Literature Essays

When Alcee leaves her house, she thinks about the whole incident and laughs. There’s not a tinge of guilt in her. She knows what she’s done is not wrong to her heart and the woman in her. Her emotions are much of the opals; they change their colorway too quickly. Like the rain, the intense flow of passion gives rise to peace, when it ends.  

It is the age of change and social advances as well as the age of the strict social structure and a severe regard for the customs of the past. During the later period, science had been seen to bring about numerous significant changes in the way people lived their lives, not always to the betterment of society.

It is difficult to imagine Emma Bovary ever being satisfied because her boredom with married life and her constant search for material things define her character in the book so completely. Even when she finds what she seeks (clothes, lovers) she is not happy. There is one thing that she enjoys and that is romantic literature.

This play is one of the most studied works of William Shakespeare (to be exact, one of the most studied works in the history of literature) and the

The author explains that just before this happens, the father has gotten all sorts of supplies out of a boat, and so they are in a good mood. Also, they found a flare gun, which they shot off as a kind of celebration, although at first, the father was reluctant to do this because he thought it would attract people whose intentions were not good.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin was published in 1852 and a series of events that many Americans believed were triggered by the novel followed, including what many to this day believe, was the American civil war. The book revolves around one major character Tom; a slave deeply rooted in his Christian values and virtues much to the disgust of his masters.

In “Humorously Masculine--Or Humor as Masculinity--In Light in August,” Clarke provides a biographical and feminist analysis of Faulkner’s Light in August. She argues that this novel is a biographical depiction of Faulkner’s uneasiness

She is a patient of postpartum depression and nervousness, being suppressed and confined to her bedroom, places her into further depression. With no outlet to vent her feelings and express her situation, she feels oppressed. And this is how being confined to her room, she ends up falling for the horrid yellow wallpaper.

A Duke proposes marriage to a Count’s daughter through his messenger, not by words of love, but by hidden threats and symbolism that affirm his power. This essay analyzes the meaning of Browning’s poem, “My Last Duchess.” “My Last Duchess” is an allegory of the frailties of power because the Duke reveals his actions and intent for power over women and society, but not his own morality and maturity.

The phones themselves are multi-line, multi-use phones that allow for call forwarding to internal or external numbers, including cellular phones. The purpose of the report will be to detail the features of the phones

The main theme of the poem is nature, humanity, and God. Bradstreet repeatedly mentions that without the world there would have been no nature, and without life, there would have been no spiritual being. The way this poem follows the traditional pattern of religious meditation is by the repetition of the same words and phrases.

You cannot insist on waiting on me, moreover you are not defeated by any means. My right hand will securely sustain your life and

A man should not indulge in too much obsession with earthly things because it often curtails the essence of enjoying life. In his book, Death in Venice, Thomas Mann presents a flawed writer now obsessed with a young boy named Tazdio and, hence, forsakes his art. This confusion implicates the main character, Aschenbach, in numerous ups and downs in life that eventually kill him because his passions are uncontrollable.

The author states that over the years, Campbell’s monomyth of the hero’s journey has become a critical aspect of the human experience. As readers become more familiar with the monomyth in different narratives, they face a salient challenge of pursuing enlightenment in their lives irrespective of the situation.

Zach is always sad because of many reasons. First, he is in an abusive home environment that makes him sad. His mom is depressed, his dad is an alcoholic, and his older brother is an aggressive drug dealer. The absence of a loving older role model makes it hard for him to find happiness in his life.

The author states that Chopin’s “The Storm” defies the odds of an ancient male-dominated society where women’s role was submission despite displeasure. Like Calixta, women had to suppress their sexual desires and conform to societal marriage norms. Chopin symbolically uses the storm to mean the meteorological condition of the atmosphere.

Shakespeare’s Sister is an essay written by a famous novelist and essayist of the 19th and 20th century, Virginia Woolf. Woolf wrote this essay in a background of worsened discrimination against women and at a time when women were still considered inferior.

