Literature Essays

‘Mrs. Dalloway’, published on 14th May 1925, is counted as one of Virginia Woolf’s finest literary works. The novel takes up and brings forth the problems faced by the post-war English society, and represents it through the subjective empiricism and cognizance, of the two central characters in the novel, Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Smith.

Digressions in Beowulf were not included for pointless reasons as they serve an artistic purpose which had been achieved through careful evaluation. The length for literary works as it may be now is preferred to be concise without any misleading subplots or digressions that could set the reader off track.

The biographical sketch offered in the book Sainted Women of the Dark Ages by Jo Ann McNamara et al provides another compelling illustration of Genovefa’s important role in the religious and social life of the period. Genovefa enjoyed a significant relationship to the city of Paris and she was given the role as patron and protector of the urban population in the city.

System’ constitutes everything, including culture, people, events, etc, etc, which ‘surrounds’ an individual and influences that individual’s thought process and physical action. Most times an author writes based on what he/she sees, hears, and feels. The authors after observing and hearing about the ‘system’ of a particular place or country.

The greatest question that faces all heroes is mortality. Although they are the strongest in their class they are not invincible (even if they are part God, like Achilles or Gilgamesh). They are tempted to use their great strength to do good for themselves or their cause, but they have limitations that they may not know.

Carol Thomas Neely maintains that there is no dissolution of gender boundaries in the play Antony and Cleopatra and it does not transcend the traditional masculine and feminine roles. Instead, the play exhibits more flexible gender relations due to the greater genre diversity of the play, and it reaffirms the division between masculinity and femininity.

The family was forced to leave the Dominican Republic because of their father’s opposition to the oppressive dictatorship of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. It is told in reverse chronological order by multiple narrators. The novel begins with the adult sisters living in the United States and ends with their childhood in the Dominican Republic.

The existing feminism that was beginning to rise during the time was revealed in feminine ways, but through clever conversation that discussed influences of morality and dignity in order to create a sense of the temptation to lose one’s self through a man in balance with the sense of identity that is difficult to attain in an oppressed state.

Along with relationships, emotions are associated with food. As food varies according to the nature of the meal taken in the day, it differs from an individual’s mood and lifestyle. In a foreign land, food helps to retain identity and culture. Even when they are away from their motherland, food helps in bringing these people close to their soil. 

‘Myths were primarily vehicles for communicating moral and/or political messages.’ Do you agree with the statement? Answer in relation to the uses of myth encountered in Block. Throughout history, myths have been transmitted prolifically, modified, truncated, or extended to suit various purposes. Often, one of these purposes was the validating of different moral or political messages. 

Priestley in 1945 and remains one of the most prominent works of 20th-century theatre. Even though Priestley was a British playwright the play was originally performed in Russia in two Moscow venues in 1945 as a proper theatre couldn’t be acquired in Britain. A year later it was first performed in the United Kingdom to great critical acclaim.

Edgar Allen Poe is widely regarded today as an author who was ahead of his time, in terms of literary conventions, the development of the modern short-story form, and other innovations, including his use of unconventional meter in poetry. Certainly, during his time, Poe was not as appreciated as he is today.  

Parody is a text that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect. In Cervantes Parody, Don Quixote is a middle-aged man from the region of La Mancha in central Spain. He is obsessed with the chivalrous ideals touted in books he has read. He lives in the world of his imagination.

Montague shows himself not to be part of Romeo's life. He does try to defend Romeo in front of the Prince."Not Romeo, prince; he was Mercutio's friend; His fault concludes but what the law should end, the life of Tybalt." He agrees to resolve the family feuding when he says that he will raise a "statue in pure gold glorifying Juliet".  

Renaissance has been such a movement. The term ‘Renaissance’ has been used for describing not just a period of time, i.e. the period from the 14th up to the 17th centuries, but also a series of works of literature and art with specific characteristics. 

Hard-Boiled style of detective fiction is distinctly different from the “golden age” of British detective fiction (Wolfe 17). Action replaces logical reasoning and suspense replaces mystery. The author gives more attention to Violence, sexuality, and physical danger to the hero than to solving the crime (Shapiro 26).

Ending has been used to facilitate an unexpected change of plot /achieve plot twist towards the end in the two stories. The type of ending used here is called twist ending. There is an unexpected change of outcome towards the end of the story and this brings up an unexpected conclusion to the story.

Wherein descriptions of natural beauty are mediated by the complex structure of primary reality, which in its the queue conveys important information about the narrator and those acting persons who fall into the focus of the narrative.

In his essay "The Achievement of Desire," the author provides the parallel between Hoggart's interpretation of reality that he expressed in his book "The Uses of Literacy" and the own comprehensive understanding of the struggle of a young boy to achieve the best out of the education activities.

However, this biblical event was depicted differently throughout different periods of the history of civilization.

Similarly to the flight of a bird, the essence of the human being can only take to the restart positions fixing the eternity to be simply tied to ancient archetypes and images.

