Literature Essays

Yellow Woman The mystery of love and the feelings related to it have always compelled humans to give it a thought if such things really exist? Is there something known as true love? Or it’s just a trick to procreate? Love has always been one of the favourite subjects of fiction writers like Leslie Marmon Silko, James Joyce and John Updike.

The details of the event was captured in a tableau of words that brought the poem’s readers not just to the landscape but to the actual feelings that Wordsworth must have felt as he stopped to admire the beauty before him. If we were Wordsworth and we found ourselves before a cluster of daffodils.

Center of discussion in this paper is Nella Larson’s novel “Passing”. In it, racism is shown between two characters Irene and Clare on the context of skin color in the African community. Because Clare’s skin color is light, she can easily pass off as a white but Irene cant. The story projects different issues that arose between Irene and Clare due to this.

By examining the form, I hope to incorporate my understanding of the two artworks in terms of its artistic elements with its actual presentations. On the other hand, by examining the substance, I aim to elevate my appreciation of the two artworks by putting the primary messages in a wider socio-historical context.

The paper discusses the true essence of the lullaby observed. This is the reason that the author has mentioned the first two lines of the poem as also his last two lines; he is telling his child to go to sleep while his child’s eyes are shut and the fingers uncurled. This poem is a perfect example of what a parent of a newborn should sing to his or her child while making him sleep.

The novel has the central figure Effi, a woman of the aristocratic descent. Te first issue of justice that hits as one starts reading the novel is the fact that the young and childlike Effi, who is just seventeen, is forced to marry a noble whom she does not like.

The scandalous nature of the novel was such that it was difficult for it to be understood within the patriarchal society from which it came as having been written by a woman. The novel explores sex and sin, criminality and pure wickedness all while framing it from the experiences of a female character.

There are several important events in the story; they can be discussed with the help of the five passages from the text given below. 1) “the swirling/ Surf had covered his death, hidden/ Deep in murky darkness his miserable/ End, as hell opened to receive him” (pg.

Women ought to dress in mourning clothes for the kind of disgrace the sin the first of their kind brought and the much hatred that followed humanity. Despite the depth of sin the first woman committed women cannot be condemned for eternity to wear mourning dress throughout.

In the novels “Candide” and “Gulliver’s Travels” both Voltaire and Jonathan Swift have distorted the reality that the readers’ are very familiar with in a way to make it ridiculous (sometimes disgusting) and simultaneously “funny, comical, something no reasonable person would engage in” (Johnston 3).

The themes of adultery and fidelity form a great part of her work. The ideals of the Victorian age inform much of her stories and the characterization in her work. The women characters of her stories seek to break out of the conventional roles that are set for them by the Victorian society.

Shakespeare then beautifully channelizes the intensity of the sonnet form to talk of redemption for the narrator figure in the love of his beloved. This ability to emerge from difficulties for the lover has been seen by some as a reference to the difficulties that were encountered by Shakespeare during the days when the theatres of London had shut down due to the plague (Mabillard).

This paper considers three such frame narratives, The Decameron, The Metamorphoses and The thousand and one nights and examines the effect which the frame has on the narrative in each case. The frame part of Boccacio’s Decameron consists of a dramatic flight from the Black Death, resulting in a rather diverse group of men and women being cooped up together in a small space while they wait for the danger to pass over, so that they can resume their normal lives.

This translates to an increase in a diverse populations and so is the case in schools. Books and academic presses are some of the tools that have been effective in eliminating problems associated with racial discrimination. Meanwhile, it is worth noting that there is a thin line between conserving cultural distinctiveness and maintaining biracial equality.

Based on the above discussion, the literary canon includes all the masters in the world of literature. The poetic genius of Ralph Waldo Emerson generated many loyalists. Emerson uses secret ingredients to craft his poetic masterpieces. Indeed, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s literary masterpieces snugly qualify Ralph Waldo Emerson as one of the literary canon masters of all time.

Although the Roman Catholic Pope didn’t issue a fatwa against Brown, the church was strenuous in its condemnation of the novel. The Da Vinci Code made Brown a very wealthy man almost overnight and spawned a hit 2006 movie starring superstar Tom Hanks as Brown’s protagonist Robert Langdon, a role Hanks has reprised in another Brown vs.

How well and clean they maintained their good name. All of these aspects of their lives were under constant scrutiny. Living up to these confining expectations of their place, no doubt, left little room for their individual hopes and aspirations.

