Literature Essays

Given the power of the Adam and Eve creation story and Milton’s Paradise Lost, with its graphic description of God, Satan, and Christian cosmology, it is not a surprise that the theme of dangerous knowledge has such consistency throughout English literature. In Shelley’s Frankenstein, a pursuit of knowledge is a value.

The play “As you like it” commences with a court setting, where there is rampant injustice and violence, which is then juxtaposed with the peaceful, rural setting or Arden forest which is much simpler. He then proceeds to explore the impact of such a juxtaposition of two different environments on his characters.

It is evidently clear from the discussion that to understanding the concept of the tragic hero, it is important to understand the criteria for the archetype that was defined by Aristotle. After studying the character types in a number of classic texts of his own age and earlier, Aristotle said there are six major elements required in the construction of a tragic hero.

This paper highlights that Hemingway sees the war story as a fragmented effort. No one can fully understand the war and its effects on different people and groups. People can only try to understand the war from one viewpoint or another, but in the end, war is all these stories and maybe even more. We can never fully know the entirety of the war.

The author of the paper states that the main themes of the play are jealousy, love, betrayal, tragedy, and racism, which are exemplified by the way that the characters of the players interact with each other and how strongly action is driven not by evidence, but by suspicion and manipulation.

This essay discusses ‘Iron Henry’, the tale, which has European origins. The plot is built around the beautiful but vain princess, and the manner in which she is taught a lesson in honesty and being true to one’s promise, by her own father, the King. It's important to highlight that the story has four main characters.

The story “The Magic Shop” by H. G. Wells is a pure fantasy. The supernatural is pervasive but one is not sure about the presence of supernatural as we remain speculating whether it was the story of some wizard who astonished the boy and his father with his magical tricks or it is a tale of a rendezvous with some unknown creature quite different from human beings.

Janis lived the kind of life every girl dreamed of.  Even though she had never known her mother, she had a father that adored her and made sure she had everything she ever needed.  When they were hungry, he would get them something to eat by talking to the guy at the back door of the closest restaurant. 

Percy Jackson is the protagonist of this well-known fantasy series. Upon discovering that he is the son of the Greek god Poseidon, he learns that what the medical, educational, and familial communities consider to be behavioral disorders are actually normal conditions of demigods, or half-god, half-human beings, such as Percy.

 Othello is one of Shakespeare’s masterpieces. It is especially so because of its vivid characters and wide-ranging themes. There is the Moorish general Othello, who is out of place in Venice, who allows jealousy to get the best of him. And there is Iago, a person who Coleridge once described as embodying “a motiveless malevolence.” 

What Kate Chopin wanted her audience to understand is that women, regardless of how large their family or how dependent their family is, should still be entitled to spoiling and thinking of themselves every once in a while. In this modern age, women are finding it easier to do so; in the 1800s, it was almost impossible 

The whole play fundamentally debates whether to consider marriage as pleasant or unpleasant. Marriage, in the Victorian era, was far less romanticized than what is conventionally reflected in the literature (Ziegenfuss). Marriage indeed assumes a vital role in the overall mood, plot, and formulation of the play “The Importance of Being Earnest”

He loves his father and hopes that he will change his behaviors. Snopes son is already aware that the people in the court are both his and his father’s enemies. He makes up his mind to be loyal to blood relation instead of justice. Gradually his choice to be loyalty to his father changes into loyalty to law and justice

After finishing the rounds, Herriot and his would-be boss stop at a pub. Herriot is extremely lucky to be hired by Siegfried. The author gets into a discussion with a local farmer afterwards. The farmer eventually makes him understand the fact that marshmallow cream is one the most preferred prescriptions for hoof disorders in the region (Herriot 18).

O’Brien eloquently portrays how these brave men had to cover up their fear by looking at death right in the face with a grin. They killed and died bravely because “they were embarrassed not to.” He captures the essence of a heavy burden by stating, "they carried the soldier's greatest fear, which was the fear of blushing” 

The setting is simple and domestic but the story narrated within the story essentially points towards the busy life of New York City epitomizing modernization and liberalization of the gender barrier. The setting supports the theme of neo-feminism and generation differences brought out by the author.

Alice is exposed to more wonders in the well. She eats a cake encrypted ‘EAT ME’ and grows as tall as nine feet.  The rabbit comes there but leaves before Alice could speak anything to it. Alice then starts believing that she is not herself but her friend Mabel. She weeps bitterly as she shrinks again and falls into a sea of her own tears.

