Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 21
To show how powerful Chielo was Chinua Achebe says, 'As soon as the priestess stepped into this ring of hills, her voice was not only doubled in strength but was thrown back on all sides.' [...]
The outstanding similarity of the narratives is the theme of love that is evident from the beginning to the end of the two stories.
The story presents a tale of the Wielands as a precautionary tale that is meant to cushion against taking hard stance in religious matters; Theodore Wieland's over-commitment to religion is presented in this book as [...]
From the book, it can be argued that there were two faces of disagreement depicted during the cold war era where the Soviet Union preferred to bring the whole of Europe; and the rest of [...]
Therefore this paper will look at the American literature from the time of colonization by the Europeans, and how various events social and historical have shaped the American literature, making it unique among other literal [...]
This article was able to prove the main argument that a woman is an "other"; however de Beauvoir was unable to win a decisive victory because in order for this statement to be accepted as [...]
Published in 1958, the novel describes the life of a Nigerian village - Iguedo, at the advent of the white colonization in Nigeria.
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.
Shakespeare changes the content of the traditional sonnet in this particular poem by placing the focus on the true permanence of the image rather than the physical 'permanence' of the woman herself.
I included it because it fits both his poetry and what he did for most of his working like: worked in the Houston Department of Corrections, beginning as a parole officer and retiring from the [...]
However, Queen Gertrude seems to be more on the inside of the plotting and scheming occurring within the castle than an innocent woman should have.
The emphasis on the absence of any sounds in this room presents a depressing feeling of sadness that is visually interconnected between the absence of movements in the 'air' and the 'paralyzes of the protagonist.
The first works of the author are devoted to the writer's life experience and disclose the events and facts which were familiar to her that is why many of these works are autobiographical.
The name is derived from the Epiphany which is a feast day among Roman Catholics, celebrating the manifestation of Christ to the Wise Men of the East...the Magi's quest for the Christ-child like that of [...]
In the essay, the focus has been on a comparative investigation into the power of the church through the 6th, 19th, and even the 20th century and the use of the novel A Connecticut Yankee [...]
The whole poem is based on the mending of a wall that divides the land of the poet and his neighbor.
Pudd'nhead Wilson is the ironic tale of a man who is born a slave but brought up as the heir to wealthy estate, thanks to a switch made while the babies were still in the [...]
The first two lines of the poem reveal the picture of an actual corpse being burned in the process and providing the readers with ideas regarding the subject of the poem; namely, Harrison's father the [...]
Who are you?" Emily Dickinson dons the mantle of the speaker in the poem and explores the various nuances involved in being the antithesis of a 'somebody', namely, a 'nobody'.
The Handmaid's Tale is characterized as a feminist dystopia written in direct reaction to the growing political power of the American religious right in the 1980s.
Through this book, Kozol tries to reach out to the human conscience and in his thought-provoking style, takes the reader on a journey into the lives of the poorest of poor children, shedding light on [...]
The purpose of this essay is to detect and analyze various traits of racism in Shakespeare's famous piece Othello and how it relates to the character of Othello.
These are the problems we are going to discuss in the current essay, and we are going to address for help with it such masterpieces of literature as the play "Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark" [...]
One of the most remarkable plays by Guan Han-qing is Rescuing One of the Girls in which he celebrates the life and realities as faced by the courtesan community and the commodification of human relations."A [...]
Two short stories were written by Chopin, A Story of One Hour and The Storm well as her brilliant novel Awakening should be regarded as one of the best examples of the feminist literature of [...]
Having already presented the boys as a group of older men in characteristic business behavior, this comparison serves to bring into focus the concept that while the speaker's son is ostensibly the 'king' of the [...]
In the short story, Faulkner portrays that the beginning of the 1900s was marked by great social and economic changes but many people fail to accommodate their life to new social relations and a new [...]
The essence of the poem revolves around the idea that life was not a crystal staircase for the main heroine, who is the speaker, and she warns her child about it.
The latter form of storytelling focuses on causing the emotion of fear among the readers or viewers, whereas suspense builds a certain amount of anticipation and full engagement in the story.
Due to the fact that Cannery Row tells a story of different characters with a range of aspirations it can be argued that Steinbeck showcases various aspects of the human condition in his work by [...]
In his turn, Edmund, the illegitimate son of Gloucester, is a character who would never commit crimes and cruelty to admire the results of villainous actions.
"The Family Instructions of Mr. The author of "The Family Instructions of Mr.
He will have you lie on a grand couch, and will have you lie in the seat of ease, the seat at his left, so that the princes of the world kiss your feet.
Wahl is of the idea that Hermaphroditism is a metaphor that enables Behn to describe the Lesbian desire while Frangos believes that there is a possibility of Clarinda being a hermaphrodite.
Metaphorically speaking, it can be argued that the storm symbolizes passion and as the storm got intense, so was the passion between Alcee and Calixta "They did not heed the crashing torrents, and the roar [...]
She also did not expect that her husband would be cruel to her after the revelation and this made her want to die because she truly loved him and she thought the same about her [...]
