Literature Essays

The paper will be seeking out answers to the following questions: Can the Chinese Concept of a ‘harmonious world’ be reconciled with the normative principles informing the Charter of the UN? Are we witnessing the re-emergence of the ‘Middle Kingdom’ or is the idea of ‘harmony’ consistent with international law?

Peterson (May 14, 2004) has adopted this immortal tale in from of a Hollywood movie Troy which got mixed reviews. However, in the movie Troy, many aspects of Iliad are reshaped in format and structure. There are a number of opinions and ideas regarding various characters like Achilles, Hector, Paris, Agamemnon and Braises that appear quite differently on silver screen.

The newspapers gave the black Americans at the time the voice that they had previously been denied. Media was one way through which they could all unite as an ethnic group and share their values together. The same can be said of the other ethnic newspapers which were founded on the need for self-identification and expression

Author’s view symbolizes the Archbishop’s refusal to yield to evil pressures. Again and again he reacts with courage and politeness when he is accused of treason, or threatened with punishment, and he does not resort to accusations against the King or his supporters.  Even in death the Archbishop’s character was evident.

The Ancient Cyprus, Hellenistic Greece, Roman Iberia, Gaul, Roman Britain, Carthage, the Balkans, Troy, Ancient Macedonia, and Roman Dacia are among the areas included in this era of history.

It is also very complex in its operation because it takes into considerations the operational imperatives of various inter-related functions of the business vis-a-vis supply chain management, inventory management, sales etc. At the same time, the fast transforming business dynamics like rapid globalization, diversity in product variety, short product life etc.

Assignment 1 In the story ‘A Sorrowful Woman’ we are told about a unnamed wife who deals with a psychological problem, which starts out mildly ‘The sight of them made her so sad and sick she did not want to see them again” (1) but rapidly progresses into a complicated and difficult situation.

They assist the producer and sellers to interact and transact. The transactions that are done through marketing intermediaries are known as an indirect transactions but they carry great value for both producers and sellers. The trend of using marketing intermediaries is increasing and we see a great number of companies using marketing intermediaries.

The man and the wave had a happy relationship which was later troubled by the wave’s constantly changing moods and the man’s jealousy towards the things that occupy the wave’s time and attention. Eventually, the man decided to leave for a while and when he returned home, he found that the wave had become an ice statue.

Because again, just like in her lewd moments, she is not being rejected anymore from ‘morality’, in the commonplace meaning of the term; however, just as she expected, it is the sexual act itself that strips her of morality from then on. Such immorality is more simply accepted in the big, complex urban area.

While Tan explores how the pressure of high expectation of a mother on her daughter forces the latter to rebel, Walker on the other hand shows the contrast between two daughters in the eyes of a mother.

As stories, even those considered as fiction, are based from observations of real life situations, they usually reflect truths that are presented creatively according to the authors’ style of writing. For this reason, one must have a little background of a story’s author, origin and other pertinent information in order to clearly understand the symbolisms used in the story.

The play caused much controversy in the 17th century, mainly because religion was a very sensitive issue, but the aim of Moliere was to show that there are those that manipulate religion to achieve certain goals. The play has been so influential that Tartuffe is now a synonym for hypocrite in both English and French. 

The author states that both the authors tried to demonstrate an idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state; they also touched upon the theme of propaganda in their writings. Leaders of such societies also have to create something to keep order and obedience, to make people live in a certain way.

Despite the four men's efforts to stay alive, they encounter false hints of rescue and hope. The boat bears no truth for them, and the situation at sea seems to suggest that there is nothing to definitely know.  The four men suffering and toil are not rewarded. The Oiler, Billie, is the only one who does not succeed in the rush to the shore.

Claudius is the protagonist in the play and Hamlet plays the role of a tragic hero in the play. He gets many chances to kill Claudius but he delays avenging the death of his father, Hamlet gets possibly the finest opportunity when Claudius is seen to be praying in the play but Hamlet does not kill him there, this prolonging of revenge shapes up the play very well and it is easily the highlight of the play.

As the Duke takes the emissary through the palace, he halts to a stop and faces upfront the portrait of the deceased Duchess, inexorably a youthful and lovely lady. This picture of the late Duchess takes the Duke aback, who then starts to recall about the portrait meeting, subsequently about the Duchess herself.

