Literature Essays

student, I had just recently transferred to Academic Study so I had to feel my way around the lessons and find my footing in terms of the study method being used. Since this class was the first class where I was going to be writing essays in English, I had a feeling of dread the

Even old plays have significance in our world today, not just because they have a good story or a lesson to tell but because of the connection it has with what is happening in the world during the time it was written. They open up our eyes to historical content, which is not that hard to understand since we see it still in today’s world.

In the Romance of Tristan and Iseult, the literary element of gender used which is one that upholds Celtic characteristics was emphasized as the reaction of Mark towards the adulterous act was immediately to bring Tristan down with a fight, and yet, passionate love still prevails when both choose death rather than denouncing their love.

Voltaire implements hyperbole in his characterization throughout the novel. The main consideration in this context of investigation is that Voltaire is satirizing the pervading novelistic standards of the day. One sees this in the hyperbolic form of the characters to satirize what has been referred to as, “sentimental foibles of the age"

Although the concern of both poets is the same, they deal with it in a different way where the former mocks and challenges death while the latter draws attention and makes people aware of its presence. Donne uses his quintessential imagery and conceit whereas Stevens incorporates imagery, metaphors, and similes.

Racial discrimination is the dominant theme. The speaker of the poem is an African child and with his self-understanding he has come to terms with his black color. He pleads for equality for all, without discrimination on any count. His

The song “The Times they are a-Changin” was written by Bob Dylan. The song was released in 1964 by Columbia record. The song comprised of several stories on the adjacent poverty in the society, the magnitude and side effects of racism as well as need for social change. The song also captured political and social upheaval that characterized the 1960’s

However, his great actions are somehow partially shadowed by his ugly looks greatly contributed by his hunchback princess mother. He also had a difficult childhood as he had some physical weaknesses and was unable to walk. This is an important part of

American realism focused on negative and pessimistic attitudes to war, ordinary people like farmers, soldiers, and factory workers, naturalism, regionalism i.e. dialect and culture which aimed at the portrayal of people in different geographical regions, and psychological fictions. England and French focus on the lower class and ordinary people's writings in contrast to American literature.

The most obvious contrast in the content and theme between Elaine Feinstein’s “Anniversary” and Emily Dickinson’s “Success is Counted Sweetest” is that Anniversary spoke of hope and the difference between science and poetry. Anniversary spoke of what could be with the opening “suppose I took out a slender ketch” with the hope.

John got strangled in his sleep and Minnie is held as a suspect in jail (Glaspell 3). The play’s title provides a clue to its main theme. The play provides a look at the perceived role and place of the woman in society at the time.

In the book, the author has used various literary styles to bring about characterization. In this essay, the character chosen and analyzed for characterization in respect to the books provided is Doctor Watson.

Hester Prynne faced the consequences of her deed with dignity; she continued living and changed her reputation by her behavior. Categorical laws of Puritans made Hester and Pearl suffer; however, they developed their personalities and became strong. They followed Puritanism in their personal interpretation where their sins were pardonable.

The paper has exposed me to the challenges that the poor faces under the hands of the rich class. The most favorite part of my paper is the way the poor viewed the competition as death while the rich are aware they will win. The paper improves my analytical skills and my writing goals are to get more skills also in critical analysis.

Apart from creativity, magic in Harry Potter stands as a metaphor for empowerment, and this is one of the health benefits of reading about magical worlds, the ability to feel powerful in dealing with changes and setbacks in life.  Magic gives power literally to wizards, but it is not power without responsibility and reasonability.

A careful analysis of the diction throughout this description reveals the American fallacy of  almost obsessive attention to material possessions. It is clear that Henry David Thoreau attempts to make that connection in his writing. He clearly depicts the clash of American Dream and the greed, slavery in which the government becomes greedy.

It is such distraction that he noted that creates suffering. Wu and Antony (Cap. 13-) narrates Xuangzang’s ordeal during the journey to India to retrieve Buddhist scriptures from

As the essay stresses anticipating this composition’s main message it will be stated as an outline that “Happy life of F. M.” accomplishes completely and with a great success its purpose as a modernist realistic fiction story. “Happy life of F. M.” depicts a couple days that married couple spends on their safari vacation somewhere in Africa.