Influentially, the narrator chooses the image of the “Sambo” doll that provides an individual rationalization of how a stereotype changes the attitude to a person locked with the cage of irrational judgments on the race, gender, ethnicity, and other

In many subjective perceptions, the author remains for us as a loved author whose life and love remains to be a riddle.

It began in the 16th century. First, the figure of Shakespeare appeared, the persona of John Donne, and later metaphysicists and Milton.

For Roethke, life as a child still decorates the memories and remains the most positive period where things were called and sounded optimistic, as it is shown to a reader.

In fact, unlike James, who replaced the external plot with the character’s psychological experiences, Conrad’s prose is replete with events, and the tale embodies his aesthetic principle of extracting the maximum dramatic effect from an event: “The novel should represent the Event, a single chain of difficult circumstances, one spiral of the hero’s actions, one psychological progression.

"They have been upon an outside table at that park via the lake, by means of the edge of the lake, with a part of a delivered down tree in the shallows 1/2 included up with the aid of the financial institution."

Odysseus is an average pioneer in the light of the truth, he thinks completely about piles of things. Thus, he thinks about what to do in time.

Preamble: Why are Romeo and Juliet called "Star-cross'd sweethearts"? They are not bound to be as one

On our planet, individuals frequently make enthusiastic associations with a wide range of inanimate.

This is unquestionably the situation in Alexi's story. The theme of perseverance in "What You Pawn I Will Redeem," a short story by Sherman Alexie, is the life of principal character Jackson. Jackson is a Spokane Indian who spent his childhood in Spokane, Washington.

It is set in Burma in 1931 and reviews Orwell's time spent as an officer in the English Majestic Police in the 1920s.

This remains particularly valid in her sonnet "I Return to May 1937". In this literary analysis of "I Go Back to May 1937", we investigate the tone, scholarly techniques, and subject utilized by the author.

This endurance is attributed to its exploration nature to core values that resonate with the human condition and connect profoundly with this current world.

This endurance is attributed to its exploration nature to core values that resonate with the human condition and connect profoundly with this current world. The play:

A good father is a man who makes sure about and suits his children, who prepares his adolescents, and who endeavors to bring them up to know the difference between extraordinary and terrible.

Hamlet, part 7: plot and character essay, discusses the performance of murder that discerns the guilt brought out by Claudius. It is a critical element of Hamlet's future actions.

As a slave, he didn't get a chance to acquire any education. Nonetheless, his mistress supported him to read and write by teaching him the alphabet.

It strikes each living soul at some point, as it takes an enormously profound, passionate cost. A significant part of what adds to the sentiment of dejection is an absence of enthusiastic sympathy from others.

The story permits the peruser to comprehend the troubles Mother experiences, of not uncovering the citizenship of the nation she has a place with. Nonetheless, taking the pride, of exhibiting the social way of life as 'Blackfoot'.

The recently free slaves were confronted with the issue of making their position in the public eye that once took a gander at them as simply property. During this period, two men became pioneers of two unique thoughts.

Generally, fools had been contracted to commit errors. Dolts may likewise have been intellectually hindered young people put away for the court's diversion, or more noteworthy as often as possible. They had been making a melody, moving to get up comics.

Despite all these twists, though, there’s much to live for, and joyous occasions are bound to come about, giving new meaning and purpose to an individual’s life.

Three rioters are aggrieved that the mysterious figure has killed their friend. One old man directs them to a tree, but on arrival, they find Death nowhere in sight, instead of finding gold coins. This excites them enough to halt their search for death immediately and they start to plot how they will carry the gold and one of the notes that they will be mistaken for thieves if they transport the gold during the day.

That little by little tied a sport-plan of horrendous bodily video games which at very last made John Proctor apprehend his demolition. Unfathomably, Proctor kicks the compartment for lousy behavior. He did not post any higher.

In Franklin's boyhood his father sent him to some institutions in Germany, which were considered to be the best establishments in Europe οf those days. Then Mr. Blake travelled a lot around the world. And each country he had visited laid its influence on him. As he grew and gained his education in such countries as Germany, France and Italy, he imbibed their culture.

Lars Eighner’s essay titled “On Dumpster Diving” is a personal essay in the sense that it tells the autobiographical accounts and experiences of the writer dealing with his homeless lifestyle. The essay can be considered a narrative since though the experiences are personal, they are objective and considered without any intent at conveying pathos.

The concept of the myth is intrinsically linked to the concept of the archetype, which has grown out of Carl Jung’s theories regarding the collective unconscious.  The collective unconscious is “the reservoir of our experiences as a species, a kind of knowledge we are all born with.  And yet we can never be directly conscious of it. 

The author states that it should be noted that ever since classical times, literary works have already been classified into belonging to certain general types. This is seen in literature whose broadest division is between poetry, prose, and drama, within which further divisions are recognized, such as comedy and tragedy within the realm of drama.

     Fanon’s specific standpoint and the insightful attempts to maintain the highest level of objectivity makes the book a significant work that could be analyzed under the major precepts of standpoint theory. A true understanding of the discriminations against the black people can come only from a careful reading of a book like this.