Literature Essays

Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery certainly represents a great breakthrough in thinking about slavery in black psychology, but in nonetheless has some weaknesses. In the first chapter of Akbar’s book, entitled The Psychological of Slavery, Akbar focuses on two interrelating ideas – how slavery continues to affect the black view of “work,” and how community division practices initiated by slave owners continue to have an impact on black society.

Other modern elements that Doran uses in his production are modern film techniques. For instance, he has his characters address the camera directly, including Hamlet and Polonius. Lear does not include this in its production, for the soliloquies in Lear are traditional soliloquies, where the actors do not look directly into the camera.

This farcical play revolves primarily around how a chauvinistic and materialistic, but crafty man, sets out to subjugate a woman notorious for her foul-temper and sharp tongue and turn her into a dutiful, subservient wife.

The author states that “Soldier’s Home” is about the former marine, Harold Krebs, who after serving in the First World War, returns to his childhood home in a small Oklahoma town. In the town, he feels ‘out of place’ and faces difficulty in adjusting to a normal life, ‘holding on’ to his past war experiences.

Father and son existed in psychological conflict to each other in All My Sons and thus embodied the opposing principles that shaped the play’s dramatic theme, while in another of Miller’s plays, Death of a Salesman, the Biff, and his father, although adversaries, are more directly connected in their principles and there is hence more ironical sense in the determination of the central dramatic issue.

The poem “God’s Will for You and Me” by an unknown author seems to be written for the gentle of spirit, almost childlike in its’ innocence. The dominant theme running throughout is one of goodness. In an effort to impress upon the reader the importance of being a good person in order to carry out God’s will.

The focus of the story is the racial segregation and prejudice that the African Americans had to live with. The narrator is unnamed in the story which shows that he is representing the entire African American community had to deal with. In the first paragraph, the narrator states that ‘…I had to discover that I am an invisible man’ (15).

The advancement and proper informing of the UK citizens about the democratic processes would change the accents of the governmental institution's operations at different levels. The introduction of HRA, different innovations in the constitutional processes of the UK signify a clear advancement of the county’s proper organization and performance.

In ‘The Dead’, James Joyce depicts the emotions and feelings of the character through the physical setting and the environment. Of all the things that could be thematic of ‘The Dead’ by James Joyce, perhaps one would be the impact of physical attributes in invoking the emotions of a person.

This research is the best example of comparison of two stories The Story of an Hour and The Necklace which clearly bring out the roles of males and females. Their authors have explored the theme of gender roles using similar contexts and from similar perspectives and the manifestations of gender roles by outlining the responsibilities expected of each gender in the society especially in their marriage.

The story itself set in a faraway desert has a sense of remote exoticism, and although talks about the everyday mundane events like eating, and sleeping is based on a strong theme that is deeper than and conveys more than the words used. The whole story is about human relationships, but I think what Balzac tries to bring to light is how close man and animal really are in their basic instincts.

Comedy comes out as a tool used in the 18th century to criticize marriage and approaches that led to a broken marriage. It is evident from the plays that marriage has numerous problems, which do not only apply to the poor in the society but also the elites. Largely, many incidences in the comic play illustrate the broken relationship of the elites in the society.

Many scholars, lawyers and artists debate whether keeping the Parthenon Marbles in Great Britain is an ethical thing to do. There are very strong opinions on both sides of this argument because the Parthenon Marbles are objects of great historical and artistic significance.

Socrates remains firm in his stand that he is innocent, and condemns the “false accusations” (Plato, 649) made against him. He takes up each of the accusations leveled against him, and demolishes them with his brilliant arguments. Socrates’ argument is couched in three phases.

Obviously Emma can be interpreted as a character that is grossly affected with hollow romanticism and, therefore, perpetually suffers from it. Emma as a woman trapped in a romantic view of life fails to recognize the reality and the impossibility of her desires. Indeed Emma’s perception of her own beauty further perpetuates her failure to perceive the impossibility of her romanticism. 

Moses and David were ordinary, insignificant people before they were anointed. When Moses was born, the ruler of Egypt, Pharaoh, had ordered the killing of all male newborns who were Israelites. Moses’ mother was forced to hide her son in the river, and, luckily, Pharaoh’s daughter found him and brought him up.

