Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 3

In the line "It's the kind of thing that shakes a person to their core and never quite leaves them," trauma is manifested by showing the impact of the disastrous event on the character.

It is stated that the pigs take over the management of the farm and begin making all of the decisions, such as when to harvest the crops and how to distribute the food.

One of the key themes in the novel is the control over language and rewriting history. Thus, it is apparent that control of language leads to the restriction of people's feelings and thoughts.

Thus, Louise's feelings are pretty explainable by the fact that she can devote her life to herself with the death of her husband. The realization of this leads her to delight and a feeling of [...]

This essay examines the similarities and the differences between the Roman and the Greek god Apollo, and his importance in the leadership philosophies.

Olsen, portrays the hardship and low status of women in society, poverty, and the realities of working poor women. Olsen's mother understands the aimlessness and pointlessness of her life caused by the necessity to work [...]

The play presents readers with the world of royalty and the well-knit state; the world of Duncan, his two sons, Banquo, Macbeth and the whole of Scotland and England.

The author's depiction of Ebro valley in this literary work is symbolic of a choice to have a child, and the dry, treeless land on the opposite side is representative of the life after abortion.

An important area of work is also the study in conversation with the grieving of the styles of coping behavior that can impede grief and those that can increase the effectiveness of adaptation to the [...]

This paper seeks to illustrate the influence alcohol has on a person and the effects it has on the family involved based on the essay Under the Influence.

He seems to suggest that it is in the nature of women to impress all men irrespective of their social standings.

Written in the 1960s, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is an expansive, one-of-a-kind, and utterly honest depiction of a family life rife with disappointment. George and Martha's marriage defies the idealized American family.

The text of the poem conveys a wide palette of emotions of the author, urging the reader to penetrate the depth of the message.

The latter is an integral part of the setting, which "is a literary device that allows the writer of a narrative to establish the time, location, and environment in which it takes place".

The fire symbolizes the ambivalent nature of the creation: one the one hand, it grants rebirth and creates life, one the other mercilessly punishes people. The fire in the novel is the ultimate power regulating [...]

The father is also a traitor preparing her daughter to be a killer and selling the life of his matrimonial wife.

Woodfield is in the stage of depression in his grief, he loses his son and suffers a stroke. Woodfield and his former boss are in the stages of depression and acceptance, where Woodfield feels restricted [...]

The speaker contrasts the ocean and the land by stating that people were all facing the ocean while neglecting the land, which has all the answers they are looking for in the deep waters.

In his essay "Nature" and "Divine School Address", Ralph Emerson opposes it as the perfect "City of God" to the City of Men or society.

This seems to be the reaction of a badly abused child, and it may be that he has repeated his crime of shooting her.

Concerning the Su family, the sense of shame is noticeable even back in the childhood years of Mr.and Mrs.Su. Although both families are feeling ashamed, lacking love, and Fongs do not show any signs of [...]

Being a home-owner is one of the aspects that determine status in the society and, consequently, stimulates people to preserve their status.

This is one of the aspects that can be identified. This is one of the main points that can be made.

The aspects of human nature that George Orwell criticizes in his work 1984 compared to today's world Orwell in the novel 1984 represents the modern society be it capitalist or communist.

The monster then travels to Geneva and meets a little boy called William in the woods, where he hopes that the young boy who is not yet corrupted by the views of older people and [...]

The play notes here that Rainsford loves hunting to the extent that he calls it the best sport in the world.

The idea of being forced to leave one's home behind and leave as a part of diaspora elsewhere is, in general, a subversive conversation for the majority of Western communities.

Unlike the prologue, which basically foreshadows the story, chapter 1 foreshadows only the synthesis of races, which the author refers to as "mixing".

The author tries to bring to the attention of the users how basic knowledge of finances is very vital in any business undertaking and how corporations can contribute to the rich becoming even richer.

Another scene shows Daisy's immoral behavior when she is in the room with Gatsby, Jordan, and Nick. This view shows Daisy's lustful side in that she pushes Jordan to do the same and is out [...]

The properties of Othello are given to Cassio who also assumes position that had been held by Othello The downfall of Othello is evidenced by death of his wife, loss of property and his own [...]

The death of Hamlet as the play ends indicates that though he was the definite answer to all the questions before him as he faced death, he was not in any position to give any [...]

The leading theme of the poem is the non-conformist ideas of the author, the problem of life choice, and the dilemma in making the right decision.

The role of friendship in the Epic of Gilgamesh is vital. This essay unfolds the theme of friendship between Gilgamesh and Enkidu that develops in the course of the story.

Through a vivid depiction of themes of guilt, madness, and death, as well as the symbols of heart and eye, the author masterfully illuminates the persisting insanity of the narrator.

"Children of the Sea" by Edwidge Danticat is an emotionally charged short story that delves into the complexities of identity, migration, and the profound connection between people and their homeland. As the story progresses, the [...]

The book "Liberty and Power: The Politics of Jacksonian America" by Watson is an insightful analysis of the political thinking and worldview of the Jacksonian era - more than two decades after Monroe's presidency and [...]

In the case of the story, the sacrifice was the baby, the most precious individual in both parents' lives. In other words, the author uses the description of the external environment in order to set [...]

The thyme of the two versions makes up one of the major contrasts between the film version and the original version of The Tell-Tale Heart story as it appears in the book.

The following paper analyzes William Carlos Williams's story "The Use of Force" to understand the plot and meaning of the narrative to prove that the use of force by the doctor was justifiable.

