Literature Essays

For a long time, humans have tried to make the world a better place to live in; a joyous place filled with love where one would always care for the well being of the other, or where people would live as a unit. The desire has always been establishing a place where an individual would be the custodian of the other.

The game of money and pleasure is considered to be the oldest business known to mankind. Usually, the occupation of prostitution is considered a societal failing, a disgraceful taboo and the base of sexuality and economic existence. The process of “Reformation” is as old as the infamous occupation itself; women involved in “Sex-Oriented occupation” or female sex workers, have been the prime targets of reformers, more than the male or trans gender sex workers.

Moreover, there is sunlight that is directly above Dante on a mountain and he tries to reach it, but he finds obstructions. The obstructions are in the form of animals: a leopard, a lion, as well as a female wolf. These beasts present an extremely helpless situation for Dante and his fright escalates.

This paper shall look at this aspect of theatricality in the play that is important in deciding whether the ideology of the playwright is sexist, as some would argue, or not. For this, it would be important to look at some of the attitudes towards sexuality in Elizabethan times, when this play was written.

Many Europeans were not open to conform to the culture that was already there; instead, they wanted to shape it in such a way that was parallel to their culture in their homeland. Thus, the voyage towards creating a hybrid society caused Europeans and Indians to consistently have conflicts in lifestyle, workmanship, religion and etc.

These works are Browning’s “My Last Duchess,” Rossetti’s “Goblin Market,” Shelley’s Frankenstein, Tennyson’s “The Lady of Shalott,” and LeFanu’s “Green Tea.” “My Last Duchess” and Frankenstein explore the dangers of blinded power.

A Christmas Carol is arguably the most famous work of Charles Dickens and he could not get any sponsors to sponsor his book and in the end decided to shell out money himself. It proved a very beneficial deal as the book became an instant hit among the people.

The main protagonist refers to a young man, whom Yukon natives see as a tenderfoot because of his inexperience in the winter wilderness and his boldness of traversing it, during a particularly cold and without any human companion. The story reveals the needs and dreams of the working poor during the Gold Rush and the conflicts arising between several factors.

Capote gives the murder case wide perspective including the law aspect. In the novel, readers get to know about the Clutter family, the family that suffers from the brutal murders. The family resides in Holcomb village where people lived as a community, trusting each other, and observing their religious obligations.

It is one of the ancient Greek poems that were created during the late 8th century. Fagles translated it in a manner that makes it appealing, and he captured the author’s words; thus narrating them in lyrics. The storyline does not appear vibrant; though, the actions are plausible.

There is no doubt that Stevens father contributed significantly to his son’s early education since he provided an extensive library at home and he also encouraged reading. At the age of twelve years, Stevens was admitted into a public school for boys, and this is where he began learning classics in Latin and Greek.

“Don Quixote” is a tale about a man named Alonso Quixano, who goes mad from reading tales of heroism and chivalry day and night, until he comes to believe he is a knight. As it is mentioned in the text as well, “lack of sleep and excess of reading…everything he reading his book took possession of his imagination: enchantments, fights, battles, challenges, wounds, sweet nothings, love affairs, storms and impossible absurdities” (Cervantes 180).

Brave new world deals with various characters that would not imagine life without 1) John talks about happiness 2) The government and the supply of drugs to induce happiness D. Discussion on the real world 1) Use of cloning in human beings 2) Use of drugs E.

Simultaneously another interpretation assumes that Williams, one of the pioneers of the imagist movement in early 1900s, attempts to portray the fate of high ambition which endeavors to rise higher only fall down tragically and unnoticed. Though such imagist convention to depict the destiny of a highflyer seems apparently simple because of the economy of the language and the singularity of theme, the poem in reality renders a complex array of philosophical themes.

On the one hand, a feminist interpretation views Alison and her female protagonist (hag/wyf) as a criticism of misogynistic beliefs (Rigby 134). On the other hand, another feminist reading is that by yielding to the knight in the end, the Wife embodies and reinforces female stereotypes (Rigby 134).

e exhibits self-awareness in relation to the state of his emotional and psychological being. Initiating with “I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow” (1) at the onset of the poem, the critical reader may pay curiosity to the stage prior to the waking act and ponder on what might have taken place in this period of sleep which has led the speaker to decide on waking from it.

