Literature Essays

Religion has always taken a significant role in the regulation of sexual conduct. In the past centuries, social norms and prescriptions were mainly founded on the teachings of the church. Defying these religious doctrines with regards sexuality and the conduct of relationships between male and female often had dire consequences.

The authors cited Greene and Wegener’s (1997, pg. 177) words, “There is now broad agreement that present trends in transport are not sustainable, and many conclude that fundamental changes in the technology, design, operation, and financing of transport systems are needed”. This chapter is also a forward for the next chapter.

By just looking at the authors, one can readily surmise that the female characters are depicted differently since one is from a female's point of view while the other is from a male's. However, this assumption is not going to be proven correct because there are many other factors to be considered like the author's background and experience as well as the milieu the work is produced.Both stories are autobiographical in nature.

The author states that the ancient ‘legend’ of the evil squire and the hell hound corroborates the general opinion. Although many people seem to believe in the legend, including Dr.Mortimer, the dead man’s personal physician and a man of science, Holmes does not credit it with truth, and his skepticism is finally vindicated when he solves the mystery.

First, he insulted her with injurious words, and five years after their daughter's birth, he took the girl away from her mother to be killed. Unknown to Griselda, the girl was taken to Bologna to be raised by his noble friends. Gualtieri did the same after the birth of their second child, a boy.

The author states that Updike manages to create confusion and curiosity in his readers by not revealing the true setting of the story and by giving details and facts related to the story in bits and pieces. There is also the element of a plot – the plot Updikes comes up with is often fascinating and hard not to critically acclaim.

In the novel, Walker depicts the struggles of the black women, belonging to the rural town of Georgia.  Though there are many female characters in this novel, the center of attraction is the protagonist and narrator, Celie, who is a fourteen-year-old uneducated black girl, who is impregnated twice by her stepfather Alphonso, and who steals away her children.

President John F Kennedy estimated that the odds of actual nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis were a staggering high of thirty–three percent. Bundy estimated the gamble of nuclear war during these Cuban missile crises to be a low one percent. But, according to Bundy, this one percent was too large for comfort.

It should be mentioned that the author is assured that his sonnets would be read by people until the end of times, although he later begs pardon for the lines that are not cannot direct the youth in its excellence. The author doesn't hesitate stating that the golden age of the youth would be kept safe in his poetry.

The author states that he begins to question whether this story really happens in the real world. Reading further, he begins to realize how the husband really tried his best in winning the argument. He didn’t shut his mouth when he knew he needs to. The wife seemed to be thinking the same way.

The reason for this leniency was to guarantee the support of Southern states, where slavery was common compared to rest of the country. He points out that the Constitution did not bestow voting rights to all American, as African American, Women and the indigenous people were excluded, which is against the spirit of freedom and democratic values.

The author states that the main similarity is found between Don Quixote and Buzz. Both of them are courageous and brave characters seeking to save the world from evil. Both of them struggle with Reality trying to find universal goodness and virtue. For Don Quixote, the search for such a reception becomes an obsession never quite satisfied.

Eileen Chang, the significant modern Chinese writer, died in 1995 in the USA. The worth of her work was not only acknowledged in mainland China, in Taiwan, and in Hong Kong but her work is acknowledged across the globe also. She emerged on the literary scene with her moving stories; written when Chang was still in her twenties.  

Although older than this other man, the boss remains in control of everything in his world. He decides who stays and who goes, when to drink, what to drink and what his schedule will be. This is all revealed as he sits in comfort behind his large and important desk and basks in the glow of Mr.

In this paper, a comparison of two short stories is provided as an illustration of Johnson’s point in elucidating the meaning of “just representations of general nature. The literary texts included in the comparative analysis are “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner and “Luck” by Mark Twain.

The author claims that Ceremony, by Leslie Silko is a narrative of resilience and the protagonist overcomes the hardships and a series of challenges to reach the stipulated goal. Ceremony reminds us of the Grail stories where protagonist must prove his/her worth to be the worthy to be its presence.

Gothic fiction, sometimes referred to as Gothic horror, is a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. Influencing much of the literature that we now read as traditionally "romantic", Gothic genre was marginalized as a legitimate literary form in the twentieth century due to its critical success and reception. The origins of Gothic literature can be traced to various historical, cultural, and artistic precedents.

