British Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 6

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.

Her "Mill on the Floss" vehemently reveals an indescribable conflict in Maggie's innocent mind; one the one side there was the matter of the Tulliver family's ego and prestige, and on the other side it [...]

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 [...]

In their works, Tartuffe and Gulliver's Travel, Moliere and Swift depict social and political situations and ridicules the governmental system and false values existing in the society.

A careful analysis of Lady Macbeth's intensely complicated character and her role in the play proves that Shakespeare is actually a feminist writer.

The aim of the study is to relate the perennial appeal of the text to the particular point of view it presents on economics and political relations; on family life and social structure; on art [...]

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 [...]

The books referred to were "book 1-The Sword in the Stone, book 2-The Queen of Air and Darkness, book 3-The Ill-Made Knight and book 4-The Candle in the Wind, The author Terence Hanbury White who [...]

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.

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.

The main theme of the story is the love relations between Samson and Delilah. In spite of romantic scenes and love relations, these stories are a part of Lawrence's response to the war.

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 [...]

The passage selected for close reading refers to the narrator's depiction of the time he met a young lady and did not dare speak to her despite being attracted to the girl.

The story, as a monument to aestheticism, however, is supportive of the idea of individuality and shows not the Victorian disciplining of evil, but the aesthetic punishment of likelihood.

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.

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.

The burden of waiting feeds her fear, and Zoe suddenly understands that she is extremely uncomfortable due to the decision of her friend to refuse to take part in the race. In this passage, the [...]

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 [...]

He is not allowed to participate fully in the rites and ceremonies of the Reservation, so he fashions his system of thought out of the scripture and the dramas he reads.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Although Shakespeare wrote about the exquisite beauty of a young woman and compared her to a goddess, saying, "I grant I never saw a goddess go; my mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground," [...]

Finally, this essay will try to persuade that the startling uniqueness of mind highlighted in the struggle to find the balance between "utopian possibility and dystopian reality" is what made it possible to render the [...]

Disguising the work as an autobiographical traveler's story, the author chooses to focus on the issues of race, colonialism, and the indigenous, which become central to the author's exploration and the story in general.

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

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'.

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

He studied in Ingolstadt where he discovered the secrets of life, which he uses to create a monster. He does this in secret since he is aware of the dangers of his experiment.

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 [...]

From the very beginning, the writer expressed his concern for the plight of the poor, which was central to the whole story.

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 [...]

One of the most significant figures among the range of the animals inhabiting the land of fantasy is a dragon, the symbol of wisdom and power.

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.

The book tells the story of Cyprus in the mid-1950s. The book highlights the experiences on the island and the individuals he met during his stay.

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 [...]

Moreover, the actions of Colonel Brandon have to be evaluated, as he remains one of the main characters in the Sense and Sensibility.

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 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.

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.

The storyline is romance and love; however, after Jack saves Mabel, the story transitions dramatically and defies all the expectations of such a story."Lawrence cuts through the romanticism inherent in such a plot line to [...]

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 story is a portrait of a middle-aged woman that Woolf paints utilizing Clarissa's thoughts and actions that eventually help her convert the ideology of life of the English middle class and describe the cultural [...]

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 chapters from 21 to 29 in the book "The Martyred" by Richard Kim introduce the idea of sacrifice and the reasons of why people may be eager to hide the truth and contribute their [...]

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.

The life story of a young chimney sweeper is presented in the first stanza of the poem in the form of an emotional monologue.

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.

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.

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.

In the novel, Robinson Crusoe, Defoe describes it as a history of facts that seeks to portray the social institutions and structures of the medieval British society.

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 [...]

Symbolically, the notion of interactions of the dead and the living developed by To be taken with a Grain of Salt perhaps exemplifies the differences in the classes of people.

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 [...]

Tracy chevalier in her novel discusses a theme with a great effect to the society, which is the status of the female individual. Tracy Chevalier in this novel is concerned with the continuing change in [...]

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 [...]

Therefore, the expected change highly depends on the actions of the lower order and the role of the upper classes is to accept the new order.

Seeing that a range of elements of Swift's satire are on-the-nose and very straightforward, it is quite easy to assume that the rest of the narration serves merely as a foil for the social and [...]

The first theme is the connection of writings of women on the subject of the First World War and the modernism theoretical constructs.

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 [...]

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.

Emphasizing the gender of Earth, Bradstreet seems to divide the roles between the Creator as the Father of the world and the Earth as the Mother of the natural life in the world.

Focusing on social and economic aspects of the narration is essential because it allows the reader to conduct a comparative analysis of Wells's perception of the future with the current economic and social situation.

At the same time, there exists a set of theories and arguments in relation to these subjects as presented through the available literature like Bhabha's, The Other Question, Stereotype, Discrimination and the Discourse of Colonialism [...]

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 [...]

Revision is given a pivotal emphasis in the influential work of Ashcroft, Griffiths and Tiffin, The Empire Writes Back, in which they remark that the " arevisioning' of received tropes and modes...and the rereading of [...]

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, [...]

Baldrick's 'In Frankenstein's Shadow' is an indispensable input to what is promptly gaining primacy as decisive and learned compromise regarding the integral nature of Mary Shelly's narrative to the comprehension of the two concepts of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

Blackie is the leader of the group and believes that power is the ability of an individual to lead. In the given context, the idea of breaking the house down can be viewed as getting [...]

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.

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 [...]

The poet's vision in the modernist age was extremely beneficial despite secluding him from the scientific concerns of the day or the society.

The fight ends Lama's quest as he finds the river of the Arrow and Kim hands the secret documents to authorities.

The novel Kim tells the story of a young orphaned Irish boy, Kim, living in the streets of Lahore in India during the British occupation of the country.

This piece of work will give a review of the novel in regard to what the story is about and the various perspectives that can be derived from the author's arguments.

The first letter starts by setting pace for the interest Voltaire had on religion and he writes, "I was of opinion that the doctrine and history of so extraordinary a people were worthy the attention [...]

Some of the features in the novel attributed to the line and the American exceptional and democratic ideology at home and abroad are tackled in this paper with an aim of unearthing the reason of [...]

Helen is genuinely willing to help poor people and she even offers money to the Basts, but she is so generous because she has never had to earn her living.

The presence of dialect in a story makes the characters to appear real in the eyes of the reader. The title of the novel has a greater significance in the story as it is assisting [...]

He is drawn to the whiteness and buys into the notion that their life is the best. Mary is the character that the author uses to show the repercussions of a crime between Black and [...]

In addition, the author associates the control of the world financial system as a continuing part of the evolution of money.

In fact, the book traces the genesis of the financial system, which the author believes started in Mesopotamia and the ancient Egypt.

This paper takes a critical look at the inclusion of chapter 18 in the publication entitled 'Frankenstein' by Mary Shelley and its significance in enabling a better understanding of the drama in the chapter. It [...]