The story captures the violent reality of colonialism as the narrator unfolds the events of the actual shooting and the description of the slow and painful death of the elephant that seemed peaceful in hands [...]
The narrator's family is not socially stable and her mother, Boudi, falls in love with Pranab, a stranger that the family has taken in as a friend. The major characters in the story are the [...]
His need to exert vengeance for the death of Elizabeth and Henry proves that he had a desire for a family but chose not to work on it.
According to Wyke, the play explores the dramatic structure of Julius Caesar's ambition to take to the throne of the Roman Empire.
Heart of Darkness reflects the paradoxes of imperialism in the late 19th century through exposing the exploitation of foreign lands and people, Africa and the Africans in particular; the novel uses its characters and their [...]
Most of the lines end midway in what Shapiro calls "enjambment"."Once the structure of this epic is revealed, the meaning of the episodes become intelligible as part of the narrative structure".
Shakespeare uses dramatic irony to amuse the audience and to show the level of deception developed by the main character. The porter gives a clear picture of what is about to happen.
By opposing the monster created by a scientist and the creator, Victor Frankenstein, the author alludes to the true meaning of being a human beyond the mere form of existence but rather living by virtues.
However, at the same time, these breaks from the traditions incited a response reaction in favor of more traditional social roles in other areas, such as the refutation of male sexual relationships to the extent [...]
The Morlock live in the underworld and only to appear during the daytime to hunt for the Eloi and feed on them.
By cooking the "murder weapon", she has partially destroyed any evidence linking her to Patrick's death. First, she offers the detectives a drink, possibly alcoholic and bids her time.
The present paper argues that in Part 3, the author displays satire through the characters of Laputa's desperate rulers and Lagado's gifted scientists, who waste their time for useless experiments, and senile, envious immortals, whereas [...]
There is a certain discrepancy in the way Shakespeare's Hamlet and Gibson's hero unveil the tragic style of the play. This assumption is justified by the scenes from the movie because many of the dialogues [...]
Shelly examines the statue, constructing an image of the king and his rule only to rip it apart in the latter half of the poem by pointing out that there was very little left of [...]
In the context of the "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", the pentangle brings together the influence of "the five virtues, the five wounds of Christ, the five senses, the five joys of Mary the [...]
In Woolf's Professions for Women, the Angel in the House symbolizes the expectations of the society from what a woman should be; this Angel in the House got in the way of Woolf's writing and [...]
The object of the poem is the definitive extoling of the British Queen who is seen as the vehicle of advancement and modernity in India, which is described as a "Jungle".
Woodfield is in the stage of depression in his grief, he loses his son and suffers a stroke. Woodfield and his former boss are in the stages of depression and acceptance, where Woodfield feels restricted [...]
The play presents readers with the world of royalty and the well-knit state; the world of Duncan, his two sons, Banquo, Macbeth and the whole of Scotland and England.
The relationships between Dorian Gray, Lord Henry, and Basil Hallward are all different yet interesting to analyze. The Picture of Dorian Gray explores topics of male friendship and feelings.
Realism as the definition of the novel hid what the novel originally stood for which is the variety of human experiences.
Antonia Susan Byatt, in the story "The Thing in the Forest", provides her interpretation of the well-known scenario of encountering the symbolic monster.
Despite the fact that human beings have a passion for understanding God's mind, their minds cannot fathom the puzzling creation of a lamb and a tiger."The Lamb" and "The Tiger" are two poems written by [...]
The author presents a solution to this question by demonstrating through the main character, Rita, that education can upgrade the diminished position and status of women in society. Education is Rita's expedition of self-realization to [...]
The jealousy displayed by Othello and the villainous nature of Lago are some of the qualities that impress the readers of the play.
The fire symbolizes the ambivalent nature of the creation: one the one hand, it grants rebirth and creates life, one the other mercilessly punishes people. The fire in the novel is the ultimate power regulating [...]
Despite the description of a being created by Frankenstein as a wretch and the evil that he commits, he causes the feeling of sympathy.
The major plot involves the courtship and love dilemmas of Duke Orsino, Lady Olivia, and Viola. In a conversation with the captain, she learns of the courtship between Orsino and Olivia.