The short story illustrates the themes of moral and evil, how one encounters violence, and folly behind intellectual pretense. The story revolves around Joy who lost her leg in an accident. She undermines everyone in the region because she is highly educated. The author has reflected her life and history in the themes developed in the story.

This topic can be met in the creations of many writers, but Shakespeare, like a real genius did his best to help people understand his main idea and reveal the drawbacks all humans have. In any case, this tragedy is interpreted by many directors in different films and a character of Lady Macbeth is shown in detail.

To substantiate the essence of the theme, two poems are taken as samples: One by Langston Hughes titled “Mother to Son” and the other by Claude McKay titled “America” Conformity is associated with the generations that are frustrated with the American culture, tradition and even living style.

Shelley is mourning his friend’s death and wishes to remember him forever. To express his love, he compares Keats to a Greek god, Adonis, who loved Venus but died at a young age. The god is mythically known as having several lovers. Shelley wants his readers to develop such a unique memory for Keats that they remember and love him forever.

Berger presented his topic through a story about how he remembered to read the book Unforgettable Fire (Hiroshima 316) because of his influential friend who wrote to him about the possible third world war and yet his friend sounded somewhat innocent of the destructive reality the war could actually bring.

This essay demonstrated that the poem ‘I Ask My Mother To Sing’ implements the poetic form to describe the feeling and ambiance surrounding the experience of his mother singing. Ultimately, the poem is a strong piece of literature not simply in its story or implementation of poetic form, but in the way that Lee captures and articulates a true and meaningful aspect of human experience.

The conclusion states that Afro-American literature is the quintessence of expression of black identity and its struggle in a white society for its liberty. Starting from the themes of “freedom vs. slavery” it has culminated in the form of a sensibility of an existence showing that the subject in discussion is not a stereotypical entity rather it is a self that has an “inside”.

There are various metaphors starting from the title of the chapter itself which is a name of metal but represents the author's experience with certain kinds of people. This is not the only metaphor used in this chapter there are various others like the submarine. These metaphors make the author be effective in explaining his experience in a disguised manner.

As the paper outlines, there is loud music being played inside and the atmosphere is very relaxed and jovial. The music seems to be belonging to the dance genre and is fast-paced and energetic. Everyone seems to be relaxing and having fun as some of them are dancing while others are singing along with the song.

The novel is recognized as a preeminent work by critics of varied tastes, affiliations and dispositions. Yet, it is deemed as a cultist and morally repugnant work by certain sections of society – especially those from the extreme Right of the political spectrum.

The author of the paper argues that the contemporary hedonist shopping has become transformed in a manner that relationships can be identified through shopping. He claims that the traditional form of shopping has transformed to a more devotional sense where people almost conduct shopping as sacrifice.

The narrator meets them when he is on a family vacation. This encounter between a sensitive young boy and an unsatisfied older woman is flavored by the distinct descriptions of the people around them and the way they carry themselves. The narrator's father, a principled engineer, enthuses over the new age when economic scroungers will disappear.

The Yellow Wallpaper is a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, which tends to be a first-person narrative of a woman suffering from depression, whose husband has limited her existence to the upstairs bedroom of the mansion they had rented during the summers. This woman is not allowed to work so that she may get well soon.

“To build a fire” is a story by Jack London set in the open-air. In the story, Hillier avers that London employs the theme of nature and depicts it as a jagged, free place to demonstrate that, even though people may want to be free in the outdoors, it is important to always cultivate a sense of friendship or live within what has been tested.

In this paper, the character of Lady Macbeth will be explored through the various soliloquies that appear in the play. We will try and see what these monologues reveal about her character and whether they add any new dimensions therein that the rest of the play does not. We will also see what effect these speeches have on the audience’s reception of the character.

Writer Customer World Literature 28 November 2012 Importance of Shakespeare in the National Curriculum 1. Introduction Every play of Shakespeare is an intriguing and diverse exploration of human psyche, behavior and cliches. In very simple words he encapsulates essence of meaning which touches the hearts of all the readers and forces them to ponder upon his ideas and perceptions about life.