Yet, there are some distinctions Judy Brady believes that women are often viewed as unpaid house servants who have to take care of husbands' needs, whereas Glenn Sacks argues that gender roles begin to transform [...]
He comes back home with the idea that nothing has changed and expects to find all the intriguing things about his home the same as he left them and to his disappointment, nothing is as [...]
To make a detailed description of the expressed opinion and to prove it, we should consider the characteristic features of the heroes and the general perception of novels which are directed at the description of [...]
By analyzing the descriptions of the Wife's visual image, as well as her perspectives on the issues of marriage, it is possible to identify why the character challenges the conventional notion of wifehood.
The central idea the author want to deliver to the reader is the connection between people and nature and his struggle to understand humanity's failure to recognize the value of the nature.
Trapped by the Indian culture into a marriage she objected, Jasvinder's sister had to endure the suffering without sympathy from the parents. The title of the book symbolizes the story of a girl who caused [...]
Both Jack's and Molly's parents are poor, and the children in the stories are forced to experience difficulties in finding food and trying to survive; therefore, the boy and the girl get into ogres' houses.
The purpose of this paper is to dwell upon the dynamics of humanization and dehumanization of people observed in the book by Levi and discuss the overall impressions of the story.
The abundance of beautiful descriptions of the nature coupled with limitless opportunities that are beyond the reach of common people make the majority of literary works of the twentieth century a combination of wonderful and [...]
The masterpiece describes the life of Odysseus and his journey especially after the infamous fall of Troy. One outstanding fact about Odysseus is that he is the main hero of the epic.
Marxist criticism helps to get insight into the relationships between individuals and social groups and to understand the historical, social, economic, and political context of the environment of the story and its influence on a [...]
The purpose of the present paper is to analyze the novel from several points of view. The character is a picture of savagery and primitivism.
Wisdom in Beowulf's life is evident in his journey to Denmark and his reign over the Geats. At this time, all he had in his mind were the battles he was going to engage in [...]
The paper will not attempt and sketch the way the signs or symptoms of depression/melancholia play a part in the way Shakespeare's period or culture concerning depression/melancholia, but in its place portrays the way particular [...]
The use of free verse demonstrates the reckless life the mafias live after being disappointed in the US: there is not proper organization of lines and sounds in the entire poem.
In this particular case, it can be stated that Creon has learned not to go against the ancient traditions that are valued by the ancient Greek society that he is in since they are part [...]
Because of the importance of the role of plants and trees in the two abovementioned plays, it would be reasonable to consider each of the plays in detail.
The people in the districts forego the freedom of speech and expression so that they can live peacefully with the Capitol.
To this end, the current paper is a comparative review of Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" and Melville's "Billy Budd".
The closer he gets to the truth, the bitter the reality of his dreadful fate unveils. This is the mistake he made as this search made his life full of agony.
Poe in his work, The Fall of the House of Usher and Hawthorne in his work' The Birthmark; they have employed different literary elements.
The question of the "right" beliefs and they ways of being the good and devoted believer keeps occurring in the novel when Hazel travels to Taulkinham, meets a prostitute, a young and lonely zoo guard, [...]
Cheryl's focus on the beauty and loneliness of her journey, through the desert and the mountains, overshadow her quest to reach her destination because the main message in her narration focuses on her experiences, as [...]
For instance, when Achilles is given the special armor, he obtains a lot of knowledge about war and the vulnerabilities of the armor.
Through the use of these symbols, Shelley intends to communicate to the audience the extent of the destruction of the statue.
This significantly changes how the characters are viewed wherein Abbas instead of being a victim becomes the redeemer with Hamida being the victim that Abbas is trying to redeem in the end.
This is the main message that the writer tries to convey to the audience. This is one of the points that can be made.
The author of this novel, Kate Chopin, was brought up in an intellectual environment and was aware of the marital problems that were experienced during the Victorian period.'The Awakening' is a novel that is written [...]
In addition, the application of humility in her poetry serves as a justification of her career as a female writer, considering that women were not thought as capable of be successful in poetry. As such, [...]
Since the purpose of the texts is clear, it is possible to go into some detail and analyse the differences among the three texts in question.
According to Glazer and Williams, authors argue that their compositions are built of strong materials, and the likes and silikes of children cannot be used as a basis for determingn the quality of the literatur. [...]
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.
It relegates the piece of work to the level of dialogue, where a speaker is allowed to use personal pronouns, as this informality therefore makes a piece of writing lack the necessary academic formality.
Consequently, the popularity of the proverb also encourages the Welsh to venture in the production of a range of fruits and vegetables.
Essentially, the narrator is not personally involved in the events of the story, but he is in a position to see what the two characters are doing and even read their minds.
The novel describes one of the most horrible periods in the history of humanity. The prisoners of the Nazis little knew about their future and they were likely to deceive themselves.
Many scientists and scholars tried to view the problem of the connection between Frankenstein and science from the perspective of the feminist vision as the novel is written by a woman.
