Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 24

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“In an Antique Land” a Novel by Amitav Ghosh

The author starts with citing the physical changes in the village, which provides the reader with insights enough to note that the village, representing the whole Egyptian community, was benefitting from the revolutions in the [...]
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  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2097

Sappho’s Poetry Specific Features

The poem is written in the form of appeal to Aphrodite, the ancient Greek goddess of love, beauty, and sexuality. The poem can be considered exploring homoerotic friendship, as the object of the speaker's love [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 557

Themes in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Literature Analysis

In connection to the previously discussed topic of the status of the female in the modern world, one can conclude that the world in which the public sphere of rationality and science becomes dominant naturally [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1726

Literature Symbols in “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe

In spite of the fact that there are many symbols of different types in Poe's "The Raven", such symbols of darkness and depression as December, the raven, the Night's Plutonian shore, and the repetition of [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1122

“Outlaw Platoon” by Sean Parnell Literature Analysis

The soldiers must meet their responsibilities, perform tasks, and align them to the missions of the U.S.Army. The author argues that it is the duty of the soldiers to fulfill their obligations in the Army.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 575

The Giver: The Flawed “Flawless” World

To immerse oneself into the reality of The Giver, it is necessary to learn the crucial points about the personality of the author and the background of her most famous novel.
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1190

The Theme of Servitude in “The Tempest”

In addition, Ferdinand is used to show the theme of 'service to duty'. In this case, it is clear that the reference to Caliban is used to show the different forms of servitude.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 616

Analysis of Sam Shepard’s True West

Thus, Shepard develops the topic of the American dream and variety of its aspects with the help of discussing Austin and Lee's different attitudes to success, glory, wealth, and independence which are the reflections of [...]
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  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 833

Male Chauvinism in Wife Wooing

Therefore, the fact that, while sitting by the fireplace with his wife, Updike felt suddenly amorous, cannot be thought of as a proof of him being a romantic individual, but rather an indication of the [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 906

Plot Means in “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner

The frozen in time quality of the setting, combined with the images of "coquettish decay," underscore Miss Emily Grierson's inability to free herself from the memory of her father and of the past.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1122

Falling Angels by Tracy Chaveliar

Tracy chevalier in her novel discusses a theme with a great effect to the society, which is the status of the female individual. Tracy Chevalier in this novel is concerned with the continuing change in [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2047

Brecht’s views on Drama

They do not necessarily have to be from noble family backgrounds as in the case of Aristotelian tragedies. If this play is, therefore, performed in accordance to the dictates of traditional drama, most of the [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 563

“A Different Mirror” by Ronald Takaki

The skepticism towards the existence of a amulticultural society' is mostly due to the fact that American citizens of European descent are considered to be the 'natural citizens' of the United States.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 561

The New Employee in the Daniel Orozco’s Orientation

Similarly, the job that the new employee is to partake is insignificant to the story. The narrator shifts from orientating the new employee to the general office to revealing about personal lives of the employees.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 633

Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King

So, Alberta is considered to be the so-called symbolic character, as she is a reflection of all complicated issues in the novel.
  • Subjects: American Novels Influences
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 835

Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al-Aswany

First, the reader is introduced to Hatim as he is walking into Chez Nous, a famous club occupying one of the larger rooms in the lower floor of the Yacoubian building.
  • Subjects: Dramatic Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1102

Faust Character

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.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1387

Heroism in Beowulf

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.
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  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2862

The character of kid in McCarthy’s Blood Meridian

The ex priest of never tells lies inspires the kid to do the right at times when it is only the good that would save him while the judge from his introduction in the kid's [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1476

Gatsby & Nick in The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is a novel of vibrant characters, and paradox is one of the main themes of the book. Even though Daisy and Tom are married, Nick agrees to help Gatsby be with the [...]
  • Subjects: American Novels Influences
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1763