John prejudiced against his wife while considering himself being a male superior to his wife. It is the irony that despite or more precisely because of his best efforts, the narrator lost her mind. The treatment came out dreadful for her. The real issues of the time were thus systematically expressed by dramatic ironies in the two short stories.  

It is evident from the study that Chinua Achebe in "Dead Men's Path" tries to illustrate to us is the theme of tolerance and understanding of other people's beliefs. Achebe presents to us Michael Obi, a young man who, drunk with success, feels like he was above and superior to people less educated than him.

The author states that Death of a Salesman definitely is a tragedy of the common man. This common man is also sexually specific. Blaming the play as masculine by a number of critics cannot be denied but all literary works are a mirror of the society. The social structure of the 1950s is truly represented through the play.

Montag drifts downstream and bumps into a renegade intellectual group, the Book People under the leadership of Granger. They welcome him and assign him the role of memorizing the Book of Ecclesiastics. Fighter jets move in and destroy the whole city. The story comes to an end with Montag and the Book people moving on to new territory to rebuild civilization.

War is the single most physically devastating event that has fascinated human intelligence since the beginning of time. The bravery of soldiers in combat, the glory and prestige of patriotic young men and the heart rendering image of the soldiers’ mothers, sisters and wives awaiting their return has been a common theme of war poems not only in Europe, but across the world.

This review analyzes The Three Faces of Eve, best-selling book about a young woman, given the pseudonym Eve White, who suffers from multiple personality disorder (MPD) which is based on a series of true events that took place back in the mid-twentieth century, and is written by Corbett H. Thigpen and Hervey M. Cleckley, the two psychiatrists who had treated her

A close glance of United States tends to illustrate the differences and the commonalities identified by Whitman. For instance, the Whites and the Blacks have their own differences. Majorly, the blacks are viewed as the inferior race and do not deserve equal rights as the whites.

The book’s perceived lack of “stylistic elegance” has been associated with instigating racial violence (Tuitt, 202). However, I believe that the book addresses some key social issues from the lens of an African American male who creates a sense of commotion in an individual with its accounts of murder, rape, and other violence.

China made significant leaps to modernity during the mid-twentieth century. Aileen Chang’s “Love in a fallen city” is one of the modern works of literature that effectively capture the socio-economic and political developments that came about following the spread of Communism and the entry of Western Capitalism in China.

What Is Folklore and How Is It Used In Past and Today. Folklore has long been associated with tales passed from one generation to another. They are common among the African American and Native Indians community. In the past, folklore tales were used to take people back to the beginning of their ancestor’s lives.

The book, “Ramayana” is viewed as one of the utmost Indian epics. The book was written between 1500 and 4th century BC, though it has been adapted and restated numerous times with each narrator giving a diverse version in order to meet different preferences and demands.

In his tales, some of the characters are more wholly good, such as Arthur Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter, whereas others are more wholly evil, such as Roger Chillingworth in the same composition. This evil, present in all men, is sin in Hawthorne’s eyes.

Other aspects such as plot character, points of view, setting, tone, and themes in the two stories will be compared. The Lady with the Pet Dog is a fiction story that revolves around vacationing Dmitry Gurov who meets a lady called Anna Sergeyevna. Anna who is a married woman intrigues Dmitri, a Moscow banker.

Joan Didion’s essay “On Going Home” talks about a struggle to connect an old life with the persona’s family and the family of her own.

The protagonist of the story, Elisa, has a life that is defined by its lack of intimacy. She is married, but she and her husband are stiffly associated, their communications built upon a formality that keeps a barrier between them. It is suggested that this is because her husband does not truly understand her.

The Chinese Communist Party has a policy that sees the capitalism that it espouses along with the tight control that it maintains on the affairs of its people as merely a stage in its achievement of a communist society. This involves a rather complex understanding of the theories that Marx had propounded.

The above fact is clear in the case of Mexico. The country’s history has been related to that of the United States, especially in the period that followed the war between Mexico and United States (from 1846-1848). Indeed, from 1848 onwards, the influence of American politics and ethics on Mexican culture has been extremely strong, especially in the areas of Mexico cited near the borders with USA (Nakayama & Halualani 2011).