Literature Essays

However the diamonds are equally a nuisance and a blessing. J. Sorie Conteh's debut novel is about how the craving for great wealth can cause corruption and eventually collapse. Particularly when it comes to focus on the ways that the diviner's role changed, the novel presents a simulating present-day appearance of Gibao, an individual who construes wealth in the fields of diamonds of Sierra Leone, West Africa.

The stories presented the status of women during the time of the writers. A lot of changes occurred since then and women are not given more responsibilities and roles that make them feel important in the development of society. Emily is the protagonist while her father and the townsmen are the antagonists. Emily is a round and dynamic character.

 These were commonly associated with women who would use laments to express feelings of abandonment, sorrow, and loneliness. Greek women from the ancient period are known for their fondness for laments. This was seen as a powerful source of expression and since women had little control over other things apart from expression.

The poem succeeds in portraying the sufferings of the poet who is a soldier who is disturbed by the horrifying memories of the war. Although the poet tries to forget those memories by taking deep breaths and reading books but still at the end of the poem he expresses his frustration when he finds it impossible to prevent himself from hearing the sounds of guns.

The book covers the universal truth of morality, and while we are all different, we must follow our own conscience in every act we carry out. The story explained how Louis Slotin, who worked on creating the atomic bomb in 1945 and 1946, died as a result of an accident while experimenting with plutonium.  

The author states that this story is basically an autobiography of one of the authors, Dr. J Alfred Smith Sr., and it tells the story of how Smith grew up in an era of intense poverty and segregation, as well as his many experiences of the racially divided country that existed at that time; although racism is certainly still an avid.

The author states that a great rivalry and jealousy ensued between Turnus and Aeneas which resulted in war between Latins and Trojans people. In this war, Turnus fought bravely and killed the son of Evander and took his sword belt. Aeneas was extremely enraged on this and sought to kill Turnus.

The author states that there is a saying that a good story is composed of a well-written plot and well-made characters. It is simply saying that a writer should give fifty percent of his talent and effort in making a good plot and another fifty percent in creating beautiful characters. However, one should not think of this.

This report will begin with the statement that Jane Austen’s novel Sense and Sensibility broaches a number of human failings with a gentle but firm admonishment.  Despite the story’s close adherence to acceptable social behavior, both its inception and its execution reveal a much more revolutionary nature.

It’s no surprise that many of his story protagonists had a close resemblance to actual characters he met during those real-life experiences in which he gathered content for his plot development. In the case of Nick Adams, the main character of Hemingway’s short story, In Another Country, this real-life resemblance grew incidentally, out of his own identity.

The author states that Conkin is not very fond of Roosevelt and throughout the whole book echoes failures of his administration to address the various problems that plagued pre-World War II America. The first chapter of the book is dedicated to Roosevelt and his personality, as the foremost character shaping the events during the Depression years.

The setting is the real key to understanding what is actually going on. The theme of “A&P” has to do with how Americans make choices that affect their entire lives based on false promises made to them by an economic system that is based upon turning every idea, object, and person into a commodity that can be bought and transformed into a status symbol.

These protagonists of the tragedy are very ambiguous in their attempts to help Romeo and Juliet to be together. Could their support result in another result than tragedy? What kind of persons were Friar Lawrence and the Nurse and what role did they play at such a tragic end of the play? The Nurse loved Juliet and was truly devoted to her.

In spite of their southern locale, Chopin’s stories rarely deal with racial relations between whites and blacks. One important exception is “Desiree’s Baby” (1892). Desiree Valmonde, who was originally a founding, marries Armand Aubigny, a plantation owner who is proud of his aristocratic heritage but very much in love with Desiree.

The conventional wisdom regarding tragedy is that it is a so-called tragic flaw in the hero that brings about his downfall, but when looked at more closely, every bad decision that Oedipus makes, including murdering his father and marrying his mother, can really be traced back to the act of a lowly shepherd.

Some other themes that are strongly shown are images of strong mothers, mysteriously absent fathers, and families in which love is expressed. On the contrary, that kind of love is more often expressed in harsh words or silence than in overt praise or affection ("Notes on Short Stories," n.d.).

Man cannot be divorced from his art because he is an aesthetic being. It has lived on through the times, right from the Stone Age, and furnishes us with a sense of history and roots. Art is the source of culture. To be an artist is to grasp for immortality for like those artists mentioned by Pierro and Peacock, one’s name is passed down through the ages and remains indelible through the times.