Although the dark and horrific motifs of Frankenstein may appear to contrast with the bright tones and subjects of such poetry, there is a clear connection, as established in the text, between the poetry of [...]
The idea is that we are born with both the capacity of good and the capacity of evil and that the way we are raised, or the environment in which we live determines how we [...]
It is stated that the pigs take over the management of the farm and begin making all of the decisions, such as when to harvest the crops and how to distribute the food.
The story centers on the theft of a holy Muslim relic, which is characteristic of one of the main themes of postcolonial literature.
By focusing on relationships, the author of the play highlights the impact of deception to unity, love and happiness. Due to the constant practice of deceit among the characters, Claudio believes that Don Pedro is [...]
He wanted to talk about his perception of death and framed the poem in a way that seemed like he was talking to death.
Throughout this sonnet, the speaker attempts to explain to his friend the challenges of old age. Therefore, the structure of the quatrains and images contribute to the overall efficiency of this sonnet.
Another tragedy in the novel appertains to the difficulties that faced Victor and his family after the creation of the monster.
Murder in the Cathedral is a tragic theater that explores the conflict between the values of the world as represented by the murderous knights and King Henry II and the values of the spirit.
In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the theme of the misuse and abuse of knowledge and science is both a warning and a critique of humanity's hubristic pursuit of power without responsibility or consideration for the consequences.
After making sure that the mistress is convinced, the speaker now explores the goodness of sex and claims that through sex, they would release the frustrations that have taunted them for a long time.
Hamlet, shocked by the revelation and shaken to the core by the knowledge of his mother's role in the act, immediately makes his intention clear in the presence of the ghost.
It has been argued that the Miller's tale reflects a fall in social status a from the noble intentions of the characters in the Knight's Tale, and their noble standing as well, in contrast to [...]
In addition, Ferdinand is used to show the theme of 'service to duty'. In this case, it is clear that the reference to Caliban is used to show the different forms of servitude.
Other farm owners try to attack the Animal Farm but Snowball lead a successful defense in the battle of the Cowshed and gains much worship amongst the animals.
The creature embodies the Romantic ideal of the sublime as a dual force of beauty and terror, symbolizing the power of nature and the unknown.
Therefore, even when Heathcliff wants to change and be a better person, he is not given a chance due to constant abuse and the inability to marry the person he loves due to the same [...]
When they are presented with the monkey's paw, they ignore the warnings and refuse to get rid of the wish-granting item. The consequences of whishing on the monkey's paw do not hesitate to knock on [...]
Hamlet assumes the role of both the father and the son and the need to detect his identity about his idea of the father becomes problematic in the presence of his mother.
When Hamlet's father requests him to avenge his death against King Claudius, he is unable to carry out his revenge. In addition, Shakespeare mission to delay Hamlet's plan to avenge his father's death highlights the [...]
This essay offers a psychoanalytic reading of the novel Sons and Lovers and addresses the psychological needs of Paul and Gertrude Morel both conscious and unconscious and examines how the dynamics of their relationship mirror [...]
However, when the police came to the Old Man's house he gives himself away to the police because he hears the heart of the old man beating behind the floorboard and this incident may suggest [...]
This is where we learn of the magic power of the Monkey's Paw in granting wishes. In the first part of the story, Mr.
However, based on the prologue and description of the man, it can be understood that he is a simple representative of the working class.
The poem is a rendition of the fall of man as written in the Bible The author's purpose, as stated in the book, is to expound on the conflict between man and God.
Although Algernon's view on love and marriage is not known during the conversation with his butler, we get to know his thoughts on the subject in a monologue where he claims that marriage is an [...]
The language used in the poem sound like, an adult is explaining the details of a model village to a child and the voices in the poem represent a village community.
Frankenstein is a ruthless man who can stop at nothing in his pursuit of knowledge, and when he discovered the secrets of life, he uses it to create a monster.
Among the things, the novel implicitly refers to the age-old nature vs.nurture debate about whether one's personality is defined by the inborn qualities or the upbringing one receives in the course of one's life.
The idea that knowledge can be a curse is portrayed because the creature that the protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, has created relying on his knowledge harms himself and his family.
If the formalist theory is applied to Jane Eyre, the main point of such analysis would be the form of the novel, its structure, and the imagery.
