Literature Essays

In William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, love transforms Juliet. Early in the play, Juliet is a young girl who is very faithful to her family. After this young girl meets Romeo Montague, she begins to change. By the end of the play, Juliet is changed into a woman who is now very faithful to her husband, instead of her family. 

The particular characteristics are, usually, superficial and shallow views that do not go beyond the surface of the individual. In the narrative "How to Date a Brown Girl, Black Girl, White Girl, or Halfie" Junot Diaz narrates a story of a young Dominican man who wrote an instructional manual on how to date women from different ethnicities and races.

The novel presents the sense of completeness that comes with self-identity. Keeper is committed to help Garnet understand himself and relate well with the people in the reserve. Garnet finds a friend and confidant in Keeper, the only person who understands his challenges. Keeper finally manages to transform Garnet, making him a complete person.

The introductory paragraph of Carvers Raymond’s short story “cathedral” presents the life of a man and his wife who have a male friend (Robert). The male friend appears to be blind –the other side of life. The narrator tells us the ideas he had about the blind, which seem to be different from what he is subjected to.

My opinion on the poem Mending Walls by Robert Frost is that it is poorly structured and lacks a clear theme and coherency. Despite employing a few figures of speech and poetry writing styles, it leaves out the use of rhyme which is a key component of poetry. The poem should, therefore, be excluded from the Norton Anthology of Poetry.

This essay discusses that Charlotte Temple is a literature narration reflecting on the common social happenings evident today. The book based on an actual story of the ordeals and ill fate that begot a particular American girl. The identity of this American girl has however been disguised by the author and her name replaced by the name Charlotte Temple.

The uses the hunting and gathering knowledge acquired from her father. She goes hunting with her friend Gale. Hunting is the first thing in her mind when she wakes up. This essay will major on Katniss Everdeen. Being the narrator, she is a significant character in the novel. She has a strong character and is a brave girl.

It is significant to mention that Moliere and Tolstoy have been great people of their period. They both have made a huge contribution to the field of literature and art. These writers have lived in different periods and worked in a different literary sphere, but both of them have been creative and incredible personalities.

The strict first-person narration in the story enables the readers to focus solely on the thoughts and feelings of the narrator and her perceptions. All the readers are able to learn or perceive in the story is in line with the personal viewpoint of the narrator. She is in a constant state of anxiety throughout the story with elements of sarcasm, depression and anger.

The central ideas presented in the novel are life and death. These two ideas are strongly contrasted, hence the two characters are placed in juxtaposition. Mitch is young, while Morrie is old. Readers can immediately perceive the binary opposition between the two. Alborn’s youth suggests fallibility while Professor Morie’s old age implies wisdom.

The story, The Overcoat, has lessons to learn from it. The story shows how material possession makes one. Akakiys new overcoat allows him a coat to become human. While he reports to the department in the new cloak, the colleagues started noticing and complimenting him on his coat and this makes him venture into a social world.

The themes in Stockton’s book include marriage and relationship themes, social class and money and the theme of striving to belong and feel settled. Furthermore, the author established himself as a humorous writer through this novel. For instance, though Euphemia and her husband are good-hearted people, they are not very bright.

A literature text is a peculiar thing as it may be understood and interpreted by different readers in so many ways as many the readers are, and the facts and events described in the text may similarly be obvious which can formulate a single and universally accepted perception of a certain text. “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a novel by Charlotte Perkins Gilman written in 1892.

Very important, there is a focus on the spiritual discourse of creating a new identity among slaves and representing enlightenment and Christianity.  These different themes in the book then allow one to understand the voice of slaves, the need for abolition and the enlightenment which can be reached with equal treatment of individuals. 

I have always been fascinated with the workings of the human mind.  I enjoy psycho thrillers and am awed at the complexity of how people can think and behave beyond the normal manner I am accustomed to.  That is why I was particularly interested in the novel selected for this critique, as it gives me a peep into the situation inside a mental institution.

As regards the books pertaining to history, they are more valuable as it records the events of the past and present before the future generations. Now, if such books are written by any great personality then it attains importance of a different paradigm. Not only does the autobiographies of great personalities associated with the great events of history hold importance.

In the novel “The Turn of The Screw” Henry James utilizes the uncanny effects to captivate the readers’ topnotch attention up to the end of the stories. Also, both the novel’s theme and structure interact with each other in a way that they significantly contribute to the growth of a sense of uncertainty and confusion in the readers’ mind.

