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Feminism in Canadian Literature

First of all, the female author of the article considered by Cosh is evidently a supporter of the equality of rights for men and women, and her account on the women liberation movement in the [...]
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2230

Story ‘Rope’ by Katherine Anne Porter Analyisis

It can be observed in two sentences: "...she was a little disappointed about the coffee, and oh, look, look, look at the eggs!", as well as in the sentence "That was the heaviest thing in [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1106

“North and South” Novel by Elizabeth Gaskell

This paper is a review of the main character, Margaret Hale and will also look at the social and economical and political transitions/issues that occur in the story.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1863

“On the Sidewalk Bleeding” Story by Evan Hunter

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 [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 546

“She Stoops to Conquer” by Oliver Goldsmith

The further development of the art of theatre took place in the Roman Empire that brought this art to a higher level of development and gave the basis for the history of the European medieval [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1056

The Novel “Shame” by J. M. Coetzee Review

That is the theory; hold to the theory and the comforts of theory. To come back to the statement made by David, it seems that the novelist is talking about a way of life in [...]
  • Subjects: Romantic Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1705

History of Asia. Lu Xun’s “My View On Chastity”

He was one of the founders of the China League of Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai. His contribution in the field of language and literature is enormous, thus, most of the commentators have viewed his greatness [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1571

Gaiman’s Book “Coraline”: Behind the Door

The setting of the book is most frightening and otherworldly, and the narrative is full of vivid descriptions of unreal places and characters the protagonist meets.
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  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 624

The Thematic Concept in Water Names

Like the narrator, a reader may think that the story presents a happy ending, as the young woman "went to join the kingdom of her beloved". The woman wants the girls to find the answer [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 864

Role of Alienation and Isolation in Literature

His creation is gentle at the start, but after the people start to resent it because of its looks, the monster runs and hides from the society. When Victor refuses to create a spouse for [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2693

Metaphors in “A Madman’s Diary” Story by Lu Xun

One of these metaphors can be seen in the third part of the story: "I see that woman's 'bite several mouthfuls out of you,' the laughter of those green faced, long toothed people and the [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 897

“The Wind” a Novel by Dorothy Scarborough

The author focuses on the thoughts of the protagonist, Letty Mason, and shows the world through her eyes. Letty is a young woman that is not prepared to live in the harsh environment of her [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1192

Sexuality in Shakespeare’s Sonnets

Additionally, the poet's description of beauty, satirical approach to love, and the construction of gender roles reveal his interest in the issue of sexuality.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2243

Themes and Culture in Li Bai’s Poetry

This is likely intentional as the tower, and the neighboring lake is a very famous location in China and holds great significance outside the context of the poem.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 852

Themes and Narration in “Black Boy” by Richard Wright

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.
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  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1229

Characterization’s Importance in Literature

This statement by the narrator is a significant tool of characterization because it reveals that the main character is insane. The narrator is also important in revealing the character of the old man.
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1135

“The Namesake” and “The Overcoat”

At the same time, Gogol, who is the character of Lahiri's novel, has something in common with the protagonist of "The Overcoat".
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 626

Grotesque in “A Rose for Emily” by W. Faulkner

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1144

Why Should People Read for Pleasure?

The discussion explains why reading is beneficial to every person who embraces the practice for pleasure. This fact explains why every person should enjoy reading and make the practice part of his or her culture.
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  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1117

Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”: Social Aspects

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 [...]
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  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1234

“The Most Dangerous Game” a Story by Richard Connell

"The Most Dangerous Game", a short story written by Richard Connell, is one of the first literary pieces to tell the tale of human hunting a subject highly popularized in the contemporary popular culture.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 834

Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare

The author expresses his affection to a person he does not name, yet it is suspected that the mysterious object of the poet's admiration who is mentioned in most of the other sonnets is a [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 844

Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse

The autobiographical information of the author provides that the title of the novel was based on the abandoned wolf of the steppes.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 811

“A Passage to India” by Edward Forster

The other characteristic about the presentation of the setting is that the author uses symbols to direct the leader to the theme of the story and the meanings.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3318

“In the Time of the Butterflies” by Julia Alvarez

She is committed to realize her dreams and goes to the law school in her adulthood. In the first chapter, she shows frustration in the leadership of the country and demonstrates her passion and vision [...]
  • Subjects: American Novels Influences
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 896

Analysis of the Tale Cinderella

In our criticism of Cinderella, we asked the questions: "What is the disposition of gender in this artifact?" And, "How does the disposition of gender affect the behavior of children under the age of ten?" [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 2943

The Murder of Helen Betty Osborn

The second volume is supposed to address various issues that were related to the murder of Helen Osborne and the actions that were taken by the police.
  • 5
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 820

The Paradoxes of Time Travel by David Lewis

The 'original' 2008 would represent the actual time when the poor scientist lived and did not know anything about the winning lottery numbers; on the other hand, the 'new' 2008 would represent a counterfactual time [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1337

To Live: a true story or biased fiction?

