In this novel, the author tried to show the whole tragedy and futility of war. Dalloway", Virginia Woolf tried to show the world through the eyes of different characters: those, who were in some way [...]
The mechanism of oppression in Gregor's case is the bureaucracy in which he is forced to work a meaningless life that contributes nothing to his dreams or aspirations, but instead merely makes of him a [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
In his role as the principal character in Albert Camus' novel The Stranger, Meursault is a threat to society that upholds the death penalty because he is looked upon as a bad and dangerous example [...]
Ceramic production and the carving of the hardstones known collectively as jade are part of the earliest horizons of Chinese cultures in the Neolithic period, and the products of these activities have been made continuously [...]
But, what actually makes the hardships of the Indians in and around the Spokane Indian Reservation bearable to the reader is the excessively used hilarity and empathy that Alexie has used in the anthology.
The tone of the poem is calm and meditative and Wordsworth describes the "landscape" and compares it to the "quiet" of the sky: "The landscape with the quiet of the sky"..
The poem is filled with bitterness for man and his feeble attempts to control the universe when all of the achievements are swamped out when the sun goes away."The bright sun was extinguished, and the [...]
The comment presents an issue of Utopia, the controversy of More's discussion that affects the commonwealth of the state that will be analysed to argue that the statement is true.
Moreover, the picture and the spoken text enclosed in it form an organic semantic unity."Persepolis" is a story of an Iranian girl who grew up in a liberal, rich, and even aristocratic family: on the [...]
The portrayal of Faust is a new form of rebellion that presents a sense of apprehension to the reader. He signs a pact with the devil in order to pursue his goals.
In spite of the fact that the events depicted in Beloved take place after the end of the American Civil War, Sethe, as the main character of the novel and a former slave, continues to [...]
The Old English epic poem Beowulf presents a good illustration of the relations and obligations of lords and vassals. God defines the rights and obligations in feudal society.
Parris is described as a man in his forties and the author adds that there is "very little good to be said for him". The land is not very fertile and the town is surrounded [...]
Thus, Enchi's representation draws on her experiences and suffering in a patriarchal Japanese society that emphasized paternalistic values to the disadvantage of women.
The story is written from the perspectives of Emily and the community and combines the past and the future to depict power and love.
The young woman's reaction to gift-giving is interesting because the discussion of this reaction can add to Peter Singer's vision of the necessity to be generous in relation to the people of the Third World.
Critics attribute the change in style to the politically charged times that We Real Cool was written in, and the poem also includes a more generous sprinkling of the vernacular that made her work more [...]
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 [...]
Therefore, the dichotomy of violence and hope remains alive in a deliberate attempt by the author to show that conflict is a necessity for peace and stability.
Pride and Prejudice is, first of all, a profoundly realistic representation of characters and tempers, albeit not of the English society as a whole, but of its privileged groups since the end of the 18th [...]
The purpose of this paper is to review Djebar's Children of the New World and discuss the various examples of the emerging female agency in the book.
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 [...]
The story contains numerous symbols and allusions to the problems peculiar to the modern society which make it a great dystopian novel and help the author to convey his message to people.
In the end, it could be said that both of these books show that home is a haven and safe place to return to.
Therefore, the use of point of view as a literary device enables the reader to understand and analyze the thought process of one person, Olaf, while remaining unaware of the intentions of Jim.
The title of the book, current references, tokens that children carry with them to the campsite, the killing of the dog on the eve of departure to the camp, and the experiences of the family [...]
Up to that extent, the reader is already in a world that he or she has suspended reality. Up to this extent, the reader is already in a world that the unimaginable happens.
Pinter exemplifies the existential view of the absurd and the non-existence in The Dumb Waiter in the same manner as that employed in Waiting for Godot by Beckett.
The work was published in 1924, and one of the reasons for its triumph in America and the United Kingdom was the precision, with which the author portrayed the historical and cultural context.