The character of Linda Brent (that is the author herself) cannot be analyzed the same way one would analyze a character in a play. Yet, the polemic of the novel often distorts our perception of the heroine, driving the focuses from the multidimensional nature of a really existing human being to her reactions to the conditions of her slave life.

In "A Twentieth-Century Literature Reader: Texts and Debates" by Suman Gupta, Virginia Woolf is quoted to have said that the poets of the 1930s “feel compelled to preach, if not by their living, at least by their writing, the creation of a society in which everyone is equal and everyone is free. It explains the pedagogic, the didactic, the loud-speaker strain that dominates their poetry.”

The author states that to realistically portray his characters, Wright replicated the vernacular that they would have spoken. For instance, when the character Big Boy from “Big Boy Leaves Home” is thinking to himself about what to do in his situation, it is presented to us in the way that he would actually speak it out loud.

The country was dealing with the assassination of a president. The country was fighting an unpopular war. The country was also dealing with the sexual revolution. Author Shakespeare was born in and lived in England..

The author states that Invention and experimentation in Thurman’s works take a form of intratextuality and subtle meanings, which cannot be understood unless readers are willing to read between the lines and are prepared to reread Thurman’s texts again and again. Like all humanities, literature is about creativity and experimentation.

Throughout the book, Tom and Edward are continually presumed to be mad because their claims to their identities do not match with who they appear to be. Twain warns against judging on the basis of someone’s exterior by demonstrating the potentially dangerous and unjust consequences of such prejudice. The most obvious example is the central plot: by changing clothes, Tom unrightfully becomes king and Edward suffers much unfair punishment from John Canty and the general public.

Goals and objectives refer to the achievable aims or targets to be attained. I have been able to set my own goals and objectives which I have successfully achieved. My main goal is to improve my self-confidence and self-esteem. This self-esteem and confidence can be referred to as the feeling of pride in yourself and self-assuredness in a person’s ability, power and personal judgment.

In the story “Blind Man,” it is dramatic irony when Isabel avows all the time stability and contentment in their marriage while we recognize they have been experiencing a lot of disgruntlement in their marriage. They pretend to be happy such that even Bertie does not realize the unhappiness between them.

As Alberto Julian Perez writes in the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Borges was a man who had the unique ability to combine “literary and extraliterary genres in order to create a dynamic, electric genre.” This author's ability proved pivotal not only for Argentina’s literature but also had a significant impact on world literature, specifically on that of America. Words: 58 Characters: 369

This essay focuses on two works, which include white things by Anne Bethel Spencer besides heritage by Countee Cullen. Harlem's period presents such poets as Anne Bethel Spencer, who employed most of her time into composing poems that shunned racism besides exploitation rendered to African Americans.

Despite the differences characters had, the chemistry between them ignited the love they had for each other and kept that flame of love burning. They were driven by their instinct like animals and were willing to show off their love. It was a passionate kind of love they shared as young and carefree people.

While the genre is significantly characterized by journeys, the forms of writing range from letters, maps, instructions, narrations and diaries. The main theme in travel literature is the ‘travel element’. This paper will contrast and compare two travel kinds of literature; More’s Utopia and Montesquieu’s Persian Letters.

Do not use any outside sources for this essay exam. All of the content should be your own ideas supported by specific evidence from our readings. Any student using any information from a source other than the textbook and class notes will receive

These are craft-work, popular culture and gender. The article focuses on: production spaces particularly because they are gendered. The link between the new and old technology or ways in which tactile combines with digital and

I will focus on the aspect of existentialism relative to the notion of the novels “Inferno” and “No exit” as put forth by the above-mentioned writers. This is to imply that the things human beings do towards their fellow men can be compared to hell. Subsequently, there may be a fictitious place that is referred to as hell- where the human mind and soul may visit and be punished eternally.

Developmental thinking in the religious approaches of the civilized communities has evolved new ideologies and formulated specific models for spiritual life. Confucianism is one of such derivations of the many religious principles in the ancient world which conglomerated the ethical values and philosophical teachings necessary for a systematic lifestyle.