Through the novel, it becomes evident that it is the government that poisoned rivers and initiated a series of acts of terrorism.
In sum, through the character of Victor, Shelley portrays that a person matures when he can accept responsibilities for his actions and their consequences.
That is the point in the story, where the artist develops the character of the narrator, who is among the characters of the story, and more than that of the artist writing the story, thus [...]
It is important to note that Jamila's personal identity depends on the concept of liberty as the reaction to the attempts to discriminate immigrants in the British society, the attempts to impose the traditional vision [...]
It needs to be studied and that is why the poet travels across the seas and decides to arrive at the "holy city of Byzantium": the holy city is a sort of paradise that the [...]
In a large extent, food is also used as a sign of respect and hospitality to visitors and also as a form of socializing.
The contestation was largely influenced by the Enlightenment led by the philosopher David Hume, who argued that there were different species of people and non-European species were "naturally inferior to the whites".
In this situation, the nature of the darkness and the element of the sublime reaches much deeper into the human soul, suggesting that the governess cannot see the truth because of the darkness in her [...]
Mary Wollstonecraft expressly makes her stand known in advocating for the rights of the women in her novel, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, but her daughter is a bit reluctant to curve a [...]
Her assertion is that science is equal to power, the power to create. Frankenstein reads like a warning to the modern world about the dangers of science.
As a fact, based on the way the author strategically presents various characters, psychological critics have suggested that some characters in the A Midsummer Night's Dream can be seen as representations of the ego, the [...]
Purpose of the research The purpose of this study is to compare specific women characters in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and Hamlet and to explore their similarities in terms of their passivity, relationships with other characters [...]
The Asian world has always been a mystery for the Western civilization; the former lives according its own laws which the European culture conceive completely, envisions the world, its origins and the way its elements [...]
The relationship between the author and the parents is strained because of the author's decision to move to California, as explained in the story where the author states, "My relationship with my parents had become [...]
The third part of the essay reflects Orwell's personal motives in writing and the development of his style which is rather "public-spirited" because Orwell wanted to reflect the social issues in writing.
The following is, therefore, an analysis of the difference in characters between the Nightingale and the lady in the story. This is despite the fact that she knows the boy to a certain extent.
Post-structuralism theory is one of those that is perfectly applied to the Carroll's Alice in Wonderland by means of pure relation between language and social organization, between different kinds of feminism and power, and the [...]
The novel touches on the theme of opposition between fact and fancy and lastly, it dwells on the importance of femininity.
The lead character in the story is Ebenezer Scrooge; the ghosts that led Scrooge to repentance and redemption include the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come.
The form of the play expresses its realism in the brevity of the play and in the naturalness of the lines.
The paper demonstrates the relevance of Othello to the contemporary audience by highlighting the existence of the major issues Shakespeare addresses in this play.
The review of Book 1 of the poem will highlight the age of the poem. The mentioning of the pagan deities in the Bible, particularly in the Old Testament is likened by the poet to [...]
It also points to have a warning note to it in the subtitle against the over-ambition of the modern man and the impacts of the Industrial Revolution and French Revolution containing both enormous assurance and [...]
In Shakespeare's play, Macbeth is portrayed as a tragic hero who succumbs to his ambitions and the manipulative influence of his wife, Lady Macbeth.
Bennet cares for her daughters and husband, despite the ways she chooses to show her thoughtfulness that is often improper or inconsiderate, which makes her a good wife and mother.
Theodore Dalrymple, in his work "The Frivolity of Evil", argues that most of the misfortunes that people face throughout life arise from the realization of the consequences of the actions.
Stryver who is referred to as a fellow of delicacy is proved to a fellow of no delicacy at the end of the story while Sydney Carton who was referred to as a fellow of [...]
The first part of the story depicts the attempts of the machines to answer the first question of the paragraph under analysis, whether the men were broken down.
The analysis of the overall philosophy of Burgess and the meaning of the novel reveals that the twenty-first chapter plays a crucial role in delivering the main message of the possibility of moral evolution and [...]
Considering the Elizabethan times much was expected from women in terms of respect and submissiveness to the men in that society, such that a daughter going to an extent of going against a fathers choice [...]
In the first novella entitled Morpho Eugenia, the author has examined the nature of the human soul including how it relates with the other people.
