Literature Essays

Generally speaking, Shakespeare’s development of life-like characters and their interactions are complex and multi-dimensional. Within this area of understanding, one of the text’s most prominent relationships is that between Prince Hamlet and Ophelia. This essay examines Hamlet’s relationship with Ophelia.

At the end of the novel, Lily realizes that there is only one way out of her plight. It is to marry a well-off suitor Simon Rosedale who is of Jewish origin. Yet, this marriage will cost her something. As Rosedale points out, Lily will have to use the love letters between her ex-friend Bertha and her lover, to blackmail Bertha and reinstate her reputation in the upper echelons of the city.

His writing also has a distinctly primitive touch to it, for making the perfect impact on the readers regarding the ancient and thriving beauty of nature and everything it holds. This article talks about nature with such fervor and deep contemplation that it enchants the reader to read the passage through to the end.

Within the propaganda efforts, US officials attempted to portray former President Saddam Hussein as extremely tyrannical and a real threat to the stability of the United States and the whole world. Nevertheless, in spite of all the claimed justifications given by the United States for the war in Iraq, the strong opposition for this war continued both inside and outside the United States.

In Hemingway's work, Krebs is still alive at the end of the story, and so there is still hope that he could possibly recover from his clinical depression. However, the unnamed wife in Godwin's story kills herself, and is, therefore, beyond help. We meet Krebs in the beginning on the battlefield.

The Hell described by Dante is based on different concepts including that of the Catholic Doctrine of that time but Dante has added some details which can be regarded exclusively as Dante’s own. The poem explains Hell as nine circles of suffering. Each circle of Hell represents a specific sin and the people who commit those sins are sent to those respective circles of Hell.

The author concludes that though there might seem to be a close relationship to the stories of Adam and Adapa, there is a clear distinction between the two and that they cannot be the same or very much closely related accounts. He proceeded sternly to state that “parallels do indeed exist between Adam and Adapa, but they are seriously blunted by the entirely different contexts in which they occur”.

The paper analyzes Virginia Woolf’s "Mrs. Dalloway" in the context of modernism. Modernism marks a break with traditions such as Western Christianity and cultural uniformity. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was an English author who blazed the trail for feminist and modernist expression. Her classic novel characterized by modernist ideals.

The study will also refer to an art work from each historical period. In addition, the study will address how the later historical period relates to the earlier period. The historical periods to be discussed in this essay will be impressionism and post-impressionism. Impressionism and post-impressionism refer to powerful artistic movements.

However, the transformation of Gregor was not instant and unjustified. It was actually a gradual process that began with how Gregor managed to live a difficult life as a son and as a traveling salesman, and how low and degrading he eventually considered himself to be because of such hardships.

The youthful lady is named Charity Royall. Charity is a daughter of ‘mountain moonshiners’ and is an espoused kid. She falls in love with Lucius Harney. Harney is Charity’s first love with whom she is sexually involved. Summer is narrates of Charity’s story and her endeavors to control her feelings in a surrounding that had too much social pressure on women.

The choice of words used in a poem contributes a great deal towards the thematic concerns of a poem and the mood that the poem will set. Prosodic features of a poem entail aspects such as intonation, stress, and rhythm. Theodore Roethke in My Papa’s Waltz’creatively uses rhythm and rhyme, and to a lesser degree irony to convey his message to the reader.

That doctor is Dr. Paul Farmer, a physician anthropologist who saw the inequalities in the health systems of the world. He felt obligated to pursue his work in a depressed country to help the people who are not able to afford the high cost of health care.

Every character within the play faces the cultural impediments and impact of being subject to ridicule just for being a part of a different race. The mother of the family says, “Them houses they put up for colored in them areas way out all seem to cost twice as much as other houses. I did the best I could.” 

The book is akin to an autobiography which tends to narrate what characterized the life of Obama in view of African American history. The book is seen as a life history of Obama as it revolves around the African American lifestyle. Among the major themes in the novel include double consciousness, black race, as well as invisibility.

The Asian art holdings are one of the museum’s assets. One of these is the Crowned Buddha Head metal sculpture from Central Thailand which is dated around the 17th century. It has been gifted from the Austin and Irene Young Trust. It is currently on display at the South and Southeast Asian Art Department.

