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One of the most evident features of the society described in both works is the growing disparity between the poor and the wealthy.

For example, in Poe's story, the narrator is driven insane by the beating of the older man's heart, even after his death. Poe's story is done in the first person from the perspective of the [...]

Quotation: "The philosophical dimension of beauty does not depend on the limits of the physical world; true beauty far exceeds our earthly bounds". It is necessary to consider the beauty's "subtle qualities" such as "tone, [...]

For those who strive to gain an in-depth insight into the discursive significance of Greek antiquity, it represents the matter of crucial importance to be able to understand that the Olympian gods of Apollo and [...]

In particular, the writers explore the way in which the worldviews and moral principles of a person can be determined by the norms established in a particular community or a social group.

First of all, I have to say that the poem is recognized to be a reflection of the Victorian Period. I suppose that the success of the poem can be explained by the author's ability [...]

In the story Black Skin What Mask, the writer brings to light many instances of irony between the narrator and his friend. He is still a friend to the narrator who is black.

This essay is going to compare and contrast the characters of two women, Calixta from Chopin's "The Storm" and Elisa Allena from Steinbeck's "Chrysanthemums", who are in different contexts of the stories.

A major difference between poems and drama and the short story is that the first two have a predefined format of writing which includes the use of more dramatic words as compared to the short [...]

One of the reasons behind the rising popularity of the "eco-fiction" genre has to do with the fact that the philosophy of environmentalism has now been firmly incorporated in the discourse of post-modernity, which nowadays [...]

Despite the seeming difference in the details of each of the seven stores, there is the invisible and almost intangible connection between the seven parts of the book.

The topic of a woman's voice being silenced by society and becoming heard in writing appears to be among the similar themes of the critical essay "The Laugh of the Medusa" by Cixous and the [...]

Even though both works reveal the main values of society, emphasizing the role of love, they show that people from the 12th and 21st centuries are not the same.

A child has an imaginative mind and creates a world, separate from the realities of his/her life, in the form of a make-believe play.

Although the theme of shame is central to both Anna Karenina and The Idiot, the nature of this feeling is explained differently: Tolstoy regards shame as the result of a person's actions, while Dostoevsky considers [...]

In addition to the Great War, urbanization, immigration, and the rapid progress of technology led to the general feeling of uncertainty due to the rejection of old, traditional ideas.

The pilgrimage is scary as the characters are squeezed in a reek and noise that torments them as they get to the lowest point of the center full of ice and there no signs of [...]

The poet has based the accounts of this poem on the story of Odysseus and his mariners as described in the Homer's Odyssey in the eleventh scroll.

An illustration to explain that this is nonfiction is the fact that it states, "This is a copy of the gentleman's letters to Sir Thomas Dale.

In this work of literature, the problem is seen in the connection to the holes in the ozone layer and global warming, i.e.it is human-caused.

Dina's experiences in Japan depicted in Geese contribute to the depiction of her life at Yale from Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, offering valuable insights into the development of her character and search for personal and national [...]

From both stories, it is evident that the journey of life requires people to be sympathetic and interact with each other.

The consistency of the three works in addressing power struggles within the family as a social unit is a lesson to the society of the urgent need to restructure the family as the basic social [...]

In his 1922 poem "The waste land", Thomas Eliot attempts to portray how social solidarity of in the modern world is affected by social and cultural changes such as the change in gender roles, dynamism [...]

Perhaps one remarkable part of Milton's perception of Satan is in his continuous view of Satan as a person with a lot of charisma.

Though a range of facts concerning the household and traditions of the people of Ancient Egypt remain buried under the sands of time, several facts about the culture in question can be considered relatively well-known.

This paper explores the differences and similarities between the heroes of the ancient epics such as "The Odyssey" by Homer and "The Epic of Gilgamesh" the product of the culture of ancient Mesopotamia.

Consequently, in the book 'The long walk: A story of war and the life that follows' authored by Brian Castner, the two major events that are evident after reading it include the battle for oneself [...]

Thesis Statement: The use of song lyric and art collection in Li Qingzhao's work portrays the disillusionment associated with the Song Dynasty while Tao Qian's dianyuan style depicts the disunion and desire for freedom during [...]