Grownups are the movie that I chose for this capsule. Acted in 2010 by Chris Rock and others, this film describes how life changes over a short period of time. It is about the lives of some young children and their children 32 years later. This film is very useful in explaining the way that life is in the XXI century (Noble, 2004).

American social classes and wealthy individuals have their basis in this era. The wealthy society was created through hard work while belonging to the elite class was an achievement. This essay will therefore analyze social class and wealth as depicted by the book “The Great Gatsby.” The book defines the genesis of American social classes, the perceptions of each of the social classes and their impacts on American social integration.

“I’ll call you as soon as I get home,” Adeline promises her baby sister. Nazareth watches Adeline walk towards the boarding terminal. With each step her body tells her life story: Her hip pains her with movement, knees stiffened from years of bending that began in her toddler years.

This research paper focuses on analyzing South American military history period through a book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. In this work Marquez made clear that although the setting was a fictional island dictatorship in the Caribbean, the influence for the main character The General comes from Marquez' reflections on the life of the Venezuelan dictator Juan Vicente Gómez.

Name Professor Course Date Key words: student, online classes, online learning, traditional education Why more and more students are taking online classes? Introduction Initially, the mode of learning entailed physical interaction between the instructors and their students.

A theme prominent in “The Doll House” by Henrik Ibsen is independence. Nora as a character in the play is the epitome of independence and freedom. The play revolves around Nora who struggles to become a self-motivated being in a male chauvinist world.

DVDs were what I used together with my friends to watch movies and I even had my own movie collection that accumulated over the years. Creation and development of DVDs was by Sony, Phillips, Panasonic and Toshiba. While I was, still young around the age of eight my dad bought the family’s first DVD player.

Transcendentalism refers to a social and philosophical movement that developed around 1836 in New England as a reaction to rationalism. Transcendentalism, at its inception, developed out of the great influence of romanticism, Platonism and Kantian philosophy; the last of which was a system developed by Immanuel Kant.

As the earliest settlers in America were British, they were people who belonged to the same race as Shakespeare, Marlowe, Bacon and Ben Johnson. The earliest literature if it may be called that is, therefore, a record of the hardships and dangers faced by the colonizers in their attempts to set up the first colonies in Virginia and New England.

Lord Byron in his famous ode, ‘To His Lyre; An Ode’ has very meticulously quoted thus: “I wish to tune my quivering lyre, To deeds of fame, and notes of fire; Fir’d with hope of future fame, I seek some nobler Hero’s name” (Byron 1832). To comprehend the exact position of a Tragic Hero, the insight provided by the author Karuna Shanker Mishra in his book, “The Tragic Hero Through Ages” is apt and befitting to pass any judgment about the modern Tragic Hero, Walter Lee from the play, ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ by Loraine Hansberry.

Fate, destiny and free will have and will always be intertwined; free will is the capability to come up with choices, which are free from certain issues while fate and destiny decide the actions beyond man's control.  Therefore, one can view them, as inclusive of one another, while man seems to be a victim or puppet of fate and destiny, he is not coerced to take actions that lead to the outcome.

Is the hope of this author that such a level of analysis will be able to provide a firm understanding to the reader of whether or not this author agrees or disagrees with the prior quote which was provided from the critic Rozalia Jovanovic in “The Gallerist”.

The story of “Little Red Riding Hood” (Zipes, 2002)can be used as an example in this case which teaches children not to trust anybody easily and to become aware of the probable dangers. The same message can be found in the story of "Snow White" where the cruel queen offers snow-white a poisoned apple.

Specifically, this essay explores the relationship between Gregor’s insect-like identity and self-conscious self, and the influence of his working conditions, especially of his feeling of alienation, on his sudden transformation. As Kafka shows it, the connection of Gregor’s awareness to his ‘transformed’ self—an insect—is depressing.

In his own opinion, this will give him an opportunity to woo her. This actually is a sign of love, because of the extent in which Lucentio did go, for purposes of winning the love of Bianca (Henderson, 2012). It is important to denote that Lucentio came to Padua for studies, and not to look after a wife.

Pottery acts as archaeological evidence of the span of people's settlement. In its decorations and forms, archaeologists can draw histories over a period echoing transforming populations and evolving ways of life. Pottery is significant in archaeological excavations since it can be applied to determine cultural series, define location groupings and shed light on past ways of life.

