Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 17

The poem is rightfully regarded as one of the best literary works in the world literature due to the stunning imagery with its special grave mood created by the author and the use of bright [...]

The Great Gatsby is a story of a young man in the early twentieth century who seems to know what he wants in the way of that dream and what to do to achieve it.

The tale is a fabliau as it involves a trick carefully crafted in the story to satirize realism in the medieval society.

The main character Oedipus in the play "Oedipus the King"; is full of pride which he loses at the end and has to bow down to fate.

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 [...]

In the end, he does make it to heaven after supplication, showing that he is not responsible for the errors of judgment he made earlier in his life.

In the book, Hannah put forth a number of arguments in analyzing the issue of violence in the second part of the twentieth century.

The plot attests at how people undergo a sort of rite of passage in order to be accepted by society, the rite exemplifies itself as a formal admission to a certain way of life of [...]

John Donne was an English writer widely known for being the most prominent member of the metaphysical poets."He affects the metaphysics, not only in his satires, but in his amorous verses, where nature only should [...]

Candide is a story set from a social perspectives as pointed out by the themes and the plot of the story, which remain hinged on the day-to-day interactions and relationships of people.

Mahfouz short stories titled Qismati and Nasibi, a short story about two conjoined twins who have to deal with the challenges that have arisen due to their situation and also face deal with the discrimination [...]

Macpherson asserts, In any erotic rivalry, the bond that links the two rivals is as intense and potent as the bond that links either of the rivals to the beloved.the bonds of "rivalry" and "love," [...]

Allegorically, through the interactions of the characters, the play points out that only good deeds and God's grace are able to provide salvation to people.

The events of the novel are set in motion with the death of Oskar's father in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the world trade center, where he was having a meeting.

"The Torments of Love" is a fascinating trilogy that explains the nature of love and how vain it can be. It is better to be chaste, dignified, and to avoid the pursuit of the pleasures [...]

It can be seen in the case of Stella and Daisy wherein in their pursuit of what they think is their "ideal" love, they are, in fact, pursuing nothing more than a false ideal that [...]

He worked in the ministry of culture where he served as a director before terminating his service in the government when he headed the State Cinema Organization.

The phrase 'good man' and the theme of who a good man is, according to peoples' judgment in the play, stand abused.

Robinson Crusoe can be viewed as a classical example of the eighteenth century novel because of the themes that the author explores and the form that this literary work takes.

To my mind, one of the key themes of the play is considered to be absence of mutual respect and support."It is obvious throughout the script of the play that everyone has their own agenda [...]

However, one of the major concerns of the play is the American system and capitalism, or rather the back side of it. Thus, the plot of the play helps the author to convey his idea [...]

In this situation, the author is trying to give emphasis to the mother's view, regarding the participation of her daughter in the march. This essay had set out to explain the usage of literary techniques [...]

In the novel Black Rain, the author narrates the manner in which the life of Yasuko that was altered forever as a result of the Hiroshima bombing.

She specifies that the person is to be proud of the language he or she speaks. Spanish words the author uses in her book appeal to the emotions of the readers.

The greatest achievement of the scientist is that he managed to explain his revolutionary theory in simple terms so that people could understand and accept it.

Both books have a similar theme concerning the health of the people of America and the working conditions of people in the meat packing industry.

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.

According to McPherson, the war, that is, the Civil War, was aimed at bringing about liberty and ensuring the extension of protection to the citizenry which he had a clue of the fact that the [...]

The strong character traits of the main characters Odyssey and Job in the epic The Odyssey and The Story of Job help develop their plots from the beginning to the rise of conflict and their [...]

Such an effect is suggestive of the fact that in essence people only consider love as love when there is a thought that tries to explain it.

Here, the essay compares how the theme of colonization is captured in the novels, and goes ahead to explain the techniques employed by each author in conveying the theme.

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.

The thematic core of his writings examined the trials and tribulations of the human spirit/soul in relation to duty and honor as well as the pervading affects of world empires.

The television commercials glorify fast food, and Bich is under the impression that this is the hallmark of an American identity. Bich's identity crisis was not helped by the fact that she lacked a stable [...]

The main theme of "The Things They Carried" by O'Brien is the events that were happening during the Vietnam War. It is a compelling short story of the Vietnam War.

The milieu in which the novel, Frankenstein; The Modern Prometheus is situated served as a warning to people that the technological developments brought about by the quest for knowledge could bring about the very threat [...]

The play is based on both Miller's personal experiences and the theatrical traditions in which he was instructed in."Death of a salesman" revolves around the Loman family with Willy Loman, the father, who also works [...]

He will have to lie, by omission, for the rest of his days.Mr. Anderson, a witness to bullying, is affected for the rest of his life.

Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde is a medieval poem that portrays a tragic love story between two central characters, Troilus and Criseyde. Troilus's vulnerability as a character and the depth of his love for Criseyde [...]

As a result, the play depicts a family in which a son, Chris Keller, is dissatisfied with his father and unable to regard his father, Joe Keller, as a responsible citizen for the country to [...]

The origin of Elwood, the fact that he is a black orphan, in this case is the fundamental factor causing his belonging to the social stratum of the poor.

