Literature Essays

The relationship between the two countries has remained controversial through the years. The tension worsened when China claimed ownership of the Spratly group of islands. Although many other Asian countries claim ownership of the said islands, the tension between China and Vietnam is considered as the worst.

The author states that Chopin’s novel is the story of the conflict between the feminist values that Edna comes to accept and the patriarchal values that the others in her world held dear. The conflict is also that of the dreams that both sets of characters have for their lives. She perceived that her will had blazed up, stubborn and resistant.

The university is after all wild and it is believable that such a forest could have escaped my eyes earlier. I wasn’t scared to enter it since I was fond of adventures. I set foot into it and immediately began to feel warm all over; I began to feel unpleasant and would have left if it hadn’t been for the dwarf who greeted me.

The paper describes the conservative property of the text, it is thought to have been derived from the narrative technique of indirect speech in which the character of Elizabeth for instance is made to exude by forming a representative statement out of her thoughtful prejudices. It shows Pride and Prejudice the Regency period in which elaborate codes of conduct governed every social interaction in upper-class society.

The Gilded Six-Bits is a story that captivates the issues of love, betrayal and forgiveness and their importance in the human relation and society. Archetypal to the fiction of Hurston, the story projects an affirmative vision of Afro-American life through the portrayal of their happy domesticity of two newly-wed couples whose life are set to turmoil and tremor after the intrusion of an alien to the community.

The novel was considered the work of a white male and was discarded for its literary value. Only recently in 1983 this book was discovered by Henry Louis Gate Junior and was published accordingly. The publication of this novel triggered a massive debate within African American literary circles as to the novel’s origin as well as its true purpose.  

This is the very reason why people, especially artists, are exhorted to think out of the box, which actually means to detach from reality and to let their imaginations alone dictate. However, it is simply impossible to deny the fact that even the most imaginative or creative can never really isolate themselves from the objective conditions that surround them.

World Literature Lesson No. 3 Answers (1) Match the terms in Column I with the descriptions in Column II. Maxim -- C. concise statement of rule of conduct or behavior Paradox -- B. a seeming contradiction that expresses an actual truth Personification -- A.

“People think you a good woman, but you are bad, hard-hearted.  You are deceitful!” (Brontë 4). I also achieved that same level of freedom of expression. One time, I had enough of the girl bully's constant taunts. In a canteen that brimmed with people, I stopped walking when she yelled “Indian bitch,” and I turned to her.

I still remember first moving to this home and the rough farmland that surrounded it. The large trees I had to unearth and breakdown for firewood. There was nobody to help me then. It was backbreaking work moving the rocks that outlined the land, but doing it by myself gave me a particular sense of satisfaction.

This fall from grace is what makes the play into a tragedy. The key question which might help to resolve the paradoxes in Othello’s character is whether his demise is due to his own personal failings, or whether he is the victim of Iago’s evil plotting.

Even though one of the major themes of Camus’s The Stranger is irrationality and the purposeless existence of the universe and a human being, the writer was a great moralist, because his attitude to life and morality of human deeds were never uninteresting to the writer. People engage in futile attempts to find the meaning of their life.

Introduction For a product to be excellent and acceptable, both the contents and the container have got to be perfect. This analogy holds good as for the presentation of sermon by Jonathan Edwards. His sermons are meaningful and provide the true interpretation of the truth contained in the gospel.

At the very outset, when the period of the plays’ settings is taken into consideration, it is evident that both Hedda and Lyuba are impacted by the constraints of their respective ages and social milieu. Hedda’s boredom, which has tragic results, and Lyuba’s irresponsibility, which also ends in serious consequences, are both the products of the ages in which they live.

All of these are benevolence of advancements of technology for the human race. Even though life was sustainable on planet earth before we had have all these technologies but some people think otherwise. People believe that they might not have been able to endure life on earth without the assistance of these advancements.

But astonishingly, he is reluctant and suggests Edgar and Kent to share power. This is probably as a result of the chaos that arose at the beginning of the play when Lear brought about some divisions in the kingdom. Albany’s suggestion seemed to Kent as a foolish one and she withdrew gracefully probably to commit suicide.

Two men were responsible for guiding Nero through his youth, did this with a unity of purpose that is seldom found where authority is shared, their accomplishments were different but the two men had equal influence over the emperor, this men were Afranius Burrus and Annaeus Seneca.