Sometimes we come to believe in some things that we think that they would last forever. However, when such things we believed finally come to an end, we say things have fallen apart. The real meaning of the title is much profound, especially when we consider that we need to have a balance in our lives.

Though it is a physical journey for the poet, in the poem he seems to be on an emotional journey. The readers find themselves informed of various external facts, as he wanders through his imagination. The gripping emotional content of the poem gets an equally great structure and style, making the poem altogether pleasant reading.

Throughout the story, Alice reveals herself to be a thinking, acting, assertive girl that is quite different from the passive, sedate and thoughtless girls of the era.  While most girls were trained to hold their tongues even when they were thinking something, Alice seems incapable of curbing her thoughts to even the slightest degree. 

King Lear, one of the most critically acclaimed tragedies of Shakespeare, is interpreted under the light of the domestic crisis. Within its broad scope of interpretation, King Lear focuses on the plight of an individual, whose children, consumed by greed, lose their affection and also forget their basic duties towards the parent.

The themes used by Shakespeare broaden our view towards life and show us a flash of the difficulties, risks and penalties faced in the real life. (The Themes of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet) In 1995,

As far as poetry is concerned, the only rule may just be that there is no rule. This is why poets are said to possess poetic license. The manner in which a poet uses this license definitely influences the sense that readers make out of it. As far as the poems that have been examined so far are concerned, the poets did not really deviate from what the norm during their periods was.

Firstly, many Buddhist scholars would argue that Buddhism is not even a religion in the conventional sense in that it is more a philosophy/science of the mind. The Buddha or the Enlightened One did not claim to be the God or claim to possess supernatural powers. Instead, he

Cristina is one such girl who had no choice but to join the trade simply to support her family. Cristina came from a poor family in one of the least developed areas of Rio de Janeiro. The crime was high and the police did not seem interested in doing anything about it. There was little incentive for them to do so considering the kind of sums on offer for turning the other way.

Hero faints after this incident. The family suspects slander and pretends that Hero died from shock. Don John's evil plan is soon revealed as Claudio mourns over the alleged death of her bride-to-be. Ultimately, Hero is revealed to be alive and the marriage takes place while Don John is arrested for his crimes.

Their lives were wasted by the unraveling of Nigeria and Biafra. The main characters have their lives thrown apart by the war as their loyalty to each other despite the differences in class, race and ethnicity. The author

Thus, most readers of the novel view Tom Sawyer as a dynamic character who matures from childish behavior to a point where he can make right,

all his chivalry and heroism is a fruit of his ladylove Dulcinea. Don Quixote is the personification of the word hero. His main motive in life is to bring a change in the world to mend it for the betterment of those who inhabit it. Although, Don Quixote is fighting

According to the author, the poem “Because I Could not Stop for Death” got published back in 1890.  It belongs to those poems by Dickinson that focus on death and dying. While the topic seems quite sombre to explore, Dickinson loved to write about death. In this poem, death is portrayed in an image of a suitor.

This is further expressed when Archer joins them. Archer asks Spade’s opinion regarding the beauty of Wonderly. Spade answers that Wonderly is a dynamite and therefore he has interests on her. The case of low morality is still evident when Spade

Chinese believe that poets are capable of flowing from one world to another riding on dragons between the worlds. Such leaps usually occur at the times of inspiration or in a dream and lead poets from conscious to unconscious, from black to white and back again. Christianity opposed diving into unconscious viewing it as animal instinct and sinful.  

Apparently, she had cursed Odysseus to wonder without settling. She probably thinks that it is because of that curse that Odysseus has met his current predicament. She pleads with Zeus to design a rescue plan for Odysseus from Calypso

There are many instances where male supremacy in British society can be found. A widower had all the rights to the property of his dead wife, while the widow was not entitled to the whole property of the husband, after his death. The cultures and customs of English societies had the feature of male superiority embedded in their scriptures. 