The legend of Momotarō(also known as the Peach boy) is one of the most famous Japanese folktales. Momotarō and his mission to subjugate a gang of demons have been narrated and featured in numerous movies, songs, children cartoons, war propaganda, and books not only in Japan but also in many parts of the world

The conclusion from this study states that Hemingway is hailed as the natural descendant of Checkhov. He creates dialogues which are subtle in meaning. They imply something latent than what they say on the surface. He is thus, a master of understatement. His prose style has been lauded by the Nobel Prize committee and his “zero endings,” are exceptional.

Oedipus was destined by a superior power to kill his father and marry his mother, while Othello was responsible for his ruin. Oedipus did not kill his father or marry his mother intentionally, but those crimes happened because of some external superior forces. He kills Laius as he is ignorant that Lauis is his biological father.

Chapter 2 focused on Asher’s first educational experience and the earliest recollection that art was considered a waste of time from the Sitra Achra, or the Other Side, more commonly known as forces of evil. The chapter likewise proffered challenges of Asher’s father, Aryeh, as he decides to work in Europe to be more instrumental.

The paper aims at identifying that irony influences most of the dialogues and events involved in the story and the frequent use of irony succeeds in placing a greater emphasis on the sorrowful outcome of the tragedy. The ironic element used in the tragedy suggests that such facts are seen as holding great potential to drastically change the circumstances.

In a current society where best performance and integrity are engaged for granted, it is crucial for people to take up for what is correct. Walker states that ‘Everyday Use’, is another petite story showing how general it is to stand for one’s philosophy and convictions, especially in ancestral matters.

Pride and Prejudice, the most popular novel by Jane Austen was published in 1813. Her works represent simplicity and straightforward presentation of human life. Besides, the work Pride and Prejudice portrays a rigid class system in English society, especially the middle and higher classes.

This discussion talks that Grimm Brothers’ Cinderella is a creation of a patriarchal society that has some fixed norms and expectations for the fairer sex. It is totally anti-feminist. This story clearly shows that the qualities such as beauty, selflessness, modesty, wealth and piousness are some of the desired traits looked for in a Christian woman.

According to the text, the moral, psychological and intellectual development of the protagonist is carefully depicted in the novel. Admittedly, critics analyze the novel as the perfect picture of the transition from childhood to adolescence which is strictly assisted by her parents, especially mother.

Antigone is not ready even to tolerate the humiliation of her brother’s dead body; it is, therefore, she is determined to bury the corpse according to the prevailing norms and rituals of the Thebes city. Though she has an unabated attachment with his dead brother Polyneices, yet she does not perform it merely out of sheer love for him. 

According to the study, The Relevance that the Study of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has to the Modern World, social power means the differences among important families, tribes, and gangs and how it interferes or helps with the social order. The family order involves the differences between the family's beliefs, religion and culture and how these beliefs affect  Society. 

The concept of the ancient hero is deeply embedded in the history of literature as an indispensable element in an epic story. The hero is the culmination of the strength and power as the epitome of the savior of his community. He is the person leading an army in battle and representing his country in the pursuit of glory and to defend its honor.

The change in the language that the author uses shows the reader the dissimilarity of both ambitions and method of attaining them. While Myrtle being a lower citizen talks without control, Jordan lives her life in diplomacy. Fitzgerald provides no accessibility to her personal world that is later interpreted by Nick for the reader 

When Alice realizes that she has no more options than to continue wandering, she proceeds to the mad hare’s house. There, she finds the hare and the hatter taking tea, but they tell her she cannot sit with them, which she does anyway. A confrontation ensues between her and the animals; in relation to a riddle, she was not able to give an answer to.

The close examination of the topic death and literary contextualization of the works named as The Heroine by Eaton Stannard Barrett and A mother to her waking infant by Joanna Baillie prove that Barrett’s work is symbolic of burlesque/comic novel genre and focuses on the theme of death as a dream or temporary escapade from the material world.

Katherine Mansfield presents the first of these approaches in her short story “The Garden Party” while Virginia Woolf attempts to remove the separation between rationality and irrationality, arguing that the two exist side by side, in her short story “Kew Gardens.” In “The Garden Party”, Katherine Mansfield tells the story of a young girl as she helps her family prepare for a special garden party.

