Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 28

I have just completed reading the manuscript for the book titled We by Yevgeny Zamyatin and would like to recommend that the book should be published for a number of reasons. In conclusion, the book [...]

The secondary problem is related to an ethical dilemma with regards to the responsibility of the husband to provide and care for the family.

To complete the text contained in the poster, is the information on where the box can be obtained from, and it is wrapped above the plants in the box.

The book narrates the happenings of Congo in the 1890s during the reign of King Leopold II. It informs the reader of the various crimes perpetuated by Leopold by referring to the African and European [...]

To understand the role of Ultima in the formation of Antonio's perception of the world, it is better to consider the final Ultima's words, "I bless you in the name of all that is good [...]

The story of Beowulf, to a great extent, focuses on the history of the main character as a hero as opposed to a king.

Another use of magical realism of animals is illustrated by the use of the mules to transport the casket after the wagon is destroyed in the floods.

It appears that there were two major prerequisites, which caused the first production of Miller's Death of as Salesman to end up being instantaneously referred to as nothing short of a revolutionary theatrical event - [...]

The Kiss of the Spider Woman is a critique of political fascism in Argentina in the 1970s. Similarly, in the novel, the political struggle between the ideals of Marxist philosophy as championed by Valentin and [...]

One day, while Oedipus was on his way, he had a dispute with the King of Thebes and unknown to him he killed him after having the argument.

Raju uses Rosie, her lover to reach the final goal of his life through her art of dancing. Raju as a Sadhu is not suppose to work, but rather pray to God in order to [...]

Dee and Maggie do not interact, it is only as the story ends that Dee speaks to her angrily as she is leaving; this ending portrays the relationship of the African and American heritages.

The events tied to Jamie's from the beginning are constructed to suggest a unifying factor; and how she relates with other characters in the novel.

In his endeavor to address the situation, as it stood on the ground, Moliere employed the motif of social masking as a strategic style that brought out the concerns of religious hypocrisy before the eyes [...]

As a result, the novel portrays the issue of land ownership in California and America at large, the conflicts between the Haves and the Have-nots, people's reactions to injustices, and the strength of a woman.

As a researcher on the social aspects of increased consumption characteristic of western societies such as the US and the UK, he cautions that the pursuit of happiness by individuals in such societies should not [...]

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.

Janie's maturity of voice is a direct indicator of her inner growth, and the activities at the courtroom may be plotted too much as to draw the parallels in her inner self.

Making a choice is always a real challenge for the speaker leading him to the analysis of the meaning of darkness, which is often associated with uncertainty, ambiguity, and the unknown.

One can attribute the conditions that lead to the epiphany of the young character Sylvia in the short story "The Lesson" by Bambara to her behavior and too the manner in which the society organizes [...]

According to the ensuing plot, the transition of the world from the old to the new era has greatly affected the way women behave.

The paper shows how satire is used in the novel and how it helps in the development of the plot of the story.

In the poem itself there are actually two voices, that of Soledad and another that asks her who she seeks and tells her to clean her body, as such it can be assumed that this [...]

The events described in the novel are sometimes so shocking that seem almost unbelievable; having got familiarized with the life story of the protagonist Maya, a reader sees that having faced numerous troubles and challenges, [...]

This paper endeavors to highlight some similarities and differences especially in the aims and the writing style of these two authors. The aim of these two pieces is to portray societies as notorious for curtailing [...]

The duration from 1850 to 1853 was the most fruitful since he wrote The House of the Seven Gables and The Blithedale Romance.

Homer is regarded as a legendary Greek due to his great works of literature such as "The journey to the Land of the Dead".

The Old Major's speech as portrayed in the narrative Animal Farm has myriad of similarities and differences to the speech given by Martin Luther King Jr.in his attempt to liberate the black race from discrimination.

The reason for the title of the book may also emerge in the first chapters or the last chapters of the novel.

The purpose of the present paper is to reveal the great power of the play which is aimed at revealing the filthy nature of war.

Due to the strong love that Allison had towards her mother, she decides to accept everything that happens to her. She comes in between Allison and her mother to restore the love between them.

Again, the calmness of the voice and the soothing quality of the language underscores Dickinson's view of death as a pleasurable, desirable state.

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.

On the other hand, the essay analyzes the 'Lesson', which is a story written by Toni Cade Bambara with the aim of showing how individuals and societies affect each other in the context of literature.

Ms Fenn then decided to try and revisit the small pox outbreaks and the grave effects they had on the North American population.

The book seems to make use of previous writings like Paradise Lost one of the books that the monster reads, Shakespeare and Don Quixote for instance, the Arabian lover and the sequence of the monster's [...]

He significantly influenced the development of Hebrew literature by means of the frequent usage of literary techniques. These techniques assist in helping the reader to comprehend the atmosphere of the story and enter the characters' [...]

The themes of sexuality and race inequality turn out to be one of the major ones in Cleven's story; the author makes a wonderful attempt to use irony in order to represent the ideas, send [...]

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, [...]

