Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 11

Main Points of The Yellow Wallpaper The basic aim of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is to reflect the oppression of women in the 19th century.

Margery stands out as a sympathetic character to the extent that sees her rejection by the society in the country, which does not accommodate people with such magnitudes of ingeniousness, simplicity and honesty that she [...]

Although in the Chinese Red Riding Hood the girls Felice, Mayline, and Jeanne are able to overcome the manoeuvres of the wolf that wanted to eat them, such a case might be the exception rather [...]

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 [...]

Based on the analysis of the poem and the idea of a speech act, one can say that the first part of the poem is the addressee, the beatniks, including the author himself.

Further, one of the patterns in the history of Daphne is the illustration of the conflict between the divine and the human.

The fact that testifies to the idea that Prometheus preferred people over Gods is the way the titan tricked the Gods over parts of the animals that had to be given to them in a [...]

Literary works are essential sources of information that can help in building values and determining what is really important in a person's life."The mill on the floss" by George Eliot is a novel that presents [...]

Although Sagan's work demonstrates a brilliant, incisive, and insightful skewering of elaborate lies that are used to trick gullible people into believing nonsense, the article lacks the crucial element of recognizing the dangerous potential of [...]

Eventually, this conflict only stresses the significance of cultural acceptance when June is ready to be a part of her Chinese culture.

Maugham's dedication to the topic and material of his writing and his ability to find a way through otherwise pessimistic situations appear to be motivating to the author of the essay.W.

The author takes the readers into the poetic lifeline of exploration of fearing the unknown. The author personifies the snake by calling it a fellow, which gives the snake a weird humanistic quality.

At the end of this fairy-tale, she agrees to marry him, which breaks an evil spell that transforms a young and handsome prince into a monster."The Beauty and the Beast" is the representation of the [...]

This paper will look at the features of the stories and characters of Beatrice and Georgiana to demonstrate their main differences with the same ending of their stories.

A suitable passage to illustrate the author's use of the curtain as a device symbolizing and bringing forward the separation between the main characters is the excerpt when it is first introduced.

The Devil and Tom Walker depict a corrupted man named Tom Walker, who is eager to sell himself in exchange for the treasure that the devil has promised him.

In the first third of the novel, Keita Ali is a young enthusiastic black man, who sees running as a way to get rich and escape poverty. She is introduced to the reader as a [...]

It is not a very active story because the woman, Elisa Allen, spends her day engaged in very simple activities and only leaves the space of her garden and home toward the end of the [...]

To address the question posed in the poem, Hughes creates a set of similes that assist in seeking answers to the aforementioned question.

The poet emphasizes the sounds to bring the reader into the philosophical mood by writing about "gazing at the croaking of the frogs" and "listening to the moon".

The speaker seems to be a woman who was abandoned by her partner, and the poem is a solitary reflection on the feelings of love and loneliness.

The death of his mother led to his grandmother taking the role of taking care of him and his siblings. In 1814 at the age of 19, John fought his master that resulted in a [...]

In order to make the statement of the right ethical standards more convincing, both writers describe the transgression of these rules by the main characters of the stories and the consequences of it.

The notion of time in The Sound and the Fury is characterized by a subtlety. The most chaotic and fuzzy sense of time is observed in Benjy's narration.

This is a novel with a story of the authentic journey from the remote areas to the city of Johannesburg and the religious journey through the unfriendly culture.Rev.

This illustrates that the author of the poem - who is a woman - does not know who she is and looks to external sources to define her.

Yet, the worst was still laying ahead it is not only that Dorset had refused to pay ransom for the release of his son, but he himself demanded ransom from both kidnappers, in order to [...]

Although, many poets are concerned with transformation, in the case of Adrienne Rich, one of the brightest and influential poetesses of the second half of the twentieth century, this transformation included many elements in her [...]

Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and the carnival elements in the play are widely discussed topics in the literary world. When analyzing the gradual development of the plot of the play A Midsummer Night's Dream [...]