Antonio is a young boy who faces many deaths and has to face issues related to religion. His childhood is disturbed owing to the conflict between his mother trying to make a priest out of him and his father who was ready to help him find his own choice of career. After meeting Ultima he understands that there are other concepts of gods.

The years at the asylum were truly a waste. The time spent pondering about the parallel universe of the sane and insane- Where does one end and the other begins?-- consumed several years of her life. Life and time that can never be turned back. Had she finally truly understood, separated and delineated these worlds so that she can be truly cured?

In Othello the Moor of Venice, the concept of race is addressed as Othello, a Moor is demonized by his wife’s father for supposedly implementing witchcraft in her seduction. In this text racial stereotypes abound, causing critics and contemporary audiences to continue to debate their intended meaning.

Chapter 6 of the book is devoted to returning of Russia to global politics. The author compares its first-rate military potential with the third rate economy. Despite contemporary weakness of Russia, it influences the places where American influence becomes to week, for example, Georgia.

Steinbeck artfully uses foreshadowing to detail the battle between friendship and idealism contrasted with isolation and reality in this tragic Great Depression Era story. Steinbeck himself cared deeply about the lives of migrant workers as evidenced by his compassionate tone and creation of complex characters struggling in a competitive society.  

This also shows that apart from being caring he was also concerned. Moshe was also an awkward person he had strange ways of ways of doing things. He was also gentle and very religious. He created time daily in his busy schedule to study Talmud. He was hardworking as well; this is coming out when he studies Kabula by night and Talmud by day.

Hobbes contributed much to political philosophy with the main notable ideas being modern founder of the social contract tradition and also life in the state of nature is poor and short (Hobbes and Gaskin, 1998, p. 54) He also developed European fundamental liberal thoughts such as the rights of individual and equality nature of men.

The main point of the second chapter is the possibility that a number of factors unrelated to the true value of a commodity. The first chapter established the fact that people lack an insight on determining the integral value of products, the second chapter contends that the first value tag is the decisive one.

This essay demonstrates that psychoanalytic readings of the play identify his predicament as the outcome of ‘Oedipus complex’, derived from the Greek play by Sophocles, and referring to a state where the son undergoes a phase in which his subconscious mind fosters a libidinal drive towards the mother.

In addition, the theme of knowledge leading to destruction is probably coming from the influence of the Church. Women at their time are more religious than men, being intellectually limited in society, while men tend to be more scientific in approach. Thus, this book places a limitation on what is man’s domain, and what is God’s domain.

Ibsen has captured a woman’s fancy of being loved and protected by a strong yet loving male persona (Shideler). Ibsen questions such wishful thinking and refers it to be an extension of the male-dominated structure of society and the way it has conditioned the thoughts of both the sexes regarding their respective roles.

This paper tells that Wilson received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1987 and 1990; Hughes received awards and recognition as being listed as one of 100 Greatest African Americans to having a series of postal stamps designs in 2002. Strangely, both were said to have had strained relationships with their fathers and came from a racially mixed background.

This article came from a popular magazine in the sports world. The readership of this publication views this source as reliable. The article was detailed on the subject and included verifiable facts. The drawback of this source was that it was a shorter article and was not as consistent with the other information that I had found.

Decay creeps in toward the end of the poem as “evil things in robes of sorrow” that “old time entombed”. Images such as the “red-litten windows” symbolizing red-rimmed eyes, “a ghastly rapid river” and “a hideous throng” symbolizing thoughts and ideas turned bad, work together to complete the horror of the poem 

Ivan Ilyich lived in St.Petersburg with his family. His life is without worries and he is always struggled to raise his social status in the society. For this purpose, he has to become a the person like others. Ivan Ilyich is sick of his wife, who has nothing new instead of demanding all the time but he, his relations with her.

According to Bradley, “There is practically no doubt that Othello was the tragedy written next after Hamlet”, “[and it] is the most painfully exciting and the most terrible” (Bradley, 1905 p.176). Othello is probably the most neatly, the most formally constructed of Shakespeare’s plays. While dealing with the concept of a tragedy and tragic hero, the majority of the researchers adopt the studies of the great thinker and scholar Aristotle. 

According to the paper, The Work Created by the Spanish Choreographer Juan Ignacio Duato, Duato began his dancing career in England since Spain did not have reputable dance schools. At age 16, he attended Ballet Rambert School.".  Although he was told that his age served as a barrier to dance, but his teachers told him that he possessed something inspiring.