Literature Essays

A detailed analysis of James Joyce’s Ulysses inspires the reader to identify the resemblances in theme, plot and characterization with Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey. Like Homer’s The Odyssey, Joyce’s Ulysses enhances the quest for a father and the intervention of Gods and sexuality as its major themes.

The narration is direct and ambiguous at once. This characteristic is achieved by the use of Chief Bromden, a patient of schizophrenia at Oregon, victim of hallucinations and paranoia asylum, as the narrator. His hallucinations serve as metaphors symbolizing the society as a machine called the Combine that controls the behavior of all humans.

Language is often said to be means of communication. Human life presents several instances and circumstances which cannot be described in words alone. Writing about these instances for a common individual would probably be a very mundane experience however when is penned down by a prolific writer like Hemingway the experience goes beyond mortality.

Ellison’s short story ‘Battle Royal’ presents a startling scene of naiveté, violence, and economic power. The story revolves around the institutions of racism and a desire to assert an identity in the shadow of historical tragedy. Ellison uses his settings and characters clearly to depict the theme of racism and exploitation of the inferior in the short story ‘Battle Royal’.

The story of Murakami moves one’s heart to become enthralled with excitement. It is exciting because the words used in the story could easily drive one to read the result of the story. The “Ice Man” story is like a music of hope for the readers who wish to save the cravings of the protagonist (the narrator).

O’Connor has made the right use of words in the story. As the title of the story suggests, the storyline has something important to do with goodness of character. Apparently, the title suggests that there are very few good men or people in the world.

This paper will discuss "Murder on the Leviathan" book. It will include a couple of paragraphs about Akunin, analyse the style and explain why they author is one of the most popular Russian writers.

The two poems are appealing to the reader owing to their musicality and imagery. They set the splendor of the natural world against the melancholy of loss. Both poems illustrate and contrast reality and hope. They are classics owing to their subtle, restrained style, and compelling expressions establishing the physical and mental awareness of the speakers.

‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ is a coming of age novel about 6 girls and a woman, which entails that not every individual possesses the capacity to act as a role model. She creates a divide amongst the student body and encourages favouritism as she provides extra benefits to her favourite students in the class.

Critics have admired "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" for the author’s effectual application of native tint and the intense comical aspects of her Southern environment, plus her capability to note down with a devoted determination the distinctive language of characters like The Misfit and the grandmother.

Stephen King was born in 1947, in Portland, Maine. His first foray into writing was working on the weekly column for his college newspaper, The Maine Campus. His first professional short story was The Glass Floor, which was published in 1967 in Startling Mystery Stories.

The earlier twentieth century of Japan showcased a lot of improvement in the society. Pertaining education was common among the household both in the urban and the rural areas. The protagonist of the story used to stay away from his parents on account of completing his graduation, while his parents used to stay in a less popular province of the country.

A hero is a person who does something memorable and in the benefit of a person or a society. “True heroes may be ordinary people doing extraordinary things, and then resisting the temptation of personal glory” (Desiree). Some real life examples of modern world’s heroes include a firefighter who rushes into a building on fire and takes people out or a person who saves a child’s life who comes in front of a fast moving car.

William Shakespeare wrote, “The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice” around 1603. The play chronicles the life of Othello, Desdemona, Iago, and Cassio. It highlights Othello’s change of fate from happiness to misery upon allowing Iago to poison his mind with jealousy.

The wide Sargasso is a novel by jean Rhys, which received limelight and response when it was published. It was published during the postcolonial period and focused much on the oppression and racial discrimination.

The author states that when Milton’s Paradise Lost is seen in the context of the definition of epic presented above, it becomes clear that the work is a “noble story”. The work is concerned with presenting the story of the Biblical Fall of Man with the temptation of Adam and Eve by the renounced angle Satan.

Humans share their experiences and their perceptions of life through literature. Great books of literature are books that talk about and depict human problems with artistic beauty. Literary greatness is defined by a realistic description of life and artistic beauty. Thus, literature instructs and entertains us. We understand human life and human problems through literature.