As the atmosphere of gaiety during the carnival changes to the horror from the catacombs beneath Montresor's palazzo the reader ascertains that the carnival was a prelude created by the author to admit the drastic [...]

In the end, the good doctor loses his life in abandoning himself to the strength of the monstrous evil portion of his being thus fulfilling the promise of the doppelganger.

The analysis of the poem The Flea should be viewed through the author's personal style of writing and world look. The style of the poem writing can be characterized as lyrical and romantic as the [...]

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 [...]

It is worth noting that, in the novel Maps by Nuruddin Farah, the writer examines the problems of national identity through a gender-oriented interpretation of the history of Somalia.

The purpose of this essay is to point out, in as much detail as possible, the allegorical allusions to the Christian way of life, or in short, the biblical teachings that are vital to the [...]

He is maybe a bit spoiled and used to getting his own way, but he knows he has a duty to the state and to his family and he knows he is destined to someday [...]

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 [...]

The short story contains a number of characteristics of Realism, such as the representation of real life, a focus on ordinary people, middle-class characters, interacting within themes of society and social classes.

The first example of the subverted power dynamic is at the very beginning of the story. The writer shows that power comes at a certain price, and in the case of the main character, he [...]

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 [...]

For example, The Catcher in the Rye is a book that appeals to the majority of adults while the representatives of the younger generation often turn out to be not able to come to the [...]

As for the statement that the power of nature is the symbol of renewal, it is connected to the concept of equality and justice.

Hansberry and Hughes introduce the same idea of a dream compared to a raisin dried up in the sun, but explain it in different ways in order to show how the interpretation of a thought [...]

The new stepsiblings are caught in the middle of the storm as they try to abandon a ship. In this context, the children are less inclined to kill each other, which is a good illustration [...]

Shakespeare's play The Tempest is a story of the magical loss and restoration of the man's power, wherein actions develop in the unchronological order, simultaneously showing past and present events.

The main characters, a father and son, try to cross the former territory of the United States on foot and reach the sea to survive the winter. The father and son visit the town and [...]

He is considered one of the most influential agitators for change in the social order in the history of activism in America. The poem highlights the plight of the Negro in the USA.

Other than narrating the event on the battlefront, the book gives a picture of the backroom events that the leaders of the different countries were engaging in such as making appointments, which had a bearing [...]

Masculinity may explain the character of the forceful male or the threatening female who bears the forces of a man. Cottom explains that the Gothic uses "manipulation of the thoughts, and images to the figure [...]

Anne Bradstreet wrote the poem entitled the flesh and the spirit and tried to compare the things of the world and the thing of the spirit.

Purpose of the research The purpose of this study is to compare specific women characters in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and Hamlet and to explore their similarities in terms of their passivity, relationships with other characters [...]

Science fiction has found its place among the 'great' literatures of the word and hence a contribution in the field of literature. Some of the most sales in literature are in the genre of science [...]

In the poems Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night, My Papa's Waltz, and The Negro Speaks of Rivers, the poets Dylan Thomas, Theodore Roethke and Langston Hughes employ the poetic device of imagistic [...]

This is because while the gods are obviously responsible for choosing the path that one's life is to take, it still takes the free will of the involved person to follow that path.

For most people reading the works of Parker they always seem to remark that her outlook on relationships is from a dark and cynical point of view and as such most of them would be [...]

And now, when the storm was about to hit, Calixta's home was about to become like a garden and Alcee will come in like a snake tempting her and she will give in to that [...]

Although very common in the literature, the play portrays the character of Dr. This essay explores the concept of anti-heroism and demonstrates how the character of Doctor Faustus is an antihero.

However, the narrator's developing madness can also act as the symbolical depiction of the effects of the men's dominance on women and the female suppression in the 19th-century society."The Yellow Wallpaper" was first published in [...]

The first stanza of the poem is set in a classroom where William, a member of the Senate, has gone to evaluate the new school curriculum.

By focusing on the viewpoint of his mother and his brother Robby, John Edgar Wideman was trying to show the feeling that he went through in his life.

