notwithstanding the fate suffered by him, he was a perfect king. He had done his best for the people and

This change of location, from their native country, presents the essay with its first conflict. Chang does not share the strong heritage that his mother has due to being brought up in America. For this reason, his mother decides to gradually incorporate

In the play Antigone, both Creon and Ismene assert and reinforce gender roles. Creon wants men to be leaders and women to be subjects. He even describes women as fields to be furrowed. Ismene capitulates to this standard and even urges her sister to submit.

If we look closely to probably the most major and experimental literature work of the first half of the twentieth century we will clearly see that by mixing all the styles that have been before modernism

The author states that the love and passions expressed in these relationships create the disparities in their dynamism and perceptions. As a matter of fact, most relationships have been ironically portrayed in both of the plays. For instance, an audience would expect the relationship between son and father to be very personal and passionate.

All this is due to the fact that the divorced woman is viewed as a woman who is forced to think about her future life. Chinese society does not take into account the fact that the

orssattempts to show the destructive manner through which human beings have developed and this to such an extent that they are often willing to become spectators in their own destruction (Buck-Morss 30). She attempts to show that despite the veneer of development as well as

Under common usage, nature means the material world unaffected by humanity. Art is nature in amalgamation with the man’s will. Emerson explains that his usage of the word "nature" in its philosophical and common its meanings in

The author explores the way in which social and economic influences impose certain pressures on the mind of a marginalized dark skinned person in 1920’s America according to the Nella Larsen's "Quicksand". In the 1920’s consumerism was becoming the new wave in social circles and the trend extended beyond gender and ethnic boundaries.

The essay presents Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, which is one of her best-written novels. It is demonstrated that success of the novel could be identified from the realistic way of characterisation and the situations that drag the characters into the scenes. No wonder, she has a fantastic ability to give a shade of reality in each step of the novel.

Generally speaking, it is true that Fairy Tales hide the broader cultural meanings from them but if the outcome of such a disguise is ultimately positive, the world has more to praise the Grimm brothers for than criticise their fairy tales as an easy ground to disguise broad cultural meaning to their world.

‘Rape as a weapon of war’ is a serious phenomenon, which is occurring in many countries worldwide, though mostly in African nations. Fortunately the people in U.S.A and most European countries have not experienced this because they have not been invaded in recent years. As a result, the majority of the people there does not have as much awareness.

Some sort of cataclysmic event has transpired which has caused widespread infertility. The story follows a narration from a woman named Offred earlier had recorded her story on cassette tapes and describes what it is like living in the Republic. Offred works as a handmaid who is a servant kept by the ruling classes for the purpose of reproduction. 

James Wright’s poems are spectacularly poetic with their hearty touch towards sadness and hope. This ironic blend of two sides of the human mind is caricatured in his lines very sweetly. The choice of his topic is truly wide but he makes clear ways to reach the message out to the reader with intermingled conjunction of metaphor and irony.

The piece of information that is most interesting to me so far in the book is the fact that Islamic insurgence started or was initiated way back at the start of the twentieth century. Until now I

In the first chapter titled Psychological Legacy of Slavery, Dr. Akbar points out the concept of work in terms of its harmful relation to the poor “slaves”, so to speak. The

Contemporary realistic fiction helps put a clear perspective on reality and how the reader can deal with it by equipping the characters of the story with the necessary values and skills to survive the challenges he or she faces in the context

Such a situation case can make the pope be ranked amongst this group of people since he was proportionally delighted when Warburton claimed to be in his defense, regardless of the Pope’s intent of proving the ways of God to man. Hogarth’s prints and paintings appeared to bother viewers and art lovers with its eccentric communal review.

For a vast country like America, which is a multi-cultural democratic society, when such a level is sought to be achieved, structural changes in the

Generally, the publication of the book was done by Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, Evanston, and London1967. He did this work in a rented secluded house in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. He worked on the original manuscript for almost a month and then sent chapters to Stanley Levison in New York for revisions.

The Inferno, an epic poem of the 14th century narrates Dante’s journey through different circles of Hell along with his guide, Vigil, a Roman poet,

In hardboiled fiction, the contents are almost similar to action but there is a small difference in their setting and the language style and the speed with which everything happens (Jalova 16). They heroes in hardball crime fiction are always very big, strong witty and cunning and these makes the reader to be very addicted in knowing whatever happens next in their series which makes their stories very interesting.

The author states that the unmatched poetic grace and tragic nuances of the play find their most striking expressions in the famous soliloquies of the titular character, expressing with unmitigated agony the rambling musings of a grieving son, an indecisive heir to the throne and a soul tortured by its own inactions.

The writer has associated love with one’s soul. In addition with love, writer has also mentioned the point of utter loyalty. As after the death of Ayogai, Tomotada restrain himself from worldly chaos and he remembered his lovely life and paid religious services on

This made the narrator indulge in constant misunderstanding with the black friend since they had different perceptions regarding social life. One of the psychological effects which manifest

Her libido is quite aggressive which makes her go to some very extreme measures. For example, she forces herself upon a young soldier in town before and after giving her daughter away to him against her wish. This essay seeks to

Brooks quotes paradoxes from Wordsworth, a poet who insisted on simplicity and was suspicious of sophistication. He quotes the sonnet 'It is a Beauteous Evening' as an example. The sonnet highlights a paradoxical situation. The poet is filled with divine thoughts, unlike the girl.

In addition, the imagery in the poem “preludes” allows Eliot to express his disappointment in the current life with ease. Moreover, the first part introduces the context; Eliot uses imagery to describe the winter evening and clearly shows how the city itself is unmanaged. His attitude towards the modern life and the city is negative.

Since the book is a description of Douglass suffering as a slave, it shows that human rights and justice were not availed to all during the antebellum era. During the antebellum period, blacks were mistreated and sexually harassed by their masters. Douglas notes his father to be the master even though he was denied the right to call him the father.

Terror possessed the captain – Marrow and the crew members safely abandon the ship in their life-boats. In the novel, Conrad explores the moral identity of the young seaman Lord Jim, whose aspirations and actions show how torn he is between his idea of morality and reality.

“The Gift of the Magi” O’ Henry primarily deals with the passion of two opposite sexes for each other, at the inner level of it, he leaves a message that is more serious than it sounds on the surface level. It is the message that appeals to the readers to review their own relationship with their female counterpart of society.

According to the report the Great Gatsby is one of the novels that gives the readers both a taste of history and deep intellectual and moral ideas wherein one can glean some insights from. This novel has stood the test of time that despite its early writing, it still speaks directly to present-day readers and the readers can still relate to it.

The metaphor of dove used in the poem is the supportive actor while creating the soft impact of the poem. Lizzie’s words “Their evil gifts should not charm us” are like a mother’s warning to a child who can be caught in trouble on account of her innocence.