There is a general and at times valid viewpoint that children suffering through intense childhood trauma because of broken family could be "damaged" as a person. Although, it is true in certain situations, it is not the norm because many children despite broken family and the related trauma have emerged successful in their adulthood.

The son thinks that Mala killed Chandin and that is when she was taken to hospital for the mentally ill. In the end, Ambrose's wife confesses that her husband was the one responsible for the death of Chandan. Tyler tells this story as a way of helping Mala reach out for her sister Asha. In the end, the two sisters are reunited and Mala regains her sanity.

The novel itself has the shade of tragedy in it as the epidemic of cholera was spreading in the city of Venice. The surname of the character which is “Aschenbach” means “stream of ashes” symbolizes death which is a tragedy. “ Gustan Aschenbach or von Aschenbach , as his official surname had been since his fiftieth birthday has taken a solitary walk from his apartment in Munich”.

Shirley Jackson has been a powerful author, and her work has received great attention from literally critics in the past years. The author uses exciting atmosphere that brings the readers into society that is totally different from their own.

The author states that fantasy is combined with reality and a question appears: what are the magic possibilities presented in this story of magic realism? Whether the Angel is the inspirer of people? Firstly, it should be noted that there is no need to concentrate on the reality of the events.

Three such stories from her collection titled “Interpreter of Maladies” would be highlighted in the course of this discussion namely “A Temporary Matter”, “Mrs. Sen’s” and “The Third and Final Continent”.

Ernest Hemingway’s celebrated novel entitled A Farewell to Arms substantially contains subtle paradoxes and/or ironies. As a whole, the novel tackles the essence of war, if there is such. War as a subject matter has, of course, several paradoxes. In the context of the novel, however, war as a background or foreground plays a fundamental role.

In fact, discoveries have proven the literary means available in the ancient world, particularly Egypt where much of their writings have been preserved. These written works are reminiscent of the culture and beliefs of ancient people like those which were found in Egyptian tombs.

The author states that Austen’s literary works heralded the transition in English literature from neo-classicism to romanticism. She saw life as it is, and not from the moral pedestal, how it should be! Her mastery of the subjects that she treated could be seen through her various down-to-earth characters.

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman tells about a family’s life during a not-so-distant America. The family’s name is Loman, with Willy as the father; Linda as the wife and mother to two sons: Biff and Happy.

The author states that the self-obsessed Victor Frankenstein travels an isolated path to his own destruction by superseding the boundaries of death and by not taking responsibility to nurture his own creation. Casting aside the medical community’s advice and any hindering sense of spiritual morality.

"The legal rank of ‘citizen’ in democratic societies is often intended to represent the progressive project of a broader conception of membership in the community” (Rubenstein & Adler 2000: 522). However, only very rarely is it achieved as formal equality, or as substantial equality in social terms.

Sustaining physical activity can be a huge challenge. The need for a recreation center is essential for various reasons. First and foremost is the fact that it safeguards children from engaging in other illegal activities. When children are growing up, it is an absolute must that they are engaged in a healthy environment.

The book, “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” by Anne Fadiman is a valid model of the world today. The theme of the story is about cultural misunderstanding, specifically the Hmong culture and Western medicine. The author made an extensive research on the Hmong culture which is evident in the details she presented in the entirety of the book.

When one considers the trauma and mental torture that Mrs Wright went through in her loveless relationship with her husband, one can hardly hold her culpable of her homicidal act. But her act was a heinous crime and homicide is an unpardonable crime. Nora’s act of abandoning her husband and children after her disillusionment about her husband for regaining her individuality and true identity is a positive step of attaining self-assurance.

The reader can find Sadie and Maude by Gwendolyn Brooks also reveals the story of two young ladies. Sadie and Maud are sisters and the poet presented them as the exponents of different attitudes. Both Hardy and Gwendolyn successfully practice some literary devices and techniques to convey their ideas to the readers.

Racism between white and black people reveals how status is distinguished by skin color. The problem with racism is that it is fueled by assumptions made by one social group about another social group, in this case, whites about blacks. Minnie Cooper is at the center of the event in question, although she is not at the center of the events that occur.

The author states that three of the main major symbols that the author has used in the story are the black box, setting, and the names of the characters. Symbolism is evident in ‘The Lottery’ from the beginning. Mr. Summer, who runs a coal business, represents life, while Mr.Grave symbolizes death.