In the story, Laura Lee Kimble, house help working at Miss Clairborne, is in court and has been accused of assaulting Beasley. Laura faces ridicule as well as scorning for beating up Beasley. She maintains the respect of the process of trial and holds that she beat up Clement because she believed he was on the wrong side.

Steinbeck also never fails to use various figures of speech throughout the novel (Tanto and Kosasih). In The Pearl, the statement “Kino was a terrible machine now” is actually a metaphor (Steinbeck). Moreover, Kino’s statements “The pearl has become my soul” and “If I give it up I shall lose my soul” are actually examples of hyperbole.

Heaney’s admiration for his father and frustration, at his own lack of skills, are presented in the “flower” while his lack of understanding is ironically expressed in “death of a naturalist” (Heaney line 6). On the other hand, digging is metaphorically used to mean coming into terms with all these issues that the poet represents.

Due to this knowledge people continuously search for information to enable them avert such health problems. Any information on how to improve their life style is welcome. Therefore the media has invested in providing this information to the people. Every news paper contains a section concerning health, life style and healthy living.

Among the vital literary elements present in the narrative, timing, setting, and order are of the essence as Montresor could not afford to fail in his schemes of exacting revenge against Fortunato. In a way, I find Poe’s creation of “The Cask of Amontillado” quite unique and intersting in the sense that he managed to have furnished Montresor with a character of intelligence and clever wickedness yet leaves the reading audience the critical thought of his pride and reason.

The state of the wallpaper is the barometer of the advancement of the illness and she views its existence from the different perspectives of the state of her mind. Freud’s psychoanalytical model elucidates how the psychological process can cause mental disorders.

This paper intends to support the assertion that legal drinking age should be lowered to eighteen in the light of the existing pragmatic evidence and the ground realities. The paper will rely for support and material on the latest academic textual sources, besides resorting to an ample usage of simple logic and common sense.

Through the letters, Nathaniel narrates to his friends how the story of the Sandman scared him when he was still young (Hoffmann 4). The tales have it that the Sandman is a creature that forces children to sleep by blinding them with particles of sand. According to his nurse, the Sandman is an evil being, who approaches children when their eyes will not get heavy, and sprinkles some sand into their eyes hence cause their heads to bleed.

William Shakespeare was born on April 26th, 1564 and died on 23rd April 1616. He was brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon. He was from England, a professional poet and playwright. Shakespeare commenced his excellent career as an actor and a writer. It is also important to note that Shakespeare together with others was in partnership with a playing company.

The story of an hour was published in 1894, depicts the emotional repression of a woman who is in a state of confusion and irony of married life. The insight revelation of Louise Mallard even astonished her; the sudden outburst of grief subsided and turned into pure buoyant feeling.

Indeed, through words, man’s literature has enabled him to portray history, as well as different settings and events in a person’s life. Through literature, man has come to speak of the unspeakable, paint the unimaginable, and achieve the impossible. This is indeed the case of Alice Walker, a prominent writer and activist for the rights of black women.

We see in Jane’s personality that she is most of the time feeling comfortable in solitude. When she comes to know about Bertha, she leaves Rochester even she was madly in love with him. Bertha can be considered as a metaphorical character representing Jane’s rage towards the society that has been controlling her and making her quiet down her emotions.

Most of the private correction institutions in the country normally operate by offering services for a certain amount of fees. There is another privatization form that involves the government transferring its commercial enterprises, asset ownership and management responsibilities to a private entity or organization.

The intentions of this study are the tone and perspective that are adopted in a work of literature is usually indicative of the direction that the author intends the work to take. Apart from this the worth of the work as a piece of literature and the critical and popular response that it garners, depends, to a large extent, on the treatment of these two aspects.

Homer was born during the 8th or 9th century B.C. The Greek writers were extremely influence by the gods and incorporated the myths in their poems. Homer was an ancient Greek poet whose vivid imagination and his use of strong and beautiful imagery has influenced many writers down the ages.

When you read the play Stanley is a credible tragic character, so there must be something in Williams` art that makes one forget Aristotle`s criteria. This is what I will attempt to demonstrate in my paper, by looking, one by one, at the four attributes Aristotle deemed necessary.

According to the paper, Rosenwasser and Stephen want writers to “figure out what your subject means before deciding on how you feel about it.” Why do you think this advice is good to follow, especially in the writing of a portfolio that tells of your experience? This advice is good to follow, especially in the writing of a portfolio.

