Literature Essays

The Scarlet Letter is another example of what is considered as classical American literature. In some quarters, classic literature is considered to be literature from ancient Greece and Rome, and it is to some extent true, but in the context of this paper, it will consider literature from the period starting around the 17th century AD.

The story is all about crossing or not crossing. It relates to a physical journey of a family in search of a fulfilling future, however, it can also be said that Crossing Over is about their mental journey as well, as they travel through different geographical routes.

The researcher states that one of the most famous works in literature, characters and episodes from The Pilgrim’s Progress find references in works of literature and also in popular culture. The work introduced a protestant theology in the form of literature that made it a very popular book.

In his dazzling career, Shakespeare generated literary compositions of art. What distinguishes Shakespeare to other renowned writers of his era, or subsequently, is his aptitude to systematize a sensible plot, administer themes, and build up characters in his composition.

In this novel, Professor David Lurie disgraces himself with a rape case involving a young student, where afterward, he is discharged from his teaching post. He lives with his daughter Lucy until an unfortunate event occurs. Several black men attack them and rape Lucy, which demonstrates another point of disgrace in Lurie’s life. 

The earthquake causes further tectonic shifts, with one plate thrusting upon the other, leading to displacement of the sea floor. This generates the tsunami. The giant tsunami of December 2004 occurred in the Sumatra-Andaman region, which did not fall into a well-known, normal subduction zone.

The book is divided in three main chapters .The first chapter is psychological legacy of slavery that deals with the African American’s attitude towards work, property, personal inferiority, family and color discrimination. The Second Chapter deals with the author’s response towards breaking this chain of mental slavery.

Cheever then moves ahead to explain the response of the society towards Merrill. He is an unwelcome guest at a party thrown by Biswanger’s. The writer explains that the Biswangers used to long for Neddy’s presence but their untoward behavior towards Merrill upheld the fact that there had been a serious change of events.

Emily was more concerned with how she felt about the situation. When she bought the arsenic, at first it was believed that she was going to kill herself, but after the townspeople found the dead body of Homer hidden in Emily’s home, it was assumed that she had poisoned him so that she would never have to be apart from him until she died.

The era of modernism in English literature introduced a new form of artistic sensibility, perception, and sense of aesthetics, which can be regarded as an unprecedented experience. The novels like Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf and The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald are brilliant examples that encompass the modernist spirit.

The author states that James Tate simply investigates the nature of an individual who does not want to get out of bed. While the general narrative construct of the poem is simple, Tate presents it in a way wherein it contains poetic verve and poignancy, withholding insight into the true reason the narrator is bed-ridden until the final lines.

It is the present leader in terms of market revenues in the Russian ice cream business. In recent years it has been faltering. It faces the threat of being overtaken by its competitors if nothing is done. The chief concerns of the company as given in the case involve increased competition.

A positive impact on the society encompasses all these issues. Moreover, an individual promotes a positive development of the society through keeping up with peace and order within it. Thus, individuals are to have a clear idea of searching their niche under the sun.

Finger prints will also be taken of the counter area, the door handle and the other areas under the counter. All of the finger print evidence that can be found will be useful as it will help to indicate the persons who were involved in the crime scene. They will help to provide the necessary evidence required to solve the case.

In this book Cohen emphasizes that people in their old age can start life afresh by experimenting with new things. According to Cohen, old age does not mean the end of life. People can be creative in every stage of their lives - “creativity has always been there with aging, but many have not recognized or searched for it in themselves in later life because society has so denied, trivialized, or maligned it with advancing years.” (Cohen, 2001, p.

Within this spectrum of understanding there are a variety of elements that scientists and investigators in determining the varying stages of death and decomposition. This essay investigates the forensicality of death through an analysis of the various physical dimensions.

There was the commedia erudita, but this form consisted of rarefied, scholarly adaptations or imitations of "classical" texts for court audiences. Opera, as a sung form of drama, was popular and widespread, but its conventions had become excessive and its texts were corrupt from a literary standpoint.

The author states that the contrast of the fear and the sweetness make for an interesting dynamic and quite a bit of drama in the novel. But romantic love may not be what is depicted in the novel. Hemingway may be playing with the reader’s perception, and forcing him/her to step outside the comfort of relying on the narrator.