Emily never had any relationship with anyone as her life revolved around this only concept of status. She considered her father as her world. Emily’s father was of the opinion that that none of the boys living in the town were of her match. This is about a young lady who considered her father as everything in her life. It tells about the feelings of the town’s people towards her and her father.

The paper discusses this issue in terms of appropriation and originality, first putting forward a thesis, which is then defended/attacked with reference to examples from the text. It will be argued that the novella Wide Sargasso Sea does stand up as an independent, legitimate, work of art, despite having its basis in Bronte’s Jane Eyre. 

This is the story of what happens when an angel comes to town. But while it is subtitled ''A Tale for Children,'' it is by no means a simple story. The setting is no ordinary town, and its visitor is no ordinary angel—indeed, he seems very ordinary and human, despite his extraordinary appearance.

The precision of the analogy of the objects and their meanings makes reading the story a worthwhile experience. When Theo chose his eyesight over his life, he must have thought and considered it a million times before coming up with a decision. Prolonging one's life without seeing a thing may sound more depressing than seeing and yet knowing that it will not be long before you are gone forever.

In the Renaissance period, Shakespeare and other author’s literary pieces were written. Among these is The Cruell Show by Arthur Hilliard which was published in 1673. It is among the Roxburghe Ballads and one of the admired anti-marriage literary pieces. However, nothing much has been written about Hilliard.

The researcher states that the combination of the words “fat” and “happy” arouses interest in the reader and exposes, with the use of irony and cause and effect arguments, a glaring logical fallacy that the author goes on to demolish: fat people give the impression they are happy but they are not, because they believe the wrong notions people have about being fat.

The character of Creon in Antigone can be analyzed in relation to the classical concepts of arete, hubris, ate, and nemesis. Creon pretends to be a man of arête (one who has reached the pinnacle of human virtue), but he only reveals his extreme hubris (excessive pride or arrogance expressed in acts and words).

The author states that the Epic of Gilgamesh is considered the oldest story recorded in humanity; it narrates the adventure of King Gilgamesh of Uruk and his friend Enkidu. After his friend’s death, punished by the gods, Gilgamesh scared and concerned about his own mortality, begins a second journey alone in search of Utanapishtim, The Faraway.

The author states that the idea of gender reversal deals directly with the feminine concept of subjectivity. The role reversals between Jack and Grace challenges redefines and illustrates subjectivity, by taking two gender-specific stereotypes and reversing them to empower the female character, thereby dispelling female gender biases.

According to this book review findings, an autobiography of one's life stands as a legacy of one's being. This is especially true on the part of classical authors who decided put their autobiographies in forms of artistically written creations. Hugh McLennan and Margaret Atwood were both classical authors of the English literature. Hugh McLennan and Margaret Atwood were both classical authors of the English literature.

The author states that the protagonists, Sofia, Sandra, Yolanda and Carla continuously face challenges that bring to light the main themes of memory, the search for identity and reconciliation. Julia Alvarez employs a mix of first-person and third-person narration in reverse chronological order.

The author states that Gregor is the sole earning member of his family and when he transforms into a giant bug, the whole situation turns upside down and starts transforming slowly. His family is initially shell-shocked but later accepts it as a part of life. Gregor’s room is slowly turned into a go-down of unwanted items.

As far as I have understood "patterns" refer to the way of living with the harmonization of mind and soul. Patterns actually represent all those circumstances to which we are adhering to survive. "Symbols" represents different characters which Lowell's wants us to realize as each symbol has its own pace in this world of pattern.

Often, a combination of factors becomes a growing problem leading to widespread dissatisfaction boiling under the surface. A precipitous incident or incidents can then catapult the people into revolt. Usually, it is not the upper classes, ensconced in their authoritative societal position, who revolt. Most often, it is the masses, the commoners.

The author of the paper states that the ‘history teacher’ represents all those adult sections of the contemporary society who pathetically and often unsuccessfully try to protect the innocence of the young minds by misinterpreting or glossing over the bitter and nasty parts of life.

The author states that Hamlet speaks to himself, but seems to be heard by everyone, and he supposes that the theater might become a revelation for the King: ‘I have heard That guilty creature sitting at a play Have by the very cunning of the scene Been struck so to the soul that presently They have to proclaim their malefactions’.  

