British Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 2

In the reality of the world that the book inhabits, the Eloi, who live above ground, represent the upper class, and the Morlocks, who live below ground, represent the lower class.

Shelley uses the anguish of both Frankenstein and the Monster to warn readers of the negative consequences of the pursuit of knowledge.

He lauds "the book's anti-imperialist theme...a stinging indictment of the callous and genocidal treatment of the Africans, and other nationals, at the hands of the British and the European imperial powers," and also details the [...]

Therefore, the flying island is an expression of the defection of the world of realness and also the transformation of the universe into a mechanically skilful living.

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.

These behaviors include understanding love and care, the role of parents, and fears of sharing affection. Victor believes that he should reflect his parents' love for him to the creature.

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 first song, sung in the tavern, at the insistence of Sit Andrew and Sir Toby Belch for a love song, is a recitation of what is going on in the play and it hints [...]

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 [...]

Trapped by the Indian culture into a marriage she objected, Jasvinder's sister had to endure the suffering without sympathy from the parents. The title of the book symbolizes the story of a girl who caused [...]

The paper looks at the ethical issues that the author highlights in her paper, such as the promotion of artificial life to help in the development of the discussions of this paper. Victor Frankenstein is [...]

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 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 [...]

This paper explores the theme of sense and sensibility, and the lack of it, in details and shows how each of the characters stands out in relation to the theme.

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 [...]

In The Tempest, the sea is presented as a strict and impartial element: "When the sea is. In The Tempest, an island is a place of isolation for several people: great magician Prospero and his [...]

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.

When I was a child, these characters seemed to be very voluminous and deep, in contrast to the characters of the jury, the duchess, and the queen.

The ball scene in the novel, Emma, however, has some marked differences from the frat party scene in the film, Clueless.

Hogwarts is a high street located in London it has accessibility to the wizardry world and is of economic importance to the country, it is clear from this statement that the people of London rely [...]

Orwell draws on his own personal experiences in the context of political terrorism to describe a life, lived in fear and guilt.

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 [...]

Since the beginning of the play edited by Roma Gill, Brutus is presented as a character who is very close to Caesar and is a "great friend" of his.

With a couple of bright original metaphors, a writer helps a reader to understand a character's emotions, to imagine setting with the minor details, and to feel the atmosphere of the moment.

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 [...]

In the novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dorian is a handsome man and wants to maintain that image. People do respect and value life in the novelThe Picture of Dorian Gray.

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 [...]

Generally, such important themes as legalism, guilt, immorality, and sin related in the novel may be discussed through the prism of historicism, and even the very title of the novel featuring the word "scarlet" or [...]

It is important to examine the role that the setting plays in Hamlet and Macbeth in relation to the tragic flaw and developments of the plot.

This paper is a review of the main character, Margaret Hale and will also look at the social and economical and political transitions/issues that occur in the story.

In the times gone by, there was a period when scholars and knowledgeable people on the whole, tended to assume the primary half of the eighteenth century as the "Age of Pope".

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.

Pride and Prejudice is, first of all, a profoundly realistic representation of characters and tempers, albeit not of the English society as a whole, but of its privileged groups since the end of the 18th [...]

The poem is written as a couplet because most of the lines are of the same length that makes it melodic, pleasant to read, and easy to perceive.

They are the symbolic image of Hamlet's father the ghost of the King, the flowers and Ophelia, the skull, and the grave of Yorick.

In spite of the fact that during the period of the English Renaissance the concept of gender was socially constructed and associated with a range of conventions, in Twelfth Night, Shakespeare reveals the social distribution [...]

The poem is rightfully regarded as one of the best literary works in the world literature due to the stunning imagery with its special grave mood created by the author and the use of bright [...]

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.

She narrates how being in the forest to sway his love is more of a drama and effect that she needs to beg him to love her.

While discussing the main characters, one is to keep in mind that the creator of the monster Victor Frankenstein and his creature are the principal figures of the novel.

As a recap, to the thesis of this essay, the representation of a hero in early literature was closely linked to the culture that produced it. The above portrayal of a hero is slightly distinct [...]

Margery stands out as a sympathetic character to the extent that sees her rejection by the society in the country, which does not accommodate people with such magnitudes of ingeniousness, simplicity and honesty that she [...]

The novel's main conflict revolves around negligence of responsibility in the name of ambition and the consequences of such actions. Refusing to take responsibility for producing a monster, the scientist loses his loved ones at [...]

The ideas presented in the novel seem to be rather sceptical (problems of the narrative style) satire of European culture and politics.

In both The Rape of the Lock and Modest Proposal, the writers use irony to satirize and mock the socio-political attitudes and values in British society in the 18th century.

As the author observes in his own words, most of the remarks from the aunt's side would be fraught with the authoritative term 'Do not' while nearly all the remarks by the children countered with [...]

She chooses to stay patient when the very light of her life, Othello, accuses her of being a woman of foul character and strikes her.

