Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 10

In the poem Child of the Americas, Aurora uses "child of America' as a sign to explain her exposure to the American culture.

To begin with, let us state that the story under consideration is the short story under the title "The Management of Grief" by Bharati Mukherjee.

Characters and locations in the novel work as potent symbols that draw attention to the struggles experienced by the underprivileged and the monetization of violence as a sort of entertainment for the rich.

He showed that none of the ABO gene alleles is unique to any race, and none of the ABO patterns correspond to the biological classifications of races.

Some of the most prominent themes in the story are the ideas of mutual forgiveness, people's motivation to be proactive and take risks, and their willingness to forgive and ask for forgiveness.

The focus of this paper is to analyze the juxtaposition and symbolism used by James Joyce in "The Dead" to convey deeper themes and meanings."The Dead" is a short story written in 1914 and included [...]

For example, the idea of prioritizing one's own benefits is discussed as the writer presents such characters as the miller and the reeve.

In this quatrain, by describing the distancing kite, the poetess is alluding to the idea of childhood distancing itself from people as life goes on.

He writes Maus, a nonfictional book, to describe the horror that the Jews were subjected to during the Holocaust through the narration of his father.

This analysis would focus on the essay's Chapter 3 dedicated to fiestas in general and the Day of the Dead in particular, which reflect many national traits of Mexicans.

"The Birthmark" tells the story of a scientist Aylmer who was obsessed with the idea to remove his wife's stain."The Story of an Hour" is the psychological description of a young woman's feelings when she [...]

The author personifies Imagination to describe best the state of mind that people experience when they are dreaming. Moreover, the poetess notes that Imagination can transfer people to places not available to the common mind.

One of Anne Finch's poems, "The Introduction," talks about female writers of her time in the first twenty lines of her text.

The protagonist sees himself as chosen for fulfilling a purpose, almost as a sacred duty of his ideology, "These are the duties of the righteous/ the ways of the anointed".

There is an abundance of books that offer the safe escape into a fictional world and teach their readers that there are no unsolvable problems.

Sonnet 71 is a love poem that carries the message that the lover should not mourn the eventual death of the speaker.

The book is based on the story of a farmer and his family, who, due to the problematic nature of the head of the family, are forced to change their place of residence: "None of [...]

The Epic of Gilgamesh is the most famous work of Babylonian literature, in which the everlasting question of life's purpose and the inevitability of human death is posed.

The story focuses on the unification of the disparate chiefdoms of Mande and the decline of Ghana, as well as the development of trade routes.

Although, the story of the 'Battle Royal' was first published as a short story by the English literary periodical Horizon and it was given the title of "The Invisible Man" in the October 1947 copy [...]

The poem portrays a vivid image of the emotional rollercoaster the author is experiencing as he visits the Vietnam Veterans Memorial."Facing It" successfully incorporates the use symbolism and imagery throughout the structure of the poem [...]

Nabokov's novels have a tendency of over exaggeration of the plot within the novel which escalates the tension in the readers and helps in "construction and deconstruction" of the novel.

Thus, Jessie can be considered the most sympathetic character of the play since she was an outsider and a person with disabilities unable to live her life to its full extent; however, her disease is [...]

Our task is to compare and contrast the poetry of Robert Frost with that of Dylan Thomas in terms of their themes, style, and use of imagistic elements.

The thyme of the two versions makes up one of the major contrasts between the film version and the original version of The Tell-Tale Heart story as it appears in the book.

It is necessary to underline the fact that in the modern world the concept of racial profiling is considered to be common rather than unheard or unknown; the essay under analysis allows evaluating the author's [...]

The play is made by the author in the way representing the memories of the main characters through the flashbacks along with the real scenes of the play.

Later they found a drunker who said that he had not even thought that the boy had been dying. Angela and Freddie said that the thought about the chance to be accused of the death [...]

In spite of the fact that he was one of the greatest men in Umuofia and a leader of his community he was hence not given the burial ceremony that he deserved as an Umuofian [...]

The protagonist of the story is the man who "was a newcomer in the land, a chechaquo, and this was his first winter" and he is the prime tool at the hands of the writer [...]