The paper seeks to approach critical analysis using formalism, psychoanalytic criticism, and Marxist criticism theories. The paper does not seek to offer a summary of the literary work but attempts to define my personal understanding and analysis of the short story. The story is set in Atlanta, sometime in the 1940s or early ’50s.

A Critical Analysis on Othello The Play “Othello” conceived by Shakespeare has been contextualized in the Elizabethan Era as indicated by various quotes and setting of the play and it has been placed in a typical Venetian society. Racism is one the most prevalent themes presented in the play which has been found to induce vengeance, retribution and jealousy to the most extreme end possible, owing to the color of Othello.

Designed on the foundations of exuberant exactitude, gifted imaginative talent and command over human psychology as well, the novel contains astonishing twists, which last till its last page keeping the readers in wait for what is going to happen next. Its unique theme and the amazing plot leaves indelible impacts upon the readers at a wide scale.

The ruling class controls production capital. They argued that since the capitalists control production resources, they in effect also rule the society. As the material force of society, they are also the intellectual force of the generation (Marx 653-658).

Student’s Name: Instructor’s Name: Essay, English Literature (Classic and Modern) Date: Topic: The Moral Development of Tom Joad in the Grapes of Wrath Introduction Reformation and rehabilitation for an individual released from the prison is the best thing that can happen in life.

This essay is a character analysis of Connie. The focus will be on how her body image is linked to self-esteem, self-image, identity, individuality, conformity, and rites of passage. Moreover, the analysis will focus on how the character changes as the story ends. Connie, the main character in Where are you going, where have you been? has excess self-confidence.

The story is about Nick, a war veteran who seeks peace from the turmoil of the war by going fishing in the Fox River which in this book is called the “Big Two Heart River”. The river gets this title from the fact that it offers food in the form of fish which is crucial for survival and that it also gives redemption. In this book nature is a recurring theme.

This is how the character Montresor planned and succeeded with his plan on the unfortunate victim Fortunato in Edgar Allan Poe’s short story The Cask of Amontillado. Celebrated during or after Lent, the time setting of the story is ironic to slay a friend.

The story contains themes of occult, madness, and vision illustrated through the plot of the story as well as the characters brought to life in it. Occult refers to possessing knowledge about some hidden element, not known to commoners. The occult is seen to be the knowledge that the children have regarding the history of the town of Gatlin.

The main character in the novel is Nick Carraway, an aspiring broker in stock who lives in the outskirts of the city. Nick has reestablished his relationship with his cousin known as Daisy as well as her husband named Buchanan Tom. Nick’s befriending attitude reaches Baker Jordan, an experienced golfer whom he is pushed to romance with by Daisy (Scott 13).

"The Writer" is a poem written from the perspective of a writer parent watching his daughter aspiring to become a writer herself. "Digging" describes a writer who watches his father doing their traditional family job of farming. Though both the poems deal with father sibling relationships, Richard Wilbur's "The Writer" is much more satisfying and interesting to read.

Open Access began during the 1990s, and since the year 2000, there have been new Open Access publishers coming online such as BioMedCentral, Public Library of Science, Hindawi, and Bentham Open. Ratings for search engine hits on OA papers in 2008, ranged from Earth Sciences as the highest sought-after search request at 33%, to the lowest search terms on Chemistry at 13%.

Is it about being attractive physically? Putting on makeup and various other artificial products would help in making this beautiful. Is beauty all about carrying themselves in an appropriate and elegant manner or is it about the person'sbehavior towards other people.

The Old Testament reconciles the existence of dichotomies that may cause havoc (evil) or be balanced (to create peace, love, and creativity) in a number of ways. One of the ways is through issuing curses to the dichotomy that causes evil. When Cain killed Abel, he was cursed and made to be a wanderer of the earth.

The poet uses form and poetic technique to assert that the power of love transcends time and that poetry is immortal. The poem is in the traditional sonnet form. The sonnet comprises of 14 total lines of verse. It has four distinctive parts: three rhymed four-line verses, or quatrains, and a concluding rhymed couplet.

The plot of the story revolves around an investigation of the murder of John Wright. The victim’s wife is the main suspect of the murder. Investigations are done in the presence of other women, who eventually stumble on the evidence that proves her guilt in the murder case, the body of a canary that had been subjected to the same fate as the diseased.