The aim of this study is to critically analyze both the outward and inward conflicts as they are presented in the play ‘Hamlet’.

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry depicts the everyday life of black people in a manner that everyone can discuss and understand the oppression and suffering they face. In as much as there were strides that had been taken in the agitation of human rights for the black people; they were still being looked down upon by the white people.

In the Iliad, warfare is perceived as an integral part of human and the wider nature. It is a critical part in the cosmos metaphysical order, the divine arrangements in accordance of how things should be. This book is by Homer who gives a good narration of this event which took place centuries ago.

The Wife of Bath is Chaucer’s most delightful character in the text. Chaucer describes her as a skilled weaver who is excellent than the weavers of Ghent and Ypres. She thinks highly of herself and loses her patients easily and fast if any person tries to precede her in making an offering.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra has made excellent efforts to bring out the language used in the early 17th century, as this is the time of the novel set up. He has brought out the aspect of chivalry, which was about protection of the weak in the society, this was mainly the work of knights. This was a contentious issue in the late 16th century and early 17th century.

Generally, the story of King Lear is one that had a lot of thematic basis for the relationship between nature and humankind. In effect, the author was using his work to express a divine relationship that exists between the spirit world and the physical world.

The two poems under consideration are The Lady in the Pink Mustang, a poem written by Louise Erdrich and The Unknown Citizen written by Auden. In the former, the fact that the poet settled for the title to depict a pink mustang harbors a lot about feminism as a pink car would largely suggest the owner is a proud lady in her own class.

People were overwhelmed with the new. But this seemingly-unstoppable drive was hindered by an underlying terror that this modern world would explode into something unmanageable. Victorian culture was defined “by a divide between its respectable surface and its dark underworld”

This essay describes one of the world’s masterpieces, the novel of Mikhail Bulgakov “The Master and Margarita”. Its famous expression "Manuscripts don’t burn” became aphoristic. Many Soviet writers kept their literary works in mind because of NKVD. At first this novel was copied by hand and secretly. Nobody could take it away. That is why “Manuscripts don’t burn” became so significant expression.

The author states that characters in the drama are given lines to perform together with all the facial expressions actors and actresses are supposed to portray as well as the way they are supposed to be dressed. Short stories and poems present their characters in a conversational way, describing their participation in a descriptive manner.

The witches played their role by making the predictions. They did not facilitate Macbeth in his way of accomplishing the milestones they predicted he would. They predicted the fortune for Macbeth. If Macbeth was destined to enjoy all ranks they predicted for him, he would have attained them whether or not he practically indulged in such activities that would lead him to attaining them.

Alisoun conforms to anti-marriage and woman-hating stereotypes. The act of being in love with a twenty year old student shows that such a sophisticated woman conforms to woman-hating ideas. If she considers herself to be sophisticated and have power over men, she could not have allowed being in relationship with a younger man than her (Peter 43).

Wuthering Heights is the only novel written by Emily Bronte but despite that, it is quite famous. It is a book about unrequited love, of love that is returned and how people may react to either situation. The Sorrow of Young Werther is part of the German literature.

Brown was born in 1964 in Exeter, New Hampshire, to a professional musician mother and an English teacher father. While in college, Brown was interested in history and creative writing. Early in his life, in 1985, he attempted a career as a singer and songwriter.

Theodore Roethke is a twentieth century American poet whose parents were German immigrants who had a 25-acre greenhouse in which the whole family worked (Hirsch xiv). Roethke’s father Otto was a hard working man, who built up his business by labouring in the soil and unfortunately he died young, while Theodore was still a teenager.

Robert Frost’s short poem, “Fire and Ice,” is one of his most popular works. It was published as part of his volume of poems, New Hampshire, which appeared in 1923, and gave Frost his first Pulitzer Prize (Poetry Foundation).