Considering the peculiarities of Beowulf, the paper aims at exploring particular themes such as family, fame and shame, changes and cycles, and the theme of religion present in the poem to show how the interpolated [...]
The paper looks at the ethical issues that the author highlights in her paper, such as the promotion of artificial life to help in the development of the discussions of this paper. Victor Frankenstein is [...]
The present paper will focus on one of his poems, "The Rio Grande," where the author concentrates on an internal question of the balance between life and death, happiness and sorrow.
These led to the unresolved contradictions and persistence ideologies of racism, prejudice, violence and segregation, which led to limited opportunities for African-Americans as Frank Money shows in the novel.
Overall, one can argue that the film-makers decided not to focus on the main theme of Phillip Dick's novella, in particular the contrast between the expectations of an individual and his real life.
Through the use of imagery, the poet conveys the futility of his protagonist's wishes, and makes one relate to the hopelessness of his father's situation.
Thus, it is possible to state that the journey described in Izumi Kyoka's "The Holy Man of Mount Koya" can remind the elements of the journey presented in Matsuo Basho's "The Narrow Road to Oku" [...]
In the narration of his experience during the battle, he recounts the role of Captain Andrew Haldane, the commanding officer of King Company, during the Peleliu battle.
The author uses numerous contradictions to demonstrate the complexity of the images and feelings of the main heroes. Such abundance of appropriate literacy devices helped the author to create a vivid and refined text of [...]
In particular, the author focuses on the life of a family that has to grapple with the effects of stigmatization and relocation.
Therefore, it is crucial to get acquainted with the essence of the novel and analyze its main characters to genuinely comprehend Hinton's view on the challenges of the teenage age within the framework of this [...]
The duality of the conflict between the main character and the world surrounding him is gradually unfolded with every step of the development of the book.
The central theme in Anthem is individuality, rediscovered as the protagonist is rejected by his society and has to learn to think and act for himself.
Since it was believed that Anat had extra-ordinary powers in matters related to reproduction, war, and harvest, the town of Zoan was expanded and the sanctuary of Anat was renamed as the City of Ramses.
The research focuses on Mark Twain's use of humor persuades the readers to finish the entire novel. Mark Twain.creatively wove the novels to bring the real life issue of racism to the readers.
Using the book, the paper will support the argument that it is inaccurate to bind gender and sexuality. Orlando continues to break the convention of sex and gender and find her place as a woman [...]
The existence of a gift denotes the action of a provider and thus the question that remains is about the giver of the gift of writing poems.
The brutality and cruelty of humans to the god and the puppy is laid bare when the puppy dies out of the experiments that are carried on her by the master.
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.
In one of the poems in this collection she praised the work of Robert Browning. He was ludicrously odd in the choice and treatment of his subject.
Bearing's thoughts on the problem, but the controversial character of the play influences the viewer's vision of the theme and idea significantly, affecting the interpretation of the ending.
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.
Although it is traditionally considered that the key reason behind Pentheus's death was his denial of Dionysos as a god, it can also be argued that Pentheus's non-acceptance of Dionysos was only the factor, while [...]
Therefore, the flying island is an expression of the defection of the world of realness and also the transformation of the universe into a mechanically skilful living.
Since colonialism is mostly accompanied by the subordination of the history of one people to another's, and the slow obliteration of the culture of the colonized, the post-colonial therefore is mostly occupied with the proactive [...]
In developing the plot of the story, the author foreshadows the story's ending by talking about the black box and the black dot at the end of the story, which symbolized the person to be [...]
Although the tone of the poem is satirical, irony comes in the fact that he is the embodiment of perfection and happiness, but is it normal?
According to Kant's Moral Theory, the act of killing Richard is morally right since Matt's intention was to get justice for the murder of his son. Even though is aware of the guilt of Richard, [...]
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.
An analysis of trends in tragedy from the time of Sophocles and Euripides to modern times is therefore important. This could explain the absence of features such as oracles and ghosts in modern tragedy.
