Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 23

In the play Antigone, it is an interesting fact that the actions taken by Creon, the King of Thebes, is unsolicited by the citizens of Thebes but hardly anyone has the courage to utter it.

The same situation of blind following the popular culture idols that were hand-made by the promoters and PR managers who created an ideal white culture in the USA and managed to persuade the nation in [...]

Though the British Empire was the complex of colonies, dominions, mandates, protectorates, and other territories ruled by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the people of the Empire lived in fear on [...]

The most significant parts in the book, as for me, is the description of the acquaintance with T-34, the best tank of the World War II, and the parts, when Karl tells about the books, [...]

The strengths of such friendships can be seen in the way Friar Laurence accepts and anticipates Romeo's actions, showing that he is ready to hear him as a friend not as a priest, "Doth couch [...]

This is the case with Charles Chestnutt's short story "The Wife of His Youth" in which the significant disruption of life experienced by the institution of slavery and the Civil War is illustrated through the [...]

In his novella The Man Who Was Almost a Man Richard Wright tells the story of a seventeen-year-old African-American adolescent, Dave Saunders, who has a strong desire to buy a gun to prove to everyone [...]

Shelley uses the anguish of both Frankenstein and the Monster to warn readers of the negative consequences of the pursuit of knowledge.

Nature is therefore described as the origin of language and the end of the same, where language is said to be born out of nature and to terminate in the same form, making nature a [...]

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.

Economics shifted from an agrarian, land-based economy to one of business and commerce; socially ingrained concepts of class and position were eroding, allowing commoners to quickly escalate to the wealth and power of the elite [...]

In the second and the third verse: "That from the nunnery2 Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind3" The author uses figurative language to describe his mistress, where by using such words as nunnery, chaste, [...]

By connecting this 'abode place' of 'the gentleman who had observed the commencement of all this' slept to the residence of the white men which neatly built of reeds, with a balcony on both the [...]

By reading through Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues, the idea of how the environment impacts the perception of self becomes clearer by understanding how the people in the story adopt community values and how they [...]

In this case, it is assumed that the ghosts are not real and are just figments of the governess's imagination and the 'evidence' she sees in the behavior of the children regarding the ghosts' existence [...]

Nowadays, it is only the handful of uneducated Christian fundamentalists, who continue to refer to the Bible as the actual "word of God", due to the fact that Christianity had long ago lost its conceptual [...]

Though the language of the story is quite simple the writer managed to reveal the crucial philosophical and social points, such as the importance of forgiveness, the problem of generation gap and trust, and, of [...]

In his famous work "The Leviathan", Thomas Hobbes refers to the natural mode of people's existence as "war of everybody against everybody", while suggesting that such war comes as a result of individuals taking a [...]

The image of storm is used by Kate Chopin as a metaphor to describe the romantic feelings that explode in the hearts of the two people, Alcee and Calixta.

The only thing which the author opposes to a happy life of a man is loneliness and its effects in various fields of a man's activity.

In Gilman's short story "The Yellow Wallpaper," the unnamed female protagonist is instructed to rest in isolation and stillness in the large upper room of a remote country house that has bars on the windows [...]

As they struggle to survive through rationing of food and water, fighting off the exhaustion of body and mind, and contend with the sharks that come to investigate the boat, they continuously think about nature [...]

The present paper argues that the so-called love juice exists in the real-life: in particular, the effect of love, at first sight, the love madness created by celebrities wearing beautiful clothes, using make-up and fragrances [...]

The ways in which fairy tales were compiled and presented have changed with the course of time, so have the topics and morals of the tales, but the essence of these literary pieces ha remained [...]

In the end, the good doctor loses his life in abandoning himself to the strength of the monstrous evil portion of his being thus fulfilling the promise of the doppelganger.

This quote is valuable evidence that Waverly is aware of how much her mother loves her; she is aware of the contradicting meanings between what Lindo says- and what is intended. The ambiance in their [...]

In the novel, we see April and Frank Wheeler as a youthful, presumably flourishing couple who lives a contented life with their two offspring in a well-to-do Connecticut neighborhood in the middle of the 1950s.