Who are you?" Emily Dickinson dons the mantle of the speaker in the poem and explores the various nuances involved in being the antithesis of a 'somebody', namely, a 'nobody'.

Shakespeare portrays that in a world of complexity, instability, and unpredictability, people are struggling to make sense of the changes and to situate themselves within the new milieu.

The essay will examine and discuss the usage of symbols and images about the actions and thoughts of the main characters and their meaning for the readers.

Li Po's poems are simple and unpretentious."High in the Mountains, I Fail to Find the Wise Man," is a distinctive poem of Li Po. Li Po spoke with the sensitivity and sensibility of a mature [...]

In the literal sense, the poet's master is having control over him, and in the figurative sense, the Lord is both male and female.

The sudden death of her mother in 1895 and the death of her half-sister Stella several years later led to Virginia's first nervous breakdown.

On the background of trivial worries, conversations, and desires, the main character acknowledges the relativeness of the meaning of life that is nothing more than a memory other people will have about an individual after [...]

The audience is misled with the fact that it will be a search for the suspect and that's it, but when the murderer is found, the story continues and takes another twist.

The encounter of the main character with a woman of his dream is an illustration of the customs existing in attitudes to appearance and charm, hence showing how dreadful the mistaking perception of some people [...]

Given the nature of family structure and power, it is not surprising that Merricat wanted to rid herself of the oppressive traditions that her family held.

One of the most appealing aspects of William Faulkner's short story A Rose for Emily is that the readers' exposure to the main character of Emily Grierson provides them with a better understanding of what [...]

When Gregor turns into the creature, he does not care about that in the slightest; on the other hand, he cannot reconcile himself with the fact that he will miss his train and will not [...]

The main character, Fanny Price, is in the middle of the social situation that dominates Austen's book. Fanny is a constant target of discrimination from several members of the Bertram family and this treatment can [...]

The reader is extremely important for the writer because reading is the significant act in disclosing the generosity of the work, and the writer should understand for whom he writes because the reader is free [...]

The author presents a solution to this question by demonstrating through the main character, Rita, that education can upgrade the diminished position and status of women in society. Education is Rita's expedition of self-realization to [...]

The works of Walt Whitman embody the spirit of the social changes, love of labor and freedom, which reflect the moods of the American society of the XIX century.

As highlighted in the in the introductory part, religion is one of the themes that stand out in the Life of Pi.

In "Play-by-Play", the omniscient narrator poses rhetorical questions as the narrator watches a group of men playing softball and analyses the secrete sexual thoughts and desires of the women nearby, as they secretly admire the [...]

Examples of images used in the poem include "...my soul is white", in the first stanza, second line, the part which the author uses the words "...black as if bereaved of light" is also an [...]

Harold's relaxed existence appears meaningless to his mother, who represents the traditional Protestant values of work and family, of everyone's life subordinated to the eternal laws of the Kingdom of God.

At the same time, The Bhagavad Gita is derived from Hindu scripture and centers on the moral dilemmas of a warrior on the brink of battle.

It is present in all lines of the poem, where the heroine expresses and describes her passionate feelings, mystical experiences, and exhausted state at the end of the poem.

Kathy is experiencing a great deal of inner conflict due to the connection that Emily has with Walter as well as her afterward relationship with Emily.

With the aid of four short stories from Dubliners "The Sisters," "The Dead," "The Araby," and "An Encounter" the author intends to cover the aspect of Irish social identity and norms as being discovered through [...]

The issue is crucial to many authors writing as it is given a redemptive twist in Franny and Zooey. The Glass family is the most critical symbol in Franny and Zooey's lives.

The lack of agreement of governments is conveyed by the poet in several ways. The reason why this idea applies to real-life situations is in the decisions made by leaders of the countries while not [...]

In the novel Joseph is introduced as the sister of “the illustrious Pamela whose virtue is at present so famous”.

Being the representatives of different literary genres, the chosen stories contributes to the promotion of home as the only place for hope, safety, and empowerment.

The narrator emphasizes the fundamental opposition between fire and ice through the use of anaphora, that is, the repetition of the phrase "Some say" at the beginning of each of two lines.

