Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 21

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The Short Story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant

It is the first time the author combines the concepts of joy and sincerity of Mathilde's feelings together in "The Necklace;" this scene also creates a drastic contrast with the beginning of the short story, [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 455

Romantic Characteristics in “Frankenstein”

In the novel, there are at least two features of Romanticism that are not discussed in the overview: the illustration of grotesque and the theme of individual versus society.
  • Subjects: Dramatical Novel
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 331

Deception in “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen

It is important to note that the topic of deception and self-deception in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" is of paramount criticality in order to understand the underlying message and characters' actions.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 280

Sappho of Creative Heritage: Fragment 31

The Fragment 31 by Sappho is a masterpiece that celebrates being in love and demonstrates the pain of inner feelings because of unrequited love.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 310

Farid Ud-Din Attar’s The Conference of the Birds

The prologue of the book is highly engaging, and I found quite a few of the comments to be intriguing. Essentially, it makes sense to claim that the statement alludes to the complicated realities of [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 384

Magic 8 Ball by K. Pau: A Play Analysis

It is important to note that the play Magic 8 Ball by Kimberly Pau is about two girls, Melissa and Elizabeth, who use the ball to ask personal questions about their future. It is evident [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 750

“The Struggle for Black Equality: 1954-1992” by Harvard Sitkoff

The author discusses the belittling of black people and the preservation of white supremacy, describes how black citizens' inability to vote escalated into them being assaulted and murdered, and explains how law facilitated racial barriers.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 800

Nature of Child in Shelley’s “Frankenstein”

These behaviors include understanding love and care, the role of parents, and fears of sharing affection. Victor believes that he should reflect his parents' love for him to the creature.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 371

The Five Standard Types of Creation Myths

The third theory of the world's creation concerns the appearance of the world is connected with world parents for whom the world is the child.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 398

A Wall of Fire Rising Themes Analysis

A Wall of Fire Rising by Edwidge Danticat is a colorful story that holds numerous symbolic meanings and balances between melancholy and passion for the remarkable force that comes from people's ability to dream.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 371

Women’s Role in “The Great Gatsby” by Fitzgerald

Though the women in the novel are depicted as careless, treacherous, and selfish, the author uses them to underscore the power of the will to rebel against societal norms in pursuit of happiness.
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 933

Domestic and Adventure Fiction

Domestic and adventure fictions have several characteristics that distinguish them from other types of imaginative writing."One Crazy Summer" and "Hoot" are some of the most intriguing novels that show the features of domestic and adventure [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Fiction Comparison
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1202

The Novel “Kindred” by Octavia Butler

Dana is noble and brave, so she fires and tries to reason with the boy. Dana is free, and slavery degrades her dignity, while Rufus is enslaved in his unhappiness and cruelty to men.
  • Subjects: Family Drama
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 602

Paternal Love in “Oedipus Rex” by Sophocles

The last monologue of Oedipus in the play reveals his profound love for his children mixed with a sense of shame for the way they came into the world. In his final addresses to his [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1156

Finding Theme in Everyday Life

Identifying a theme of the writing is one of the essential skills, which can be applied not only to the literature analysis but to everyday life as well.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 316

“A Conversation with My Father” Story by Grace Paley

Paley chose to write the story in the first person to depict the connection between the author and the story. Other than the technique demonstrating the author's exceptional emotional depth and profound intelligence, it contrasts [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 325

Mythology. Dogon: The First Words

The central figures of the myth are Amma, the Earth, the pale fox, the imperfect twins, and the perfect twins. The assertion illuminates the fact that human beings are imperfect due to the sinful act [...]
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2204

Biography of Harriet Tubman

This paper will provide the analysis of Tubman's life to examine her impact on the abolition of slavery and her contribution to fighting for equal rights.
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1107

Robert Frost’s “Mending wall” as Opposition

On balance, the discursive nature of the poem lends itself to a discovery guided by the author via repetition and comparison, and the air of playfulness pervades the first part of it.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1274

Justice in “Latin Night at the Pawnshop” by Espada

One of them is justice, which is indicated by the setting, the imagery, the symbolism, and the effective simile. The juxtaposition of the time and the place highlights the injustice experienced by the former.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 678

“Of Mice and Men” and “Death of a Salesman” Compared

In relation to this concept is the fact that Lennie and George's dreams inspire the duo to be mutually cooperative and loving as is evident through Gorge's action of covering up for Lennie's deficiencies when [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1315

Women in Chinese Literature of the 20th Century

The literature also reveals to the audience a gender picture of the world - the statuses of men and women at a certain period of time, their behaviors, stereotypes, and potential conflicts.
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1101

“The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath

Published one month before the death of the writer, The Bell Jar is the novel that depicts the main struggles experienced by Plath during her lifetime by highlighting the impact of societal norms and stereotypes.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1651

