Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 13

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“Journey Beyond the Stars” by Deepak Narang Sawhney

At the same time, the author calls it the metropolis of the Third World with all the poverty, homeless people, and immigrants, who struggle every single day to survive in the city that wants to [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1154

“The Star” by Arthur C. Clarke

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.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1514

Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali

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.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1195

Dorian Gray and His Downfall

Since Basil is the one to introduce the audience to Dorian by describing him in detail, it is only natural to start the assessment of Dorian's relationships with other characters wit.
  • Subjects: Dramatic Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2227

“Fires in the Mirror” Play by Anna Deavere Smith

The play consists of a number of interviews of the participants of the accident happened in the Crown Heights. The subject matter of Fires in the Mirror is the conflict between the Jewish community and [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1446

Shakespeare’s Romeo as a Tragic Hero

Romeo and Juliet's love, no matter how strong, was not able to break the bounds of the rigid social order in the 13th-century Verona. In Romeo and Juliet, a slim chance to live and to [...]
  • Subjects: Romantic Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 597

Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” Criticism

To illustrate, The Story of an Hour narrative is based on the supposed death of Brentley Mallard - the husband to Louise Mallard - thus reflecting a number of real life deaths that characterized Chopin's [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1412

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

Symbolism and Imagery in “Facing It” by Yusef Komunyakaa

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 [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1564

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

Critical Analysis of The Scarlet Letter

Hester gives birth to a child after having an affair while waiting for the arrival of the husband and conceals the identity of the child's father.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2154

“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

“Theme for English B” by Angston Hughes

According to Hughes, his voice cannot be white because he is black, but his relationship with the instructor does not allow his voice to remain black either.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2596

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler

The character Pearl is considered a perfectionist, and when the father deserts the family, she is challenged in her attempt to hold the family together as strongly as it used to be.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 13
  • Words: 3652

Fuenteovejuna by Lope de Vega: Theme of Love

Laurencia, the object of the Commander's desire further makes clear to Mengo that in her understanding love is inseparable from honour and thus involves the lover's commitment to their own and their beau's reputation as [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1682

Differences in the Context: Seneca, Medea & Euripides, Medea

Seneca describes the wedding in details and on this stage Medea already hates Creusa and Jason and starts thinking over her plans to take the revenge whereas in Euripides's Medea the scene with the wedding [...]
  • Subjects: Dramatic Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1402

“Allegory of the Cave” by Plato

As Plato was a disciple of Socrates and the source of much of the information we have regarding much of what this man had to say, Socrates' concept of ethics is relevant to an understanding [...]
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  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2807

“Am I Blue” Short Story by Alice Walker

The plot of the story, therefore, becomes an argumentative platform for the author to touch on the way the animals are being discriminated upon and how that is more than likely similar to how people [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1050

Blanche’s Drinking in Williams’ A Street Named Desire

Overall it is worth mentioning that the play abounds in symbolic images, For example, it is quite possible for us to say to a certain degree Blanche Dubois represents the so-called old South whereas Stanley [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 835

The Ladies of Frankenstein: The Gender in Literature

It is widely understood that Mary Shelley wrote for the female public, even though she originally wrote the novel on a wager among friends."She fitted character and plot to the tastes of the public, especially [...]
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1425

Achilles, Odysseus and Aeneas Comparison

Much ado in the Illiad tells of the dishonor he suffered from Agamemnon, his decision to quit the field because of it, and the futile efforts of the Greeks to appease him and draw him [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1623

Susan Glaspell and the Literary Canon

Some literary genres have lent themselves particularly well to the exploration of women's issues insofar as these were still perceived to be confined to the private sphere in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and the best part [...]
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1416

Du Fu’s and Li Bai’s Poem Literature Comparison

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2217

“Thoughts of Hanoi” Poem by Nguyen Thi Vinh

The Vietnam War found a profound reflection in the literature and poetry of the country's citizens, affected by the continuous loss of lives and the division of the country into North and South Vietnam.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 398

Human Nature in “Lord of the Flies” by Golding

Considering this, the present paper will analyze the validity of the given statement by drawing on the experiences of characters in Lord of the Flies and evaluating the conditions in which they lived.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 905

The Play “Fool for Love” by Sam Shepard

The following paper aims to analyze themes from the play, identify the connections to the concept of identity, and determine whether the reality they are dealing with offers them a possibility to live the American [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2228

1950s in Wilson’s “The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit”

Happiness becomes accessible through product attainment, and even the opening of the story deals with the fact that the protagonist and his wife, Tom and Betsy Rath, want to live in a better house.
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1474

“Araby” a Short Story by James Joyce

This symbolizes the boy's world and how blind he is to the reality of the world. The young boy gets to realize that his actual world is very different from his na ve dreams and [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 853

Hospitality History in “Hotel” by Arthur Hailey

The author fulfilled the purpose of the book and the needs of the audience, as he described realistic events, created a down-to-earth hero and made the plot thrilling.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1991

“Where the Red Fern Grows” by Wilson Rawls

The entire story is a documentation of the happiness that the dogs brought to Bill, and its conclusion is practically an illustration of how fond memories always stay with the individuals left behind after the [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 232

Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”

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 [...]
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  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 831

History in “Intimate Apparel” Play by Lynn Nottage

Nottage found her great-grandmother's picture in an old family house and wanted to learn more about what it was like to live in New York at the beginning of the twentieth century, but she had [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 564

