The extension of borders of the tropic, the contraposition between the life in LA and the life in Mexico, the change of events is a typical technique of Magical Realism, namely, hybridity that implies extensive [...]
The plot of "The Awakening" cannot be referred to as overly complex, as it is being essentially concerned with the main character Edna Pontellier going through a variety of different trials and tribulations, on the [...]
An example of some literary works that highlight the role of women in our society is a short story titled The Lady with the Dog written by Anton Chekov and The Dead written by James [...]
The narrator of the story performs the role of the main rhetorical device that ensures the disclosure of the main theme of the story.
People in the Oedipus play lived in the dark of the unknown meaning of the riddle; until Oedipus answered the riddle.
However, there is no denying that human beings are not completely divine beings; there are animal instincts in us, like using the five senses to judge our environment and react to it; the desire to [...]
The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa is a powerful little book about arts. It is intentional of Kimmelman to make the reader trace the art to less promising circumstances a [...]
Literature is one of the art forms invented by the humanity to reflect the phenomena of the objective reality. As contrasted to Twain's work, "The Law of Life" by London is a depiction of positive [...]
However, it is not the reaction of the children to the sociology lesson that is the most important, but the reaction of the reader instead.
The Novel, Unpardonable Sin written by Hawthorne is a detailed criticism of the way of life of the Puritan. The various examples of Jesus in His dealing with those who commit sin is relevant as [...]
This paper discusses the similarities and differences of the themes of conformity and rebellion in Auden's poem 'The Unknown citizen' and 'The Market Economy' by Marge Piercy.
The nature is one of the greatest mysteries of the world; the value assumptions about the place of individuals in nature and their relationship to their canine companions is the issue discussed in two nice [...]
This paper aims to discuss the first part of the poem, the Inferno in connection with the theory of open text, which was worked out of by Robert Barthes and Umberto Eco.
The book Ivan's War: Life and Death in the Red Army by Catherine Merridale is an attempt to investigate the destinies of ordinary people, who served in the Red Army, in the course of the [...]
Emerson's outlook embraced an idealistic view of the world together with the key role of nature in it, and the ultimate objective of one's life was seen in cognition and understanding of the world with [...]
In the book "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadiman, the author shows such cultural dilemmas by telling the story of the struggles of Hmong family and the girl Lia Lee, [...]
Through this poem, the author shows the readers, how some of the magazines which purport to be the heavenly figures of literature are actually exploiting the aspiring writers by their unethical practices.
In the Gift of the Magi, the story revolves around the unconditional love of a husband and wife, Jim and Della.
In the book Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers" by Kwame Anthony Appiah, the author has categorically described the value of differing cultures and the methods which are primarily used to keep two varying [...]
As she tells her story, it becomes clear that she is in the lower class of workers because she is a waitress in a small diner and lives with the cook, Rudy.
His first work in poetry was published in his school magazine and in a short span of time he was taken in as a staff member of the magazine in which he regularly contributed his [...]
Feminism is a characteristic of most of her works; in this story the feministic voice is overt. And only here, in the middle of the story, the reader comes to understand that a tragedy happened.
The depiction of the theme of love has always been vital regardless of the literary trend and modernism as well as postmodernism saw a number of literary works dedicated to immortal issues of love, death, [...]
A person who is not aware of the date when the story "Our America" was written, will think that Jose Marti wrote the story, which is a speech in its format, in the 21st century.
A narrative can be termed as a recounting or telling of a series of events which can either be real or imaginative, recounted by a narrator to a narratee.
First of all, for the past 40 years the thematic orientation in the literature has changed in direction from the depiction of the real contradictions of social reality to the postmodern "collapse of big narrative" [...]
The Age of the Enlightenment adored the samples of the classical art, in which it has seen the embodiment of intelligence.
Perhaps the "evening" in the second line refers to the evening of life, considering that Prufrock is a middle aged man.
Kafka's writing was predominantly influenced by two factors the environment of the time and place in which he lived, and the events in his personal life.
In Part I of his book "Exterminate All the Brutes", Sven Lindqvist embarks on a seemingly impossible task proving to readers that Europeans, who became the undisputed masters of the world by the end of [...]
The last line of this poem seems to express guilt, but it is more a statement of conviction that not all change is good, and we mourn what is lost: if she only felt guilt [...]
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.
In this speech alone we see Mercutio in direct opposition to all of the characters in Romeo and Juliet while at the same time we are provided an alternate point of view to the ideals [...]
Giovanni Guasconti is the young man who comes to Padua to study and falls in love with the girl and the garden he sees from the window of his apartment.
Shakespeare's creativity is the top of the English Renaissance and the maximum synthesis of traditions of the all-European culture. The variety of Shakespearian works is worth paying attention to.
It is the age of change and social advances as well as the age of the strict social structure and a severe regard for the customs of the past.