The reader is tempted to sympathize with Martin because of the tribulations he faces. The writer uses place to bring out the theme of contrast.
Jackson was on the quest to save his grandmother's regalia at the pawn shop and he indulged in different ventures to get the money the pawnbroker had requested.
Whether or not Queen Gertrude, Prince Hamlet's mother, was guilty of being part of the conspiracy that led to the murder of her husband, King Hamlet is debatable.
In the story, Frankenstein assumes the position of the creator while the monster is the created being. As a creator who is ready to sail in the glory that his work will bring him, Frankenstein [...]
That is to say, indigenous literature is communal since it attempts to heal psychological wounds caused among the natives in the process of colonization, and the main goal of communalism is to heal native communities [...]
This is one of the main issues that should be considered because it throws light on the motives that drive the actions of the narrator.
Based on an examination of the book, it is the opinion of the reader that the portrayal of the brilliance and personality of John Forbes Nash, Jr.is to a certain extent fiction mixed with a [...]
Therefore, the myth of Deucalion and the flood is one of the examples when the natural event is explained by means of the supernatural background.
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 [...]
Upon his refusal, the statue sank to the earth and dragged Don Giovanni down to the earth he is surrounded by the hellfire and the chorus of the demons as he is carried away.
Hardboiled fiction writing was popularized by Dashiell Hammett with his character Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, over the course of time in the late 1930s Raymond Chandler refined hardboiled writing through his Philip Marlowe [...]
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 [...]
The story commences by painting a picture of exhausted workers shouting and banging the main gate of the factory as they awaited the evening bell to end their shift.
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 [...]
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.
Theseus- He is the Duke of Athens and is getting ready to marry Hippolyta at the beginning of the play. Lysander- He is Hermia's lover and in the end of the play, the two marry.
The head is alluded to the palace, while all the evil spirits mentioned represent the thoughts of a human beings mind.
In the Greek history, a story is told of a man, Achilles, who possessed characteristics that the Greek culture reserved to heroes.
Instead of mourning the death of the bellowed, he speaks of the lost moments of life and advises others to enjoy each moment of being in love.
It was the wakeup call for revolution at the beginning of the 19th century and a sound of establishment at the close of it.
Creon is the antagonist in of the story. She is even willing to die in the name of honor.
The subject of the majority of books is the biography of Joan of Ark. She is a national heroin of France and one of the main saints of the Catholic Church.
It is worth noting that a clear definition of terrorism is mostly subjective and is rarely objective due to the fact that it is an act of political violence.
Aphrodite Zeus daughter was the god of love in Greece she was the cause of the Trojan War as explained below, and had very many lovers.
With the protection of Hermes and Athena, Perseus went ahead and beheaded Gorgon Medusa and took her head to the king of the island.
In both The Minister's Black veil and The Birthmark, Hawthorne's use symbolism of symbolism is conspicuous. Hawthorne's use of symbolism comes out clearly in The Minister's Black Veil and The Birthmark.
The novel was written at the time of the Spanish Civil War in 1940. The setting of the novel is estimated to be 1937; a period is characterized by the height of the war, hence, [...]
This occurs as a result of the mysterious death of his father which occurred in a manner that is consistent with the story of the Sandman, a bedtime story that he used to be told [...]
Margery stands out as a sympathetic character to the extent that sees her rejection by the society in the country, which does not accommodate people with such magnitudes of ingeniousness, simplicity and honesty that she [...]
The voice of the poem is male and protagonist is not the author, but a man who killed his lover to keep her forever.
In this paper I would like to analyze the novel The House on Mango Street, written by Sandra Cisneros and the short story The Gift of the Magi by O.
On the other hand, Ancient Greece is considered the first global civilization because it was in this part of the world that the concept of worldview was first conceived.'The Iliad' and the Odyssey discuss events [...]
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.
The present essay is dedicated to the analysis of the second book of the series, Thunderhead. It thinks about it in the following manner: "when the brutality of the dance overwhelms the beauty.the future is [...]
Though the novel "13 Reasons Why" by Jay Asher could be seen as inappropriate for young adults, attempting to censor it would mean infringing upon the author's right to self-expression and the readers' right to [...]
The characters in the story, the objects, and the figures used make up the universe of the literary work. This is achieved through the use of symbols conveying the writer's idea and revealing the essence [...]
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.
It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with [...]
It is done by explaining each of the verse's lines and building the structured piece of literature from experiences from Native American history.
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 [...]
The speaker communicates with the neighbor by continually questioning the legitimacy of the wall. First, the poem is written in the form of a short story where the speaker recounts one remarkable event in his [...]
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.
Because of the simplicity of the idea and the fact that TLCs can be made by any person, the range of populations that may be impacted is broad.
The speaker seems to be a woman who was abandoned by her partner, and the poem is a solitary reflection on the feelings of love and loneliness.
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 [...]
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.
His greatest objective is to carry out the spreading of the revolution and to bring in the improvement of the general welfare of all the animals on the farm.