"The Last Question" is a story in which Isaac Asimov, the author, questions the immortality of the human race as well as the permanent existence of the universe.

The former used to take the small Yunior to the places of his sexual affairs while the latter never felt shy when having sex with girls on the bed next to the one his younger [...]

The play within a play is one of many tactics Hamlet employs over the course of the play to delay the revenge and therefore avoid his own death.

This passage is in the form of a dialogue between the two characters in the play. The above lines portray Othello as a victim of prejudice.

His works are especially noted for the use of moral allegories tinted with Puritan inspiration and sharing the features of the great Romantic Movement, more specifically with the Dark Romanticism. Loss of innocence is the [...]

Shelley uses the anguish of both Frankenstein and the Monster to warn readers of the negative consequences of the pursuit of knowledge.

He testified that he was not a member of the communist party and was allowed to return to Europe the next day. He did not like the bourgeois agenda and that was reflected in his [...]

It is a tribute to the honesty and faithfulness of the peasant to master and to God. It shows the value that Burns placed on family, and most of the poem is spent telling us [...]

The poem "Sylvia's Death" by Anne Sexton is devoted, as the title suggests, to the death of poet Sylvia Plath. The poem itself is like a monologue or a short speech devoted to Sylvia and [...]

The Aeneid is a struggle between the mortal and God in the pursuit of the mortal to set up a newfound land.

The essay will provide a brief summary of the book followed by an analysis of the book on the basis of the social psychological theories in order to demonstrate how religion and religious beliefs influenced [...]

Did the experience of the earthquake and the following rejection of religion make her accept the fact that it is impossible to prevent bad things from happening?

Despite the description of a being created by Frankenstein as a wretch and the evil that he commits, he causes the feeling of sympathy.

This paper focuses on the setting in the works A Doll's House and The Handmaid's Tale and its impact on the characters and the author's context through the prism of the chosen historical periods, culture, [...]

The literary styles influence the interpretation of the poem by the target audience. In the poem "My Papa Waltz," the author has employed, vivid descriptions, figurative language, and unique poetic tones to communicate the meaning [...]

The writer in the text uses authentic statements to show the reader that culture was supposed to be preserved in the family.

The queens in Hamlet and Macbeth play a pivotal role in the life of the heroes of the play. She is portrayed as a mother who, in her awareness of Hamlet's crisis, feels guilty and [...]

Both the long-term and the short-term causes of the revolution contributed to the public outrage and diminished the people's belief in the monarchy.

It turns out that a family is ready to kill their blood and flesh in order to show society that they are one of them and that they are not on the side of something [...]

The events show that in the conditions of racism, the psychological deformation of a person occurs due to the formation of a feeling of inferiority in him or her and the cultivation of fear.

Providing the title for the work, Orwell seems to ask the questions about the differences in the regime of the Soviet Union and irrational rule of animals at the farm.

This way the languages of the poem creates an effect of a one-on-one conversation between the reader and the author and increases the feeling of the poet's personal presence during his monologue, which is extremely [...]

By depicting the play as a failure of artistic representation, Pirandello captures the imaginations of the audience and highlights the mental states of the time.

From the reaction of the narrator's father, the story about the rich man and horse seems to relate his life to the narrative that was meant to mock him.

The poem is rightfully regarded as one of the best literary works in the world literature due to the stunning imagery with its special grave mood created by the author and the use of bright [...]

The other Wes Moore chronicles the life stories of two African American boys Wes Moore, The Author, and The Other Wes Moore.

The narrative of the story focuses on the life of the slave Georges, who also happens to be an illegitimate son of his master and his relationships with his master.

In his novel One Day David Nicholls attempts to show that love is the best and probably the only way to overcome loneliness and discontent.

Finally, the death of Romeo and Juliet puts an end to their love and is powerful enough to reconcile their feuding families.

Once John Keats has established the metaphor of the time portal that the urn represents, he uses several important lines in the fourth stanza of Ode on a Grecian Urn to extend the metaphor and [...]

The embodiment of these negative aspects comes in the form of Gatsby and his life, which in the end is seen as hollow and empty, just as the morals and values of the characters seen [...]