By naming his play Fences, the plural form of the word even though only a single physical fence is evident in the play, August Wilson brings attention to the symbolism of the fence itself as [...]
Chueh-Hsin's younger brothers do not want to follow his example and try to break away from the influence of the family. He leaves the compound of his family to continue his rebel and to marry [...]
The cruel persecution of minorities and the interference of the state in the individual's conscience became the key concerns of Miller's criticism of this people's actions and beliefs.
The play deals with the genius persons of the world and it relates genius convincingly with the world of madness. Then the development of schizophrenia in Nash, which is "a severe mental disorder that distorts [...]
Before the first stanza, a flea has bitten the young man and then has jumped to the young woman and begun to bite her.
The book, which is the subject of this essay, namely "Tales of the field: On writing ethnography" is one of the most famous ones in the field of ethnography.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust is Goethe's most famous work and considered by many to be one of the greatest plays of German literature is a tragic play and considered by many as the best-known [...]
The Renaissance in Italy was a time in which historians and writers were most active, sparking a new wave of literacy in the Italian world, said to be the father of Renaissance Europe.
The third grotesque view occurs {while Ruth is later dressing upstairs ostensibly to go with Teddy back to America} when Max and the others, realizing that Teddy's marriage to Ruth is in shambles, begin discussing [...]
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.
The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast how Medea and Socrates respond to injustice or unfair accusations. The following section discusses how Medea and Socrates respond or react to adversity by comparing [...]
The passage selected for close reading refers to the narrator's depiction of the time he met a young lady and did not dare speak to her despite being attracted to the girl.
I would like to finalize with Kaur's depiction of an immigrant, who is "a bridge between the last generation and the next one".
1 However, irrespective of the choice of the level of imagery, both authors employ it, which gives their stories a peculiar character and arouses mixed feelings on the part of the reader.
The Monkey and the Monk is not an ordinary story with a list of characters with the ability to develop particular relationships, grow in their specific ways, and demonstrate necessary lessons to the reader.
For that reason, Samba finishes his spiritual training and enters the school, and this is the point where the main conflict in the book starts to manifest itself.
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 the center of the plot, there is a little girl Sophie who meets a giant and learns much about the new world that is unfamiliar to her.
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.
The major theme of the poem is how the life of a person can be destroyed by the accidental loss of self-confidence.
They leave you with a, but there is a self-limiting effect of all of our contemporary psychotropics and mood-alterers. The tabloid news is full of people who have become addicted to prescription drugs, or find [...]
The first thing that has to be determined is the truth behind the claim that Hamlet saw the ghost of his departed father.
Her husband told her that he had gotten her as a prize after defeating his enemy in the war. He said he had nothing to do with her because he could not imagine that Ravana [...]
First, it dwells upon the gender differences that existed at the time of the play. The women in the play were united by the feeling of isolation and alienation from other women and from society [...]
It is not a function of the legal system to be a tool in the hands of a tyrannical government, an instrument of intimidation and control.
The tension comes from the fact that he knows that is his dog, but he really does not want to see it too close, and the dog has been missing for five days, so now [...]
In The Iliad, the relations between two characters, Agamemnon and Apollo, as well as their motivation and passion help to underscore the theme of power and rage; the conflict between the characters is based on [...]
The dialogue aspect of A Good Man is Hard to Find is the story's key component for delivering the characters' thoughts, their personalities, their points of view on the events described in the story, and, [...]
The writer makes the reader believe in his dream world where children become champions and where, unlike the real world, the good always wins over evil.
Some believe that the literature of the ordinary man should comprise of an unadorned and pure story of the life of the common people as opposed to that of the nobility.
The dilemmas of the communication between the members of different classes and social strata become the most evident in the conflicts that are related directly to the relationships between the characters in the Wuthering Heights.
In the first section, the narrator depicts the serenity of a frosty night and lets the audience realize that the narrator is the author himself.
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 aim of this paper is to explore the use humor and parody in the following works of Edo and Tokugawa periods: Shikitei Sanba's Ukiyoburo, Ihara Saikaku's Life of a Sensuous Man, and Hiraga Gennai's [...]
In such a case, it shows that Friedman perceives the imagery of water as a part of change according to which one surrenders to the process of accomplishing the wouldouble vision'.
The main characters in the play, the Weston family, have outstanding personalities. Beverly Weston is the Father of the home.
On the other hand, it is important to understand that a number of people are aware of the plot and the worth of the story, and it is a real challenge to prove the chosen [...]
The book Fahrenheit 451 and the movie Equilibrium have some similarities and contrasts: Both the book and the movie delve into the topic of the suppression of free thought; in both cases, the concept of [...]
We may assume that Dickinson uses the unconscious sublimation to reflect her ideas of sexual desires and pleasures in her literary work.
Macbeth's treachery springs from his reliance to the witches who gave him prophecy that results in his endless creation of enemies.
