During the first half of the 19th century the governess became an important figure, both in literature and in life, because they were part of a small group of women who were middle-class, independent, educated [...]
One of the main peculiarities of the Muslim religion is the treatment of women. Fatima Mernissi wanted to tell the world about the real state of things in Muslim harem, about the real life of [...]
The age of comic books that started in the 1930s brought a new breed of heroes that were the ingenious combination of the Hemmingway hero and the classical Greek Demigods; The Superheroes.
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 [...]
Such is the case regarding Tom Robinson in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Cinna in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, and Lennie in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.
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.
To understand how these concepts have changed over time, it is helpful to trace the relationship between the self and the supernatural as it is revealed in the great works of history, such as Sophocles' [...]
The story is very intriguing and covers many aspects of human personality, Emily is the most important character in the story and she takes her revenge in the story by killing Homer.
It is necessary to underline the fact that in the modern world the concept of racial profiling is considered to be common rather than unheard or unknown; the essay under analysis allows evaluating the author's [...]
The poet addresses the reader, saying that if the reader had witnessed his father's removal of the splinter he would have thought he was planting something in the boy's hand, something that led to his [...]
At the same time, the reader can develop a finer appreciation of how these elements are constructed to contribute to the final impact of the poem.
There is a powerful cultural perception of the behaviors of the three groups, the father and the brother on one side, the mother and the grandmother on the other side, and the American media and [...]
According to Eicher and Roach-Higgins, the elements of her dress were important because they immediately communicated specific ideas about her character that was as contradictory as the physical gender of the birthing parent."In appropriating the [...]
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.
The title of the story, The Wars, is not that simple and represents two different types of war, which are inherent to people: the war that happens on the battlefield, and the war that happens [...]
The main point of the novel is that there is a certain, indescribable element that draws us out into the wild and out of the confines of society.
However, in plays such as "The Miser," he also demonstrates he had a fine sense of the comic and had justly earned his contemporary reputation as France's jester."The Miser" is considered to be a romantic [...]
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.
Abel's feelings are in large part due to the Indians' belief that the image of the eagle clutching a serpent in its claws is the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl's icon that rivals the Christian cross.
The birthmark of Chikako which Kikuji glimpsed in his infancy is at once a symbol of the ugliness of the body and of human desire, of demoniac frustration and of man's obsession with life.
In The Bourne Identity, a man who has lost all memory of who he is slowly beginning to track the clues of his former life and, in the process, begins to suspect that he may [...]
In the novel, the main character, Clare Kendry, defines herself in terms of her family; she is concerned solely with the welfare of her children and the degree to which her husband's infidelity threatens her [...]
The novel "My Year of Meats" by Ruth Ozeki is a satirical story combining fiction together with fact and seems to present the view of the meat industry in the USA.
She asserts that the man in the newspaper is a different man than the one she is married to because the one she is married to could never dream of being mentioned anywhere without having [...]
The play is made by the author in the way representing the memories of the main characters through the flashbacks along with the real scenes of the play.
The novel starts with the end of an expedition when people were attacked and killed by an unknown enemy, and the contact between the expedition and the outer world is lost.
Using the device of a journal kept by the narrator which has been recovered and is being read by someone else, the author has made this book a revelation of his innermost self and a [...]
That Prometheus did not always have a low opinion of Zeus is evident in that it was primarily through the help that Prometheus gave to Zeus that the latter was able to gain control of [...]
Rosario Ferre's and Bessie Head's works are dealing with many issues of racial and gender discrimination and racialism."The youngest doll" by Ferre and "Snapshot's of the wedding" by Head is opening to the reader a [...]
Eliot employs the so-called exhausted poetic mode for the purpose of showing the corruptive nature of adherence to social mimicry, which results in the spiritual blindness, the loss of the ability to the perceive the [...]
He did not feel particularly fond of this part of his job, because, while picking up items at the drugstore, Jackson used to experience a sense of humiliation, over the colour of his skin, as [...]
Another thing that could be said of him is that he knows his value and weight in society, a fact that is somewhat crucial to explain his relationship with his daughter and the expectations that [...]
He was accused of corrupting the minds of the youths in Athens, creations of his deities, and not respecting the gods of the state.
The story is not interesting to read and there is nothing left in the memory to share with others. The Beast in the Jungle is definitely not one of the stories to read twice.
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.
Each morning it was the duty of the overseer to assign the daily work for the slaves and, when the task was completed, to inspect the fields to see that the work had been done [...]
Corn is the food for the cows, the pigs, lambs, the chicken, turkey, and fishes like the tilapia, catfish, and the salmon, which despite being a carnivore is nowadays being fed on corn to prevent [...]
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 [...]
It traces the developments in the boy's life and the changes and compromises he makes in his life. He is the father to the main character, a scholarly samurai, and a journalist.