“Talpa” by Juan Rulfo

In addition, the reader would expect the narrator to provide a larger coverage of the scenes at the Shrine, the miracles of the Virgin and evidence of her work.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 664

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

He innovatively concentrated on the best techniques of governance and holding up to the noble principalities in the first eleven chapters of the book.
  • Subjects: Dramatic Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 807

“Musee des Beaux Arts” by W. H. Auden

Bearing these images in mind this paper seeks to proof that humans have conditioned themselves to disregard the suffering that seems always to surround them as the surface meaning of the poem in relation to [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 853

Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility

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," [...]
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  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2389

“The Fir-Tree” Urban Legend

He hoped that she had found shelter, inside the ruins of the old hut, in the clearing, on the top of the hill, but nobody was there. These legends have a common element in that [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1635

Imagery and Symbolism in “Good Country People”

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.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 552

Review of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City

When reading through the early chapters of the book I could not help but think that this work was a way in which the author was trying to develop a sense of closure with his [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1651

The Book of Revelation and the “Pearl” Poem

It is possible to trace several parallels between the poem and the Book of Revelation: numerical symbolism, the idea of people's resignation and the idea of revelation.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1126

The Importance of Virgil in the Inferno

In the Inferno, Virgil is a guide and the voice of reason in the poem. He is a mentor and protector in several instances and ensures that Dante sticks to the mission.
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  • Subjects: Dramatical Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1178

Linda Hogan’s Dwellings

In the book, Hogan has explained a lot about the use of language and used it to explore how human beings have continued to misinterpret and understand their position in the universe.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1364

Accent Discrimination and the Harmful Effects

The learners of English as a second language have been greatly affected because of the discrimination faced from other individuals because of the difference in pronunciation.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 846

“War” and “The other Wife”

It is through the characterization of Marc and Alice, the contrasting of Alice with Marc's ex-wife, that the story's themes are revealed.
  • Subjects: Family Drama
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 569

Dante’s Inferno: The Levels of Hell

The gluttony level will be harsher than the previous two levels and this means that the level of torture subjected to the culprits will also be higher.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1143

The Influence of Language on Thinking

Still others are very much convinced that whatever differences there may be in languages can easily be eliminated if translations are done without the use of idioms to make sure that the meaning of the [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2165

Analysis of Poems by Dorothy Parker

For most people reading the works of Parker they always seem to remark that her outlook on relationships is from a dark and cynical point of view and as such most of them would be [...]
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  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 920

Inaccessible Law in Franz Kafka’s “The Trial”

Therefore, the fact that the man wastes all his lifetime and wealth waiting for his chance to access the law reveals the dissatisfaction of the judicature as a branch of justice in the society.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 864

Maya Angelou’s “Champion of the World”

The most important aspect of the narration is its emphasis over the power of having a personal reflection and the importance of sharing.
  • Subjects: Historical Fiction Comparison
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 700

To Live: a true story or biased fiction?

The third episode from the novel to support that Yu Hua is not biased against the nationalist period is that the civil war ended in the victory of the communist ideology.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3276

The Handmaid’s Tale

In the book, The Handmaid's Tale, the republic of Gilead presents a different environment with different rules from those of the former order before the conflict and establishment of a new order.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1467

Divine Comedy and The Odyssey as Epics

It is a poem about the supernatural more than about a hero, which is the first difference between the current poem and 'The Odyssey'.'Divine Comedy' has 14, 233 lines, the number that is almost equal [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1378

The Theme of Sense and Sensibility

This paper explores the theme of sense and sensibility, and the lack of it, in details and shows how each of the characters stands out in relation to the theme.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1169

The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene

The state's persecution of the church is seen through the suffering of the priest who has to overcome great challenges posed by the socialist State and the fascist Red Shirts, who violates the church through [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 1173

Analysis “The Bear” by Galway Kinnell

When the hunter says that he is aware of the bear and knows how the bear smells, means that he is extremely familiar with the hunting and especially, bears, as the unique scent is characteristic [...]
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  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 842