One of the best examples of the slum practice is the rediscovery of Pompeii and the opportunity to visit it during the Romantic period.

In her book, the 22-year Suneeta pictures the life of the abnormal Mina, the central character, born with feelers on her head.

The primary goal of compiling the stories was to invoke opposition and assist in the fight for the abolishment of slavery.

This understanding forms the background of The Grapes of Wrath and As I Lay Dying analysis in this paper. The unity of structure and language in any comical genre take after carnivalistic folklore..".there is a [...]

On the other hand, in the epic poem "The Iliad" the author is concerned with the heroic exploits of Achilles in the contexts of death and immortality.

The concept reflects the foundation of the decent authority through showing the tendencies of power both in the ancient times and in the period of Renaissance.

The act of giving is described as the presentation of a gift to the intended individual with the purpose of pleasing or offering assistance to the recipient.

His psychological reality contrasts with his material reality such that he does not practice his homosexuality just because of his class and the social attitudes at the time.

A critical analysis of the writing styles adopted by the two authors makes it clear that the texts have an effect on the reader.

Both writers show that it is extremely difficult for these women to get used to the role of drover's wife or a person who has to struggle against heavy odds in order to support the [...]

The theme of being imprisoned in the environment that is seemingly open-minded to a range of cultures, yet promotes a single standard in terms of the identity that one is supposed to have and the [...]

Having started with the announcement of her death, the author then reveals the main facts of her life from the point of view of the community of the city.

Resting on these facts, it is possible to analyze some works which belong to the same period of time in order to understand the main ideas of the epoch and the authors message to readers.

A notable distinction this particular rendition of the book to film/s is that, for the most part, the films stick closely to the book.

Their union comes out as selfish in respect to the man's family, and it is evident that in the context of this story, marriage is not the objective of their love.

The plot is set in 1934, and the manuscript describes life in rural China through the eyes of a young lady and her grandfather. In the book "Six Records of a Floating Life", Shen loses [...]

Probably the most memorable aspect of the novel All Quiet on the Western Front is that it contains a number of scenes that expose readers to the graphic accounts of war-induced carnage and death.

It should be pointed out that the issues concerning functioning and improvement of the memory, effects of the childhood experience and background on the personality, and the significance of having the heart not only as [...]

It can be said that while both of these books address the issue of hidden methods of coercion, Nineteen-eighty Four provides a bleak vision of the future in which the whole of society is controlled [...]

The two are internally affected by the struggle between the forces longing for change and those advocating for the restoration of the status quo.

Every society that is characterized by a mixture of racial interfaces is prone to a level of conflict that usually arises when some of the characters in the society esteem themselves as superior by virtue [...]

It is rather tempting to see the later work as a reflection of the ancient Greek story, but Chaucer's work is rather a re-evaluation of the old story.

Similar to Atwood's story, Di Prima's Revolutionary Letters allows the readers to go beyond the accepted paradigms in the pursuit of the truth and independence.

This especially appears to be the case in the situations when what happened to be the actual truth, simply does much of a logical sense in the concerned person's eyes.

The rest of the group learns about the engagement and understandably express their anger towards the reverend, thus resulting in his decision to make a stop at the hotel and booking accommodation for the group [...]

Although both Pugh and Osnos provide seemingly similar observations on the same issue concerning the economics and politics of the places that they visit, these observations contribute to creating a completely different image of the [...]

Although these sources demonstrate that travelling can enrich the inner world of a person and his/her understanding of other cultures, their arguments made by the authors significantly differ as to the role that travelling should [...]

In this respect, Connie lives in her imaginary world; she is reluctant to observe the moral values established in her family.

However, the most important sentences in the first chapter are those that introduce the concept of Communism, America's attitude to it, and the distribution of wealth in the world: "Dwayne Hoover's and Kilgore Trout's country, [...]

The poem The Sick Rose looks into vulnerability of women in the face of men, the susceptibility of love in the face of unfaithfulness, and the susceptibility of the body in the hands of STDs.

Consequently, the love explained in the book of Mark is the ultimate love that makes people volunteers of even their own life for the purposes of abiding to the promises.