Sayo Masuda’s “Autobiography of a Geisha”

The author underlines that the prosperity that came to Japan with the World War created a comfortable group of writers living in bourgeois ease and yet moving slowly toward socialistic philosophy and providing the background [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 827

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

“Cathedral” by Raymond Carver

He only joins the conversation to let Robert know that he is still in the room and not upset his wife.
  • Subjects: Dramatic Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 553

Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”

Mallard, the protagonist of the story, learns that her husband died as a result of a train accident. Mallard understands that the rest of the life she has will be spent the way she wants.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 866

“The Most Dangerous Job” by Schlosser

The main audience is the consumers and the occupational health officers so that they can liaise to improve the welfare of families and laborers of the company.
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  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 562

“The Storm” by Kate Chopin Analysis

The majority of the second chapter of the story is descriptive, and the author does an outstanding job of gradually setting up the affair.
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 916

“The Flowers of Evil” by Charles Baudelaire

In "The Swan" and "To a Passer-By", Baudelaire, the fl neur, shares his memories of the past and the realities of the mundane present to underline the beauty of the transience of life.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1587

“The Bean Eaters” by Gwendolyn Brooks

The poem, "The Bean Eaters" portrays the old couple's poor state they live in alongside how they are fighting to be alive despite all their difficulties. They are the remnants of their lives.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 477

Indian Epic Literature: Virata Parva and Bhagavad Gita

But, though she was, as I said, a woman, devoted to her husbands, it is difficult to say, that she was a "submissive acquiescence to the whims" of her husbands, as Sutherland describes another heroin [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1393

Guilt and Justice in Lord Byron’s Manfred

Neither the details of the tragedy nor the identity of Astarte are disclosed in the novel, but most scholars agree that the nature of the events, as well as the feelings of the protagonist, are [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 621

Interpreting “The Yellow Wallpaper”

The theme and problem of woman's rights looming over the society of that day is demonstrated as the main issue at the core of the story.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1420

“Budapest” by Billy Collins: Explication

The pen and the arm are included in the description, hence the mention of the snout and the clothing. Billy Collins' "Budapest" is a representation of his creative process and the forces involved in it.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 853

“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

Tragic Dramatic Literature

Tragic drama may be defined as a simulation of reality which appears to be somber, with an immerse magnitude, which is expressed to induce a sense of fear or pity with an embellishment of the [...]
  • Subjects: Dramatic Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 986

Synopsis of “Water” Short Story by Lee Hoffman

From the story it is clearly indicated that, Evan was very disappointed with what Redmor treated the people of this area; and decided to take a ravage especially because his friend Hank was shot.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 629

“Battle Royal” by Ralph Ellison: Literary Critism

Although, the story of the 'Battle Royal' was first published as a short story by the English literary periodical Horizon and it was given the title of "The Invisible Man" in the October 1947 copy [...]
  • Subjects: American Novels Influences
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 727

“Children Need to Play, Not Compete” by Jessica Statsky

Teenagers in the present age find themselves in a tight situation with decision-making in that their school psychologists made them realize that being happy is based on the ability to make friends and the development [...]
  • Subjects: Modernist Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1558

“The Murders in the Rue Morgue” by Edgar Allan Poe

The neighbors who heard the scuffle that ensued and went to the ladies house gave evidence to the police, and in as much as most of them agree on a great extent to the events [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1220

“The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea” by Y. Mishima

The fact that Japanese people idealize aesthetics explains the particulars of Japan's history and provides us with the insight onto why, after being thoroughly defeated during the course of WW2, Japan was able to quickly [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3323

“Dreams From My Father” by Barack Obama

Being a cultural anthropologist, she played a vital role in the development of Obama in that he grew up appreciating the fact that he was different and at the same time having the belief that [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1599

“Salvation” Essay by Langston Hughes

Hughes also demonstrates that he has a much higher understanding of human nature in his descriptions of the people of the church and his slight addition of sarcasm within the essay.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 924

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

Ironic Elements in Metamorphoses by Ovid

As implied by the title, the poems are about various changes in the society of the author. Irony is used where the meaning of a statement or a phrase in literary work is different from [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1695

Identity in African American Literature

The blindfolds enable the boys to hide the truth of their identity from themselves during the fight, but their identities are further warped into acceptance of white domination and black suppression as they scramble for [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1405

“Ballad of Birmingham” by Dudley Randall

The poem depicts the influence of the Civil Rights Movement on the social life of the population; the author tries to disclose the hopes of ordinary people leading to the great tragedy and mass death [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 898

“Diving Into the Wreck” by Adrienne Rich

Using strong and highly sensual imagery, Rich is able to pull her reader into the story of the poem, catching their attention with the details and then teasing them with a sense of the poem's [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1473