How Did War Change People

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.
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  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 852

“The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne

Through this, she gained wisdom and proper methods of delivering the message to the world. The reason attributed to this is that one's status is a result of his past thoughts and feelings.
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  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1096

The Plunkitt of Tammany Hall

He was a member of the Tammany Hall that was in power in the City of New York. He was a strong opponent of the civil service law; in fact, he called it the curse [...]
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  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 815

The Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth

It is in the beauty of the song that the beauty of the girls voice forms the presentation of the melancholic presentation of imaginations left on the listener and transferred to the audience of the [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 911

American History: “The New Deal” by Paul Conkin

The next chapter of the book explores more on the main subtopics of the piece of writing. According to the author, the increasing depression amongst the people triggered the creation of a public warfare.
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1403

Poetry and U.S. Women Movement

The phrase "The personal is Political" establishes the notion that most problems that women are said to have are not their fault.
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1095

Comparing and Contrasting Good and Evil

The essay is a critical examination of how evil and good are portrayed in two literatures; Shakespeare's The Tempest and Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher.
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  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1817

Among School Children

The first stanza of the poem is set in a classroom where William, a member of the Senate, has gone to evaluate the new school curriculum.
  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1047

“Natural Selection” by Charles Darwin

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.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 812

My Turkish Lover; Santiago Esmeralda

In spite of the eventual freedom of Esmeralda one is then bound to wonder why it took her so long to see the relationship for what it really was and leave.
  • Subjects: Romantic Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2207

The Style and Themes of Edgar Allan Poe’s Literature

In the first stanza, the departure of the lover marks the end of their love, while the second stanza uses the dropping of sand as symbolic to the passing of time in an hour glass.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1776

No Sugar by Jack Davis

In the 20th Century, it is a recognized factor in Australia, and all over the rest of the world, that there was neglect of Aborigines since the settlement of the first western civilization, and for [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1123

William Faulkner’s Barn Burning: Analysis of the Characters

It will include all the different situations that Abner and his family find themselves, the emotional problems that stoke different characters, mostly due to Abner's conduct, the implications of Abner's behavior, and the effects they [...]
  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 819

The Voice of Faulkner

The death of Addie is also one of the dark and disturbing components of the narration. The end of the story illustrates that the entire piece has been a flashback since it talks about the [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1859

The Boarding House

Mooney refers to him as a serious quite man and so it is easy to take advantage of him, as he is not talkative as the others.Mrs.
  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1014

The Night In Question By Tobias Wolff

While his family suffered, he enjoyed his life to the fullest and when he was confronted by his mother about the matter, he resulted to a confrontation denying the fact that he had a problem [...]
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1586

“Their son” by Yu Hua

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.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 960

Parable of the Sower

The context in which the book is written is of essence as it helps in connecting the ideas presented by the author as well as the opinions and critics provided by other authors in regard [...]
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  • Subjects: Dramatic Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1355

I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced

Quitting the marriage, better known as divorce in the marriage institution, is the best answer for majority of the victims of such a situation.
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1235

Tennessee Williams

In addition, some of the plays like a streetcar Named Desire and Baby doll are doing great in the film industry and they have led to the recognition of some actors/actresses like Malden, Brando, and [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1936

The Story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan

Therefore, through the reconnection of the paragraphs, the author enables the reader to conclude that the narrator could be famous if she had followed her mother's advice.
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  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 590

“The Namesake” by Jhumpa Lahiri

The evidence from the novel "The Namesake" suggests that, there was a change in Gogol, when he later realizes his Indian culture.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 543

A review of Sojourner Truth the Narrative

However she could not stand the second Sodom and thus left on her pilgrimage to preach top the world about the existence of the spirit of Jesus Christ and espouse the virtues of truth integrity [...]
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1912

“Animal Farm” by George Orwell

After the revolution in the Animal Farm, the animals establish the philosophy of Animalism in order to be different from human beings.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 717