This paper analyzes two scenes of fury that came from two women, Juno and Dido. Their furors are impulsive reactions to what is happening around them and has one primary object: Aeneas. Juno abhors Aeneas and wants to eliminate him, while Dido despises him so much for leaving her, because she fervently loves him.

Chopin and Thurber have main characters that are trapped in their marriage. Louise does not have any notion of freedom until her husband dies. Walter lives on the same page as Louise because he serves as a mere husband only. The form of these works is a short story, which fits the needs of Chopin and Thurber to explore complex themes without being limited by the form of poetry.

In “I heard a Fly buzz when I died” the narrator talks from the grave. The poem talks about the real rites of dying and having the last moments. This gives us insights into the existence of life after death. The poem is mainly about a death scene in a room setting and metaphors are used to further emphasize the location more.

Generally, people write books for various reasons and target specific individuals or groups for their pieces of work. When an individual does a piece of writing, be it a book, an article, or even a note, they intend for that piece of writing to make sense and be understood either by themselves or by others.

Ernest Hemingway (1899 – 1961) is a world-renowned writer who received a Nobel Prize for literature in 1954. He started writing in a newspaper at the early age of seventeen.  Aside from being a writer, he has vast experience in sports and physical activities and has actively participated in the army. His experiences often reflect on his written works.

Originally a Norwegian, he is regarded as the “Father of Realism.” His plays are absolutely realistic in nature, which are associated with the psychological conflict.He was followed by other writers such as Flaubert Dostovsky, Tolstoy, Bernard Shaw etc. He achieved a great popularity and the main reason of his popularity is his usage of symbolist elements in his play. Ibsen’s plays were the fine blend of realism and symbolism.

The realistic approach adopted by Ibsen was appreciated by few, but it acted as a pioneer of realism and rejected the idealism of the Victorian era. It gained instantaneous popularity due to its meta-theatrical facets. The daring style of Ibsen demonstrating the refutation of male authority through Nora’s character stirred the conservatives.

Winterbourne manages to go to Rome the following winter hoping to find Daisy, but she discovers she had been taken by rich men (James, 2006). He later learned of an Italian suitor named Mr. Giovanelli, though had little known about his background (James, 2006). Winterbourne is perturbed at how the two conducted themselves and thought they were an embarrassment.

In the play, Marlow uses the word ‘power’ to show both the negative and positive sides of the manner in which human beings have the capacity of getting drunk on the elixir of power and knowledge. Dr. Faustus represents an individual who has the quality of over-achieving in every walk of life may it be in the art of seeking maximum knowledge.

It is a book by an intellectual, trying to understand what the borders of spirituality are, but unable to reach it. Spirituality is all about experiencing and it transcending mind-level reasoning. The book, however, from the secular point of view, is the foundation stone for the later works of Adam Smith on the subjects of ethics, philosophy, psychology, politics, justice, economics, arms and methodological underpinnings.

The poet proclaims his love for the shepherd by saying, “If all the world and love were young.” She compares that when living things are alive, they still die (lines 15-16) and wishes youth would last forever without ever growing old. The poet uses imagery to show his wish for their love to live forever (Bloy 15).

World Literature Course: 'The Blacks' by Jean Jenet. In this paper we will analyze (and provide a brief commentary) on Jean Jenet's fragment from the play 'The Blacks' (originally, 'Les Negres,' published in 1958) (Genet, 1958). This commentary, therefore, will be focused on a fragment which begins from 'VILLAGE, affole: Negres, le moment du recit declame.

The biblical allusions and echoes are seen throughout the poem. Although the poem has many metaphors, allusions are equally used in this poem. Biblical allusions and echoes in the poem begin from the title itself “The Broken Tower.” the allusion of the broken tower is brought about in this poem as a biblical allusion of “The Tower of Babel.”

Their immediate family of Albert must have stayed in America for a long time because they had come to learn how to speak and read English. However, Esene, who is the wife of Albert, did not know how to read or write English. Because of this, Esene was worried about how she will fit in or talk to Albert’s sisters who liked arguing.

Use of stereotypical characters and relevance for today Introduction A stereotype is a typical psychological thought that a person adopts about another or an event. In most cases, the stereotypes are perceptions not often necessarily true about the victims of such thoughts.

The War of the Worlds is a scientific fiction novel that gives a narrative on invasion of the earth by the Martians that was written by H. G. Well’s in 1898. The world represented in the story is believable. This is due to the fact that the locales described in this story are real places in Britain.