The reader learns that the voice Son heard was Jadine's voice whilst dozing, which happens to be distinctive from the inviting voice present in his dreams. Afterwards, he ends up falling in love with Jadine, yet she fails in managing in the replacement of the dream he has about a warm, provoking woman at the entrance of a friendly-appearing house.

Any reader anywhere versed in any matters particularly universal and more ancient can understand his poems no matter the reader’s country of origin. This is because, according to Frost, a country is a place of human sense. A place of human sense in terms of thought, imagination, experience, and conversation.

This evolution was strongly shaped by social injustices and racism experienced by African Americans. In the 1970’s writers helped to bring the historical event of slavery into the modern consciousness and to help Americans honestly deal with their history and its ramifications.

According to the paper, for this group who is sustained by their hunting and gathering, the importance of humbleness is one of the key elements which keeps them socially integrated. When a member does something good, the rest of the tribe would criticize and mock at this person to ensure that he or she won't be overconfident about him or herself.

The paper presents many elements that the author has used to display one universal theme: the transition from childhood to adulthood, and the many emotional factors attached to it. At the very end of the story, we see how Andy fully embraces her womanhood by going back to her original name “Andrea”. This shows how she has finally accepted the reality and her mind is not conflicted anymore.

Why is Beowulf the ideal hero? This essay is primarily based on contemplating the legendary characters of Beowulf in addition too explaining why he is considered and remembered even in the present age as a heroic figure. Some scenarios and underlying reasons contributing to granting such a splendid reputation to Beowulf will make the bulk of this paper.

Some have failed and have been forgotten. The great and mighty are remembered and they are made examples to new generations because whatever age there is, leadership is always an essential part of any organization, community or nation. Zhong Shan Fu and Zichan are among the great leaders who are now being studied throughout the globe not only because of their achievements but also because of the principles they applied in their leaderships.

Though his father is trying to be gentle, the alcohol takes over. His father’s behavior may be uninviting and perhaps even disturbing as he all but manhandles his son, but the boy seems too used to this behavior to find it out of place. The narrator’s acceptance of his father’s inebriated behavior can be seen through a variety of literary elements throughout the poem.

Racism can also be defined as the conviction that a particular race is better or more substandard than another, that one’s social and good individualities is predestined by his or her innate biological characteristics. It has influenced wars, slavery, the creation of nations, and legal codes.

One does not need to be a specialist in medieval or early English prose to realize that the chivalric code and understandings of duty and honor were key determinants in defining the culture and norms of the given time.

The novel seems to be quite thrilling because of its “science-fiction” apparel. But only on the surface level, the novel resembles much a science-fiction. Beneath its surface level there lies a quite serious philosophical and political intention that makes it an allegory of human life and society.

Never Let Me Go is a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro published in 2005 by the Japanese-born British author. The book is fragmented into several sections that chronicle the lives of its main characters. There is the section of childhood that comes first that deals with a fictional Hailsham boarding school situated in East Sussex, England.

In respect to the theme, the movie under discussion in this work is titled The Glass Menagerie, there are many various areas which the movie reflects in terms of the action, context and roles undertaken by the characters (Monaco 102). The movie The Glass Menagerie is mainly reflecting intruders in a family’s home which had taken the family with surprise (Williams 1).

Final Essay (Sappho’s Poems Loneliness and To any army wife, in Sardis) Name Professor Institution Course Date Introduction Undeniably, Sappho in her two poems “To any army wife, in Sardis” and “Loneliness” utilizes same perspective in depicting the texts’ respective women figures (Sappho, 2002).

The author states that Tate in his poem seems to use a deeper symbolism within the poem to project a deeper meaning of the poem. That even though Jesus had been having some nightmares he seems to be more at ease with the surrounding, his love for people and other living creatures such as donkeys does not fade.

Then, the masculinity of Pip is defined by his striving to get to another class, and, in this period, Pip represents society at large, in that society at large is ruled by class and government and, in the Victorian age, men. In the end, Pip's masculinity is defined by his being mature enough to know that class does not matter – goodness and decency are what matters.

Answer 1b All these characteristics are quite important for the spiritual development of individuals as the societal rules and regulations are more demanding than what nature would have been ordained. Human beings are more materialistic and tend to focus on their physical assets instead of their spirituality, which brings about the real sense of self-actualization and happiness.