The psychological stages of the pilgrimage of conversion and of progression in the spiritual life were described in detail by Mary Rowlandson, two of the greatest New England preachers of the first generation.

Tiger is one of the best students in spite of the fact that both of her parents are mentally ill.her grandmother is one of the best friends her helps and supports her.

The three poems written by Langston Hughes, namely "Negro Speaking of the Rivers", "Democracy" and "The Negro Mother" show the depth of black people's sufferings and the immensity of their desire to obtain freedom and [...]

Masood skews the balance of this relationship when the grandfather speaks of his dislike of the man, in answer to the boy's question: "He is an indolent man, and I do not like such people".

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 [...]

The women characters in the short story tell each other a series of tales, embedded within the story at different narratives, about the enticements and dangers they face when they were young.

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" [...]

At the very outset, it was clear to the soldiers that the war in Indochina was not being conducted in terms of the glory myths on which they had been raised. The second part of [...]

The beginning of the novel is quite inspiring and stimulates for reading in order to recognize the details of a true love story...

For example in the chapter on the Great Gatisby she narrates the dreams of people in regard to the future, the dangers associated with fulfillment of such dreams, and the frustration resulting from the dreams [...]

The social restrictions placed upon women of her time, her own insecurities over her identity, and the pressure she receives from all of her close ones.

As she struggles between the strict social mores of her community and the desires of her heart, Lucy is influenced by both her own internal experiences and the external behaviors of those around her, finally [...]

The way that the community dealt with this transgression of marital bonds comprises the bulk of the story, in which it is finally revealed that the highly respected Reverend Dimmesdale was the father of the [...]

Wilde's community, though apparently very customary and firm, is essentially quite worried about being destabilized by strangers: Lady Bracknell even evaluates Jack's being found in a purse with "the worst immoderation of the French Revolution" [...]

The comparison is expected to be made through the following perspectives: Comparison of the personalities of the two female characters; Comparison of the role that the societies where the characters lived in played in their [...]

This is the essence of Hamlet and what makes the sentiment so true to our time the inherent pain of life, a cosmic sense of injustice, and the karmic balance of natural order.

In the school in Ballou, we see that good performance is scorned and yet he is struggling to be a good performer.

So, it should be pointed out that Medusa was the great character of the Ancient mythology and remains to be the significant image in the world of modern literature and art.

Secondly, this poem is relevant more to the youth as most of the characters are young, like Aeneas, who is being told about the history of the city by his mother, Venus.

The scientific literature teaches us the rules of life, but most will not be met, and most knowledge will not be used in our everyday life. The balance of art literature and scientific one should [...]

The story was first published in 1926 in Harper's Bazaar and then appeared in the first book of Lawrence's collected short stories.

The current research paper was written in order to analyze Antigone's courage in the context of the philosophy of Aristotle and overall ideals of the Ancient Greece.

It takes a short time to relax with the switching of scenes, but it is eerie to watch the scene unfold and realize that you could have been in the same situation.

Despite her insistence on loathing the false leg and the thick glasses she depends on to see, in the end, Hulga finds she is literally left without a leg to stand on.

However, if one arguing for the spiritual significance of Austen's novels is able to show that the development of Austen's plots, themes, and characters is related to Austen's religious beliefs and standards, he or she [...]

It seems the love he contains in his heart is not enough for him to forgive and forget what has happened.

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.

His shift in language, from the discussion of Oliver and what he was doing and thinking to a consideration of what we must do, signifies the switch from the simple narration of the story to [...]

It is not difficult to realize that Hawthorne's intention in "Young Goodman Brown" is to force the reader to experience the temptations which Brown himself must endure and that he is made to see the [...]

On the other hand, to hypothesize and expand the concept of Heaven, it was first necessary to create a general framework of life after death and specify such issues as admissions to the various parts [...]

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 [...]

To emphasize the difference between the characters' political views the author chooses the country's portrayal through insider and outsider perspectives, on the one hand, showing the evocations of those who remained in Cuba and, on [...]

It was the first novel to receive the title of "Gothic", and it was also one of the first to use and develop the sublime.