The writer uses a lot of colloquial language, low diction and concrete words in the plot and this use of the informal language, as well as phrasing assist in bringing out and explaining the personality [...]
When a person is forced to do something, he/she is sure to meet the resistance. When one is forced to do something, the natural reaction to resist appears.
From the story, excessive reference to eyes and blindness has a significant contribution to the themes, characterization and psychoanalytic elements. Sandman's target to the eyes is a way of trying to relate a fearful process [...]
She is thinking of her son and she knows that the only way to save the house and even to save her son's life is to betray her love and "quit" the house of her [...]
The close reading of the poem makes it possible to state that the main idea of the reading is neither the obsession with the fall of the world nor the degradation of the human personality, [...]
She noted that it was not that easy for the doctor to take her away from her people as Athabasca's were reluctant to "give up" their people. However, she managed to find the source of [...]
In the novel "Tender is the Night," Fitzgerald describes the society in Riviera where he and his family had moved to live after his misfortune of late inheritance.
Though the development of these themes is also a subject of other characters such as Chillingworth and Dimmesdale, Hester is outstandingly the central character since she makes the latter two behave in the manner they [...]
In the two poems, the poets use the elephants to symbolize the profoundness of events that happen in their lives. In the poem "Elephant eternity", the elephant can be said to be representative of the [...]
Wells, the stand of her "A Red Record" pamphlet is that of a rhetoric where the writer presents arguments and evidences of her cause to readers in such a way that she prevents her audience [...]
Therefore, in the future, he is like to live in the outside world rather than in the inside one. Therefore, Lam wants to start a new life in the US and forgets his roots, which [...]
On the other hand, the unknown narrator; the main character in the novel A Room of One's Own addresses and criticizes the issue of gender inequality in her society.
Basing on the several evident parameters, for instance, the character traits, the behavior of prince and princess, and gender distinctions amongst others, Fitzgerald's masterwork stands out as a variation and sophisticated version of the fairy [...]
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.
S, seems to suggest that the writer intended to invoke a particular image of a particular group of people whose dreams are often deferred."The dream" is a something that the writer of the poem had [...]
In the same spirit of appreciation, the boy Santiago appreciated the advice given to him in the story, which leads him to acquire the treasure that he set out to look for.
As the narration progresses, fear arises in the reader or viewer, and finally, something horrific happens."The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Cask of the Amontillado" share all of the features above, as [...]
The setting of the story is complex and multi-layered, presenting the life of the rural community and placing the storm into the midst of the story.
Geoffrey Chaucer has also been able to write quite a good number of poems such as The Book of the Duchess, House of Fame, The Parliament of Fowls and The Legend of Good Women.
First, Hughes claims that he developed the plot of this play, did some characterizations and dialogues, whereas Hurston was supposed to recreate the atmosphere of Southern life as the action of Mule Bone took place [...]
Consequently, the fish appears as a courageous fighter who has been struggling for existence and is rewarded by the gift of life it that gets from the narrator in the end of the poem.
The striking difference in these two essays is that Thoreau is more rebellious when it comes to the government and he feels that the government is wrong and it must be subjected to criticism to [...]
The tone in "To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time" and in "To His Coy Mistress" is the same as the narrators move from persuasion to warning their subjects.
The most dominant opinion though is that the grandmother's final deed was graceful, thereby implying that "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" was penned by the author to depict a gradual change in the [...]
The encyclopaedic narrative does not lead to a climax in a story like the way the narrative style does to give a lesson or meaning of the story.
In the story, Huong becomes a refuge because of war in Vietnam and therefore finds herself in Australia as her second home.
The very first words uttered by the author at the start of the story carried the hook necessary to reel the reader into the story with the desired effect.
Set in turn of the century New Orleans, The Awakening details the futile attempts of the protagonist, Edna Pontellier, to realize a modicum of personal freedom amid the socially constrictive Victorian era, wherein the roles [...]
