British Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 7

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.

It is, therefore, through political consciousness and positive reconstruction of her identity that she is able to act upon the oppressive constraints.

The novel is considered to be the so-called extension of Modernist literature which appeared at the beginning of the 20th century. The window which is the first part of the novel is set in Ramsey's [...]

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 [...]

However, it is important that if the children and adolescents are going to be affected, it should stand out as a positive influence making gender one of the timeless societal problems that should be approached [...]

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 [...]

This means that the apart from presenting the evil deeds of the characters, there should be people in the society who are opposed to the vices.

The Aim of Critical Analysis The main purpose of the critical analysis is to disclose the artistic identity in different art forms in order to unveil the topic of love and unreciprocated love.

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.

She seems to be out of context of the human nature at the time, unlike Alison who is willing to love and partner with Nicholas in a romantic manner.

Despite men being predominantly satisfied with the given state of affairs at that time, humanist ideas were spawned by Chaucer 's The Canterbury tales in the era when women had little to no authority in [...]

Speaking of Kittredge's interpretation of the tale told by Chaucer, it is worth mentioning that the way in which Kittredge defines the moral of the story is not the only possible way of understanding Chaucer's [...]

Clarke, in his 1955 short story "The Star", proposes an immensely plausible explanation for the appearance of an unusually bright and light in the sky near the time of the birth of Jesus in Palestine.

One of the motifs is the defiance of religion and the moral understanding of the world. A rather crucial motif is the development of the individuality and understanding of the surrounding world.

Despite the fact that the characters of Eloise and Belinda are traditionally interpreted as the exact opposite of each other, i.e, a heroine and an anti-heroine, they, in fact, share quite a number of similarities. [...]

It serves as the key to the whole story as everything that takes place is seen from Stephen's point of view, so his perception and understanding of the surrounding social and personal environment is instrumental [...]

The ideas of "top ten" and the "top five" are not usual for describing the relations between a man and a woman, still, they prove that the character has not traditional approaches, and his standpoints [...]

Giving readers the sense of being immersed in the world of the Greeks and the Trojans, or in the world of any fine literature, is a goal for many writers.

Indeed, in the following chapters, the discussion of the relationship between the two is discussed in the context of the tension created by the controversy.

Starting appropriately with the analysis of the main characters, one will have to mention that Fleming was not the first author to introduce the conflicting dynamics between the antagonist and the lead character; the tradition [...]

The major themes of the story is that people can sometimes get more of what they bargained for in helping someone, that the reality of the world is very perceptive and individual, and that fiction [...]

As soon as the main hero resorts to action, the learning model forms a combination of active experimentation and concrete experience that guides the officer to the end of the story, with slight reference to [...]

Indeed, the goals of the people, heading for the terra incognita of the distant and savage lands are not quite clear; wisely enough, Conrad does not disclose the aims of the travelers from the very [...]

For instance, he uses changes in the world state society of the characters to illustrate how the changes influence their lives in a negative way.

In this article, Walter Evans discusses the narrative style of Edgar Allan Poe and speaks about the peculiarities of such a short story as The Fall of the House of Usher.

The paper is an analysis of the symbolism of Rosina Lytton's work which shows the gender disparities that existed in the Victorian Era exploring the theme of women and specifically wives whose husbands are public [...]

The disguise of Moll Flanders's individuality is her way to the recognition in the society. To understand the meaning of the name for the person's identity and the meaning of the appearance and clothes for [...]

In other words, one is to keep in mind that the expressions of anger the author highlights in her novel are related to three issues.

The timid and composed Anne Elliot finds a number of barriers and faces with the rivals, trying to maintain the hope about the future with her love.

This will help to understand whether the protagonist of the novel is an anarchist or a terrorist. Verloc is not an anarchist, but he is not a terrorist either.

As Benstock argues, the priest is in near state of mind breakdown as he is in the verge of losing the faith that he proclaimed in the church.

The story of Beowulf, to a great extent, focuses on the history of the main character as a hero as opposed to a king.

In The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Thomas Edward Lawrence's autobiographical account of his Middle Eastern activities during the First World War, Chapters 41 to 58 are bracketed by two important events in the Arab insurgency [...]

Based on a movie by David lean the book "Pillars of Wisdom" is a reflection of a British soldier, Lawrence of Arabia experiences when he worked with the rebel forces as a liaison officer during [...]

In the early chapters of the novel, the author tells the readers about the neglect that Antoinette's family faces after the end of the slave trade.

This gives a logical scene of the murder to the reader, making the reader to have familiar settings that are helpful in interpreting the rhymes correctly.

Having analyzed violence in schools and the age of children maturity I have thus reached to a conclusion that this plan will be better applied to children under the age of 14.

Rudyard Kipling's chef-d'oeuvre novel, "Kim", traces the life of an Irish orphan, Kim, who lives a near vagabond existence in the streets of India during the time of the conflict between the British and Russian [...]

In addition, the author uses the second section to teach the audience about the history of India as a British territory. In the final part of the novel, Kim's secures a job as an intelligence [...]

In summary, the Wife of Bath has a diverse personal attributes ranging from intelligent to wickedness with an appealing physical appearance and from her description or autobiography, she is an expensive, independent woman from England.

The book details the author's shift from mountaineering to a humanitarian mission aimed at reducing poverty levels and championing for girls' education in remote areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

In spite of all the terror of the situation, the poet realizes that there is certain petrifying beauty in this scene the beauty of a baby sucking its mother's breast: And lo! the worker of [...]

With lack of experience and non-conformity with the seas, the young captain, who is the main character and narrator of the story, is at an awkward position.

The story has been presented in various ways to capture the attention of the audience and to make it interesting. It was unexpected that the action of the mother in law would lead to the [...]

The book "Through the Looking Glass" is a continuation of the story of Alice as she becomes a young woman. The book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel "Through the Looking-Glass" were essentially stories [...]

Idleness is a vice that normally does not raise eyebrows because it predominates in the lives of people and often goes unsuspected.

Sonnet 18 is an amazing part of Shakespeare's sonnets that addresses a number of crucial issues like human beauty, the power of nature, and writer's abilities to engrave an image of a man in the [...]

But what came next was a testament to the spirit of the times there were products that were created as a direct result of the success of the book and the movie.

One of the cruelest experiences in the history of the humankind, the bloodbath of the WWI added to the misanthropic vision of the Modernist world.

In Stygia, Ali is called Fremant and has the position of a bodyguard to Astaroth who is the leader of this colony.

The book is written in a form of letters from Pamela to her parents which helps the reader to understand the thoughts of the heroine better and deeper.

In Lewis's book the chronicles of Narnia, there are several Christian themes that can be identified in the story despite the author's use of mythology.

This does not concur with most of the people who purport that the proportion of the evil and good in a given individual is one to one.

He will have to lie, by omission, for the rest of his days.Mr. Anderson, a witness to bullying, is affected for the rest of his life.

The structure takes the character of young Alex as the narrator as well as the criminal protagonist with the main aim of showing the importance of allowing people to make their personal decisions regardless of [...]

A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave, and Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom are the three works from different times, which help me [...]

In spite of the fact that it should a two-way correspondence, the author of the book allows the reader to use own imagination and think about the manner of writing of Wormwood.

People are full of ambitions, pride, and prejudice because of their origins and social status, and language is one of the factors, which determine people to certain classes. Of course, it is easy to divide [...]