The author states that the play deals with a period “when something is rotten with the state of Denmark”. However, in its last scene, even with so many dead bodies strewn around, there is a dawn of hope. Death and destruction are inevitable to a process of rebirth and awakening. All the schemers and morally corrupt persons are dead.

In his book Crimes Against Nature: How George W. Bush and His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Hijacking Our Democracy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. details how the Bush administration dismantled the environmental laws, made a mockery of the government, and ruled with contempt for our constitutional form of government.

It is a good piece of work in the sense that it has brought about relevant issues related to a very important subject – autism, and has presented the quantitative measures of relevant variables like the degree of stress the families with kids having autism suffer and also what they perceive about the kind of services they receive.

Evolution in the supply of commercial real estate: the emergence of a new relationship between suppliers and occupiers of real estate; Global players and the reshaping of local property markets: global pressures and local reactions; Developing interests: environmental innovation and the social organisation of the property business;

The author states that the entire play is full of such lines showing her beauty and innocence. However, Hamlet’s later attitude towards her mixed with the death of her father and her own tragic end creates dissatisfaction among the audience. Secondly Hamlet’s tragic end creates unrest in the minds of the audience.

The role of Chretien de Troyes, Malory, the Mabinogion, and others in the evolution of the Grail Myth through the Arthurian Romances is of paramount consideration. Cultural historians from time to time have dealt with the evolution of the Grail legend which came mostly through the written romances and these romances derived mainly from the pre-Christian folklore suggestions.

The play “Joy Turner’s Come and Gone” was written by August Wilson. The detailed analyses of the play and Loomis’s character makes it possible to say that the play reflects all those changes faced by American society at the beginning of the XX century: migration, industrialization, and national and racial identity.

  Pitting the world of the sane and the insane side by side, and assessing the futility of conventionality in addressing life’s choices in a world that has no meaning, Woolf’s “modernist” novel imaginatively examines the superficial conventionality of post-War English society, exploring the ordinary mind on an ordinary day. 

The author states that while it may seem that Little Chandler has a perfect life, the narrator expresses feelings and frustrations that the reader would be otherwise unaware of. This inner struggle seems to describe what all everyday men must go through at some time during their life. Little Chandler is still young and has his entire life before him.

The author states that Victor started his story when he had this intense idea to create something that no one can imagine. An ambition that no scientist can ever think of, and worst, will challenge the capability of God and his greatest creation in all time, the humans. Ultimately, Frankenstein tried to be God in his own mysterious world.

The author states that our only solace, as a reader, comes from the knowledge that his lonely and painful journey from tyranny to compassion is complete. The play is about division at many levels and the quest for union. The kingdom, the family, Lear’s soul, and sight and his reasoning are all divided and separated from their natural states.

The author states that the major themes of the novel such as the growth into adulthood and finding one’s identity reflect the situation in Victorian England. “Throughout her adventures, Alice is confronted with the problem of her shifting identity, a problem aggravated and in large part caused by the inconsistencies of Wonderland.

The accidental encounter of Dominique Francon, a news reporter, with Howard Roark, the red-headed quarry worker, is intrinsically woven into the web of The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand with the thread of love and hatred. The storyline revolves around Roark’s main adversary Ellsworth Toohey, an architectural critic, and Dominique Francon

The author states that while conducting the investigation in the Wright’s abode, the county attorney asked Mrs. Peters, the sheriff’s wife, to keep an eye for anything that may be helpful in revealing the real motive for Mr. Wright’s brutal murder. To this, Mr. Hale quickly asserts, “…would the women know a clue if they did, come upon it?”

The author states that images from the media such as film, magazines, and fiction to name a few, serve to perpetuate the status quo by continually providing the public with stereotypical images of the inferior races. Shaw writes about the Asian stereotype, “These images can be understood as “controlling images”.

The author states that the interference of the gods with the affairs of mortals influenced greatly the outcome of the war. And it even determined the fates of the characters. These interferences may either arise from the intensive prayers of the mortals to the gods or from the relationship of the gods with a particular mortal.

A poem that depicts a ‘typical’ woman’s act of sitting and sewing, the text indicates the forced passivity and frustration of a woman in war-time, who is unable to do anything to alleviate her desire to do something constructive instead of being made to sit passively. The most striking aspect of the structure of the poem is the refrain which is outside the otherwise constant rhyme scheme.