Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 11

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“Daffodils” by Ted Hughes: Poem Analysis

It is essential to appreciate simple moments, everyday joys, minutes with a loved person, and beauty in the little things. Hence, in order to be able to fully enjoy all the beauties and joys of [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 180

“Absolution” by Siegfried Sassoon

The general tone of the poem is defined by the contrast of the beautiful and the ugly, the good and evil manifesting themselves through the experience of people at war.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 334

Antigone Reading Response

On the other hand, Antigone looked at things in a totally different perspective from Creon; she believed it was her duty as a woman to bury the body of a family member and proceeded to [...]
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 597

“The Rivals” by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

This paper will focus on the play's main points the author conveyed to the reader and the viewer and sociocultural issues of those times, just as those were represented 'in particular the uncommon length of [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1130

Minor Characters in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”

Some of the stories that the reader comes to know, about some people or events in the play, come inform of narrations from the minor characters. The minor characters give most of the information known [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 929

“Being There” by Jerzy Kosinski

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.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1486

The Poem ‘Song of Myself’ by Whitman

All in all, through the Song of Myself poem, Whitman presents a description of himself that demonstrates that the poet is intimately related to the concepts of life, death, and The Universe.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 1120

How Story Telling Impacts Ishmael Beah’s Life

He dared to make this dangerous travel in order not to be swallowed by an insatiable mouth of war when it knocked on Ishmael's door for the second time."They had run so far away from [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1026

Mystery in “Trifles” Play by Susan Glaspell

But the gentlemen who are actually supposed to find out the motive and solve the case are not able to succeed in reaching the depth of the matter, as they lack the sympathetic view which [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1455

Frederick Douglas: Learning to Read and Write

Learning to read and write was Douglas' ticket out of slavery but this is not the main point of the story, it was the process of learning that opened his eyes to slavery in America [...]
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 954

“The Storm,” a Short Story by Kate Chopin

The title of the story has a hidden meaning and symbolizes trye love and passion between Calixta and her lover. This tension between the individual and the nature can be destructive to originality, imagination and [...]
  • Subjects: Romantic Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 280

Robert Bolt “A Man for All Seasons”: Corruption Theme

The 16th century was a period of political conflict and corruption in England; the theme is presented through the statesman Thomas More who is considered to participate in the struggle between the state and the [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 569

“An American Childhood” Book by Annie Dillard

In contrast to many children, Dillard lived in wealthy family and had an opportunity to visit a private school. In sum, the unique childhood experience had a great impact on Dillard and her life views.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1129

“Sylvia’s Death” by Anne Sexton

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 549

“Fleur” by Louise Erdrich

The reader explores, again, that Fleur's character is surrounded with mystery, when she is violated by one of the players and Pauline is not able to help her even she knows what is happening.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 621

“Jin Ping Mei” by Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng

The thrust of the paper is focused on taking a multidimensional exploration of the importance of the theme of sexuality threaded in the composition of the novel by Sheng.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 15
  • Words: 3642

The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Ancient Egyptian Culture

The Epic of Gilgamesh and the culture of the ancient Egypt have their own similarities and differences based on the historical events that took place in this cultures and the religious beliefs of the two [...]
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 679

Colonialism: ”Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell

While he does not take any lengthy journeys outside of his familiar region, the narrator of "Shooting an Elephant" relates an incident in which he found himself forced to shoot an elephant by the limitations [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1062

“Seven Fallen Feathers” by Tanya Talaga

The existing residential school system is one of the examples provided in the text as it contributes to the deterioration of the institution of family and the native culture of people.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1761

“A Hanging” Essay by George Orwell

The author's attitude is obvious, and it is noticeable that Orwell, who performs his duty, is not ready to accept the reality in which a person is deprived of life by force.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 838

“Fifteen Dogs” the Book by Andre Alexis

Human intelligence that the gods give to the dogs does not make them happy but subjects them to continuous thoughtful considerations and emotional perception of the surrounding world that ultimately leads to suffering.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 877

Peter Singer and Onara O’Neill: Comparative Position

From the suffering of people in Haiti in the wake of several hurricanes that struck them in 2008 to individuals facing hunger and drought in various states of Africa, as well as the war-torn countries [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1114

“Love That Dog” Verse Novel by Sharon Creech

In this part of the play, it is clear that Jack is not ready to hide his feelings and is happy to share them with someone who, in his opinion, can understand him.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 562

“The Snows of Mt. Kilimanjaro” by E. Hemingway

A short story uses all the elements of that genre to develop his or her theme; in fact, all the elements are used to lead the reader to the central meaning of the work.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1719

“Girl” a Novel by Jamaica Kincaid

The writer in the text uses authentic statements to show the reader that culture was supposed to be preserved in the family.
  • Subjects: American Novels Writing Style
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1418

“The Stranger” by Albert Camus: Literary Analysis

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 [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 885

“Suburban Warriors” by Lisa McGirr

2 The researcher makes numerous observations about the US and the Republican Party in the 1960s and 1970s, although most of the arguments that the author applies county-wide are based on Orange County.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 950

“The Cherry Pickers” by Kevin Gilbert

At the moment of the initially rehearsed interpretation of The Cherry Pickers, Gilbert was named the first Indigenous dramatist to have his play performed.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1102

Odysseus’ Personal Qualities and the Epic Hero Image

However, despite the need to win the audience, Odysseus also uses rhetoric to establish his authority; in his storytelling, he is always somewhat distant from the listeners: "Odyssean charisma, in both the personal sense attached [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3042

One Eye Character in the Valhalla Rising Film

Due to the events of this quest for knowledge, Odin was always depicted as a one-eyed man. Odin was an excellent warrior and the god of violence and fury.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1115

American Culture in the Novel “The Great Gatsby”