The lessons in the book are represented through the tree's selflessness, and the book promotes diversity by showing that kindness and generosity are universal values.

The characters of the chosen poem by Chaucer Troilus and Cressida are Trojans; Troilus is the son of the Trojan king Priam, the younger brother of Hector.

Looking into the fish's eyes may be regarded as the poem's crucial and turning point and as the author's attempts to identify and compare the existence of the human and the fish.

The contestation was largely influenced by the Enlightenment led by the philosopher David Hume, who argued that there were different species of people and non-European species were "naturally inferior to the whites".

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 [...]

The author describes the physical and emotional benefits he received from participating in the fights, as well as the camaraderie he felt with the other members. Tyler is the perfect foil for the Narrator and [...]

He understands that the technologies and automation of the processes he sought to achieve led to the devaluation of his wife's work, disobedience of children, and a life devoid of love, mutual understanding, and family [...]

Frankenstein's point is to establish his social life through the fulfillment of his ambition, and the monster seeks the unconditional love that a family can provide.

In everyday life, only a tiny fraction of the issues can make the same impression on the psyche as the war.

The Fragment 31 by Sappho is a masterpiece that celebrates being in love and demonstrates the pain of inner feelings because of unrequited love.

This play relates the tale of Oedipus, the King of Thebes, who is looking into the execution of King Laius, his forebear.

Secondly, the author draws the reader to the benefits of introversion and the disadvantages of the trait within the workplace. The author traces the roots of the extrovert ideal to the spring of industrial America [...]

Regardless of the trauma and neglect caused by addiction problems in the families depicted in "The Distance Between Us" and "The Glass Castle," the only obstacles to accomplishment and happiness are inside the individual.

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 [...]

Thus, it is essential to determine how the author used the symbol of the scarlet letter to highlight the sinful person and identify whether it is possible to atone for the guilt or conceal it.

The element of fiction and defined narrative of characters makes the reader relate to diverse ideas that might be expressed in the books more easily, which allows an indirect communication between the author's perspective and [...]

Simon and Garfunkel managed to skilfully reflect on the sudden death of Richard Cory by using rhyme, rhythm, meter, and sound.

The primary specialty for the author is to capture the horror of the soul in its most vivid manifestations, and this task became the basis for one of his stories.

Their resistance to the Chinese oppressors demonstrates the resilience of the Vietnamese warriors, paying tribute to the rich culture and traditions of Vietnam.

Nora is in an intermediate position between a man and a tree, decorating the tree and allowing her husband to such behavior.

In conclusion, A Rose for Emily is an excellent example of the Southern Gothic genre. A Rose for Emily illustrates the Southern Gothic genre by reating it to Homer's murder.

Darcy is a character who is able to evolve over the span of the story, and eventually, he recognizes his mistakes.Mr.

For instance, in Lorraine Hansberry's play Raisin in the Sun, the concept is shown via the manifestation of generational parity and its influence on the Youngers family's characters.

While The government is the system that makes laws and ensures that they are followed, it is the person who wields power who is responsible for the equality and impartiality of its enforcement.

The paper will include the explanation of the letters' primary function and the analysis of letters. Gardiner to Lizzy is significant in a way that it changes the latter's perception of Darcy.

The name The Storm symbolizes some of the characters' lives, and Calixta and Alcee end up marrying other people. Therefore, the two storybooks are related in the sense that one is the continuation of the [...]

The primary purpose of Gary Soto's The Afterlife is to show the significance of human life and forgiveness from the perspective of those who lose it.

In this case, the most effective approach to analyze the character's reference to heroicness is to illustrate Rustem's vision of the life goal.

At the beginning of the poem, the author writes about the alleged benefits of the relationship he offers to a woman while referring to its inevitability.

Countee Cullen's poem "From the Dark Tower" reveals the author's thoughts and feelings concerning slavery in the United States. The main idea that the poet seeks to convey is the notion that white and black [...]

Through the poem "My Last Duchess," the poet deeply explores the mind of such powerful dukes of the Victorian era and the dark aspects of life, especially for women living in those days.

Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser was born in 1871 in Terre Haute, Indiana, to a devout Catholic German immigrant father and a mother from Mennonite Community.

Maggie is still determined to do her best to find the perfect pet, but she still has a lot to cope with her family, friends, and herself along the way.

Sophocles used the myth of the unfortunate King Oedipus in the plot of his drama to show the clash of the will of the gods and man's choice.

Later, the entire family's death was caused because of the cat's sing following the car accident, which derived into the encounter of the Misfit.

Sonnet 71 is a love poem that carries the message that the lover should not mourn the eventual death of the speaker.

The ghosts' conversation reveals a couple looking for their treasure, love, and the author creatively lets the reader intermittently shift between conscious and subconscious moments to the very end of the story.

The Ghost in the play is charitable because it helps Hamlet to know the truth about the way his father died and to begin finding clues for the murder.

"The America Dream' is a longstanding common belief of the American population that in the United States, people are free to realize the full potential of their labor and their talents and every person in [...]