"The Old Man and the Sea" is a story of a modest old man and his struggle for the greatness. This essay seeks to make a detailed review of the story, "The Old Man and [...]

In a bid to deliver the message of the poem, the author uses various interesting tools. The content of the poem is interesting as the author narrows down to the concept of old age.

The king is in conflict with himself. The king's behavior is in conflict with the character of Oedipus king.

There are numerous themes in "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, but the most evident are the ideas of violence, devotion to traditions, and fear to change something due to the concurrence of circumstances.

The film director, Gary Ross, presents the contents of the book in a film in concise way. This is in spite of the fact that the family relationship between Gale and Katniss is important.

This paper will discuss the different attitudes adopted by four poets towards war."The Charge of the Light Brigade" is a poem that talks about the Crimean war.

There is no point Emma is letting go of her beliefs, and what is right to her; it is right to others.

In the novel "Don Quixote," Miguel de Cervantes depicts two opposite characters of Alonso Quixano and Sancho Panza. Alonso and Sancho have opposite personalities, each representing a different kind of sense.

The play is the people's voice, reflecting their aspirations and ideals."William Tell" was devoted to the theme of the revolt of foreigners, in which the motif of tyranny sounds with the same strength and conviction.

Shakespeare was regarded as the poet of nature, emphasizing the uniqueness and magnificence of humanity in all of his poems. The sonnet is centered around time and immortality as it asserts how the poet's beloved [...]

The decision to show one's femininity in revealing clothes and photographs despite the dangers of Trans sexism is rather a sign of solidarity and courage against the same dangers.

After that, the author had his idea of what kind of future he wanted for himself and his family. Baca set aside some of what he wrote and intended to publish, making it part of [...]

This shows that rain is a response to the creation of the tiger and thus is a representation of God's power.

Her analogy sets the setting for her narrative framework, which portrays the English colonists as God's anointed and the Native Americans as the scourge sent by God to torment the English in order to lead [...]

The main conflict of the play consists of the friends' varying perceptions of the magic ball. She is motivated by her desire to prove the worthlessness of the toy to her friend.

The work juxtaposes the concepts of ever-fleeting innocence and the harsh reality that comes with experience and, hence, makes use of such literary devices as antithesis pairing certain poems in the collection like The Lamb [...]

An important aspect of foreshadowing is that at the end of the story, the reader can understand how the hint is linked to the ending.

In fact, the first stanza gives a visual description of the continent's beauty, drawing the analogy with the woman's body. In this poem, Angelou showed how the people of Africa felt when the white came [...]

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.

Rapid industrialization and urbanization, which occurred due to the population explosion, led to the creation of a dirty and noisy city, which was a hard place to live in for the poor.

The story displays the teachings on the types of attitudes of women. This post discussed the story's central theme, audience, and relevancy in modern society.

Through the external conflicts between Jack and Algernon's opposing beliefs of love and honesty, their continuous disagreements about marriage and romance, and the fixation of the name Earnest between the men and their love interests, [...]

In an introduction to The Tempest, Virginia Vaughan, and Alden Vaughan explore the theme of semantic similarity between Shakespeare and Virgil's plays even to a further extent: "Shakespeare's play is an imitation of the main [...]

The film parallels Hamlet as the main characters in the play and the film are both princes, and the antagonists are uncles who murder their brothers to gain power.

From the discovery of the impending danger of the destruction of earth through a Supernova, the group of scientists decides to build a vault resembling Pluto which would protect them from the Supernova.

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

Generally, such important themes as legalism, guilt, immorality, and sin related in the novel may be discussed through the prism of historicism, and even the very title of the novel featuring the word "scarlet" or [...]

When he discovers that he cannot match the "expectations," he secludes himself violently and only emerges upon unraveling the potential of his daughter, Anna to play the violin.

The first part is about three boys who find a dead body in a car inside a river found locally in their area, they fear breaking the story to the people, and one boy after [...]

Since the purpose of this paper is to unveil the theme and the thesis Kosinski wanted to convey to the reader I am going to unearth the slightest details of the book's and movie's plot.