From the very beginning, the author provides a thorough description of Tito's present life including the place he worked, the people he communicated with and the attitude he had towards other people, which emphasizes some [...]
The way to Rainy Mountain is not a simple description of how the Kiowa people developed, learnt, and protected their knowledge. They got one simple right to live and be the people of Kiowa.
One of the central themes of Lord of the Flies is the inherent wickedness and savagery of man and that individuals create evil as a bee produces honey.
Alexander Pope uses the dedicatory letter in "The Rape of the Lock" as a literary device to set the tone and goals of the piece, get readers ready for the humor and satire that will [...]
It is essential to recognize that Willy Loman's vision of the American Dream is based on the belief that a charming and attractive businessperson will inevitably and rightfully attain the material wealth and comforts that [...]
He is a passionate advocate for the safety of the people, and he is willing to risk his reputation and his livelihood to do what he believes is right.
In summation, the analysis of the main character of the novel Legend allows for concluding that Day is a conventional dystopian protagonist.
The events of the Iliad occur on two different planes: the earthly one, beneath the city of Troy, and the heavenly one, atop Mount Olympus. The story is driven by forces beyond the control of [...]
The parachutist, a symbol of the beginning and the end of the conflict of the boys' stay on the island, is a symbol of cruelty.
Their bubble burst in the air" to mean black men have confronted what others, including the white men, have encountered, only that the black men's experiences are negative.
In old English, as is the case with the poem, there is an addition of the suffixes such as as in elingas in weak verbs.
The main plot of the fairy tale is that two scammers arrive in the capital of the emperor, who lavishly spends money on clothes to the detriment of state affairs.
Despite being centered on the antiutopian model of the narration, the author strives to show the first step for the person to obtain individuality. Supporting the ideology of the author and the situation depicted in [...]
Firstly, the image of a bird in a cage is a powerful symbol of the systematic oppression of women, which is evident in many different cultures and time periods.
Cathleen is a crucial character who is a foil to the rest of the family, highlighting their flaws and enabling the audience to see the destructive effects of addiction and denial.
In the poem, the sunflower serves as a metaphor; the connection between the sun and the flower symbolizes the bond between people and God.
The greatest evil in the play, the catalyst for the tragedy to unfold, appears to be "the Devil," the avatar of which can be seen in Iago.
The constant absence of a mother in the life of a girl allowed her to learn not to rely on support.
The poem tells the story of Adam and Eve, their creation, and how they happened to lose their position in the Garden of Eden, also known as Paradise.
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 [...]
In his novel, under the title Peace Shall Destroy Many, Rudy Wiebe creates a controversial depiction of the life of the Mennonite community inhabiting the countryside in Canada in 1944.
Right from the demise of the author's daughter to the appalling drug addiction by Sonny coupled with the dreadful murder of the narrator's cherished uncle, the theme of suffering controls the community in numerous ways.
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.
The poem's magnitude of metaphors and symbolism does an excellent job of reflecting the poet's state of mind."Lady Lazarus" resembles the biblical story of Lazarus - the person whom Jesus famously resurrected.
All through the narration the reader is engulfed in mystery and suspense, not knowing what to expect or what will happen next.'The Red Room' accomplishes the same effect, although it does so using another approach.'The [...]
Chekhov continues to develop the image of a "man in a case," that is, a constant change from the case of family life to the case of secret meetings with women.
The nature and the story behind these heroes vary depending on the beliefs of the people in that society and what the hero represents.
The thesis explores Lurie's perspective change through his sexual and platonic relationships, prejudice regarding apartheid ideologies, and the relevance of his association with dogs.
The author expresses himself and justifies the choice using metaphors in the first two lines. In the last stanza, he posits that "I will be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages [...]
The poem does not seem to address anyone in particular, but the "you" in it refers to the people who have oppressed and continue to discriminate against the speaker and the community she represents.