As with so many forms of literature, the works of Gerard Manley Hopkins cannot fully be understood by merely a cursory review of his poetry. As with many of the most effective forms, the intent, meaning, and direction are oftentimes only able to be understood through a deeper and closer examination of the meanings that necessarily exist behind the overt meaning.

The American Dream is not merely about material and monetary wealth, but rather a dream of social order in which every person will be able to attain the fullest stature that they are innately capable of reaching and that each man and woman can be recognized by others for what he or she is, regardless of his or her fortuitous circumstances of birth or position”.

The poem therefore reveals a change in terms of its content and its style as far as time periods are concerned. This can also be seen in the rhyme and metre that the poet follows throughout the poem. The poem then is a parody of poetry itself and through this, the changing ideals of love in the twentieth century.

She is fond of watching the bees at work. The revelation that her father accidentally shoots her mother, during a fight, leaves deep impact on the mind of Lily. Lily goes into town along with Rosaleen and there a confrontation with racists lands her in jail.

Name: Tutor: Course: Date: The Haunted Beach: Romantic Poetry Introduction “The haunted beach” is a highly eerie poem, written by Mary Robinson, expressing the supernatural experiences of a shipwrecked mariner, who comes across a murdered man, with gashes all over his head.

However, at the end, Frederick Douglass embraces freedom and set his mind free. Supposing the book as a roadmap, the epiphanies represented as mile markers. These are the moments of understanding that Douglass had all through his journey towards freedom. These moments worked as a turning point in the life of Frederick Douglass and taught him how his life had been through and what he must have to learn along his way (Frederick Douglass Honor Society).

In the novel the author uses the hare, the cunning animal, and the bear, the lazy animal. In the tale, the hare uses their cunning abilities to get back their land form the bear and create a business from which they benefit from (Stevens, 1995). At the start of the tale the author describes the social status of the animals and the origin of their current status (Stevens, 1995).

The roots of evil are associated with the characters of evil doers and in most cases; evil doers are fond of evil actions. Evils actions and evil characters have a direct relationship and all the evils actions intend to harm the harmless. In the play, the evil actions of Minnie Wright led to the death of John.

Frankenstein is a fictitious novel that has the strong appeal of being scary and is one of the earliest works of horror fiction. Written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the idea of this book was born almost accidentally in 1816, when Ms Shelley was sitting with her friend Lord Byron in an attempt to write a better ghost story than him

Fitzgerald appears to ridicule the American dream by portraying a fading American dream. The book begins by showing the characters in the novel very much determined and working hard to achieve the American dream. Because of hard work, the characters become wealthy and begin to live a lavish lifestyle (Lee 8).

The book shades light on Saks’s struggle with hallucinations, delusions, and imagined voices as she struggled with mental illness but triumphing ultimately. The book provides insight into her battle through madness, an understanding of the illness which she fights and tries to accept as part of herself.

In this essay it is presented that a relationship always diffuses anxiety due to perception of either too high a distance or too much closeness in a relationship. Moreover, the level of anxiety in any one family will be strong-minded by the existing levels of outside stress, such as your close friends, your relatives, or your customers/workmates.

It defines existentialism in the context of the book and then delves into an examination of the absurdity that the characterized the plot of the book and ultimately results into almost uncontainable anarchy that threatens destroy the society in its entirety. Individual’s starting point is characterized by a sense of disorientation.

The reconciliation between the seemingly dichotomous Shen Te and Shui Ta is thus perhaps a critique of individualism which does not encompass fellow feeling. The presence of this doubling also presents to the readers/viewers a large array of futures for the play’s Setzuan.

The author suggests that the Election of 2008 is the first time Americans had an honest conversation about race since the Kerner Commission Report in 1968. This paper aims at discussing the book, From Black Power to Barack Obama by Peniel E. Joseph.

As this research aims to delve on the concepts of postmodern literature, this research discusses Julian Barnes’ Flaubert’s Parrot in the light of Postmodernist criticism of literature. Initially, this research proposes that Flaubert’s Parrot is a Postmodernist literature as expressed by its content, language structure, and the nature of its major themes.

Dacher Keltner and Dr. Bruce Lipton both being highly experienced in the fields of psychology. Prior to discussing the distinguishing aspects which they have discussed in their book, it is crucial to identify their backgrounds, as that would help seek a deeper insight into their viewpoints. Keltner is a professor by profession, who has taught at the University of California, Berkeley.