Like many prominent African-American writers of the 20th century, Langston Hughes also brought out the theme of racial discrimination and oppression through his poetry as well as prose. Born in the early 20th century to a family of mixed race, Hughes understood and experienced the racial differentiation at an early age.

While writing the novel, Le Guin might have been provoked to address the society’s traditional negligence to children’s literature as something that need not deserve serious attention of the authority. In an article, “The Critics, the Monsters, and the Fantasists”, Le Guin says, “children’s books must be included in serious discussion of literature, and one reason we give is that many of the great works of imaginative fiction can be under- stood and appreciated by a child as well as by an adult and vice versa” (Guin 85).

Moby Dick The book ‘Moby- Dick’ written by Herman Melville is a story whose setting is mostly at sea and talks of interactions between sailors and encounters with whales. In the 41st chapter, the author in the first voice tells of the oaths that the sailors have taken against Moby Dick to hunt down and kill him.

In the story, Criseyde is the daughter of an oracle known as Calkas while Troilus comes from the nobility since he is the son of Priamus the king of Troy. Calkas through the god Apollo, visions the destruction of Troy as a city, “Calkas plots to leave Troy quickly as soon as he learns the destruction of troy” (Andretta 45).

All these years I spent my life learning what a few old eggheads sitting in some plush state offices believed that any average student ought to know, to lead a wholesome and successful life. If a car with a designated parking place, a prodigious progeny assigned to some reputed public schools, a wife who could boast about one’s accomplishments, an esteemed standing in the local church and enough money to pay one’s bills while allowing much for the rainy days is the measure of success, I believe I would be much happier being unsuccessful.

Being a gargantuan work of literature, the novel spins itself around a number of themes that include memory, space and time as well as a number of other themes. The novel began to emerge in 1909 and then continued up to 1922 when the author became ill and died.

Epic theatre for Brecht was more of a didactic nature. It was focused on changing the social stereotypes within the society. There was a need for the society to change the concept of the epic drama and shift its accents to the modernity. Therefore, the problems and challenges of the modernity were mainly on behalf of the theatre and it was necessary to focus the attention of the modernity on the current processes of socialization.

The book is divided into various chapters and this review specifically deal with the first three chapters of the book as they deal with the division of labor, the principle behind it and clearly shows the reader how the nature of market limits the division of labor.

Some people may rise among the ranks and get all the glory and wealth the earth can offer while allowing other people to serve them by force. Abuses are common and hatred prevails. As discrimination is passed on, same happens for hatred and creates chain effects that make the discrimination and negativities flourish on earth.

The passage under critical commentary comes immediately after the narrator has given a description of the office occupied by the former Locofoco Surveyor. Locofoco Surveyor had lost his office due to pressures of reform giving an opportunity for other people as well. In the passage, the narrator vividly describes the old town of Salem being his native place.

The character of Achilles is one of the most fascinating in The Iliad. It seems Achilles is the most authoritative warrior among Achaean troops despite the fact that he is one of the youngest war heroes. It is probably because of this young age that Achilles, who is very much focused on maintaining his status as a hero.

According to the writer, the speaker of the poem pursues this feat by developing a three-part persuasive argument to his mistress.  In the argument, he tries to convince the mistress to accept his sexual requests by focusing on ethos, pathos, and logos. The general structure of the argument is an analysis of the relationship between time and love.

Chris Frazer adopts a fascinating methodology as he uses a discourse analysis of literary texts to investigate Mexican banditry. In the book, Frazer employs a variety of literary critiques to provide an adequate and effective historical study. Bandit Nation essentially reframes the query of whether literary sources are sufficient in providing historical analysis.

Stephen Crane’s Open Boat and O’ Brien’s The Things They Carried are representations of fictitious characters who are sailors and soldiers respectively. The authors provide their accounts based on some of their life experiences. Crane’s experience at the sea where he nearly drowned and O’brien’s experiences as a soldier enlisted to fight for his country.

Like many of Nadine’s other stories, this short story describes the cruelty inflicted by racial segregation in South Africa during the apartheid period. Nadine is famous for writing about how government’s strict measures have affected the lives of both white and black individuals, particularly in South Africa.