The poem has various elements of irony, as it tends to elucidate a humorously sardonic tale of the hurricane. As a hurricane is a natural event that causes havoc and destruction, an individual would expect a literary work. The Problems with Hurricanes is ironic as the poet elucidates a meaning, which is the opposite of the actual meaning.

She was marrying in a quieter mood and with tribal approval. For the Dakota woman, nothing could be better than that” (346). It showed that her heart was not stabbed, as she was thinking after the death of Sacre Horse. One can say she is enough flexible to adapt to the circumstances. The story comes to the fact that this time Waterlily will be truly happy.

udson P224).” It is true, that only when an actor can truly envisage the character they are playing, can they really capture the spirit of their role. Maggie Cheung delivered a near flawless performance of a beautiful, elegant, but traditional Chinese woman in the film “In

This essay mostly focuses on describing characters of The Widow of Ephesus, relationships between them and metaphors, such as compassionate portrayal of the widow and the respectful treatment of the corpse, that the author used. Petronius also portrays the widow of Ephesus in a great manner which arouses sympathy of the reader.

This essay on poetry discusses and analyses the various viewpoints and investigates into the causes and intentions of the writers of a bygone era for including visual imagery and their predominant description of landscapes especially as witnessed in the French Acadien and English Canadian Poetry.

William Butler Yeats is often considered as the founding member of both the Abby theatre and the National Dramatic Society. The term Irish Literary Revival is closely related to the rebirth of Irish literary works and it started in the 1990s. Restoration of Irish pride and cultural identity is visible in Yeast’s literary works.

He was a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity, as was his father. While at Cornell, Vonnegut enlisted in the U.S. Army.[7] The Army transferred him to the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the University of Tennessee to study mechanical engineering.[2] On Mothers' Day in 1944, his mother committed suicide with sleeping pills.[8]

So, it would not be wrong to say that in the novel being discussed, Robert Louis Stevenson has immensely succeeded in creating a story which appeals to the readers owing to its inherent excitement and scariness. First and foremost, the greatness of

The author states that during the Homeric times, a hero was one who possessed divine powers, fame, honor, and one who killed many people through war. The idea of a hero killing many people contrasts with the ideals of society. The ideal person is defined as one who is responsible, law-abiding, and reasonable.

He also wrote three poetry collections, a play, novels, and several letters that were published during his career as an occasional journalist. His writings reflect his deep love and attachment to his family members, homeland, and people living there, and he always based the characters of his plays and novels on the people of his hometown (Tara, p81). 

The actions of the lady are motivated by her innate desires because her feelings push her into assuming the roles of men. This immensely empowers her and makes her appear treacherous in some way. These scenes are important as they have shaped the

Other depressed people, however, may act out towards others, which can lead to violence, revenge, or even revolution. Regardless of their reactions, oppression imposed by others has detrimental effects on one’s mental health, as is shown in the story written in 1892 by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper.

Lawrence’s poem ‘Snake’ is all about the human mind and inner voice which sometimes leaves people with guilt and regrets. The poem is all about the beauty of nature and man’s failure to appreciate it utterly

Candide is the illegitimate son of the baron’s sister. He became an illegitimate son because his mother didn’t want to marry his father since she has a higher coat of arms than him. She had seventy-two compared to his father’s seventy-one. Voltaire exaggerated this situation as he sees natural superiority, through lineage, as an absurd thing.

He talks of how bullfighting is more an art than a mere brutal, cruel sport, having more about courage and fear intertwined in it than about blood and bullfighting. Hemingway talks of the magnificence of bullfighting while also delving deep into the nature and intensity of fear and courage, making an impact on the conception of the essence of life.

People should seek interest and joy in all kinds of jobs and they should not consider any job a “dirty and stressful” experience as a steady employment helps a person to sustain his social status in a society where money is an essential component.  Computer knowledge and skills are necessary to live according to the new requirements of the day.