In his advocacy for the 'overman', Zarathustra makes it clear that God is already dead and the only state within which humans should aspire to achieve is the 'overman'.

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 [...]

The significance of Othello's race and pigmentation work hard to expose racial prejudice in the Elizabethan era. Shakespeare is using the Moor to challenge the ideologies of race, sex and miscegenation in the Elizabethan period.

However, at the end of the story, the son discovers that he was not the source of his problems but instead alcoholism was. He did this while referring to the character of his grandfather and [...]

Millat feels that this is the reason why his father develops a special liking for Magid and as such feels like he is the lesser of the Iqbal thus: "What is the root cause" Millat's [...]

Reverend Hooper was the chief protagonist in the story, The Ministers Black veil. Wearing the veil was the main cause of alienation from the villagers, congregation and his bride to be Elizabeth.

The novel paints a vivid picture of the French Revolution, the fervor and radicalism of the revolutionaries and the terror and bloodshed spread by the revolutionaries.

The theme the author considers is related to the inability of a person to cope with the ideas implemented in the society but still the desire to be the part of that society.

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.

More criticizes the laws of the contemporary European society; he highlights that other countries, in the East for instance, have more fair laws; and after that he starts depicting Utopia, where all people live and [...]

Unfortunately, his wife Rebecca overheard the conversation and since he loved Jacob more, he advised his beloved son to lie to his father that he was Esau.

The themes set the events that led to the fire after Elizabeth Richardson discovers Lexie's secret and her superficial family, making her burn the house to establish a new beginning.

One of the big points of aggravation for King is that white people often describe living Indians as "not real Indians," due to them being different from the idealized Dead Indians.

According to Taymaa, "From the moment Dorothy arrives in Oz, her sole wish is to return to Kansas, and the whole of the story recounts her search for the ability to do so".

Shakespeare was regarded as the poet of nature, emphasizing the uniqueness and magnificence of humanity in all of his poems. The sonnet is centered around time and immortality as it asserts how the poet's beloved [...]

Leveraging the formalist, feminist, and postcolonial literary approaches, subjective analysis of the Young Goodman Brown poem highlight the motifs, techniques, and methodical and systematic styles utilized in the reading.

It can be concluded that the mysterious woman is a symbol of slavery and the issues it causes for society, in this case, the rotting of people from within.

Adopting this strategy allows the author to highlight the themes of love and death, which presents the continuity of the book and family traditions.

The peculiarity of this problem is that the author reveals the theme of the dualism of the human personality, revealing through his character the excellent and bad beginnings of personality.

In everyday life, only a tiny fraction of the issues can make the same impression on the psyche as the war.

A special role here is played by the color of the car, which Henry now associates with the pain and difficulty of the war and the emotions that he had to go through.

Regardless of the trauma and neglect caused by addiction problems in the families depicted in "The Distance Between Us" and "The Glass Castle," the only obstacles to accomplishment and happiness are inside the individual.

This frame narrative separates the reader from the characters, allowing them to focus on the message of the story and form a moral assessment of what is happening.

This is because it helps to outline the picture of what is happening more clearly for the reader and contributes to the formation of the general mood of the narrative.

The poem is preserved in a copy from the Applurian Library of King Ashurbanipal, where it was transcribed from the original in the library of the Nippur temple.

The third theory of the world's creation concerns the appearance of the world is connected with world parents for whom the world is the child.

As a result, Tyler wants to commit suicide he takes his father's gun, and it may be regarded as a symbol of the boy's wish to leave his father guilty for his death. However, in [...]

She is unhappy with her current lifestyle and constantly dreams of the riches and glamour that she feels her beauty deserves.

In the first story, the necklace is a symbol of giving; it represents the importance of being able "to give up the cheap things in our lives so that God can give us beautiful treasures".

I think that the protagonist of this short story became mad because of loneliness and the inability to live an independent life.

Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser was born in 1871 in Terre Haute, Indiana, to a devout Catholic German immigrant father and a mother from Mennonite Community.

The aviation theme is used to show the discrimination and oppression of black people, which has a profound impact on the main character.

Even though Othello is a Moor, he fights for Venice in this war and wins, thus proving his loyalty to the Christian Venice.

First, it is "the love of the body" that men admire and desire the most, which is not continuous, as well as implies disgrace for a woman; second, it is "the love of souls" that [...]

However, in my opinion, "The Gift of the Magi" is one of the most powerful pieces of writing I have encountered.

The story would lead the audience to the colonial period, then focus back on Kannujaq and his dogs at the end.

Even though Frances Harper and Robert Hayden enjoy American liberty and accept the blessings of the nation, they would seek the real meaning and existence of various terms such as freedom, liberty, love, and equality [...]

For example, the difference in tones in "Sonny's Blues" and "Mrs. Dutta Writes a Letter," the plot is rather dramatic, providing a pessimistic perception of the story.

The money is also rather important for them, but they get great pleasure from what they do and they are the happiest people as they managed to find the job of their life.

In the poem The Pardon is used four-line stanza which is called a quatrain. The rhyme of this poem looks like abba which is known as envelope rhyme.