They are extremely important and are shaped tremendously well. Lysistrata '“Lysistrata is the ultimate MC (master of ceremonies) and director of the action of Lysistrata.” (Spark Notes) She is responsible for giving instructions to everyone. Apart from this she carefully observes and coaches the women.

The so called ‘literary canon’ is an ever-evolving catalogue of the most important, prestigious and talented authors who have ever written in the English language, and to have one of your works described as ‘canonical’ is probably one of the best praises a writer could ever receive.

I. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” can be interpreted as a poem about the tedium of life as an adult with responsibilities. A. The first stanza provides a clue to a Marxist interpretation of the poem 1. Woods owned. 2. Speaker conveys the importance of balancing life and work.

Jack Larkin describes the rough texture of their life as they experienced it. It tells the fact about everyday life that describes the Americans as they were like in that period. The article is very compact and insightful in describing the real life of people in the period of transition, the Victorian era.

The novel Mrs. Dalloway is about the story of the main character, Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Wolf takes the readers continuously through the thoughts and feelings of Mrs. Dalloway – The stream of Consciousness of Mrs. Dalloway. We see Clarissa as a girl, as aw wife, as a mother, as a woman and as a conventional hostess.

The Tell-Tale Heart,” is one of Edger Allan Poe’s well known short stories and was first published in January, 1843. The short story is a psychological portrait. It is narrated by a mad man who commits homicide. It is a horror story, and a psychological thriller, which is presented in a native style.

The writer builds her theory of Jane as a female hunger artist against the background of previous literature which touches upon “the images of starvation and hunger which pervade Jane Eyre” (1). Renk argues that Jane’s hunger artistry is a form of the “pregnant hag” (‘hag’ connoting ‘holy’), or “the grotesque body of the starving saint, and her struggle for justice, knowledge, and self-direction” (2).

The work shows the lives of the members of the Bennett family and also the way in which women and to a certain extent, men are victimized in a patriarchal society. The novel uses irony in a very effective way to satirize the ways in which society uses men and women to perpetuate the system of patriarchy.

John Steinbeck’s 1937 novel Of Mice and Men is the painful and difficult narrative of how the farmers and migrant ranch workers of California faced the horrifying consequences of the Great Depression. It is actually also a story of various struggles of people against their own selves – more particularly those of George and Lennie.

The major themes defined in both the poems revolve around love, cruelty, death, hatred, religion and heroism. Heroes are the central characters around which the entire story of the poem revolves. These poems tell us about the cruelty of the creatures and their hostile attitude towards the humans.

Both of these men are respected intelligence officers who are tasked by their organizations to foil operations and get ahead of the other. Additionally, the paper delves into the discrepancies that emanate from these men who are ready to sacrifice everything to gain recognition in the espionage world.

Throughout the poem, words like clouds, darkness, midnight, moon, night etc help in providing meaning to the reader with regard to what the poet wants to say. His emotions begin to differentiate themselves in the third stanza of the poem where beauty is depicted in a sad and not so joyful manner.

According to many people’s views, Mark Twain tends to be less grateful to antecedents than he truly was. This is for the reason that his showbiz has vanished with time and the increase of his special prominence. He adopted the mechanical technique of his letters of trade through his career as a printer.

Morality is an old master, intervening in matters as personal as love. In “The Lady with the Pet Dog,” Anton Chekhov depicts a married middle-aged man hopelessly falling in love with his also-married mistress, Anna. Anna abhors their affair, which Gurov initially expects to end as quickly as it started until he deeply falls in love with her. 

The play starts with Troy, a baseball player, in jail practicing his skills. Troy was very good in Baseball and used to practice the sport in Jail during free time. Its said during the play and showcased also that Troy tried getting into Major League Baseball, he couldn’t make enough money for his future.

“Everyday Use” explores the meaning of heritage in the context of the markedly different relationship which exists between a mother and her two daughters, Dee and Maggie. Walker conveys the message that heritage is truly cherished when it is a part of everyday life and not merely exhibited as an exotic accessory.

To barf is disgusting, but for another writer, it is about being real. In “Everyday Barf,” Eileen Myles depicts some of the reasons that force people to spill their guts. These reasons seem mundane, but in reality, they say something about the real feelings and aspirations of those who barf. Nothing is random in Myles’ prose poem.