British Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 6

Gloucester, in response to the attack on Edmond, promises to bring Edgar to justice, and also states that he is going to make Edmond his heir.

In its most common use, the word torture refers to "the use of physical or mental pain, often to obtain information, to punish a person, or to control the members of a group to which [...]

In this speech alone we see Mercutio in direct opposition to all of the characters in Romeo and Juliet while at the same time we are provided an alternate point of view to the ideals [...]

Going further, as a whole the literature from the restoration of the monarchy to the rise of the queen in 1702 it was in striking contrast with the ease of the dispositions of court society, [...]

The Romantic period in British Literature is grounded on the nexus of the Enlightenment's encouragement of commerce, rationale, and freedom and the Victorian understanding of industrialization and realm.

The stories of King Arthur are to be read by all means, and this book should be part of the curriculum system.

Thesis The symbol of horse winner symbolizes the "desire" of a family to prosper and flourish, but at the same time, "desire" is a mirage that disappears and leaves nothing to the family.

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.

Katie has a cynical view of the self-righteous concepts of Good News and David. She cannot abide by the concept of goodness which is prevalent in David and Good News.

Verloc is a particularly unique spy character because he fails where the traditional spy succeeds, and lacks the strength and wit of the spy we are familiar with.

Shakespeare's creativity is the top of the English Renaissance and the maximum synthesis of traditions of the all-European culture. The variety of Shakespearian works is worth paying attention to.

The second part is the answer of Thei to her concern and the reaction of the virgin. The second part ends with the words of the virgin that she is not like Thei and is [...]

A person is not only a part of nature and the social world but also pertains to the deepest bases of the Universe in its spiritual sense and the difference between Good and Evil.

One of the functions of the double vision is to offer an escape from reality, and one of the forms this escape often takes is the pastoral.

Sheen is the location for the landing of the fifth alien cylinder and the narrator and the curate are buried under the debris of the house collapsing around them.

As most of the storyline of "Paradise Lost" was created on the basis of Biblical stories, it was considered a book of heavenly-minded character and viewed as a poetical interpretation of the Bible.

The author analyzes the main features of childhood in Victorian novels and tries to explain the image of victimized children predominant in major nineteenth-century novels. The author analyzes the socio-economic conditions of the Victorian era [...]

The third scene is full of phrases and descriptions appealing to the reader. Short phrases deliver messages to the reader about the true essence of Cassius, Casca, and Cicero.

The Four Loves explores the nature of love from a Christian perspective through thought experiments and examples from literature wherein the "need-love" seen in a child for its mother, and the gift-love as exemplified by [...]

In bringing Shakespeare's classic story of Hamlet to the big screen and reset into a modern context, director Michael Almereyda is forced to reinterpret the role of Ophelia due to significant changes in modern women's [...]

Similarly, the theme of darkness, as evident from the title of the work, in its spiritual sphere, underpins the merit of the novella.

With the end of the Victorian period, the sexuality of the English society that did not find its reflection in the cultural phenomenon was striving to express itself in graphic art and at the beginning [...]

Every action and character in the novel, in this manner, is linked to and affected by the role of the scientist protagonist Victor Frankenstein.

The main accent of Empire of the Sun is Jim's growing and getting older from a boy to a man during the war.

In the sky to the northeast of Shanghai, he searches for a flash that temporarily overpowers the dawn and overflows the stadium with a strange light.

He even states this in his assessment: "But the not-self cannot have the bad, meaning they of the government and the judges and the schools cannot allow the bad because they cannot allow the self.

In Peter Pan literature, the writer uses different techniques to deliver his message to the writer. The writer tells a story complete with characters that include Peter Pan, Wendy, John and Jane.

The scene with the leaving bus that is the beginning of the "One Day in December" perfectly emphasizes the potential of this story to become a successful movie.

The story is mostly descriptive and the speaker starts by narrating the "appearance presented by the streets of London an hour before sunrise on a summer's morning". The drunken, the dissipated, and the wretched have [...]