The essay describes a lived reality of national identity through main themes in Salman Rushdie’s novels. These themes are exile, home, history, memory. Rushdie rewrites the history of India and create a new method of creating a national narrative. He questions colonial and post-colonial attempts to narrate and as a result he recreates the nation in his novels.

Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun is set in the 1950s when the racial discrimination was overt and the play explicitly portrays the distress, anxiety and tragedy as well as the conviction, hope and commitment towards better prospects. This play is a part of the legacy which strived for equality and justice for the racially discriminated class.

The author explains that if Don Juan’s feelings are true, he will allay Don Elvire’s concerns and gives her his promise to be with her once more and all through eternity. He broke her vow to worship Savior Jesus Christ in lifelong service because of her overwhelming need to be with Don Juan.

The author states that the plays Bus Stop by William Inge and End Game by Samuel Beckett are two most significant examples of how the artist represents anti-establishment ideas through the use of disjointed elements in the work of art. In a close reading of these two plays, one realizes that the authors have been careful in presenting discordant ideas.

The state appears to us as a violent society, in which people are experiencing hate and anger towards each other. We can see not only mere facts of the history but feel how did they affect the Irish. Cal McCluskey is a young, Catholic man living in Protestant housing estate in Northern Ireland with his father.

The author states that the dominance of the mother, Amanda, has attempted to maintain family life through rule and obedience while the crippled child, Laura, takes her place as the silent thread in the family fabric. In the middle was Tom. Tom, more astute than his father, is caught in his footsteps and unable to escape his mother.

This intense drama ventures into familial relationships, societal situations, and the nature of memory.  “The Glass Menagerie” opened in the mid-1940s in Chicago, and instantly became a mainstay in modern short fiction and continues to influence playwrights and authors of all genres. 

In each text, Jodi goes to great lengths to structure her stories in such a way that the character’s lives and their worlds are incredibly vivid as well as remarkably captivating.  Additionally, Jodi’s vivid descriptive language and writing style show itself in both of these novels. 

The author wrote the book in order to arouse the sleeping minds of the Americans. Well, the author indeed achieved his objective of letting the Americans know what was happened in the past why does America experience this type of predicament. The book was written early 20th century.

Robinson Crusoe is a novel which was written by Daniel Defoe and was first published in the year 1719. This piece of literature is in fact considered as being the first novel in English, and it has been used to set examples and provoke influence in many different areas of the world, not only in the past but in the present as well.

The author states that Sophocles seems to say that evil/malice exists within all; at least, the capacity for evil/malice exists within all. Of course, one could also argue that Sophocles seems to say the opposite as well, that good/love/benevolence (or the capacity for these traits) also exists within all human beings.

The author states that before his vision, he thought little of God’s existence in relation to himself, but did say that he was “undone without Redemption” during the storm. After his sickness and the vision, he began to recognize God’s goodness, when alone and frightened, he “prayed to God for the first time since the storm off Hull.”

Donne and Marvell both talk about the problem of separated lovers with varying degrees of reference to the concept of Platonic love, cloaked in the extravagantly figurative language of the Metaphysical conceit. Donne couches his discussion within the possibility of an event from real life, the temporary spatial separation of lovers, perhaps even occasioned by his actual separation from his life.

The author states that the BBC Television Shakespeare series produced an essentially “cerebral” Hamlet in which there we a lot of talking heads and not a lot of movement. By contrast, Kenneth Branagh produced a very dramatic version of the play, utilizing all the ability of film to overwhelm an audience and make them absorbed within the play.

Out of his denial came the devils that destroyed the very community he strove to keep safe. It was no accident that Satan strode forth from God's house" (Frances Hill, 1997, p.2).Most researchers and authors, including Frances Hill, believe that Samuel Parris was mainly responsible for the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.

The author states that the novel communicates a sense of inevitable and unendurable loss which is a much more powerful rendering of the damnation theme than anything in the stories. The novel discusses social problems of race and identity and vividly portrays social inequalities and moral decay.

