Literature Essays

Is it more a physical satisfaction than a moral one? On the basis of different reflections of the issues of sexuality in the literature of different periods, it is evident that the issue of sexuality has always been of crucial importance for the individuals on the Earth.

The famed and popular image of the celebrity in conjunction with accurate product-image association multiplies the interest of consumers and results in improved level of brand recognition.

Bilbo Baggins can be seen as a developmental hero due to his encounters with trolls, goblins, spiders and then finally Smaug. The first example of Bilbo being a hero in the novel is shortly after him and his dwarf companions depart the Shire and run into a group of trolls.

The godmother is cautious about how she takes care of the child’s world, not burdening her with more than she needed to know. The child only knows the measure, not what it marks other than a time when she could visit. The narrative is clear about the way in which the two relate.

He is the person tasked to lead an army in battle and to represent his country in the pursuit of glory and to defend its honour. Every nation in ancient literature is represented by a hero who symbolizes the degree of valor that is attributed to it

In Africa marriage is the combination of people who are emotionally attracted to each other and they share some feelings, idea, and understanding. According to African tradition, a man can have many wives. An individual was allowed to marry the number of women which he could support.

Apple has a lot of competitors to face in the cell phone industry. Many new companies like Google have entered the cell phone industry and are attracting customers. Companies like Nokia, Samsung, and HTC have been in the market for a long time. These companies are also innovating and offer many models to customers.

Susan Glaspell’s drama entitled “Trifles” presents a generalization among men's and women’s perceptions towards each other, especially during the time the play was written. The county attorney and the sheriff are parts of the investigation team who went inside the house to check on the things that could be presented as evidence to the proceedings.

And because our own environment is limiting our economic choices, we have to import and export some of our goods. Over the years, people have increased their awareness on the importance of international transactions in their daily life. But the significance of these transactions to the economic health and overall standard of living in their country has never been as clear as it is today.

Psychology, Experimentation, and Feminism in Cather's and Stein's Writings Two of the most influential writers of the modern times are Willa Cather and Gertrude Stein. They experimented with their writing styles and genres and showed different aspects of feminism and psychology.

Herman Melville’s “Billy Budd” Introduction “Billy Budd”, the unfinished novella by Herman Melville was started in the month of November in 1888 and was continued till his death in the year of 1891. The book was not published till the year 1924. The novella, “Billy Budd” is regarded as the pivotal text in the career of Melville and contains a humiliating history pertaining to the editing of the novel which often exposes the misinterpretation of the notes forwarded by Melville under the poor transcription of the text.

Kamau Brathwaite's 'Hex'. Edward Kamau Brathwaite is regarded as one of the seminal writers within Caribbean literature. Among other prizes, Brathwaite prominently was awarded the prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize for his volume of poetry ‘Born to Slow Horses.’ Today Branthwaite is a professor of Comparative Literature at New York University.

Antigone preparing to die does make sense within the tragic worldview. The Crito later turns to be an aporetic odd way because the reasons that Socrates professed do not make sense in the worldview of Platonists. According to Platonist’s principles, Socrates was supposed to run away from prison, and failing to do so make her actions unjust.

America population composts of many ethnic groups including Latin American, African American, and white Americans amongst others. Some ethnos have come up as a result of immigration or colonialisation. In this research, I will concentrate on Black American ethnic group and investigate on the possible experiences that this ethno faced.

In his analysis of what makes a true tragedy, the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle identified three major elements. These included a character with a fatal flaw, his realization of this flaw and a reversal of fortune because of this flaw. At one point, Aristotle even says, “the tragic hero falls into bad fortune because of some flaw in his character of the kind found in men of high reputation and good fortune such as Oedipus”.

The author states that in Othello, Shakespeare has moved against the conventional stereotyping of black as evil by changing the meaning of black and white in the play. In this play, black signifies good and white signifies evil. Shakespeare apparently seems to be making a political statement with respect to race.

This paper describes the importance of the folk tales and the fairy tales for formation of people’s social functions. From this research it is clear that children’s literature is an important contribution for a moral education. Fairy tales express the thoughts of children and adults through a symbolism.