The author states that the title of the story illustrates effective writing techniques. The expectation of great literary styles is adequately addressed, because of the verisimilitude writing concept. Verisimilitude combines factual and fictional characteristics. The facts are real occurrences.

Most of the historical records that were accessed from the narrators themselves are very much biased and never place the narrator on the wrong thus Mama was not an exception for this case but rather just had to abide. She might have hated Dee from childhood and kept on the spirits with the hatred intensifying on every move that Dee took.

The soldiers’ mother could not find any sleep, as she had no peace fearing that his son might be shot in the war and die. The soldier even goes ahead and wishes that it was better that he dies as this will ease the fears in his/their mother. After shooting that boy, thoughts about his actions start hitting his mind. He/she starts thinking what if that boy was the only son in his family.

The author of the essay states that the poem starts out with a beautiful but melancholy description of Autumn – a season of the falling of yellow leaves – few or none at all. The scene is made more dismal with the absence of the sweet songbirds that have perhaps flown away or perished due to the cold.

The theme of tragedy has been a favorite with all playwrights through the ages and nothing asserts this more than the works of Shakespeare and Sophocles. In the plays of Hamlet, Macbeth, and Oedipus Rex, the pathos is overwhelming. The sense of fate and the protagonists leading themselves towards its inevitability is the common note in all these works.

In Letter 17, Usbek had asked Mollah Mehemet Ali, Guardian of The Three Tombs at Koum, to clarify his doubts regarding this subject. He has asked, “whence comes it that our Lawgiver forbids the use of swine flesh…why are we forbidden to touch a corpse and why for the purification of our souls is this endless washing of the body ordained?”

This essay discusses the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. The basic theme of this novel is the portrait ages of Dorian Gray, who is a juvenile and attractive person. Dorian Gray had two acquaintances i.e. dandy Lord Henry, an educational friend and Basil Hall ward, a painter. Basil was more encouraged to create a painting of Dorian.

The story is of an intricate design, told by the use of a fanciful language and set in an underground Italian cemetery. Suffice to say, the Cask of Amontillado is a journey into the strange and sinister recesses of the human mind. Montresor, who holds a grudge against

The author states that the novel develops itself from the very birth of the African American slave daughters. The family is broken up as Clotel is purchased by a white man, Horatio Green, and her mother and sister are sold off to a slave gang. The novel depicts that the triad is sold off time and again without respite depending on the circumstances.

She is however not amused by authors style and character development where both the protagonist and antagonist possess strikingly similar traits. She is of the view that the plot is

enjamin Franklin’s teachings in “The Way to Wealth” chiefly speak about the essence of industry and frugality which Franklin claims to be a combined virtue that could alleviate common people from the state of poverty or misery at the time. The work consists of instructions

It is a fictitious novel but the grounds of it are deeply rooted in the true way of life and how modernization was kept at a hesitant second in order to keep the old ways of living in the Chinese society at that time. Pa Chin, throughout the novel, has shown a stronghold of the subject that could often confuse the reader whether the story was just a tale or had some works of facts in it as well.

Lady Isabella Birdin Top Girl is a woman who is determined to achieve her goals in life. She goes against all odds and, the male chauvinism in the society at the time to ensure that she travels the world. Her spirit is of the iron lady and can only be compared to Santiago's determination to go out and fish but, not his spirit.

The most traumatizing occurrence of the war is when Owen’s colleagues are killed after they inhale gases thrown at them by their opponents. Not all the soldiers had time to wear their gas masks to avoid the suffocating effects of the gas. Owen hopes to convince the audience about the negative effects of the war, hoping to change their mind.

Each literary movement and creative method was called to live not only by a certain aesthetic background but also by a social and political environment in a society that brought a man up. Realism, in the wide sense, means the ability of art to reflect reality faithfully.  In fact, throughout world literature as a process, we can clearly and consistently trace the movement towards Realism.

Revenge is usually carried out for the loss of a loved one. These plays were written to ride on the success of Thomas Kyd’s ‘Spanish Tragedy’ that was published in 1539. Revenge and butchery were prevalent throughout the Elizabethan era in the 16th and 17th centuries. While most plays in this time period had one run at the theatre, all the plays that had revenge and butchery themes enjoyed multiple theatres run.