According to Bandy, the selfish nature of the grandmother and her disregard to her family is evidenced when she seems to care the safety of the other family members.
The monster then travels to Geneva and meets a little boy called William in the woods, where he hopes that the young boy who is not yet corrupted by the views of older people and [...]
The setting of the book is in a Greek society where Philip is the king. The king enlists the services of the well-travelled Leonidas to be young Alexander's teacher since he has attained the age [...]
Women were under the care of the men of their families, and the search for a husband was the main path to higher status and wealth.
Providing the title for the work, Orwell seems to ask the questions about the differences in the regime of the Soviet Union and irrational rule of animals at the farm.
The very title of the Narayan's 'The Guide' is ambiguous since the main character, Raju, is a tour guide. In other words this is a modern India, and there is a complex interplay of forces; [...]
The play within a play is one of many tactics Hamlet employs over the course of the play to delay the revenge and therefore avoid his own death.
Both are realists, intelligent and intuitive, especially when it comes to unearthing the pretense and fakeness from the people and society around them, and they experience immense amounts of such shams the more they interact [...]
In addition to making him and his creature be isolated, Viktor does not accept the idea of duty and responsibility for his actions because of his inability to understand what it means to be responsible [...]
The public was becoming more and more involved in the debates being waged, particularly as newspapers and other periodicals became more prevalent with the introduction of the printing press, introducing and maintaining widespread discourse in [...]
As a result, the poet refers to the representation of the Fall, the metaphor that allows Wordsworth to render the transition between youth and adulthood, reason and emotion, gain and loss, experience and innocence.
Through the description of the contrasting characters of the Summoner and the Parson, the narrator is able to draw the picture of the Catholic Church during the nineteenth century.
The milieu in which the novel, Frankenstein; The Modern Prometheus is situated served as a warning to people that the technological developments brought about by the quest for knowledge could bring about the very threat [...]
Literary works are essential sources of information that can help in building values and determining what is really important in a person's life."The mill on the floss" by George Eliot is a novel that presents [...]
If Mary Shelley was for the idea of cloning technology, I think her novel would have ended up with Frankenstein creating a female companion for the monster to compliment the theme of love in the [...]
The other characteristic about the presentation of the setting is that the author uses symbols to direct the leader to the theme of the story and the meanings.
In the novel, the author compares this garden to Darcy's perception of himself. He boasts about how he knows the number and the location of each and every tree in the garden.
The essay delves on the power of Puck to change the love interests of the two parties. In the timeless Shakespearean masterpiece, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Puck is the most important and dynamic character in [...]
The name of the novel as Frankenstein conceals the major occurrence of the novel, hence, masking the intentions of the writer at first.
The actual name of the character "Green Knight" is not provided, but throughout the poem, the person is described as "green" and thus the color green describe the person himself.
The ghosts' conversation reveals a couple looking for their treasure, love, and the author creatively lets the reader intermittently shift between conscious and subconscious moments to the very end of the story.
This paper will explore the notion of narcissism and use examples from Bronte's s novel to prove that Mr. Rochester consistently behaves in a way that forces the reader to question the moral integrity of [...]
Frankenstein and Wells's recognize outcomes of genetic engineering and scientific experiments that lose locus of control and result in to unexpected outcomes that add a new dimension of the body of knowledge to the literature [...]
The central theme of the story is the reflection of the biblical features on the characters' actions and morality. Parker, the protagonist of the story, depicts the features of the biblical concepts burning the tree [...]
It is the age of change and social advances as well as the age of the strict social structure and a severe regard for the customs of the past.
Considering this, the present paper will analyze the validity of the given statement by drawing on the experiences of characters in Lord of the Flies and evaluating the conditions in which they lived.
Many people acknowledge that William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is one of the most significant and powerful works of the 16th century.
The writer makes the reader believe in his dream world where children become champions and where, unlike the real world, the good always wins over evil.
At the beginning of the poem, Arnold has used the sight of sea scenery, where the reader is introduced to a 'calm and relaxing sea'.
In spite of the fact, Winston is inclined to rebel against the authorities and regime, his character cannot be discussed as heroic because Winston's will is weak, his fears are stronger than his intentions, and [...]