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.

In this case, saying that she was in contact with Williams; showed that she was able to speak to the spirits of the dead.

The image of soldier Kien in The Sorrow of War demonstrates the difficulties of the Vietnamese people before, through and after this war.

The respiration and heartbeat of the baby that has been metaphorically compared to a timepiece, begins with a slap on the foot soles by the midwife.

What this paper will show is that one of the keys to understanding Holden's behavior is his attitude toward the movies.

The Poet is a co-tenant of Jeanne's in the apartment, where Jeanne receives customers, and who also owns the pussy cat that the woman wanted to strangle and kill.

It would have required many years of study for her to become a poet in Hong Kong as she would have had little access to the English publishing world and none to the Chinese unless [...]

Even when she "found herself the unexpected possessor of fifteen dollars" she did not want to spend the money for nothing and started carefully making plans trying to figure out what the best way to [...]

So, Pushkin tried to define the initial reasons of this phenomenon in the character of Onegin: shallow education, the imitation of European culture, conditionality and prejudice of life of the epoch, and laziness. Onegin is [...]

The beginning of the poem reveals the narrator's feelings toward Annabel Lee, determining the theme and the mood of the verse: "a maiden there lived whom you may know by the name of Annabel Lee; [...]

The walnut tree, which is the center of discussion, symbolizes the merry fruitfulness of a time when the family was affluent. The poem symbolizes the walnut tree as a remembrance of the father.

Vasudeva, the ferryman and the river act as the best teachers for Siddhartha in his pursuit for enlightenment; however, one cannot undermine the role played by his own father, the Samanas, Kamala, Kamaswami and Buddha [...]

The play begins as the County Attorney and the Sheriff have come to investigate the murder and find the motive. Irony helps Glaspell to unveil women's right to suffrage and dramatize the situation.in the play, [...]

The play revolves around the two opposing forces: truth and deceit, and we see a contrast between the importance of being true to one's self and the importance of being truthful with others.

The anxiety inherent in a sketch - the feeling of being unsettled - leads Goldsmith to other stylistic choices, most notably the creation of illusions and the reliance upon sentiment, both of which smooth away [...]

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.

He studied philosophy at the university so that after obtaining a degree he explored the concepts of existentialism in the middle of the 1930s and examined the principles of the absurdity of human existence several [...]

The Wife's prologue is a reflection of her aggressiveness, which is a reflection of the masculine image. However, this sexual freedom professed by the Wife is similar to the violent rape of the maiden by [...]

Not only the figures of Pyramus and Thisbe were borrowed by Shakespeare from Ovid's "Metamorphoses" to create protagonists for his famous "A Midsummer's Night Dream", but the English genius was also parodying both manner and [...]

With a couple of bright original metaphors, a writer helps a reader to understand a character's emotions, to imagine setting with the minor details, and to feel the atmosphere of the moment.

It is important to note that the artist does want to change his life, but he is not active enough. He tries to escape from the world, and his own world absorbs him.

The book tells the story of Cyprus in the mid-1950s. The book highlights the experiences on the island and the individuals he met during his stay.

One example of this can be seen in the case of the story "Evermore" where the main character of the story is sad about the death of her brother and the fact that many people [...]

The Code Of The Street by Elijah Anderson depicts the peculiarities of life in the American inner-city, revealing the mainstreams and the code of such neighborhood.

The storyline is romance and love; however, after Jack saves Mabel, the story transitions dramatically and defies all the expectations of such a story."Lawrence cuts through the romanticism inherent in such a plot line to [...]

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.

Analyzing the stylistic devices and themes in section 31 of the poem can help one understand the connection between this section and the entire work.

In Part 4 of the book, Covey states that the individual needs to nourish himself in a holistic manner; physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

The author has used his skill and facility that he learnt partly from Cervantes to explore the connection between the ridiculous and the good and the great humorous characters; the novel's greatest desirability is in [...]

The love of a soldier is seen in the way he fights for king and country. He is the son of a king but his father is not the one he currently serves.