The second story describes the life of a common family in which even tenor is interrupted by the visit of one of the daughters of Mama and their different understanding of identity.

Reading the stories, it seems from the first glance that the main similar feature of the protagonists is their age, still, the closer look at the stories shows that the situations these people appear at [...]

In the novel, the author illustrates that the value of human life is perceived with respect to mortality. He claims that Ivan always yearned for the death of his father.

The validity of this suggestion can be well illustrated, in regards to the fact that, throughout his conversation with Jig, the American never ceased exhibiting the signs of being thoroughly arrogant.

When we talk about the qualitative aspects of the Victorian era in Britain, the first thing that comes in mind, in this respect, is the fact that European intellectuals of the time were strongly influenced [...]

This is one of the major details that can be distinguished. This is one of the peculiarities that can be singled out.

The story 'Who's Irish' by Jen Gish is based on the events in the life of an elderly Chinese immigrant lady, and the struggle she undergoes as she tries to acclimatize herself to a radically [...]

Although Hughes in his "Negro" discusses race as the main source for the character's identity and attempts to accentuate the role of the black race for the whole world history, Shakespeare in Othello and Welty [...]

The reason for this is that, as it will be shown later in this paper, the behavioral patterns of many of the female-characters, featured in The Namesake and Dogeaters, appear to reflect the concerned women's [...]

Thus, while comparing Mao Dun and Huang Chun-ming's stories, it is significant to state that the authors use the third person omniscient narrative point of view in order to create the complete picture of the [...]

Tens of thousands of people were executed and tortured to death during both of these events.= Cambodian Pol Pot and European genocide will always be remembered as ones of the most shameful pages of the [...]

Parenting The mother is striving to bring up her daughter to be the best in the world. The motive of the Writer Kincaid intends to show the reader the difference between the old and the [...]

Hence, the similarities and differences depicted in the two plays in terms of plot, general structure and the way the issues are brought up.

Loyalty is one of the themes in the story, as the boy is confused on whether to side with the family or the law.

The novel The Bath by Janet Frame and the short story The Hollow of the Three Hills by Nathaniel Hawthorne also make readers think about the manifestations of bravery.

Although Chopin uses the metaphor of storm in order to describe the adultery and the female character's desire and passion, the speaker's presentation of the love affair is extremely realistic and focused on details.

Both the stories revolve around the plots of love and marriage of the young Cuicui in Border Town and the divorcee Liusu in Love in a Fallen Land.

Bah employs subheadings to divide her long story into parts and themes, while Mayblum's writing is an undivided essay."The Price We Pay" by Adam Mayblum and "An Oral History of Adama Bah" by Adama Bah [...]

At the end of the poem, the author talks of a car without one to drive it, and it gives a picture of loss of direction, which is still linked to the chaotic scene that [...]

Although both Morrison and Emecheta provide the life stories of black women and discuss the problem of social choices for them in the novels, the authors' writing styles differ significantly because Morrison concentrates on irony [...]

In his poem, Housman employs the lyrical strategy to put across the meaning of the poem; that is to praise an athlete who has died at a young age.

He is viewed as a man of wisdom, owing to the lessons he has learned from his sufferings since childhood, which he, in turn, teaches Albom.

The old woman fails to accept her jilting by her lover to her death even though she prides in having been married and fend for her family all alone after facing the death of her [...]

The use of a young lady in this story brings out emotional effects after a tragic loss that would describe the destiny of the girl.

As Fong notes, one of the areas to detect such similarities would be the guiding theme in the works, the type of the language used, and some of the historical references made.

It is with this line of view that this paper finds it vital to scrutinize the development of the theme of forgetting and remembering in Brooklyn by Colm Toibin and Instructions to All Persons by [...]

Although Crane's stories are imaginary, the reader can picture houses and the community in 'The Monster' or the town of Yellow Sky in 'The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky.' He vividly describes the living conditions [...]

This theme is portrayed right from the beginning of the story where a boy is rescued from the lions in the wild and is given the name Basat by Dede Korkut.

All the drama in this play revolves around Dr Stockman who does the right thing and speaks the truth in concern of the intolerances in the society."Glengarry Glen Ross" by David Mamet is written into [...]