In spite of the fact that he was one of the greatest men in Umuofia and a leader of his community he was hence not given the burial ceremony that he deserved as an Umuofian [...]
It acknowledged the interdependency of the masculine and the feminine or community values such as the earth and sky. Achebe's stories are also known to use proverbs that incorporate the values of the rural Igbo [...]
Thesis: Edna's journey to the end of the sea at the end of the novel can be interpreted in two ways: the simplistic one being that Edna commits suicide and a deeper interpretation being it's [...]
Even in his own home, he has taken up the habit of locking his bedroom doors "as if in a hotel" and he continues to follow the rules and regulations set forth by his father [...]
The current paper is aimed at comparison of the works through three perspectives: the symbolism of the titles of the two novels, the way colonialism and racism are represented by the authors, and the way [...]
Of course, we find out that he does not want to talk to Oedipus, since he knows that the source of the pestilence is the king.
The specific inspirations for the Oceania society from "1984" were The Soviet Union and Nazi Germany with their inherent propaganda, betrayal of the ideals of the revolution, concentration camps and misinformation.
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 [...]
They both post-war kinds of literature of America represent the revolutionary transformation in the world view of the literary figure and the employment of the most modern tools of interpreting the war-affected world.
However, as to the second point concerning the value of poverty, I have this to show."Beyond the value of poverty as a context for the development of humility and piety, I believe that Ignatius saw [...]
It is significantly the working of the inner self or the perpetual threat of the unconscious to the conscious that leads the protagonist to the ultimate confession of the crime even when he is not [...]
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 [...]
One is gardens and flowers, and the other is the less concrete spiritual things, like the soul, the body, the mind, life, and death.
So, Pushkin tried to define the initial reasons of this phenomenon in the character of Onegin: shallow education, the imitation of European culture, conditionality and prejudice of life of the epoch, and laziness. Onegin is [...]
As in the second stanza, she writes, "I could easily tell the white folks" meaning she's addressing white people and without any fear whatever lies she had to tell.
The parable of talents from the Bible alluded to in the sonnet speaks of his fears above his transgressions of the omnipotent will.
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.
In the case of Enkidu, he uses his strength to undermine all those going against his will and he is not putting in mind what the results will be to other in the society.
Despite Dee's overwhelming presence, Maggie is the first girl to be introduced in the story as it is she who has apparently helped her mother to make the yard "so clean and wavy yesterday afternoon....
Without the rest of the book it is simple: the turtle is uniquely suited to his environment as are all the seeds that grab at every passing creature.
As an outcome, it appears that though it is a century of the highest technologies and the story set is way far in the future, the main values remain the same.
A lot of coined description had been made out of the character of Kurtz the captain of the ship, Director of the Companies that sailed and explored a part of Africa for ivories in the [...]
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.
The essay will examine and discuss the usage of symbols and images about the actions and thoughts of the main characters and their meaning for the readers.
In this example, death is in the middle of the circle, and is, hence in the power of the person because death settles on to impede, whether the person is pleased with it or not.
Finally, as Dante and Virgil reach the most bitter, tormented place in the universe, the ninth circle of hell, they immediately depart after seeing Satan and the final circle of the underworld.
We are not aware what happens at the moment of death or after it and seek to find the answers to the questions raised by Shelley in the poem "On Death".
In today's literature, it is possible to observe the artistic, historical, social, and political value of literary work in connection with the social and political conditions of the definite epoch.
Her assumed insanity was to be expected after all the things she has endured the loss of a mother while growing up, the death of a father, the sudden loss of a charmed way of [...]
It is the suffering of the damned that links the human and the diabolic in Doctor Faustus, not the pain of hell-fire but spiritual pain.
Thesis the personal voice of Seth and poetic elements used by the author shape an atmosphere of solitude and loneliness and appeal to the emotions and feelings of readers.
At the beginning of the novel, Mina Murray is seen as the more deviant of the two women because she is working as a school teacher's assistant.
The audience may be able to show a degree of empathy with Hamlet as the play was written in a slightly satirical manner and shows that he is very much human in his qualities and [...]
Focusing on the life of a Black American family, the author discusses the problems of race-based prejudice, segregation, historical memory, and the role of generational gaps in racial minorities' attitudes to injustice.
Using the theme of death, the author says that she has to cut her connections with the world and anticipates death.
The "we" in the poem is the black folk collective, the speaker a Dunbar persona, or perhaps the real Dunbar lifting the mask to speak plainly and unequivocally about the double nature of the black [...]
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.
In the book, "The Song of Solomon" such an obsessive love is found in the passionate desire of Hagar and the friendly love of Guitar.
Broadly defined, the bildungsroman is "the novel of youth, the novel of education, of apprenticeship, of adolescence, of initiation, even the life-novel".
Getting a personal ticket to salvation is his main concern and he does not stop before imperiling the lives of his family.