The unplanned overnight stay of King Duncan and his entourage at Macbeth's castle precipitates Macbeth's first fateful decision: to murder King Duncan and clear the way for the witches' prophecy to come true.

A lot of coined description had been made out of the character of Kurtz the captain of the ship, Director of the Companies that sailed and explored a part of Africa for ivories in the [...]

In some ways, Alice resembles the ideal female character of the period, but there are also several ways in which she breaks the mold, such as in her willingness to assert herself and her ability [...]

There is no denying the importance of the fact that the whole fabric of Shakespeare's tragedy unfolds in Hamlet subjective perception and interpretation of his uncle and mother' treason.

While the possession of the ticket is meant to be a matter of lucky chance, Veruca gets one as a result of her father's enormous wealth and determination to provide her with it.

Devoted to the description of the life of a human being, the book, though, manages to combine this description with the visions of nature of the jungle and the laws according to which animals live [...]

The author expresses his affection to a person he does not name, yet it is suspected that the mysterious object of the poet's admiration who is mentioned in most of the other sonnets is a [...]

The tale is a fabliau as it involves a trick carefully crafted in the story to satirize realism in the medieval society.

It can seem that Karim does not proud of the fact that he was born and brought up as the Englishmen, but the development of the situation supports the progress of the inner conflict because [...]

The disguising behavior brings a good deal of confusion in the love of Orsino and Viola, a conflict that continues in the rest of the story leading to sufferings of Malvolio who is tricked by [...]

The poem not only depicts the scenery and the natural world in the border of the mountain but also describes the river that flows from its summit.

There is no point Emma is letting go of her beliefs, and what is right to her; it is right to others.

Therefore, exploring the history of Emily Bronte's family and education explains the factors that influenced her works and writing style. In conclusion, this essay explored the history of Emily Bronte's life to define the factors [...]

Soliloquies maintain significant place in the play Hamlet, which start with the beginning of the play, and chase the protagonist almost near the close of the end of the play.

Newspeak proponents are members of the Party who are determined to remove all words and phrases that have anything to do with freedom, rebellion and oppression among other afflictions of the regime.

Her younger sister is also not in keeping with her expectations and is rather manipulative and irritating to her in view of her being a hypochondriac.

As she struggles between the strict social mores of her community and the desires of her heart, Lucy is influenced by both her own internal experiences and the external behaviors of those around her, finally [...]

The 'Heart of Darkness' is replete with symbolism, from the beginning till the end, and Conrad uses nature to symbolize every situation in the story.

He in this way believes that Iago is an honest man and trusts him to an extent that, he leaves him with his wife and entrusts him to take care of his wife through the [...]

The play revolves around the two opposing forces: truth and deceit, and we see a contrast between the importance of being true to one's self and the importance of being truthful with others.

The first example of the subverted power dynamic is at the very beginning of the story. The writer shows that power comes at a certain price, and in the case of the main character, he [...]

He felt the pain of killing the man and became an outlaw living in the forest. He became an outlaw in the early19th century.

Pip is the narrator in this context; he is telling the story of his encounter with Joe, an old friend, at a particular point in time.

Swift does conduct some math to establish the number of miscarriages, deaths, and the number of children born in a year.

When I read the story for the first time, it hardly drew my attention to the words chosen by the author to depict this scene. And why earlier in the text the author used the [...]

At the same time Jane Eyre symbolizes the struggle of the social classes in 19th century England. The story traced the development of the ten year old child as a hapless prey in an oppressive [...]

Statement of the Research The underlying principle of this research undertaking is to examine the character traits of Frankenstein as a monster.

At the beginning of the play, he decides to abdicate his throne and divide his kingdom among his three daughters. This choice eventually undermines the ethical integrity of this character, and he murders murder to [...]

The Romantic era of art and literature is a movement which started in Europe at the end of the 18th century, peaking around the time between 1800 and 1840.

Other than narrating the event on the battlefront, the book gives a picture of the backroom events that the leaders of the different countries were engaging in such as making appointments, which had a bearing [...]

To understand the meaning of the name for the person's identity and the meaning of the appearance and clothes for being recognized and accepted in society, it is necessary to analyze the relationship between Moll [...]

Jane Eyre appears to have great self esteem even though she is an orphan and has a lot of negative energy and criticism around her in the shape of her aunt and cousins.

He chooses to stay on, despite his clear disapproval of the society around him Before his trip to the wilds, he becomes aware of the imminent threat of exile.

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 [...]

The mistrust grows, culminating in the assassinations of Emilia, Roderigo, and Desdemona, as well as Othello's death. In truth, Iago's evilness inspires Roderigo's jealousy and Othello's misgivings of his own innocent wife, Desdemona.

Darcy is a character who is able to evolve over the span of the story, and eventually, he recognizes his mistakes.Mr.

The paper will include the explanation of the letters' primary function and the analysis of letters. Gardiner to Lizzy is significant in a way that it changes the latter's perception of Darcy.