Frankenstein is a scintillating novel that speaks about the oppressive forces in the society. We can see oppressive forces operating in the novel that ultimately made it a tragedy. These opposing forces damaged the entire show as no good things happened in the entire story. The growth of science and technology is portrayed as an oppressive force.

Many of the characters of this scathing social commentary – one of many such incisive plays penned by Molière – are one-dimensional, allowing each persona to highlight one aspect of the central dilemma. The women in Tartuffe are mostly backgrounded characters, their presence only necessary to create problems for Tartuffe and Orgon. 

It is boring, she does not know anybody there, and her parents are busy with their work and do not have much time for her. Amidst all this, Coraline finds a door that leads to another world. The other world is much like her own, visually it is almost identical. The other world is populated by people with buttons for eyes, and all sorts of fantastical and magical things happen there.

One of the most essential characteristics of successful work of art is that it represents the age in which it is written or produced and every literary work is influenced by the literary period in which it is written. Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley is one of the compelling illustrations of this fact.

Firstly, their relative simplicity and familiarity permit a much clearer understanding of some of the more fundamental aspects of human nature. In addition, due to the fact they tend to reduce everything down to the most basic elements, they effectively reflect the most basic structure of the world so much better than other types of fiction.

The concepts which are associated with Woolf, show how there is an association with an identity that relates directly to the time frame.  Identity is one which is placed with gender or race that becomes important.  The definition of this identity comes from what is expected in society as well as the associations which are made at the time. 

The author states that when we meet Harold in his song at the beginning of the poem, he demonstrates self-centered pleasure. On the other hand, Ogier indicates earthly ignorance and pride when he encourages his army to hate. This arrogance has well been seen in the Danish King, Guthrum when he mocks Christians as being fanatics.

Guilt, as in the case of Arthur Dimmesdale, is the primary moving factor in the plot. It is guilt born of temptation that drives the narrator into his ‘disease’ and forces him to give himself in. It is as if temptation and succumbing to it must necessarily be punished, whether by external forces, divine forces, or by the committers themselves.

The turn of events has captured Annemarie’s curiosity. This makes her relate a number of events that have taken place in her life through flashbacks. On the same note, the actions and eventualities that are coming up are shocking but Annemarie is not in a position to figure out what exactly is happening around them

Shakespeare’s play portrays such families and the fact that these families belong to nobility does not do much to change the dynamics of the relationships. The violations of the different commandments by the different characters in the play reveal the contradictions inherent within the Elizabethan society

Ebba and Andreas main theme in their respective books is the theme of Indian architecture, specifically the early Mughal Agra architectures. Moreover, Mughal architecture is a unique, symmetrical and ornate style developed by the Mughals in the 16th to 18th centuries.  

Even after knowing all these monstrosities conducted by these corporate farmers, people prefer to buy and eat at fast-food restaurants and delis, who are their biggest clients. This is a sad moment for the nation because much healthier food is available at these smaller and better farms which are pretty much equal in price with these restaurants but vary a lot regarding the level of quality.

In the case of the play, these three dramatic ironies strike me as important in that they represent the whole theme of the story in which it revolves. One is the fact of how Torvald treats his wife as a sweet, pretty, fascinating, and charmingly perfect wife. She was his pride and joy when in truth she was capable of doing things he hated most.

The book The Black Family, by Sady L.M. Logan, is about the unique inner workings of the African-American family. The relationships in these families are much different than the relationships that occur in white society and much of this is because of how African-Americans got their start in the United States.

First and foremost there must be an overall analysis of the literature itself, which will be done not only by summarizing the actual work but as well by using other authors’ opinions and other works of literature revolved around this particular piece of work so that the best overall judgment can be made.

In "War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning," Chris Hedges eviscerates the heroic and nationalist myths peddled during the many wars he's covered over the past quarter-century. Those conflicts, he found, gave people from El Salvador to Sarajevo a sense of purpose - and Hedges admits he, too, got hooked on "the battlefield's ecstasy of destruction."

Louise Mallard’s marriage ensured the stifling of her personal growth and freedom. The marriage had made her forfeit her right to her own life. She had lived for her husband. The years of her married life had belonged to him. He had bent her will to his own. Her marriage had deprived her of the basic right of every person: the right to live for oneself.