One of the most effective methods to ensure the satirical sounding of a particular episode in the work of literature, is to overplay the idea that people are actually quite capable of not even noticing [...]

In the footnote, he informs his readers that the main figure in the poem is a trickster and a teacher who lived in the legends of the Blackfoot Indians of southern Alberta.

The moral of the story is whether it is good to get desired knowledge without God's support or not, whether it is good to go in contradiction to the God's will and rules.

This essay will discuss two works that eloquently illustrate the dangers of totalitarianism, namely, the novel The Handmaid's Tale written by Margaret Atwood and the book of poetry The Country Between Us by Carolyn Forche.

Despite the stories having differences in terms of setting, the plots and other aspects, the characters of Homer Wells and Ruth Cole are modeled by the author in such a way that they make the [...]

We do not get to hear the response of the persona's lover in the poem. In the poem "Corrina's Going A-May", the persona tries to woo the lady to take full pleasure of the moment.

He is regarded as the brains behind the launch of the Centre for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California, given the significant role that he played in launching the institution and serving as the first director.

The box is entrusted in the Mayor's care and a tradition of passing it from one Mayor to the next is established.

It is obvious that the attraction between the narrators and the girls is orchestrated by love. It is a love that does not dwell on trivial shortcomings of the five girls.

On the other hand, in The Blind Owl, the storyteller, a pen-case decorator, falls in love with a naive woman who is virtuous and demonic at the same time. In The Blind Owl, it is [...]

In the beginning of the play he openly complains to his friend Philinte about the level of corruption in the French society.

The use of pictures to create a given mood to the mind of the child reader is important as the child can closely follow the story and understand.

In the first sonnet of the sequence, Sydney poses and answers the rhetorical question of the importance of art as an inspiration to good writing.

One of the most difficult questions is, of course, what it is to be a human. These works contain the answer to one of the most important questions for the humanity.

To enable the children understand the issue of death, various aspects are used by the author so as to generate the feeling surrounding the concept of death and to ensure the young people understand the [...]

This is one of the details that attract attention of the readers, and one can say that it is important for understanding the passage and the short story, in general.

In the poem, What it's like to be a Black Girl, Smith explores the issue of racism in a jagged society.

In fact, the hard language in the narration and the twists and turns of the story make the man seem like a sideshow.

On the other hand, the three ladies present in the room are shocked at how these 'professionals' are not able to gather clues that will lead to the arrest of the culprit.

The device is used to bring out the attitude of ignorance and helplessness of the hog in the hands of its master thus making the mood of the poem very important.

Herrington notes that this interchange serves as a cliffhanger to the reader and develops the plot leading to the climax where the two sing the same song as a sign of consensus.

Thus, this reflective treatise analyzes the three poems "How the Plague was ceased in Rome", "The Three Messengers of Death" and "John Audelay's Number 51" on the message of the poems, language, themes.

Additionally their roles in the society including the chores assumed in this context depicted various similarities in the entire contexts. Nonetheless, the depiction of women is still ideal in this context.

Othello disregards the explanation that Desdemona has in regard to the accusation of being unfaithful and kills her.'She's, like a liar, gone to burning hell, Shakespeare 28.' After Othello killed Desdemona, he believed more in [...]

In the contemporary society, introduction of literature research has extensively increased the volume of literature in every topic of interest a researcher may be interested in especially in use of tools of expression such as [...]

There is a fear of the unknown that is prevalent in children as portrayed by some of the poems by the two poets.

For example, Olds echoes the rhythm of approaching climax in the repetition of a phrase containing a word often used to describe that climax.

The book uses the state "trembled" to represent two meanings: first is the threat posed by the unified city workers who went on a strike against the state machinery through their refusal to continue normal [...]

On the other hand, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" revolves around a man, who is uncomfortable with his life and thus, keeps on escaping to a world of fantasy.

Then they would talk about their encounters with gods, Ulysses would tell how he met the god of the sea and how he was able to interact with him.

Auden uses the motifs of mourning and the loss of the sense of life after the lover's death for representing the idea similar to that developed in Bradstreet's poem.