It is valid to say that Braddon represented Lady Audley this way to highlight the subordinate role of a woman in the 19th century and also challenge it.

In both the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and their film adaptations, Sam Gamgee, the character, was a hobbit who becomes Frodo Baggins' close friend in his quest for the 'One Ring'.

In the light of Assadourian's argument concerning the innateness of consumerism in human beings, culture defines norms and values in a society, which are hard to smash when they become normalized.

In the development of this theme, the novel is authored in English. This situation is a demonstration of a community that has not or has refused to assimilate into the English culture.

He was not able to stand the rule of the sheriff who had been employing the dictatorship. By creating this group, there were more plans that Robin was to make to accomplish his task of [...]

The creation of the project about Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and the puzzles the main character has to face with and collect is predetermined by a number of factors: an independent investigation about the [...]

As to the Asians, Crusoe found some that he liked and others he did not, his feelings may have had something to do with religion.

However, Macbeth's wife is murdered and the news is broken to him, and he is drifted into a life of futility and remorsefulness.

The research delves into the love and ethics aspect of the Shakespearean texts. For example, the Shakespeare's play "The Rape of The Rape of Lucrece", the text "I will beg her love, but she is [...]

In this part, the stream of consciousness is used to tap the emotions of the reader about the tour to the western part of Ireland.

More so, the renowned author suggests that it is impossible to get rid of the sinful alter-ego. Stevenson claims that it is impossible to get rid of the alter ego.

The acknowledgment of this serious, sad element of the character's life circumstances reminds the audience of the inescapable nature of many circumstances in life.

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 [...]

Dennis Brent is a character who the author includes in order to represent resilience through his will to survive and adapt for the sake of his family.

Thus, the paper argues that the representation of crime in nineteenth-century literature was based on disparities between the regions of the city as well as the countryside.

Achebe emphasizes that Conrad attempts to show his positive attitude towards Africans, but it is clear that he shares the belief about the superiority of the white race that reigned at that time.

Finally, Adam and Eve had to defend their right to believe and have their faith is the allusion to the changes that were apparent in the religious life of England.

The personal struggle of the protagonist was two-dimensional: the rejection of his own nature and the active rejection of the idea of duty.

In the proposed paper, I plan to analyze the means used for the representation of violence in one of the famous graphic novels of the twentieth century From Hell.

In the background, we see the astonishment on the rest of the boys' faces and the turmoil caused by Oliver's plea.

The narrative observes past and present events that assist in understanding the specific problems faced by the main characters of the novel.

Moreover, it is known that he published it anonymously to ensure that the reader is not aware of what to expect from this proposal.

Later on that evening, Daisy suggests to Winterborne about her wish to ride on the lake and willingly overlooks the appropriateness of the time.

The paper focuses on the main themes of both versions and the way they are delivered, the techniques and methods employed by the authors of both the film and the novel in order to get [...]

In the Congo, he is clearly not in favor of the Africans but as a portrayal of how Africans needed the whites to salvage them from the darkness they were living in.

With the help of relationships between Iago and Othello, Shakespeare conveyed the idea that good and evil have to coexist for the sake of the world balance.

In this talk, Professor Esolen discusses the importance of wonder as one of the main themes in Shakespeare's play The Tempest.

Hyde was not eager to become a part of the community and he tended to avoid communication with members of the society he lived in.

The difference between the Americans and the English and between the peculiarities of their cultures is expressed on the example of the two owners of the Darlington Hall.

This is the only way for the animals to establish equality and create a flourishing, happy and wealthy society."Animal Farm" by Orwell is a description of the metamorphoses that happen within a freedom movement turning [...]

According to the results of the examination, the first paragraph contains a range of key terms, which underline the general idea of the abstract.

One of the reasons why the novel The Remains of the Day is being commonly referred to, as such, that represents a high literary value, is that the themes and motifs, contained in it, do [...]

As its mission, the European imperialism had the "civilization" of the world and expansion of the Christianity over the conquered nations through the forced introduction of the European administrative powers and its culture.