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It is at this juncture that Andrew Wommack comes up with the article “Relationship with God.” The article presents three main themes: talking with God does not always ensure that one understands the real nature and character of God; they failed to completely understand God because God had not revealed himself to them as He later did through Jesus Christ; and it is the same lack of knowledge that makes us feel that what we have is not enough.

Born in 1944, Mike Rose is one of the greatest American literary scholars widely recognized for his insights into the struggles and challenges of working class Americans. Drawing from his personal experience, interviews, family memory and observational data, the author has effectively conveyed intellectual and emotional forces that are often associated with any form of physical work.

For example, it could be read under the feminist framework as much as one can make Marxist interpretations of it. In this vein, it displays characteristics of both the Romantic Movement in literature even as its characters and settings project Victorian values and virtues.

‘Peter Pan’ is undoubtedly a story that puts forth a wish to stay child forever in order to escape the responsibilities and grieves of being adult. Nostalgia is the hallmark of the play as many of the characters keep talking about their past days, the time they had spent with their parents before coming to Neverland which reminds them of the worldly worries and enhances the beauty of the magical life they are enjoying in the Neverland.

I realized that the inspiration impacted by African folk tales revolved around the encouragement to act based on morality and ethics. The author wanted to instill into the minds of the readers that goodness triumphs over evil. I had an overwhelming feeling after realizing the moral lessons of these stories.

Rather than performing a running commentary on each and every religious reference, analysis of the reference, and attempting to categorize the very broad topic of religion and religiosity as exhibited within the work, this author will seek to analyze four specific religious themes that manifest themselves throughout the novel in a number of different ways.

. As the play continues, the writer highlights how Manny is bent on finding love and companionship and is capable of finding both characteristics in a human being while the Maypole is comfortable with its power-driven status. Manny does not seem conscious of the fact that he already has an ideal partner in Mabel.

Reality abounds in Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” This modernist short horror story features several realistic elements. First, the story features the murder of an otherwise innocent family, including two children and a baby. Oftentimes, the innocent are spared from death or injury in other short stories but not in “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” In this particular story, there is the cold truth that even the innocent die and that death respects no age, no gender and no one.

Was Hamlet sane or insane? Hamlet by William Shakespeare is deservingly considered to be one of the greatest plays of all times. The action takes place during the period of decadence, and this predetermined the development of the theme of Hamlet. Hamlet seems mad, but the question is if he was really insane.

The living pursues the soon-to-be dead in “The Empty House,” while the dead pursues the living in “The Empty House.” The protagonists are both sure of their goals, however appalling the results may be. The house serves as a setting because it is where the action occurs, but it becomes a character when it represents the intentions of the protagonist or the spirit and a cipher that reveals dreadful climaxes.

Among the values spearheaded by the Franciscans include compassion, love, trust in God, peace, respect, service simplicity and joy. These values were also very influential in the history of both Romans and Greeks and were clearly brought up by various authors in their literature.

Furthermore, the books present a rather gloomy climate in which the characters seem drawn in to a social conflict for their own realization. The characters in the story seem consistent on the note that both of them have rarely stepped outside their homes to watch and experience the outside world.

It was an era of rising self-consciousness and collective awareness. Writers learned about the role literature can play in modelling the society and public in the right direction. Satire was deemed as the perfect genre for detailing the inner feelings of resentment and dissatisfaction without narrating everything in plain black and white.

The author states that as he was growing up, he attended public schools located in New York since his home was Brooklyn. After that, he managed to graduate from Thomas Jefferson High School. After he completed his high school college at 18 years, he got a temporary job as a laborer (pipe fitter) in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

The studies that do focus on the long-term effects of war usually focus on post-traumatic stress syndrome (Levey & Sidel, 2009, p.123). This literature review explores and analyses the literature documenting studies on the impact of war on the life course and includes the direct and indirect impacts on both soldiers and their close relatives.

At first glance we can think that Elisa is satisfied with the life she is leading. However, deep down in her soul Elisa is restless, because she feels unloved and unappreciated. She longs for attention as a sexual being and not as a working object, the way her husband perceives her.