Harold Pinter was born in Hackney in London's East End with Eastern European-Jewish ancestry. He studied at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and Central School of Speech and Drama. He was one of the most important playwrights of the last half of the 20th century, and the most influential on his generation. 

If that freedom is denied, depression may settle in and in extreme cases lead to anti-social behaviour. The state may proceed to cause depression in involved persons and trigger a fight back mechanism. The fightback occurs implicitly or explicitly. When the fight is implicit, suicidal emotions become elicited. On the other hand, explicit fights yield revolutions.

This is essentially, what Lewis does through his Screwtape Letters. This work still stirs a lot of controversy from its readers. Lewis wrote the piece from the perspective of an evil being advising another devil on how effectively to tempt a Christian. He uses this perspective to show Christians the way they let evil get into their lives.

One is not required extensive knowledge or research to begin, just the effective manner of articulating and expressing one’s mind. There are a rich number of topics poetry is capable of covering, only the human mind could set any limit. One such topic is the human labor, of which poet Fred Voss is known.

The aim of this experiment is to discern whether one can live on the meager wages of an unskilled worker and at the same time have enough money left to pay off the next month’s rent. Nickel and Dimed is, basically, aimed at showcasing the hardships encountered by unskilled workers trying to survive on their meager wages.

The story also teaches us how unbridled greed can make a man foolish and vulnerable to deception (Kranz 382). For how easy it was for the Witches to influence Macbeth to take the path towards perdition by just appealing to his lust of power, that the once a loyal general became a heath.

The author states that O. Henry uses many subthemes that help move toward the generalization of the major theme. The Gift of Magi by O Henry which was written in 1906 will be used as an example. As the major theme is developed, other themes will be illustrated as well as the use of the number three of words, and sound.

The experience that Victor Frankenstein provided the monster was not factors that can be considered as a human experience because it is devoid of human connection and filled with misery, desolation, and alienation. There was no other way that his monster could turn out to be, but a monster, a flawed creation of a flawed creator playing like a god.

His poems offer great motivation to many of the characters used in the films. In this book, Neruda uses the language of odes and lyrics to put across his message. These poems offer a glimpse of modern poetry with the theme of love. This collection presents a single handful of Neruda’s love poems in an attractive and bilingual form.

The sufferings of Aibileen and Minny and the other African-American housemaids mirrors what the entire African American community in the USA was facing during those hard times. The racial segregation was the paramount problem in those times esp. in the southern states like Mississippi, Arkansas, and Alabama etc.

Sophocles’ "Oedipus at Colonus" is a play in which chorus has a multiple and very decisive role. For example, it is the chorus that “find[s] in Oedipus an allegory of human existence” . Singing this way, the chorus does the philosophizing part otherwise meant to be done by the narrator and audience.

Who is Kate Chopin in American literature? Kate Chopin is a renowned artist due to her focus on discrimination and women. As a talented writer, Chopin has written about the real feelings of women by basing on her own life experiences. In her writings, she wrote about the feelings which men cannot decipher.

The analysis found out that a significant percentage of the population appreciates the differences and asserts that the two are used in different contexts and by individuals having varied degrees of experience. The discussion ascertains that while metaphors refer to objects that are identical, similes refer to objects that are similar. 

While for centuries German woman had been confined to domestic chores following three major Ks in their lives – Kinder (Kids), Kuche (Kitchen), and Kirche (Church) – during the war they started to perform masculine roles and developed bravery and self-confidence.

Carlos Baker considers A Farewell to Arms to be one of the most important novels of the twentieth century, one that has stood the test of time. The novel forms an important part of the literature that came out during the period between the two WW. A period of instability led to many innovations that were a part of the general lack of grounding that people experienced during the inter-war years.

Harris Kamran English Literature Analysis 29 July 2012 Coherence and Interruption Fictional Essay: Traditionally, the short story has a conventional and fixed structure which defines it and makes it different from other forms of prose writing, such as a drama or a script.

Though used to make the story more fascinating, conflict, mixed feelings and loss are among the most noticeable Challenges that Anna John faces. In addition, gender role is central in intensifying her challenges; nevertheless, she does not let herself succumb to her painful experience.