This is seen in his soliloquy "to be, or not to be: that is the question; /Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer?

Although Kim agreed to help Abdullah cross the Canadian border to escape from the FBI because of the tries to overcome biases and state justice, the woman decided to inform the police about the escape [...]

The organisation is running out of funds because the clients, viz.the wealthy travellers, have started avoiding the Sherwood Forest after learning of the existence of Merrie Men. Therefore, Robin faces the threat of the Sheriff [...]

Henry IV Part One is a play about to the story of the heir of King Henry IV Prince Hal. The character of Prince Harry is central in the play Henry IV Part One.

It is also necessary to mention that Donne chooses a very specific realm of the spiritual to show the links between the idea of pure, platonic love and its ore down-to-earth equivalent.

In fact, Mel Gisbon's power as an act does not provide a sufficient understanding of his ability to penetrate to Shakespeare's world and reach the ideas in the play.

The events leading up to the final scene in the film and in the novel with the initial ending are the same.

The events of the past still haunt some of the countries, the relics of the war are still being found in the places of former battlefields, the veterans are being honored and the films about [...]

The first line of the poem creates a picture of the nature around the man: "The sea is calm to-night". The author wants to describe the nature and the place of humans in this world.

The scene divulges the heightened parody presented by Shakespeare where there is bafflement and confusion among the young lovers. The scene sets the stage for confusion in and bickering among the young friends.

The subject of the present paper is argumentative analysis of poetry, hence one of the most famous Shakespeare's sonnets "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day" will be subject to analysis and argumentative response [...]

Though Silas becomes an outsider following the false accusations said against him by his church, he is later the most trusted and the beloved insider of the village following his adoption of Eppie, a girl [...]

On his way to the squash game, the reader realizes that there is a big protest going on in the street, and this is when one comes to know about the political views of Perowne.

But, no matter how strange, awful and bitter it seems, the poet admits that people fail to see that beauty and lose the sense of nature, unity with it completely: "For this, for everything, we [...]

In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis introduces a collection of puzzles that fulfill a human life, make people move and think about the past, present, and future as a one whole, and turn the majority [...]

Moreover, within a tale is a message that aims to influence an audience in a certain way."The Mill on the Floss" contains the message that comes from the teller, which is a reality of the [...]

This paper explores the similarities and dissimilarities between the book's events and the occurrences of contemporary society in 2014. Orwell's accounts in the book 1984 strike many similarities with the events happening in contemporary society.

It appears that the primary role of women in the play is for them to act as a basis on which men are evaluated.

However, he tells the doctor that he is not actually aware of the reasons that are taking him to his death.

Consequently, Othello seeks to distance himself with the misconstrued stereotypes of a 'Moor.' This essay seeks to prove that the main character's sense of identity leads to his self-destruction.

The aim of this essay is to compare and contrast two pieces of prose included in the book: The World of the Small Entrepreneur and The Rhetoric of Competition.

The main character in the first story is driven by curiosity and regret to seek the services of a witch to help her escape her shameful past before she dies.

Bad luck is clear in the story through the inconsistent relationship between King Lear and his daughters as well as from the role of dishonesty and power in the play.

It is significant that the life of people is not the center of the story, the moments and the feelings people experience there are really important in the writing.

The speaker in the poem 'My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing like the Sun' by Shakespeare, is a man trying to find the exact reason for the immense love that he feels for his lover.

The fact that Hal obeys his father's call is important as it shows his obedience to his father. It can be noted that Hal's relationship with his father is strained in the beginning.

This book is important in teaching the audience about honesty, and repercussions of greed. He is unable to work peacefully for the good of his people.

It was her mother who strengthened her resolve to fight the injustice that her father had accorded to her. She also spoke candidly to her daughter by telling her the realities of the situation, and [...]

Kurtz is a great threat to the entire organization especially the powerful position of the manager of the company that Marlow was working with.

The authors point out that it is easier for employees to share information. The authors bring out the complex nature of information age, but emphasize that it is important for individuals to acquire basic technological [...]