“A Secret Lost in the Water” by Roch Carrier

It is true that a short story like this, requires a lot of control on the part of the writer, and the writer controlled the entire narration with elements of several symbolisms and figures of [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 581

“Annabel Lee” the Work by Edgar Allen Poe

The narrative description of the elegy expresses the narrator's undying love for 'Annabel Lee' detailing a love which had originated many a year ago in the unidentified 'kingdom by the sea'.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 971

“Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown” by Virginia Wolf

Brown is the consideration of a character in literature in the context of analyzing the works and literary techniques used by the novelists that were contemporary to Wolf.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 405

“The Custodian” by Brian Hinshaw

The main significance of this story is to demonstrate the importance of the role a custodian has in a medical center, a hospital.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 619

Symbols in “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty

On the other hand, the principles of new criticism do not consider such factors, limiting the area of analysis to the text itself, i.e.the verbal meaning of the words, the language, the structure, and the [...]
  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1120

William Faulkner and Flannery O’Connor: Comparison

The fact that both Faulkner and O'Connor were from the South and that they wrote during almost the same period led to many similarities in their style of writing like the religious themes and foreshadowed [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 2094

Society: Turning Men Into Monsters

In this respect, it is of paramount importance for us to mention the symbol of the beast, or some sort of threat.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2754

The Role of God or Goddess in Aeschylus’s The Oresteia

Says William von Humboldt of the Agamemnon, and his remarks might be applied to the entire trilogy: "Among all the products of the Greek stage none can compare with it in tragic power; no other [...]
  • Subjects: Dramatic Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1527

“Dreams From My Father” by Barack Obama

The paper comprises the advantages and limitations of the author's flow of thought, his manner of own life details description, and the effects which are seen nowadays in the political career of the author.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1155

Pre Islamic Oral Poetry

This discussion will look at pre-Islamic poetry, its history, some of the famous people who were skilled at the art of oral poetry, analyze the poetry, oral poetry competitions used in the city of Medina, [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1653

A Pair of Voices: Frost and Plath’s Poetry

The sonnet Acquainted with the Night is very sad and not like the usual you expect from Frost. In this poem, the night is decidedly scary and the darkness may be dangerous.
  • Subjects: Romantic Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1935

Huckleberry Finn and Holden Caulfield Comparison

Both are realists, intelligent and intuitive, especially when it comes to unearthing the pretense and fakeness from the people and society around them, and they experience immense amounts of such shams the more they interact [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1688

Masculinism in Junot Díaz’s “Drown” Short Stories

In the New Jersey-based stories, the narrators, all of whom may or may not be Yunior, share Yunior's sensibility: the suspicious watchfulness and defensive stance, the blighted relationship with the father figure, and the uneasiness [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1163

“Under Milk Wood” Play by Dylan Thomas

One of the interesting structural points of the play is that narration in the play is being led by two voices: one presenting the listener with the real day life activities of the character and [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 553

“On the Sidewalk Bleeding” Story by Evan Hunter

Later they found a drunker who said that he had not even thought that the boy had been dying. Angela and Freddie said that the thought about the chance to be accused of the death [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 546

Jacob Riis How the Other Half Lives (1890) Analysis

Particularly within the last several decades of the 19th century, land speculation and the lack of any coherent urban policies have led to unchecked growth and urban sprawl, resulting in the loss of thousands of [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 836

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shicubu

The conflict between his intention to leave the world and his desire to retain the memories of Murasaki is the key issue of the analysis.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2125

“Legend of Good Women” by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Legend of Good Women written by Geoffrey Chaucer is considered to be a significant poem having the dream vision form; it is a kind of testament to female disparate views being prevalent at the [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 814

“A Letter to America” by Margaret Atwood

Using allusions, Atwood underlines that these stereotypes account for the unique association between characteristics of the American history and values, and can be seen as a set of unified factors that builds American culture and [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 569

“A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell Review

Looking at the story from the point of view of Gender Criticism, it can be seen that the essence of the story is to reflect how badly women have been treated by men.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 863

Discussion of the Play Wit by Margaret Edson

Wit starts with Vivian addressing the watchers: she is presently a patient in a central research clinic undergoing curing for sophisticated ovarian cancer, and she realizes that the prognosis is not consolatory."The Faerie Queene this [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1045

Analysis of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird

Although the innocent black man is killed while attempting to break out of prison when he might have gone free had the case proceeded to a higher court, Atticus and the town's sheriff conjure a [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1484

“She Stoops to Conquer” by Oliver Goldsmith

The further development of the art of theatre took place in the Roman Empire that brought this art to a higher level of development and gave the basis for the history of the European medieval [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1056

“The White Lioness” by Henning Mankell

The theme of the novel trails two side-by-side running models, one during times of erstwhile racial South Africa where the enthroned President is on the verge of giving in at the hands of the leadership [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2525