This paper analyses the position of a woman in society, the aspect of social life as well as the importance of responsibility in the drama A Doll's House.

The play explores the importance of land to the people of Ireland during the 20th century. This is observed in the beginning of the play when the father claimed that land was what mattered.

To understand the meaning of the name for the person's identity and the meaning of the appearance and clothes for being recognized and accepted in society, it is necessary to analyze the relationship between Moll [...]

Despite the varied opinion about the grandmother, her manipulative behaviour is very clear to the reader throughout the story. The grandmother knows that Bailey would not allow her to visit the old plantation.

In the poem itself there are actually two voices, that of Soledad and another that asks her who she seeks and tells her to clean her body, as such it can be assumed that this [...]

Tom's mother is from a genteel southern ancestry and frequently narrates the stories of her youth to her children and the number of suitors who wanted her.

The name of the novel as Frankenstein conceals the major occurrence of the novel, hence, masking the intentions of the writer at first.

The milieu in which the novel, Frankenstein; The Modern Prometheus is situated served as a warning to people that the technological developments brought about by the quest for knowledge could bring about the very threat [...]

The period was one of the turbulent and confusing times in the history of the U.S.as the British and the American politicians made drastic efforts to reach a compromise.

It can be considered the second-most important symbol of the story because it is also the first time when the protagonist realizes and acknowledges that everything is somehow not the way it used to be.

King demonstrates that the erasure of identity and one's desire to forget one's roots can cause racism and oppression of indigenous peoples.

In the context of the story "Adams," these actions play an essential role in the life of the narrator, who tries to understand the further deeds of his neighbor Adams and put himself in his [...]

The central tempter of the story is Tom Sawyer because he is ready to give something valuable to the other boy rather than paint a thirty-yard fence. The reason for the inability to withstand temptation [...]

Franz Kafka's novel, "The Metamorphosis," is regarded as one of the most fascinating and absurdist works of literature and offers a complex philosophical and psychological examination of current circumstances.

This statement is the case for The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo because the author managed to make the novel teach the readers an important lesson.

Hamlet does not follow his friend's caution and goes with the ghost, where he learns of his father's murder and swears to avenge him.

One may notice the representation of the duality of the world, namely good and evil, and at the end of the novel, despite all the previous events, the sincere impulse of Sula's friend formulates a [...]

Indulging oneself is one of the most conspicuous traits of Ignatius, which is also one of the major symptoms of antisocial personality disorder. Clearly, he is disrespectful to older people and the representatives of the [...]

The narrator wonders whether the Raven came at the command of Pluto, who is the god of the underworld, Satan, or the storm, all who are in another world.

The ritual brings about all the members of the community together who participate in the ritual and the winner gets the prize of death.

Nevertheless, an in-depth analysis of symbolism shows that the weather is the most dominant symbol in the story, and every scene is described in a given type of weather.

This paper examines the poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes and delineates the meaning by focusing on the various elements in the poem like setting, the background of the author, and the [...]

Therefore, an analysis of "Address to two Hundred Million Fellow Countrywomen," discloses the nature of primary sources used by one of the historians to reveal the activities that lead to China's liberation. The source was [...]

In The Veldt, the nursery is personified as it is given the characteristics of being a parent, and it performs all the duties of the house.

Thus, the theme of Life of Pi is to show the difference between a human being and an animal and to indicate that no conditions can make it disappear.

The story is written from the perspective of a grown-up narrator who recollects his experience of falling in love for the first time.

Reading this short story, the audience meets a young boy who desires to make a mash on a beautiful girl resorting to the use of lies and deceitfulness, but he soon realizes that such an [...]

The inevitability of destiny is the main idea of the play, and the last lines support that: nobody should name a mortal happy until this mortal faces everything that destiny has for them. The story [...]

The miracles illustrated in the poem represent the deamonic revision of aspects in Book of Genesis. The result is the restoration of the sacrality of the Earthly kingdom.

The plot revolves around the trip of the Das Indian family from the USA to India itself. Kapasi to discover the difference in "interpreting" their national and personal perception.Mr.