Proponents of these poets commend positively on the different approach and styles the authors have adapted, giving them credit on how they have managed to break the monotony by introduced new styles and ways of [...]

However, the emergence of the bill of the right to people's life across the globe is owed to the occurrence of the First and the Second World War.

Guided either by their own principles, as in case of Sir Elliot, or by the convictions of others, as in case of his daughter, the key female protagonist in the story, the characters act on [...]

Moreover the paper also describes the concept of education and upbringing of child through the analysis of charter of Frankenstein in the novel.

The two pieces of work that will be the main area of concern in this analysis are 'A Tale of Two Cities' and 'Oliver Twist'. He speculated about the nature of messages that he sent [...]

The complicating action is the main part of the story and it is the attempt to explain what happen to the main characters.

It should first be noted that Tipping the Velvet has the element of a picaresque novel which means that it describes the adventures of a character, who impersonates oneself as someone else and overcomes various [...]

At the same time, in spite of the seeming dominance of the Eloi, their actual hierarchy gradually switched during the evolution process, as the Morlocks hunt for the Eloi at night and eat them.

From the exclusivity of class experienced in Britain at the time, Karim realized that he was among the disadvantaged people in the society and British natives often had very low expectation of him in this [...]

As an apologetic for Le Guin's choices concerning the sexual landscape of the novel, Cornell's essay attempts to rout critics on two major problems readers encounter with the book; first, that the world of Winter, [...]

This simply means that the present existing organisms descended from somewhere and therefore there is a difference between the organisms that existed millions of years ago and those that are in existence as of now.

Yeats successfully draws the minds of the readers of the reality of the aging population. In the poem, Eliot's is able to draw the conscious of the readers to imagine of the outlook of the [...]

In his view, legitimate authority should be derived from the people since the powers of the monarchs are always destructive because they are used in a way that is inconsistent with the demands of the [...]

An effort is also made to track the changes of the roles of women in the social fabric in the Victorian era by considering The Odd Women by George Gissing written in 1893.

One of the major characters to the plot, Lydgate is a mixture between a positive and a negative character, who, on the one hand, fights stereotypes and, on the other hand, reinforces them, which, combined [...]

The reader will wonder that all the boys respond in the same manner to the sound of the blown shell. The author uses aesthetics to drive emotions out of the reader about the value of [...]

This play is a comedy that seeks to show the author's opposition to susceptibility of women in the Restoration society. On the other hand, Florinda the elder sister wants to marry the man she loves [...]

Despite the fact that the narration does not contain any information about the author, it still manages to convey the world reminding of the remarkable journeys of Christopher Columbus, Jonathan Swift, and Sir Thomas More. [...]

The above-mentioned example can be classified as the means to turn the text into a story, which allows to refer the latter to the narrative style.

In the romantic period, fiction writing attracted a big chunk of the populace, and such it proved a way in which the ideas of the writers and authors alike filtered into the minds of the [...]

This occurred in the late seventeen century and summarily she was quoted to have harbored the ambitions of becoming a Catholic nun in her teenage age.

To discuss the peculiarities of describing the concept of childhood in the novel, it is necessary to focus on the actual substance of childhood as it is and on the impacts of childhood on the [...]

Waters chose to write on the Victorian era because she felt the power structure in this era oppressed the gay and lesbian members of the community.

In spite of the predominance of this vision of the marriage and the woman's role in society, Jane Austen in her Pride and Prejudice proposes several possible variants of realizing the scenario of meeting the [...]

The article is an analysis of the novel as well as an attempt to understand the moral dualism and paradox that haunted the men of the Victorian period to establish a self that wants to [...]

One of the things that Burke seems not to appreciate is the fact that freedom and liberty are not a one-time achievement.

Answering the question why Dorian Gray was motivated to adopt his life philosophy and to lead a double life it is possible to look at the facts.

Nevertheless, the influence of the church in controlling the production and dissemination of knowledge continued to be strong. One of the characters in the work, Sloth, is resentful because the medieval Christians were supposed to [...]