The paper provides an analysis of the story Grandmother’s Victory with the focus presented on literary devices such as simile, symbolism, and metaphor. The story has been wonderfully crafted in terms of writing by carefully employing literary devices such as simile, symbolism, metaphor, etc. indicating the racial tension during the 1930s.   

Both Brown and Austen’s novels offer portrayals of women in romantic fiction stories who fall prey to love but are eventually bound to suffer. In the aftermath, the female lead character reunites with the male lead character, and they end up loving each other, happy with the life they have always dreamed to live.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer reminds the transition of a boy’s life from childhood to a young man. It reminds a person about his past, the way he was, the carefree, and the fun element of life. The novel and the book both are very well merged and are classics. The main objective of the movie was to return the memory of the precious times.

In particular, the poem presents a narrative of a mother and a daughter dialoguing consent prior to the occurrence of the bombing incident. Rhyming and repetition of certain lines throughout the piece form the ballad structure and one may suppose perhaps, Randall’s choice of ballad instead of ode or elegy signifies commemoration of happy memories to keep the object of affection alive in thought and imagination.

The author states that the name Candide is in the book satirically to illustrate the fun of human idiocy and stupidity. The life of Candide depicts the quote of Martin perfectly with several challenges in his life and experiences making the story effective. The story explores the life situations and elaborates the state of life and humanity.

It tells the story of Juliet Ashton, a young English author and a group of readers on Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands occupied by German forces during the war. Various stories are told through the voices in many letters that reveal the extent to which the lives of the characters have been forever changed by recent tragedies (Shaffer and Barrows, 22).

David had moved with his family to China in 1901 after receiving an invitation to work as a language professor for the Chinese government. In 1920, Dartmouth College in the U.S. offered David a position as a language professor, and the Lattimore's returned to the U.S. Richmond enrolled at the same college, from which he graduated in 1926.

The threat to the US nation and the citizens revolves around the growth of supremacy of the Arab spring and the withdrawal from the battles in Iraq and Afghanistan. The nation remains uncertain of the consequential fallouts and distrust with the Arab nations because of the continuous aggression in pursuance of economic and armed dominance.

Thematically, Glaspell’s play, “Trifles” asserts that women in the traditional societies had no choices to make, in their lives. They were not allowed to work in the industries, participate in crucial decision-making processes, and hold public offices and titles (Glaspell 15). Most women lived like slaves in their own communities.

How can someone prove their love? Nothing they do or say can, but poetry may. Shakespeare expresses the hardships of defining and proving love in two sonnets, “Sonnet 18” and “Sonnet 43.” In “Sonnet 18,” the speaker of the poem struggles to describe his love. In “Sonnet 43,” he gets sick because of this love, a sickness with no cure. 

The author states that the story was a first of its kind that led to serious criticism from one lot, while extensive praise from another. The idea gave a whole new meaning to how women with mental illnesses were dealt with and treated and paved the way for a modern approach towards mental disorders.

Compare and Contrast Essay on Eveline and Scar Name Professor’s Name Subject Date Compare and Contrast Essay on Eveline and Scar Scar is a short story by Amy Tan who predominantly dealt with mother daughter relationships. Apart from short stories, Tan has a number of bestselling novels to her credit.

The conclusion states that the paper has highlighted various aspects of human psychology and behavior which are depicted by the characters in both the stories. The predominant behavior in the theme has been self-entrapment and alienation from the society based upon self-assumed ideas about one’s image in the public.

It is evidently clear from the discussion that Levertov explores in the poem “The Mutes” a sensitive theme which feminists would rather, with reasonable protest, hold austere critique of based on a long history of struggle concerning gender inequality and discrimination against women in a male-dominated world.

Gao Xingjian is a famous Nobel laureate who wrote outstanding plays and revolutionized Chinese literature. His work is complex and those of his works which have been translated are also difficult to comprehend to for a person who has knowledge about the postmodern experimentalism prevailing in the West.

A study carried out by Kraft Foods revealed that families believe that dinnertime is family time; all members of the family should be home for dinner, as this is considered as quality time. This especially holds true for people such as teenagers who are clearly known for spending minimal time with family, but they do seem to enjoy having dinner at the table with the other family members.