It is a fundamental theory defining society, and with the theme continuing throughout the book, the reader reconceptualizes their place and purpose in the community.

The story, the characters, the setting, and even the speech of the characters make strong references to the environments of the beginning of the 19th century in England.

The love poetry of the Renaissance is a genre that gave rise to a new style focusing on human feelings as the highest form of manifestation of spiritual experiences.

The fact that Clifton included this poem in one of the crucial parts of her memoir, which discussed her heritage showcases her response to Whiteman's words.

In "The Swan" and "To a Passer-By", Baudelaire, the fl neur, shares his memories of the past and the realities of the mundane present to underline the beauty of the transience of life.

One of the main issues raised in the story is the indignation of the older woman by the behavior of her granddaughter who "is not like my daughter Natalie, or like me".

Losing her hair is a tragedy for a woman, and this symbol is also an implication of Emily's life tragedy as she loses her love and has a life of wasting. Also, Emily isolated herself [...]

Incident is one of the most famous poems by the prominent African-American poet and author Countee Cullen who is a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance. The conflict described in the poem is one of [...]

His exceptional and genius ideas included the theory of forms, platonic realism, and platonic idealism."The Allegory of the Cave" is written in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and Plato's brother Glaucon.

In "Slaughterhouse-five", his the most famous and popular work, Vonnegut resorts to the use of the sharpest satire in order to criticize all the sad consequences that war might have for the civilians along with [...]

Green Butler uses the character of the grandfather to develop the theme of gender roles within the culture. The character of the grandfather is extremely sound for the cultural beliefs the author conveyed through all [...]

The foregoing discussion indicates Soyinka's portrayal of the confluence of Western and Yoruba values and interests through the experiences of Pilkings, Jane, Elesin, and Olunde.

Sherman Alexie's essay What Sacagawea Means to Me challenges the readers to make a comparison of Sacagawea to Eve and the US to the Garden of Eden.

The issue of immortality as portrayed in the novel 'The Portrait of Dorian Gray' is one of the main themes, which the novel unveils throughout its plot.

The poem The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop reminded me that other animate creatures are able of feelings and have the right to live their lives on this planet.

The clock can be considered an integral part of the story as it leads the readers all the way till the end of the day in the abandoned house.

In the age of 13 Huda was married to her cousin, Ali Shaarawi. In the beginning of the twentieth century Huda was eagerly trying to unite women of Egypt.

Bunk Johnson, who claimed to have played with him from 1895 to 1899, was one of the chief witnesses to the existence of Bolden and his music."Legend has it that Buddy Bolden, when playing in [...]

Nabokov's novels have a tendency of over exaggeration of the plot within the novel which escalates the tension in the readers and helps in "construction and deconstruction" of the novel.

Thousands of other people had also been affected by the test and they were all blaming the government of the US. Terry and her family had to bear the consequences of an irresponsible government.

The characters of the story are linked to the political scene of the mauve decade. The explanation was based on Baum's experience in the field of journalism before the publication of the wizard of OZ.

The story is in the context of one personality constructing her life, and unknown to, reconstructs many other people's lives in the multifaceted world that defines the Atlantic region.

The most famous writers who compiled tales in this genre were Douin de Lavesne, Gauter le Leu, and Jean Bodel; some of the fabliaux were reworked by Geoffrey Chaucer in his collection of "Canterbury Tales" [...]

In order to discuss Hemingway's depiction of the American values and beliefs, it will be necessary to use three works: The Old Man and the Sea, a novella by Hemingway, "Papa's Ghost", an article by [...]

The story depicts lives of African American people at the beginning of the twentieth century and the author resorts to slang language to make the atmosphere as close as possible to the original: "Woman am [...]

Du Bois in the work "The Soul of Black Folk" asks the question, why black people are considered to be different, why they are treated differently as they are the same members of the society, [...]

In conclusion, it should be noted that the theme of the struggle between man and nature is a wonderful aesthetic approach.

The sort of power developed by Rowlandson was such that it set her apart from the traditional roles of the Puritan women in her time and within her culture.

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.

The novel became very popular and created the idiom of monkey wrench in referring to the sabotage activities that damaged machines and led to violence in America in order to protect natural habitat and conserve [...]

What this paper will show is that one of the keys to understanding Holden's behavior is his attitude toward the movies.

In the opening he takes aim at the claim that the ship was unsinkable, calling that an example of "human vanity" and the "Pride of life" from which the ship now lies far removed.

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 [...]

In her novels Arabian Jazz and Crescent, the problem of remaking of identity of Arab Americans is depicted. It is important to mention that the problem of multiculturalism became a topical one in the end [...]

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 [...]

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.

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.

Sammy's decision to quit his job is therefore based both on his rejection of the conservative and restricting viewpoint of his manager as well as the free and nonconformist lechery of the butcher as he [...]

In this way the birthmark seems to be almost mocking his attempts at changing nature, which is representative of Georgiana's femininity, "Attempting an operation for the removal of the Birthmark.

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 [...]

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".