The books referred to were "book 1-The Sword in the Stone, book 2-The Queen of Air and Darkness, book 3-The Ill-Made Knight and book 4-The Candle in the Wind, The author Terence Hanbury White who [...]
The tone of the poet is of despair and melancholy as he feels that the human life is tormented with miseries, and nature is incapable of offering any solution to man's problems.
Those running away are not sure of where they are going as Le Guin put it at the end of the story "The place they go towards is a place even less imaginable to us [...]
On the ward, McMurphy proves himself to be a master manipulator, hustling his fellow patients in card games and persistently challenging the authority of Nurse Ratched.
Odysseus' size is also apparent when he Many of Odysseus' traits are honored and respected by the people and society in which he lives.
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 [...]
The meanings in the glossary differed from those in the Through The Looking Glass, therefore, the translation read: "It was evening, and the smooth active badgers were scratching and boring holes in the hill-side, all [...]
Thus, Henry is not a hero to everybody in the play including the French and Catherine. If at all, the women in the play offer a challenge to the values of Henry and his male [...]
The fish, not striking symbolizes a lack of interest in Nick's in his relationship with Marjorie. In reference to the love he shared with Marjorie, Nick says "It is not fun anymore.
At the outset, Dorian is the model of perfection of male youth and handsomeness. Dorian is totally taken in by Wotton's glib flattery along with his fascinating theories, and begins developing a paranoia about youth, [...]
The main theme of the story is the love relations between Samson and Delilah. In spite of romantic scenes and love relations, these stories are a part of Lawrence's response to the war.
The setting of the book is most frightening and otherworldly, and the narrative is full of vivid descriptions of unreal places and characters the protagonist meets.
Lack of directions and information that people with disabilities face when they find themselves in that condition is one of the problems that the author raises in the first part of her book.
In the first chapter Guy Montag, the protagonist finds himself in a position that allows him to recognize the lack of genuine happiness in his life, viewing those around him as uncompassionate and disinterested shades.
Through the character of Aslan, the lion, the author explains the Christian ideas and teaches the readers that humility and sincerity are better than all the wealth of the world.
In Pastan's work, the state of loneliness and fear is depicted: the author is "learning to abandon the world", and she has already "given up the moon / and snow".
It is equally important to stress that the issue of conformity is based on the person's ability and willingness to fit into a group or culture. One can argue that Ross's decision to join the [...]
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 [...]
The primary themes of The Tempest discussed in this paper are power dynamics, colonialism, and the concept of illusion and reality.
The work is truly unique as the author used it as a tool for declining the view of the history of Western civilizations.
This final phase of The Chauffeurs of Madrid reiterates that Hipolito is what a modern man should be in the face of war, according to Hemingway.
One of the most typical traits of romantic literature is the prevalence of emotions, setting the natural world above the created world, and the most important, freedom of an individual.
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 [...]
It is possible to say that Murray's ideas presented in On the Equality of the Sexes are ahead of her time.
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 [...]
First of all, it is the mystery of a man who wants to preserve the nature of Miami and area, save it from being destroyed by tourists and other people who disrespect it.
Human intelligence that the gods give to the dogs does not make them happy but subjects them to continuous thoughtful considerations and emotional perception of the surrounding world that ultimately leads to suffering.
Judging by the conversation of the King with a lady Camae, the King indeed is presented as a human being who had feelings, fears, and emotions.
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.
Moreover, the 20th and the 21st century are characterized by the emergence of numerous conflicts that altered the world and resulted in the appearance of shifts in people's mentalities.
They call me the cancer stick; I am a gigantic straw, Crack of dawn in just a flick, pleasuring is what I draw, In an attempt so quick, I rip them out of the low, [...]
In this part of the play, it is clear that Jack is not ready to hide his feelings and is happy to share them with someone who, in his opinion, can understand him.
A short story uses all the elements of that genre to develop his or her theme; in fact, all the elements are used to lead the reader to the central meaning of the work.
He feels attracted to her at first but when she tells him that he is too old to be her grandfather, he withdraws.
Through the eyes of the author, the reader is in a position to understand the early beginnings of the Irish people and also appreciate the fact that the group has transformed immensely over the centuries.
In the development of this theme, the novel is authored in English. This situation is a demonstration of a community that has not or has refused to assimilate into the English culture.
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 [...]
For those who strive to gain an in-depth insight into the discursive significance of Greek antiquity, it represents the matter of crucial importance to be able to understand that the Olympian gods of Apollo and [...]
He felt the pain of killing the man and became an outlaw living in the forest. He became an outlaw in the early19th century.
Most of the women in Midaq Alley support the community life, the way it is in the traditional setting. Women in the Alley hated her because of her lust for money.
There are 700 verses in the Bhagavad-Gita, which reflect the philosophical aspects of the dialogue between Prince Arjuna and God Krishna before the battle Kurukshetra.