Knowing that the monster intended to cause yet more destruction in the world and who the monster was likely to target, Frankenstein's deliberate refusal to do anything to help his creation comprises another instance of [...]

The higher a person's rank, the more he is expected to honor the code and the harder it is for him to conceive of someone else breaking it.

When Alexander the Great died, Aristotle fled to Chalcis, where he died the following year at the age of about 62 William Shakespeare was a strong adherent of Aristotle in his writings.

In this novel, the author tried to show the whole tragedy and futility of war. Dalloway", Virginia Woolf tried to show the world through the eyes of different characters: those, who were in some way [...]

The narrator in the beginning of the story clearly states that he is not insane but his actions make the reader frown at his sanity.

However, in exploring Maggie Tulliver's character and peculiar experiences, Eliot attempts to convey her ideas about the place of a woman in society, giving the character a critical role to play in the novel.

The author's attitude is obvious, and it is noticeable that Orwell, who performs his duty, is not ready to accept the reality in which a person is deprived of life by force.

Ann Radcliffe's "The Romance in the Forest" explores the relationship between Adeline and the men in the book. Adeline is the lead character in the book, and she is supposed to exemplify the strength of [...]

For instance, the author ridicules this blind loyalty to Gradgrind's philosophy and outlines various ways it has affected the lives of his children and people that surround him.

Masculinity may explain the character of the forceful male or the threatening female who bears the forces of a man. Cottom explains that the Gothic uses "manipulation of the thoughts, and images to the figure [...]

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.

In the first line a simile has been used."My mistress eyes are nothing like the son," in this case he tries to indicate that the eyes of her loved one are not good compared to [...]

However, while Wollstonecraft approaches the solution to the problem from the educational viewpoint and claims that the key to a successful and full-fledged participation of woman in social and family life lays in proper education, [...]

However, he is now regarded as one of the influential figures in the history of both poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age since his works talk about the supremacy of the imagination over [...]

The research focuses on the summary of Phyllis Roth's critical analysis of the Bram Stoker's Dracula novel. The writer uses the quotes to show proof of the author's understanding of the Bram Stoker's Dracula novel.

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.

That the Harry Potter books are written in a fashion robust enough to allow for close reading, for example, in the context of the monomyth of the hero, or in light of philosophical concepts, is [...]

The role of setting in Anthony Burgess's dystopic novel A Clockwork Orange can be defined in a similar manner even though it does not immediately affect the way in which novel's characters address existential challenges, [...]

For example, the idea of prioritizing one's own benefits is discussed as the writer presents such characters as the miller and the reeve.

The love that Hamlet has for Ophelia is demonstrated in letters that he wrote to her. Hamlet reminds Ophelia that he is in love with her in the later stages of Act 3 of the [...]

However, the world of wizards or wizardry that Harry lives in is secretive and is unknown to the non-magical people or the Muggles.

This essay will discuss why the relationship between Othello and Desdemona was doomed from the start and how their tragic fate relates to the topic of jealousy.

At the same time, it is beyond doubt in the basement Macbeth's character is clean and as a soldier, he is true to his job and his king.

Brown is the consideration of a character in literature in the context of analyzing the works and literary techniques used by the novelists that were contemporary to Wolf.

In this respect, it is of paramount importance for us to mention the symbol of the beast, or some sort of threat.

The story is considered to be rather sophisticated in analysis and structure consisting of three volumes "the Fellowship of the Ring", "the Two Towers", and "The Return of the King".

While he does not take any lengthy journeys outside of his familiar region, the narrator of "Shooting an Elephant" relates an incident in which he found himself forced to shoot an elephant by the limitations [...]

When David and Harriet went on holiday's with the children, usually Harriet's mother Dorothy looked after Ben, but one day she suggested that they send Ben to the institution, but Harriet was against the idea [...]

Previous to he was able to try to enter the university; the immature Jude was influenced into getting married to a rather uncouth and outward confined girl, Arabella Donn, who left him in two years.

The style in which Zadie Smith writes serves as a shorthand to introduce the reader to a situation that can be regarded as ethically or socially problematic and approached from the perspective of Zadie Smith's [...]

Instead, she wants to provide her readers with a chance to position themselves toward the residue of the past experiences of the country that still can be felt on the streets of modern London.

The coherence of language and lucidity of communication is the central theme of Lewis Carroll's Adventures of Alice in Wonderland. This is reaffirmed in the episode when Alice becomes very tall and speaks to a [...]

By analyzing the descriptions of the Wife's visual image, as well as her perspectives on the issues of marriage, it is possible to identify why the character challenges the conventional notion of wifehood.

In such a case, it shows that Friedman perceives the imagery of water as a part of change according to which one surrenders to the process of accomplishing the wouldouble vision'.

In the story The Birds, Du Maurier posits, "The birds had been more restless than ever this fall of the year". In addition, the story is more believable as compared to the movie.

However, in Act 1, scenes 1 to 4, the audience is introduced to Macbeth's increasing fear and the developing desire to be the king. It appears that the desire to be the king overrides his [...]