Born in 106 BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero was murdered in 743 BC. His life reached a climax during the decline and fall of the republic of the Roman, where he was an actor in many significant political events. Therefore, his writings are a very important source of information today as they give information about the events.

Dostoyevsky rejects the laws of sovereignty and industrialized society, both. He advocates instead the principles of natural law as the means of identifying crime, exacting punishment, and ultimately providing redemption. Dostoyevsky explores the principles of jurisprudence through the struggle of his protagonist, Raskolnikov.

Politics, decision making and work was left for men and they had authority over women because women were dependent upon their men for there support in household affairs. In this setup freedom, liberty and equality of women were regarded as a bad thing which the society frowned upon

This novel proves that external appearances do not reflect what's inside a man. While Dorian himself appears to all as ageless and gorgeous, his actions are horrifying and scandalous. With every bad choice, his soul becomes more and more twisted, and the painting, hidden away in his attic under a tapestry, grows uglier and more demented.

Being a realist and naturalist, Flaubert described the situation in his contemporary society in general referring to the heroes of the novel and realistically described the position of women in French society of the nineteenth century. Emma was a daughter of a farmer and was raised in the cloister.

Franz Kafka represents existentialistic perspective in literature, and his novel titled “The Castle” is known as the quintessence of the philosophy claiming that human existence is pointless, but one might find there sincere absurd and comedy, mixed with personal tragedies, identified as trivial issues.

The author states that after a bloody battle in which one of Antigone’s brothers, Polyneices, refuses to accept Creon’s claim and tries to plunder the city, in the process fighting against his own brother who has sworn allegiance to Creon, both brothers are slain. Creon immediately issues a decree that Eteocles will be buried with all honors.

The author states that Little Scarlet fundamentally deals with a historical theme concerning Los Angeles, and the historical background and point of view make it a spellbinding tale. However, the contribution of the characters and their personalities to the success and wide acceptance of the novel is indubitable.

The author of the book reflects himself on Kinkaid and then injects his own thoughts about controversial questions. He further legitimizes his own opinions by having them spoken by Kinkaid. Much of the questions posed in this book are centered upon religion. There both direct and indirect connotations to be drawn.

Few figures in the brief history of American literary life loom as large as Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain.  Born in Florida, Missouri in 1835 and growing up in nearby Hannibal, Twain lived out a somewhat restless and rambunctious boyhood, and received only a few sporadic years of formal education, culminating when he was 11 or 12 years old. 

We think of Italy as a sunny, warm place. We conjure images of lush vineyards and olive groves kissed by Mediterranean breezes under a gentle sun. There is a different Italy however. There is the Italy that Hemingway writes about in A farewell to Arms. The story is set in the Italian Alps during World War One.

Jay Anson's The Amityville Horror (1977) sold more than three million copies and was turned into a major motion picture that grossed more than $80 million dollars. The family happily went on a nationwide tour to promote the book as their "true story." Nevertheless, questions remained about the validity of their claims.

Most people think Pinocchio to be a wooden puppet that changes into a human boy; that he was swallowed by a huge fish; and that when he told lies his nose grew longer. These assumptions are right, though in a limited way. For, they are based on an understanding of Pinocchio from the sentimentalized Disney cartoons or the condensed versions of the novel.

The author states that Othello is correct by marrying Desdemona because he loves her and has been with her. This is an honorable action that puts him above blame. He is wrong in trusting Iago because the latter’s ambition makes him scheme to plot Othello’s ruin. He does not run away to hide although he has been advised to do so by Iago.

Dangerous Minds book by Louanne Johnson describes the classroom atmosphere and individual lives of students, which make this more than just a story of her teaching years. As you read through the book, you can glean a similar sense of Love, openness, attention, and hope that LouAnne shared with these students.

Gregor Samsa is clearly unhappy with his life and alienated from the expectations placed upon him by his family in particular and society as a whole. "If I didn't have my parents to think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him everything I would, let him know just what I feel," Gregor says.

Certainly, these facts represent at some remove the historical case of the Belgian exploitation of the Congo, with Leopold's pious claim of working for the betterment of the natives while killing as many as ten million of them and maiming countless others, and the seeming inevitability that genocide (not yet a word) would become the ultimate result of colonialism (Hawkins 369-75).