British Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 7

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 [...]

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 return to the lighthouse is used to show the change of characters that was realized after the death of Mrs.

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

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

In "The Lord of the Rings", Gandalf the Grey is an important character who plays a significant role towards the success of the protagonists.

This piece of work gives a critical analysis of the play, Antony and Cleopatra, with much emphasis given to the relationship between Antony and Cleopatra. From the play, it is palpable that the relationship between [...]

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 [...]

The very fact that and the author omits these stories is the proof that the main idea of the novel is not to tell about the prince and his love, but to show the period [...]

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.

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 [...]

It turns out that the only pure love Dorian experiences is love to art, not to a woman. Dorian is deprived of the ability to love a woman.

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.

In the story, the family serves as one of the major socializing agents in society. The role of love in the family is an additional theme that can be depicted in the story.

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.

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 [...]

The poem To One in Paradise highlights the loneliness faced by the speaker when the object of their love passes on: "The light of Life is o'er". In the poem Go to the Grave, death [...]

The author of A Voyage to Lilliput, which forms the first part of Gulliver's Travels, introduces the reader to a brief historical account of his own life encounters coupled with his own family.

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.

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.

In the essay, Orwell realizes that he must shoot the elephant because as a representative of the British imperialism in the small town, not doing so would have shown the British Empire to be a [...]

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 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.

There are animals which represent the poor people while the pigs and dogs represent the administrators of the leader. The pigs and dogs are given power to rule the animals by Jones who is the [...]

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 first incident is highlighted in the first stanza; in the first meeting between the traveler and the narrator. The parameters of the city were bordered by a river to the eastern side, the only [...]

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.

Again, the calmness of the voice and the soothing quality of the language underscores Dickinson's view of death as a pleasurable, desirable state.

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 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.