It begins with supernatural such as the presence of the ghost and Hamlet attempting to glance into Claudius' soul, to the mystery of the crime and the need for revenge. The masterful use of style, [...]

He is the founder and leader of Macondo, and during his life, he never stops striving for knowledge. Siddhartha's quest for the Self is developed by three major events including his meeting with Buddha, his [...]

That is the theory; hold to the theory and the comforts of theory. To come back to the statement made by David, it seems that the novelist is talking about a way of life in [...]

It is the wearing of black as a show of mourning and the sustained sadness that forbids the beginning of a liaison on the day following the burial of Meursault's mother.

I chose the 24th letter from the collection to demonstrate the peculiarities of the author's style that contributed significantly to the book's unfading success.

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.

It is humanity and collaboration that are invincible to the cruelty of nature. To Crane, nature is the uncontrollable and powerful force that is indifferent to people.

On the background of trivial worries, conversations, and desires, the main character acknowledges the relativeness of the meaning of life that is nothing more than a memory other people will have about an individual after [...]

Similarly to Rama, Odysseus belongs to the descendants of Zeus, the king of all gods, and uses a special bow as his favorite weapon. Another difference between Odysseus and Rama is their attitudes to family [...]

It is possible that her condition is caused by psychosomatic, as a result of reading news about Kristallnacht, or the anti-Jewish pogroms also known as 'the Night of Broken Glass.' In the play, the author [...]

In conclusion, Bonnin's "Impressions of an Indian Childhood" belongs to the canon of a college survey course of American writers for a number of reasons.

Despite differences in the interpretation of features text as a whole, the data remained of the most ancient Indian religious texts allows restoring some elements of mythology and cosmology of the Vedic Indians. Altogether, it [...]

To some extent, the protagonist's life and memories are shaped by the city of Beijing and her gender, and the novelist uses some problems peculiar to geographic locations and gender socialization to present the woman's [...]

The Pied Piper comes to the town symbolizing the shift from one season to another; in a broader sense, he can be the symbol of change and its acceptance.

The first part of the paper exemplifies to the reader how Wordsworth incorporates similes, while the second part illustrates the narrator's use of personification to underline the poem's central theme.

The use of honorifics, stichomythia, and imagery is discussed, as well as the aside, the motif of spying, and the overall mood of the scene will be discussed and evaluated. The overall mood of the [...]

Burgess, which is the name of the main character, plays a trick with the citizens of Hadleburg, involving them in lies, thus ruining the virtuous reputation of the town.

The identity of the character is not clear, and although the writer tries to engage the reader into understanding the uniqueness of the featured characters, there is still some aspect of ambiguity, which makes the [...]

In his most famous play, A Doll's House and Hedda Gabler, Ibsen concentrated on the roles of women in the family and society.

The outcome is attributed to the speaker's understanding of the media and the ability to play on the fears of the audience.

While she succeeds in making her point and poking holes into the artistry of Mark Twain, I find her lacking in honesty on the moral issues raised in the novel and her comparisons between the [...]

In the end, he comes to the conclusion that this obscurity is the reason people do not want to die and prefer to lead the lives full of suffering.

The language used in many of her poems lacks a clear rhyme and at times is borderline prose, and yet still it manages to pluck at the strings located in a reader's heart, painting vivid [...]

The purpose of the author is to reveal to the reader of his book the hidden truth about the plight of women in certain states of the world.

Zarathustra argues that, wandering in mountains is a pleasant experience, which is going to shape his fate, for he believes that he has control of his life and will not allow fate to overtake him.

This could not hold because the League of Nations failed to prevent the most tragic war in the world that is, the Second World War.

The author also ties the multicultural history of people comprising American diversity with a thorough analysis of the place they are at the time of writing his book.

This concerns what she refers to as "having doubts" in her conversation with Sister James at the last act of the play "Doubt" by John Patrick Shanley.

For him to go out of his way looking for her in her home town and almost daring to challenge the husband is a brave move that shows he was truly ready to change and [...]