According to Ben Okri's novel, everything is interconnected in the world; each person is merely a link in the chain comprising of countless simultaneous pasts and futures.
In the Congo, he is clearly not in favor of the Africans but as a portrayal of how Africans needed the whites to salvage them from the darkness they were living in.
Thus, this reflective treatise analyses the poem composed by Sappho on the significance of the era of composition and the bigger picture intended by the poet.
In the play, Shylock, or as he is also referred to Shylock the Jew, is a Jewish usurer in the city of Venice.
According to Poe Edgar Allan, the single effect has a vital role in writing short stories in which any element of a story have to focus on such an effect.
The concept of the death of tragedy is taken from Nietzsche's book "The Birth of Tragedy" where he declared that God is dead.
Apart from that, one can mention that addiction is depicted as a force that ruins the family of the characters. This is one of the points that should be distinguished.
The Storm and The Story of an Hour illustrate the viewpoints of women's restriction in marriage. Through the two women's experiences, the author illustrate on the theme of restriction in marriage.
In her short story "The Storm," the American author Kate Chopin portrays her ability to use metaphors in exploring several social and emotional issues affecting women in the 19th century.
The novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel is a captivating chef-d'oeuvre that features three main parts, which follow the life of Pi and a tiger that is referred to as Richard Parker.
In fact, it appears that this passion is encouraged by the feelings of regret and shame more than by affection to Bayardo.
This is one of the aspects that can be distinguished. This is one of the details that should be taken into consideration.
The theme of the poem is drinking alcohol and its justification. Clearly, there is a hint at the theme of the piece as the Greek writer focused on love and alcohol.
It this work, he describes a great mission of white men which have to colonize and rule the rest of the world, bringing civilization and culture to backward peoples.
The author describes the Puritans not as a powerful religious society who disapproved and outlawed earthly pleasures but as people who actually were aroused by simple desires and fragility; therefore, according to Edmund Morgan, the [...]
The unnamed narrator who is the protagonist of the story is an antihero because of some of his undesirable character traits.
Eliezer, the main character of the novel and the prototype of the author, became one of the victims of the Nazi occupation in Europe.
The Samurai were the strongest of the classes. According to the Samurai, the Bushido code was also known as the "way of the warrior".
The place of the story is at St. Roberta is the protagonist of the story.
Furthermore, the description of the character and appearance of the soldier is used in the poem to describe the progress, intensity, as well as the overall effects, brought about by the Civil war.
This is one of the main problems that should be considered since it can throw light on the identity of many women. This is one of the main points that can be made.
Talking about the relationships between Americans and the Natives has never been easy, mostly because of the notorious historic events that took place during the colonization of America, and the following misunderstandings between the Native [...]
This thought is said to be a central one for the story, and it is represented in the title. In addition to that, it is impossible to ignore the fact that The Story of an [...]
Finny liked to jump from a tree into the nearby river and encouraged Gene to do the same even though he was scared of it.
In the novel, Robinson Crusoe, Defoe describes it as a history of facts that seeks to portray the social institutions and structures of the medieval British society.
This is one of the main points that can be made. This is one of the main issues that can be distinguished.
In the novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Leo Tolstoy explores the experiences of a person who has to re-evaluate his entire life and his relations with other people.
The substance of ghosts in the novella was a result of James's careful use of the people's resistance to rational reduction, and thus be sympathetic with the issue of ghosts and haunting.
The role of a detective in the story is the main one, but the readers' focus is on the process of solving the mystery.
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.
Hemingway explained that it look a lot of energy and will power to put aside the stories that he was working on when he was away from his typewriter.
Thus, in his article "Cryptozoology and the Paranormal in Harry Potter: Truth and Belief at the Borders of Consensus", Peter Dendle discusses the role of the paranormal in the books.
He was welcoming and showed this feature by accepting Beowulf's assistance and aiding in the development of Beowulf into maturity, as indicated in the first section of the narrative.
As far as abuse of young girls and women is considered to be one of the key events the author highlights, one can probably conclude that family upbringing is the burning problem of the society [...]
It will not be much of an exaggeration to suggest that the main theme, explored in the Sonnet 29, has to do with the sensation of frustration that people get to experience, after having realized [...]
Hence, Voltaire notes that it is ignorance to die and support wars for the sake of a benevolent god because wars are only dangerous to society and individuals.
Through an analysis of the main characters in the novel, Naoji and Kazuko, this paper attempts to provide an elaboration of what it means to be a "victim", and also to demonstrate a relationship of [...]
Using nature as an important background for the upcoming events in the early period of the New World, the author touches on the issues of racism and its separation from slavery.
Through the means of it, the readers empathize with the Narrator as they follow the progression of the story. The Narrator's point of view gives the reader a mental picture of the setting for the [...]
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 [...]
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.
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?
The author accuses these leaders of supporting the status quo by refusing to support the cause of the Americans in their attempt to have these laws changed or repealed.