The third episode from the novel to support that Yu Hua is not biased against the nationalist period is that the civil war ended in the victory of the communist ideology.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3276

Everyday Use by Alice Walker

The two hand-stitched quilts draw attention and become the center of conflict in the family of Mama and her two daughters.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1705

Literature Study on “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The author presents the scenic elements of the forest and the village without ambiguity. The author resonates on the contradictory extremes of misguided attitude and false perception in the belief of 'a blackness power.' Besides, [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1053

A Rose for Emily

A rose for Emily is one of the books that is rich in styles that are employed to bring a clear picture of the theme story.
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  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1110

A Streetcar Named Desire

She is highly critical and snobbish when she regards the cramped up apartment that her sister and her husband lives in.
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 828

The Epic of Gilgamesh: The Death and the Afterlife

The main purpose of the Gilgamesh myth is to illustrate the weakness of man in the face of destiny. By the time this dream appears in the story, the reader is already aware Enkidu is [...]
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  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 582

Harry Potter Books and Movies

The lead character is the hero Harry Potter, a famous wizard whose adventures are the central focus of the book and the movie.
  • 3.4
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 636

Literary Analysis on The Canterbury Tales

Through the description of the contrasting characters of the Summoner and the Parson, the narrator is able to draw the picture of the Catholic Church during the nineteenth century.
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  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 544

Black Boy By Richard Wright [Text Analysis]

As is clear from the summary of Richard Wright's "Black Boy," Ella's hard work causes her to develop health problems leaving Richard with the option of looking for odd jobs to provide for the family. [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1997

“The Guest” by Albert Camus: Analysis

In the short story "The Guest" by Albert Camus, the theme of self-determination is represented in the actions of the two main characters, Daru and the Arab.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 558

Plot Devices in “The Break” by Katherena Vermette

In The Break, the characters undergo many changes in their lives that explicitly or implicitly affect them simultaneously. Meanwhile, the author explicitly uses flashbacks when referring to the character's relationship with the victim and each [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 304

Psychoanalytic Approach to Jamaica Kincaid’s Lucy Novel

Her difficult adventure tells the story how "she was no longer the girl she had been, but she was not yet the woman she was going to become"."Lucy" by Jamaica Kincaid can be interpreted from [...]
  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1212

The Poem “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll

As a magician of language, Carroll raised in the poem and in the whole work about the girl Alice, the most ancient folklore layer: the abstruse language is in children's counting rhymes, it was used [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 360

Omens in The “Macbeth” Play by William Shakespeare

The supernatural was an aspect of the plot structure used to add tension and drama to the occurrences and situations and manifested in various ways. To conclude, the owl and raven were utilized as omens [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 323

The Last Grain Collection Book by Lev Kopelev

The tragedy affected the whole country, from Ukraine in the West to Kazakhstan in the East. The propaganda of the Soviet Union widely celebrated collectivization and Stalin's actions before and at the time of Kopelev's [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1683

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair: Critical Analysis

The purpose of their activity was to expose the vices of society through various investigations and the study of documents. The purpose of the author was to show the public the arbitrariness that reigned there.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2513

The End of the Sula Novel by Toni Morrison

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 863

The Short Story “Dead Men’s Path” by Chinua Achebe

With the support of his wife Nancy, this energetic and modern man decides to transform the school into a modern one by planting beautiful gardens on the fields and closing a path that villagers use [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 671

Regan and Goneril in “King Lear” by Shakespeare

Regan and Goneril are portrayed with various defiant actions against the inequalities occurring in the contemporary society of the male-dominated world. The female archetype is described as an element of the oppression in the patriarchal [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1147

The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis

The letter are "the space, the period, the comma, and the twenty-two letters of the alphabet," and these elements distinguish each book from the plethora of others.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 498

Modernism in “Girl” Short Story by Jamaica Kincaid

A general image of Girl and the seriousness of its separate elements make the work closer to modernistic style. The first sign of modernism in the work is the seriousness of the story and its [...]
  • Subjects: Modernist Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 592

“Dark Princess” by W.E.B. Du Bois: Novel Analysis

Those who were dissatisfied with the novel tried to accuse the author of failing to use social realism in the book and of excessive eroticism. Matthew Townes is the main character of the work, and [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 644

Relationship Between Parents and Children

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 [...]
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  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 704

Dante’s Circles of Hell: Sins and Punishments

In Dante's Inferno, the second circle of hell is dedicated to the deadly sin of lust, which is the final destination for the individuals who used to be lustful and adulterous during their life.
  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 322

Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges: Piece of Postmodern

The book Labyrinths is the collection of short stories written by Borges, and it is one of the most vivid examples of postmodern literature where realty is combined with the author's imagination producing the elements [...]
  • Subjects: Modernist Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 589