“The Semplica-Girl Diaries” by George Saunders

Nevertheless, the streaming growth of the industrial revolution of the 19th century brought some significant changes to the understanding of social inequalities."The Semplica-Girl Diaries" is one of the chapters from the diary called Tenth of [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1464

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

“The Turn of the Screw” by Henry James

The theme of class and society is represented in the depiction of relationships between the servants, the governess, and the children.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2510

“To Build a Fire” a Story by Jack London

Another of the details that support the postulation that the main idea of the story is that assumptions can kill is the inability of the main character to recognize his limitations.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 848

“How to Tell a Story?” a Book by Mark Twain

For instance, he says that the humorous story applies simplicity in its narration that the storyteller tells the story in a simple and innocent way that tends to amuse the listeners without even having to [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 843

Realism in American and British Literature

The concept is interested in looking at the daily lives of individuals from both the lower and middle classes, whose character is determined by social factors. The movement covered the whole country since it was [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 561

“My Old Man” a Poem by Charles Bukowski

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.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1101

“Dead Is So Last Year” by Marlene Perez

"Dead is so Last Year" is the third and strangest book in the "Dead" series by the writer Marlene Perez. In the book, the Giordano sisters are feeling excited that at last, they have a [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1181

A Christmas Carol by Dickens

It starts with a summary of the plot, then examines the main characters and the themes and concludes with the personal opinion on the novella.
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1180

Into the Wild: Characters, Themes, Personal Opinion

Overall, the protagonist of the book does not arouse sympathy because his actions were unreasoned, and he was unprepared for his adventure, which eventually caused him to die from poisoning in a forest.
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1109

“Speckled Trout” by Ron Rash

It is critical to focus on the plot and the themes which are explored by the author. When the boy is almost about to faint, he thinks about the speckled trout because he initially came [...]
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  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 835

“A Different Mirror” by Ronald Takaki

The skepticism towards the existence of a amulticultural society' is mostly due to the fact that American citizens of European descent are considered to be the 'natural citizens' of the United States.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 561

My papa’s waltz

The boy had to waltz with his father and as they did so, he hit his right ear on his father's buckle because he was a small one.
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  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 568

Frederick Douglass’s poem

Apparently, by doing it, Douglass strived to emphasize the hypocritical ways of Southern slave-owning Bible-thumpers, who used to be thoroughly comfortable with indulging in two mutually incompatible activities, at the same time treating Black slaves [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 419

Deception in “The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus”

The author, Marlowe, in his quest for studying the most ambitious individuals, encountered the Renaissance "overreacher", thus, sharing his views on heroism and the power of will with his readers, at the same time, chronicling [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1395

The poem “The Red Wheelbarrow”

It appears as if the speaker places a type of importance on the wheelbarrow beyond what it was meant to do and it is this importance that the author seems to connect to the phrase [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1060

Babylon Revisited & The Great Gatsby: Motifs & Themes

When he pleads his case to the guardians of Honoria, his sister-in-law Marion, and her husband, he continually evades his escapades of the past and recounts his hard work and sincerity of the present.
  • Subjects: Dramatical Novel
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1319

Zeus’ Mythology

Zeus' main weapon was the thunderbolt and he was commonly referred to as the father of men and gods. Zeus had to fight with the remaining Titans and he was able to vanquish one of [...]
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  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 832

Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer, the father of English poetry, was the first who started writing in English, not in Latin, as writers and poets used to.
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 584

Prose Analysis of “The Lamp at Noon”

The fact that it specifies whose cry it is, "of a woman", draws specific attention to the incomparable nature of a human being and the sound that is made. There is the loss of all [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 802

Roles of Education & Family in Frankenstein

In the story, the family serves as one of the major socializing agents in society. The role of love in the family is an additional theme that can be depicted in the story.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1690

The Traditional and Modern Myths

The Biblical conceptualizations of the origin of man provide an excellent form of a myth in the antiquity while the relatively new myth of the Superman offers the best illustration of a myth in the [...]
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2097

Travelling through the dark

As the speaker touched its belly, he was sorry that he could not be able to save the young deer that was warm in the belly of the dead deer.
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  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1327

“The Fat Girl” by Andre Dubus

First of all, she became attractive and gained the approval of her mother who was never satisfied with the appearance of her daughter and encourage her to lose weight: "For days her relatives and acquaintances [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 839

“Animal Farm” by George Orwell

After the revolution in the Animal Farm, the animals establish the philosophy of Animalism in order to be different from human beings.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 717

A Play “Hamlet” by William Shakespear

Hamlet decides to prove whether Claudius really killed his father and in act three, he uses the play "The Murder of Gonzago" to get the truth.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1026

The Hunger Games: Book Versus Movie

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.
  • Subjects: Dramatical Novel
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 572

Walt Whitman: Life of an American Poet

He highlighted the plight of the oppressed such as the slaves thus his works championed for democracy in the society to give all people a fair chance.
  • 3.5
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 593

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

Decision-Making Pressure in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”

Hamlet's father was murdered by Claudius, his uncle and now his stepfather, to gain the throne. Hamlet's capability to critically and adequately assess the situation is one component of what could allow him to resist [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1244

Hamlet Is More Resilient Character Than King Oedipus

As soon as the notorious prophecy of him murdering his father and marrying his mother is made aware to him, Oedipus runs away from his foster parents, being under the assumption that they are his [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1105