In The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald documents these changes through an in-depth exploration of cultural changes such as the rise in consumerism, materialism, greed for wealth, and the culture of loosening morals in the 1920s [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2215

“Salvation” by Langston Hughes Literature Analysis

In addition to his limited understanding ability, her aunt's inadequate explanation of salvation also significantly contributed to Hughes's literal thoughts of the salvation process.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 573

“With the Old Breed” by Eugene Sledge

The book, being very sincere and straightforward, gives us one of the brightest and most detailed pictures about the horrors of the biggest military conflict in human history.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1227

The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World by Gabriel Marquez

In their imagination, if this man had lived in their village, he would have the house with "the widest doors, the highest ceiling, and the strongest floor" and "his wife would have been the happiest [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 630

“We Wear the Mask” by Paul Dunbar

The poem is a classical piece of the hurt and anguish that black Americans experienced towards the start of the 20th century.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 588

Human Emotions in English Literature

Since people's emotions are pretty basic, these are rather the mechanisms of emotions which have become more complicated over the centuries than the emotions themselves, which can be traced in such works as Chaucer's Truth, [...]
  • 5
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1443

Moral of Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

Even though it might be true concerning the first element, since Connie and Arnold seem to be the only meaningful persons in the story, the situation is not straightforward when it comes to topics. It [...]
  • 5
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1129

“Symbolism of Snow” Story

One of the ways in which the snow is used to evoke this memory is the way she remembers the man.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 534

“The Golden Ass” by Lucius Apuleius

There is another major theme that connects both thinkers in their views and it is the unexplained nature of love. Humanity is not the one that created love; people are simply the receivers and givers.
  • Subjects: Romantic Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1700

Gothic Masculinity in the Wuthering Heights

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 [...]
  • 3.7
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2582

The Pagoda by Patricia Powell

Prior to the completion of the letter, the shop was reduced down to ashes together with Cecil, the person who fetched her to Jamaica, mistreated her sexually and who assisted her in putting up the [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 855

From the Diary of an Almost-Four-Year-Old

The plot of the poem represents the expression of the world perception and the feelings of the child who has been injured by the soldier and has lost one eye.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 558

President Cleveland Where Are You?

He gives the money to his brother who purchases a corsage for Sally and a new black shoe for the dance.
  • 4.3
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 592

Sandra Cisneros Literary Style

Her poetic approach, use of vignettes and the Spanish language in her books 'The House on a Mango Tree' and 'Caramelo' indicates a unique style that makes them easy to read and understand.this paper reviews [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 635

Flannery O’Connor – A Stroke of Good Fortune

There are characters used by the writer and the reason she used them as well as the themes, which the writer of Stroke of good fortune tries to bring out in the book.
  • 1
  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1675

The Roman Creation Myth

However, the most common myth indicates that before creation of the heavens, the sea and the earth were made and whatever existed could only be described as lifeless, disorganized and shapeless matter.
  • 4.8
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1040

Thought Response: The Saints and the Roughnecks

The society's view of the Saints and the Roughnecks is quite different. The basis for individual participation in criminal groups and the crime committed is a product of a learning environment.
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  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 596

Comparison of “Two Kinds” and “Everyday Use”

The conflict between her new constructed culture and the tradition and culture that mama was brought up to know is an aftermath of the general mood of society after the effects of war and conflict [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Fiction Comparison
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 974

Jealousy in “Othello” by W.Shakespear

Othello is not perfect either and the reason he acts the way he acts is that he is jealous; not that Desdemona cannot match his 'principles'.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1611

Burning Chrome by William Gibson Analysis & Summary

This is also a reflection of the impact of modern technology on the lives of the young as they grapple with new ways to survive and thrive in a world controlled by things that are [...]
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  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1589

Innocence of Frankenstein’s Monster

The name of the novel as Frankenstein conceals the major occurrence of the novel, hence, masking the intentions of the writer at first.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2984

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

The plays interweaves Christ's crucifixion with the picture of a bubbling crucible in it a man and a society: the predicament of arriving to the right choice of morality and the inevitability of attaining redemption [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1108

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

“Doll’s House” by Henrick Ibsen

Rank, a friend to the couple and a confidante of Nora, and Anna- Maria, the trusty nursemaid to the Helmer's. The Helmer's children, the housemaid and the porter all portray the cameo role in the [...]
  • Subjects: Family Drama
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 600

Othello and Oedipus Rex Characters’ Traits

The two characters had to overcome several obstacles in a manner that led many of their followers to respect and honor them, and their royal positions Othello can be considered to be a black member [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 963

Hassan and Amir: The Relations, Which Touch the Soul

Taking into consideration that loyalty is one of the common features for both Hassan and Amir, their differences, which consist in family and origin as well as their attitudes to life, friendship, and respect, make [...]
  • 5
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 842

Irony in The Ransom of the Red Chief by O. Henry

The irony is further exemplified when the two men end up paying the father to take his son back. These instances reveal how the roles of the father and the kidnappers are displayed in a [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 321

La Llorona, a Mexican Folktale

The Mexican folktale of La Llorona, the weeping woman, about a mother who laments her lost children by weeping on the banks of lakes and rivers, is an instance of a myth that spans the [...]
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 853

The Book “Up the Trail” by Tim Lehman

Chapter one details the origin of the cowboys and the beginning of the cattle trade through the introduction of the longhorns.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1131

The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad

The first one is the absolute topographical realism and accuracy of details in the reproduction of the place of events. Conrad resorts to the parallelism of the climaxes in the stories of Leggatt and the [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1107

“The Conference of the Birds” by Farid Ud-Din Attar

The cycle of poems tells about how the birds, representing seekers of enlightenment and union with the Divine, prepare for a pilgrimage to the magical valley where the Simurgh, who represents the Supreme God, lives. [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1000