Aphrodite was a great Greek goddess of love and beauty. She is also said to be the personification of nature and as the bearer of all things living. Homeric Hymns describe her more as the diva of love, which ignites the hearts of gods and men alike with passion and, thus, get a strong hold over them through her enchanting and bewitching appeal.

Rochester describes Jane I as being beset with odd distinctions, her way of dressing seemed controlled by the ruling, and her air was reserved and in overall one cultured by nature, although totally unused by the people and this was a bargain since she feared making herself of making herself noticeable in a lousy way mistakenly.

"The Death of Ivan Ilyich" is not so much a work about death in the abstract, but death as a personal confrontation. It is ironic to note that even as he is terminally ill, Ivan cannot come round to grasp his own extinction. To the contrary, he still believes that death is something that happens to other people and not to himself.

Food in the novel Madame Bovary. Based on the article you read, "The Role of Food in Madame Bovary" give one example of one of the factors discussed: environmental, social indicator, characterization, source of imagery. This example must be found in the book and not in the article.

The essay shall focus on the thematic analysis of the short story, “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid and the poem, “On Being Brought from Africa to America” by Phillis Wheatley and judge the intricate relations between race, culture, identity, space and geography inherent and operational within the texts.

According to the research findings, it can, therefore, be said that the man died because he could not manage to make a fire to keep his body warm in the snow. The dog is even a more worthy creature as it manages to survive the cold unlike its master, whose numb and freezing body succumbs to death from the biting cold in the snow

The author examines a story The Legend of sleepy hollow, set in the country side around the Dutch settlement in 1790. It is set in a secluded town known as sleepy hollow. This creates the haunting atmosphere thus portraying a terrific scenario of ghosts in secluded environment.  The second element is the plot of the literature.

Prior to the 1600s, mankind believed that culture and religion offered an answer to most of their questions. If they were faced with any problems, they sought the help of their deities in a bid to alleviate them.

The poem reflects a contrast between sadness and joy, the nightingale representing a sense of joy that is missing from the narrator’s experience. The narrator wishes for the innocence of a lack of the knowledge for what is making them sad and goes on to describe a world in which he believes the nightingale is immersed in peace and joy.

Eugene O’Neill’s play, The Hairy Ape, tells the story of Yank, a laborer on a luxury cruise ship, whose sense of self-importance strips him of his basic humanity and becomes the cause of his doom. The Wasteland by T.S. Eliot, on the other hand, narrates the post World War social conditions, through many distorted images in multiple settings.

The concept of Owen Meany and the incompletion that is in the novel is one which is based on the understanding of fragmented personalities. The objects and characters all show a sense of incompletion.

The author states that the story is written by the author Clarke, who portrays himself as a scientist and an astronaut and believed in the existence of God at the beginning of the story. The author is faced by many questions that continually fill his mind and those that he must find answers to. He has doubts with his fellow crew members.

With new criticism, reasoning is all about scientific methodologies based on empiricism. The attempt of this reasoning is to account for incidences in critical literature that bear non-scientific cognition. On the other hand, analyzing “The Hitch-Hikers” will also require psychological criticism, which deals with psychology as a science that entails a lot of knowledge.

From a very early age Henry David Thoreau decided to use his own life experience as a helpful source and means of self-education. Being a self-confident, optimistic personality, he reflected this essence in his writings.

All through the chapter, Quigley celarly explains the close relationship between social and individual concerns and in the introductory section he refers to the modern play with attention focused in the horizon of a domain.

Scott Fitzgerald approaches gender roles in both a predictable and a visionary way. As a means of understanding this unique dichotomy, this brief analysis will discuss the methods by which F. Scott Fitzgerald utilizes both traditional/conservative understandings of gender roles as well as incorporating key elements of visionary and/or avant guarde interpretations of these constructs within the novel.

In the absence of free will, the family becomes destiny. It is destiny when it turns into the most powerful motivator and shaper of human behavior. In Long Day's Journey into Night, Eugene O’Neill explores the role of families in people’s destinies. He uses stage direction and characters to show the continuing force that a family plays.