The novel remains dystopian and socially critical towards the reality that it creates and the narrator, Komiaga covers the unpleasant reality of the society portrayed. Komiaga’s use of repetition structures and legitimizes truth and conceals the monstrous social and cultural beliefs of futuristic Russia.

However, the Diaspora was also a story of struggle and reformation of their identities in the new world despite being diffused to different lands. Hence, some literary artists and writers advocated to the cause through producing pieces that will exhibit this historical phenomenon.

Every piece of literature is an amalgamation of a variety of stylistic and linguistic characteristics which amalgamate together to create an excellent piece of writing and provide the reader with the opportunity to analyze the given text more thoroughly. “Othello” by Shakespeare is an intriguing tale of love, friendship, and betrayal.

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott follows the lives of four sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March. It carefully details their passage from childhood to womanhood. The idea of ‘ideological ambivalence’ in Little Women starts even from the way the novel receives public attention.

The book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs is a thinly disguised autobiography which belongs to the genre of literature called “Slave narratives”. The aim of these narratives was to inform readers what life was like for this group of people and show how harmful slavery was for everyone involved.

The main theme of this piece of literature is racism, stereotypes, and gender disparity. This play is among that he wrote during the renaissance period. The origin of the English renaissance is traced back to the time of Elizabeth’s reign in England. The main practices at that time were culturally based on the lifestyle of the people.

Slave narratives of Douglass and Jacobs: The search for freedom and personhood Name Instructor Class 25 August 2012 Slave narratives are primary sources that personalize the reality of slavery. Slavery can easily be reduced to the statistics of millions of people and families who suffered from this inhumane institution.

The word strangulation can define the suffocation of one’s life, when not living freely. Women have worked their way into a more equal world causing less strangulation and suffocation from the pressures of living up to the expectations of their expected role.

The author describes that he walked over to the tiny kitchenette and switched on the light. As warm light flooded his little nest, his nerves steadied and he glanced at his reflection in the cut-glass framed mirror in the passage. Bright Eyes, a determined mouth, and a springy shock of dark hair stared back at him. His teacher’s words came back.

The foreign exchange markets serve the purpose of facilitating international investments and trade between parties utilizing different currencies (Investopedia, 2011). In the case of a U.S.-based company selling products or services internationally, the business has a choice of either receiving payment for the sale in U.S. dollars from the foreign buyer or accepting payment in the foreign currency.

The text referred to is a prelude to Petrucio’s closing of the play, and indicates Katherine’s apparent changes – she is now advising Philemon and Emilia to obey and not rebel against their husbands. This is on the face of it a complete change for Katherina – she has become subservient to her husband.

And, it is achieved by accurately recording data, classifying the summarized data, analyzing and interpreting the classified data; communicating what has been has been learnt to interested parties (Kimuda, 2008 pp.1). Additionally, the primary purpose of accounting is to provide the financial information required for the efficient operation of business enterprises, not-for profit organizations, government bodies, churches and synagogues, public charities, and clubs (McQuaig et al., 2010, pp.3).

The work experience of learners in planning for on-the-job learning is very important. This is because when the instructor has a very fair idea of the current experience of the learner, it helps the instructor to plan and prepare learning schemes that address the particular working need of the learner.

He wants the reader to see him/herself as both the tormenter and the sufferer in order for him/her to understand that these two personalities are possible in all individuals. While putting into life his work, Wiesel, maybe unintentionally, created his role.

Heat transfer occurs from a substance or objects that is warm to a substance or object that is cooler. Scientists measure heat energy using the ordinary unit of energy, the Joule (Sullivan & Edmondson 2008). Nasser (2009) adds that the movement of heat energy happens from a system to the other.

Such profound connection between mankind and the rest of the living led to convictions which, as perceived or inferred through history, were either supernatural or spiritual, inspiring men to readily associate an image of nature to a concept of a higher being. This attitude on symbolism has since been carried on through generations.

‘Sonny's Blues’ is considered as one of Baldwin's best works, a concise and touching investigation of familial and ethnic connections in the modern American society.

When she was born on February 19, 1952, her parents had already overcome one of the most difficult trial which is the trouble brought about by her mother’s abusive first husband and the separation from her 3 daughter whom she left in China. Because of the heartaches she had learned, she had difficulty accepting her heritage and instead loved American culture because her parents refer to her as An-mei or blessing from America.