The man and the woman perceive the situation differently; for her, the topic of abortion is acute and worries her, while "he feels it as a simple, quick remedy to a removable annoyance".

Despite the many themes that can be highlighted in The Other Shore, it should be considered primarily in the context of the cultural and political events in China at the time of writing this work.

To begin with, the most vivid example of the food implication in the relevant novels is, certainly, the symbol of a family unity and common leisure.

Cervantes was, of course, one of the first to notice the disparities between his Sancho and this unsavory imitation, and he defended his character in Don Quixote, Part I portrays master-knight relations between Don Quixote [...]

Iacocca's ability to work with a team or to listen as much as he talked was the key to his leadership agenda.

All through eternity Beauty unveils His exquisite form in the solitude of nothingness; He holds a mirror to His Face and beholds His own beauty.he is the knower and the known, the seer and the [...]

As for the format, the example of these two sonnets demonstrates one of the main differences in the Italian and English traditions.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze and explain the poem's themes and what helps the writer deliver the message to the reader.

Behind the actions of the characters, there is a core of all the actual thoughts and motives. In the German version written in the 19th century by the Brothers Grimm, she was a working child [...]

In the very first lines of the poem, the reader is able to see a negative tone that the author is using to warn his readers concerning the possible dangers of the absence of meaning [...]

"The Birth Mark" is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne from the Anthology of American Literature, about the life of a man in search of perfection and satisfaction.

Paul is offered a chance to pursue the American Dream and gain huge material riches as a result of hard work in the area of business, for example.

The swaying and rocking of the written song is felt in the cadence of the poem. The sense of evil is to be of anger due to prejudice; he accepts that in the end.

News about the death of her husband arises and owing to her heart problem, carefulness is vital for the one to deliver the news to her.

The foregoing discussion indicates Soyinka's portrayal of the confluence of Western and Yoruba values and interests through the experiences of Pilkings, Jane, Elesin, and Olunde.

The rest of the novel refers to a nameless creature who is simply addressed as "the monster" [O1] and the one, who is created by Victor.

In this respect, the author still resorts logic to explain the meaningless concepts and makes sense of the fictional world described as a new reality.

Hephaestus was the son of Zeus and Hera, and was the god of the creative fire, and was the divine artisan who worked with metals.

James Joyce is considered to be one of the most outstanding writers of the Modernist literature which occupies period from the beginning of the XXth century to the end of World War II.

From the beginning of the story, he managed to set the readers against the king, which makes the majority of them support the daughters in the conflict between them and the king, the conflict that, [...]

The theme of transformation that is reflected in title and can be observed throughout the whole play is connected with to the play dependence on water.

This paper will therefore analyze the history of the story based on McLaurin's book, give the moral anxieties it springs up, the reactions of various characters in the book and finally extrapolates on the inadequacies [...]

The poems inspire the readers, through the images of life, whether in old age or young, to not accept death as it is, but rather to challenge even in the last time minute.

Knowing that the monster intended to cause yet more destruction in the world and who the monster was likely to target, Frankenstein's deliberate refusal to do anything to help his creation comprises another instance of [...]

This work also reflects the experience of the speaker and the stage he/she has to overcome thus showing the inevitability of the given situation, which is illustrated by the last line of the poem: "First [...]

Peters reveals and enriches itself throughout the play: initially embodying the quality of obedience, with time she demonstrates the power of observance and attention to small things and consequently achieves a triumph over the male [...]

The first time the reader encounters the Martians is in the chapter "The Cylinder Opens" and this encounter suggests the evident difference of appearances of the Martians and men.

He and his family moved to Nook Farm in Hartford, Connecticut in the 1860s then to Fredonia, New York and Keokuk, Iowa.

The sort of power developed by Rowlandson was such that it set her apart from the traditional roles of the Puritan women in her time and within her culture.

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.

Our task is to compare and contrast the poetry of Robert Frost with that of Dylan Thomas in terms of their themes, style, and use of imagistic elements.

The poet addresses the reader, saying that if the reader had witnessed his father's removal of the splinter he would have thought he was planting something in the boy's hand, something that led to his [...]

Henry's story is that of a man stripped of his innocence and freedom only to have his mind destroyed by the war.

That Prometheus did not always have a low opinion of Zeus is evident in that it was primarily through the help that Prometheus gave to Zeus that the latter was able to gain control of [...]

The first four words of the poem can be used as key words for comprehending it as a whole.'That's' helps the reader understand that the style of the poem is conversational.'My' tells the reader about [...]

Corn is the food for the cows, the pigs, lambs, the chicken, turkey, and fishes like the tilapia, catfish, and the salmon, which despite being a carnivore is nowadays being fed on corn to prevent [...]

It was as if they were mindful of what had happened to the moth but in truth these creatures were simply taking a break.

The author talks of climbing onto the Moon while he sits in the boat and reaches the point where he can clearly see the edge of the Moon.

Thesis: The poem is about the wanderings of the ancient mariner who is permanently traumatized and alienated by his killing of the albatross and his experiences lead him to the spiritual realization that all creatures [...]

First of all, it is necessary to mention, that the poem "on the road" by Langston Hughes is the narration of the periods of the Great Depression.