The author used a flashback to build up the rest of the story in bringing out an element of discrimination which was directed to the Koreans by the Japanese.

This essay continues the study of Borges with emphasis on these two stories, the theme of dreams and the nature of reality, and the author's speculative fiction as well as his assertions as to what [...]

He also shows the way people responded to the opportunities and challenges of the new times. The girls seem to rebel against the system and conventions of the society, as they dare come into the [...]

In the "Epic of Gilgamesh" Ninsun serves as a mother figure; she is devoted to her son Gilgamesh and is ready to help him in his endeavors.

She starts by introducing herself and where she comes from and thus informing the reader that she has experience of whatever she is about to discuss. The theme is developed throughout the essay by a [...]

After all, as the author shows in this particular story, it is named on the account of self-righteous/pious but perceptually arrogant individuals that the saying "road to hell is made out of good intentions" continues [...]

The entire story is a documentation of the happiness that the dogs brought to Bill, and its conclusion is practically an illustration of how fond memories always stay with the individuals left behind after the [...]

The central idea of the essay is that the male body has a specific purpose of reproduction, as it is compared to a "delivery rocket" of children, and therefore cannot last forever.

Charles Dickens uses Pip's and Joe's differences in character to communicate his message to the reader through their experiences and virtues.

It is important to note that the gender theory has its roots in the feminist theory's analysis of gender roles. Eve Sedgwick is a highly influential writer in the field of queer and gender theory.

The history of Paul Bunyan is therefore attributable to the oral traditions of many loggers in Pennsylvania. The character of Bunyan was eventually popularized by William Laughead towards the end of the 19th century.

At the moment of the initially rehearsed interpretation of The Cherry Pickers, Gilbert was named the first Indigenous dramatist to have his play performed.

The short novel tells a story of Peyton Farquhar, who was sentenced to death by hanging by the members of the Union after he confused one of the Union soldiers for the member of the [...]

Thus, specific feminist ideas in "The Story of an Hour" can be discussed from the point of the woman's inequality in marriage and the point of the woman's freedom.Mrs.

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 blends in different themes and situations in the story to bring out a clear understanding of the culture of the Afghanistan people.

Although Changez appreciates the opportunities that the United States have opened in front of him, as time passes, he starts experiencing love-hate emotions toward the country and its culture due to the social pressure, the [...]

Although the story is told from the point of view of the girl referred to as "Snot" by the troop, Arnetta could be considered the center point of the short story.

The separation of the author and the text and the presence of an unreliable narrator who is also the pedophiliac hero of the story put the readers in a dilemma, and they have to actively [...]

Indeed, Amir Hamza is a character in which multiple other characters' attribute is embedded: he is a trickster, a warrior, a hero, a spiritual person, a lover, and a mature man; as his personality evolves, [...]

Disguising the work as an autobiographical traveler's story, the author chooses to focus on the issues of race, colonialism, and the indigenous, which become central to the author's exploration and the story in general.

The author contrasts the outer higher aspirations of the middle and higher class to the actual deception of moral code and vanity endorsed by it.

The purpose of this critical analysis is to explore the author's description of the targeted characters in the book. The emphasis of the book is that the brothers were always determined, focused, and intelligent.

The narrator sees him as the first and the last one to be in the office and assumes that Bartleby is devoted to his job.

This myth is priceless for the researchers of Mesopotamian culture since it mirrors the religious traditions of that period, the treatment of gods, the perception of a hero, and attitudes to friendship and death.

The paper is a critical analysis of one of the most famous books of John Irving that is called The World According to Garp.

Besides, the complexity of society and the evolution of the approach to the traditional female role preconditioned the great importance given to this issue by various authors.

Ann Radcliffe's "The Romance in the Forest" explores the relationship between Adeline and the men in the book. Adeline is the lead character in the book, and she is supposed to exemplify the strength of [...]

In other words, subjectivity is one of the major characteristics of the reality as it is up to the human brain to provide the objects and the surrounding reality with meaning.

The following is an incisive study on the work of Kesey "The day when superman died" it is giving an insight into the symbolism, which Kesey has used to depict the theme of the story [...]