The story is centered at a pension called Miramar in Alexandria. Mariana, an elderly Greek woman in the Egyptian society, runs the pension. This was a time when the society had many forces in the daily life of people such as class, money influence and male privilege in the society.

Such heroes are often warriors that exhibit the willingness to fight for their countries or communities. They exhibit a connection with the values of their community and cultural principles. Epic heroes also depict a desire to live simple lives without desire for the pleasures of life.

All the events that unfold in this story revolve around political, social, and cultural spheres where the author categorically portrays the wife of a clerk in the ministry of education living in the fantasy world of fanciful attire and riches despite the fact that she could not even afford a new dress for herself (Matthews Para.

People access the internet and use computers both for legitimate purposes and for illegal motives. The advancement in the field of internet has developed a virtual environment where activities can be executed through networked computers. Currently, criminal activities have increased to a significant extent due to easy and restriction free availability of information from the internet as well as free communication services offered by online service providers both locally and internationally.

The novel is based on the lives of Hugh Wolfe and Deborah, who are employed in these mills. The author shows how these two lead poor lives, which in itself represents the lives of many mill workers. In order to illustrate the poor working conditions in the mills, the author uses the example of Kirby & John mill, where Hugh is employed.

The main actors are Homer Nish, Yvonne Williams, and Tommy Reynolds. The film events are wrapped in rock and roll music composed and performed by The Revels. In this essay, the events and presentation of the American Indians in the movie are revisited with a perspective of Pratt’s contact zone concept.

Fitzgerald coined the phrase, ‘the Jazz Age,’ to refer to the twenties, and the “joy-riding, extravagant, and irresponsible society, and the spiritual desperation and sterility that it represented” (American Literature Since the Civil War, 224). “Babylon Revisited,” is Fitzgerald’s criticism of the ‘Jazz Age,’ of which he was a participant. 

The painting is made on an oil canvas, with its dimensions being 91 ? 121.8 cm, and is currently located in Room 34 of the National Gallery in London (The National Gallery, 2013, n.p.). The painting depicts some form of a messy landscape, with a train approaching on a bridge placed on the right hand side of the painting, while the left hand side consists of another seemingly foot bridge for pedestrians, with seemingly a row boat and some little people on it (Murray, 1974, p.79).

The black water chronicle by Philip Pendleton Kennedy is a narration of his adventure in different parts of the Western Virginia in the regions of black water. This adventure is captivated by poor or worst environmental conditions. It presented numerous types of suffering that all the elements presented in the story are subjected.

One of his best known poems is The Windhover, written in 1877 but not published until some decades after his death. The poem had various interpretations, mostly related to Hopkins’ religious conversion and a deeper understanding of nature, the universe, and of God and His love that came about as a result of long hours of meditation.

This representation and comparison are communicated through the role of feelings brought out by other characters, the fishing trip by Mcmurphy and his disciples, the utilization of images and finally foreshadowing. The use of foreshadowing is key in the contributory factor to the creation of Mcmurphy as a figure that resembles Christ Jesus in the bible.

Studying several of these expressions throughout several culture around the world and throughout history illustrates that these instances of spontaneous creative expression are usually associated in some way with exploring human experience. Even though they don't often speak directly to the concept of creativity or its development, it is clear that these artists of various types have engaged in a great deal of thought and practice in order to hone their skills and most accurately convey the ideas in their heads.

This can be estimated from the fact that they have preserved a tradition for over seventy-seven years. Their excitement and association with the ritual reflects in their willingness to keep the drawing box as it has remained for years and not amend it to make it any better because they don’t want a bit of the ritual to be altered with time.

According to the research findings, it can, therefore, be said that ‘post-colonial’ does not simply mean ‘after they left’ and may not reflect such a meaning for a long time. At present, the term still speaks of anxieties, hostilities, scars and, as in Australia, open wounds that are refusing to heal – reflected in the subject matter, themes and form of their writers.

Walsh states that, “Estrella de Sevilla is a beautiful work replete with all the best and most attractive characteristics of Spanish stage, wherein the extremes of loyalty, love and honor are depicted with a variety of incident and passion, and yet with a degree of truth and eloquence, which Shakespeare alone could surpass” (213).  

Marketing audit undergoes three main processes. These are as follows: a) Setting the scope and objective – first, an auditor in collaboration with the company’s officers has to assess the nature of marketing operations and determine the value of the marketing audit.