In “Woman at Point Zero” Nawal El Saadawi, a prominent Feminist not afraid of airing her views has provided an eye-opener that powerfully focuses on gender discrimination which unfortunately still exists today. It is hoped that others like her take up cudgels for this good cause to influence society to conform to feminist ideas.  

The author states that though the story can be considered a fairytale, its political ramifications affix it in the specific context of the American Revolutionary War between the 1770s and 1790s. Published in the year 1819, the story adapts the earlier fairytale versions of the story in German and Chinese origins to reflect on the sudden social change.

The author states that for Eveline, the choice is not a simple one. She can escape the hardship of Dublin and her difficult familial surrounding for a new, yet unknown life in Buenos Aires with Frank, a man who has asked her to marry him or she can remain tethered to duty and hardship in Dublin.

The author states that the human person that is Joan of Arc was published on a hardcover of 208 pages in a factual yet creative manner that can be considered as an interesting read. Due to the interest that it can bring about to the readers, it is a privilege to be able to present a review on the said published work.

Dreams give us a reason to live and as Joyce Carol Oates says ‘dreaming is required of us, even if our dreams are very possibly self-willed delusions’. The most unfortunate part is that like Willy, it is easy for people to keep pretending that they are best and refuse to see the reality until finally, the whole illusion crashes around them.

 The Chimney Sweeper is portrayed in the songs of innocence as well as in the songs of experience. Both the songs talk about a child who works as a chimney sweeper. The children, as portrayed in the poem, are compelled to work as chimney sweepers regardless of the dangers of death. 

In spite of his journey to France where he spent almost two years of his life, he remained faithful to the district where he was born, that is Lake District, “whose landscapes and people were to inform many of his poems”. Wordsworth’s first significant work is his mutual collection of poetry with Coleridge, “Lyrical Ballads”, first published in 1798. 

The poem as a whole is divided into three sections comprising of 33 cantos in each, which corresponds to the life of Christ on Earth. So totally there are 100 cantos in the poem which has great lyrical and epical value. In his hand, indeed, the "thing became a trumpet," sounding from earth to heaven, to call the dead to judgment.

Paradise Lost’ one of John Milton’s greatest epics of all time, is certainly not the first epic to integrate a dual mix of Christian and traditional epic conventions. In referring to this states that “In Paradise Lost, Milton is adept at drawing from both Christian and pagan sources and integrating them in such a way that they reinforce one another.”

The book, with each chapter dedicated to one aspect of the life of a kid living on the street like the circumstances under which and the reasons why these kids leave their homes, their social lives, their travel habits and the importance it holds, drug and alcohol usage that progressively metamorphosed into abuse, their victimization and street socialization and finally and most importantly their ideas, dreams, aspirations, long-term plans.

Willy Loman is an aging salesman who is unhappy and confused and suicidal. He returns to his home in Brooklyn one night, exhausted from a failed sales trip. He tells his wife Linda, about an accident he had and the ensuing dialogue, reveals that he has had many accidents before (they are actually suicide attempts).  

At the start of the story, April is a young mother of two. She is an artist, specializing in acting, though she was having problems landing worthwhile roles. Being different from the rest of the automatons of her suburban neighborhood, April longed to move to Paris, thinking that it would help her in her career.

San Piedro Island, north of Puget Sound, near Washington is a remote place, where everyone seems to be connected with the other resident, silently. However, in 1954, a local white fisherman is found drowned under suspicious conditions and a Japanese American named Kabuo Miyamoto is charged with the murder of this white fisherman.

Bartleby represents the workers who perform their tasks under dehumanizing work conditions.  He faces blank walls all day with very little light in the window.  He is forced to tolerate the loneliness and barrenness of living in the office. The story shows him literally living in the office, though that figuratively may also apply.

The story revolves around the journey of Sunidata to the highest position in Mali facing hurdles in this journey. Several individuals play a role in Sunidata’s journey towards the highest position. This paper would further revolve around the characters of Sogolon, Sassouma, Sogolon Djmarou, Sogolon Kolonkan and Nana Triban and tell their roles played in stopping or helping Sunidata reaching his destiny.

The classic novel “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka shows how this society acts toward humans in term of loneliness and isolation. It is a representation of the indifference towards the members of the society who fail to cope up with the norms that had been set by the influential groups and struggling with the circumstances.