The author uses the fate of one man, Ximen Qing and his household to describe the society in the 16th century.

The complexity of the structure of The Narrow Road of the Interior emphasizes the specific manner of writing of Matsuo Basho.

The American dream makes it clear through its guarantee of the freedom and equality with the promise of prosperity and success as per the ability or personal achievements of every American citizen."Fences" reveals the obstacles [...]

The writer takes the reader through the life of these characters and in particular, the poor family of Loisel and the rich family of Forestier.

From the very first lines of the story, the readers can observe the way the narrator perceives the surrounding world and the people.

Post-structuralism theory is one of those that is perfectly applied to the Carroll's Alice in Wonderland by means of pure relation between language and social organization, between different kinds of feminism and power, and the [...]

The aunt, a victim of a prawn bite that embeds the creature in her leg, represents the intrusion of patriarchal and colonial forces into the lives of Puerto Rican women.

In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the theme of the misuse and abuse of knowledge and science is both a warning and a critique of humanity's hubristic pursuit of power without responsibility or consideration for the consequences.

The first literary device to highlight is the dialogue between the protagonist and the blind man. During this time, the protagonist paints a cathedral according to his perception of the world.

The information from the chapter is crucial as it shows that world politics and social order have changed due to the new ideas of liberty and nationhood.

The poem "Because I could not stop for death" by Emily Dickinson uses an extended metaphor to transform the perception of a viewer on the topic.

This fact adds to the already uneasy perception of Jun's death and shows that the guilt is not only in the lack of connection but in the absence of attempts to support his cousin.

Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the personalities of Sierra and Robbie and present the major difference, similarity, and connection between them.

Etgar Keret's short writing "The Story about a Bus Driver who wanted to be God" is a very simple piece about a man, who is a bus driver and his specialty is that he never [...]

In regards to this communication, the issue of romantic love between Romeo and Juliet is highlighted7. The concept of true love is no where to be seen in Romeo and Juliet's relationship.

When Hamlet's father requests him to avenge his death against King Claudius, he is unable to carry out his revenge. In addition, Shakespeare mission to delay Hamlet's plan to avenge his father's death highlights the [...]

The leadership is in charge of virtually each and every single activity that takes place in the lives of the inhabitants of the society.

Though it is hard to define one concrete thesis of Henry David Thoreau's Life without Principle, the point that this thesis somehow connected to money and its power in the world is evident."This world is [...]

The jealousy displayed by Othello and the villainous nature of Lago are some of the qualities that impress the readers of the play.

However, based on the prologue and description of the man, it can be understood that he is a simple representative of the working class.

The allusion to the Gorgon Medusa is used to reinforce the metaphor: the mother strangles her daughter with her influence, like a monster with tentacles. The myth is the basis for the poem, which refers [...]

The author describes the project, in which all the events of the Civil War are shown shortened to only one day.

The author wanted to show that the strength of the crowd, coupled with a strong sense of habit and tradition, so much clouded the mind that only the victim, left alone against the entire crowd, [...]

Greg joined the cult in the 60s and was enchanted by the atmosphere, or as Sacks describes it the 'austere and charismatic figure of the Swami himself came like a revelation to Greg '.

The miracles illustrated in the poem represent the deamonic revision of aspects in Book of Genesis. The result is the restoration of the sacrality of the Earthly kingdom.

The certainty of the mystery of this life is properly fathomed in one realizing that this life is short-lived. Tuesday's with Morrie is a lesson for us all that illustrates the beauty of living a [...]

Later they found a drunker who said that he had not even thought that the boy had been dying. Angela and Freddie said that the thought about the chance to be accused of the death [...]

But in Whitman's poem, the completion of the physical journey to India is only a prelude to the spiritual pathway to India, the East, and, ultimately, to God.

From the beginning of the story, the reader can feel that Mathilde is irritated with her appearance and distressed with "the poverty of her apartment" and the reality she has to live in.

In the end, Cinderella marries the prince in the ultimate triumph of her pious beliefs and acts of good over evil, and she goes to the very top of the socio-economic ladder.

The idea that the speaker of the poem is the author becomes obvious with the following line, "And I will stand here like a shadow".

The author presents a solution to this question by demonstrating through the main character, Rita, that education can upgrade the diminished position and status of women in society. Education is Rita's expedition of self-realization to [...]

In this part, the stream of consciousness is used to tap the emotions of the reader about the tour to the western part of Ireland.

Expecting the sound to be caused by the wind, the speaker opens the window, through which a raven flies into the room.

The self-contradiction implicit in this line demonstrates Miller's masterful use of indirect characterization to divulge Willy Loman's delusion, and ensuing nervous breakdown and suicide, over the course of the play.

To live in the Borderlands means you written by Gloria Anzaldua is a great example of love for culture and people.

Again the faery is inviting the child to the world of faeries which is full of wild and water with no grievances like the current world of the child.

Grendel's response is to show the hero his contempt for nobility and meaning in life. Finally, Grendel's life is so devoid of meaning that he decides to try and kill the queen.

In spite of the arrogance that led Oedipus to ignore the oracle and think that he could change things, Oedipus truly was a loyal king to his people and wanted the best for them.

The misunderstanding between An-Mei Hsu and Rose Hsu-Jordan occurs due to their differences in the views on the roles of females in the family.

By carefully selecting the characters in the novel, Camus can develop a philosophy of absurdity by illustrating that the universe is marred with absurdity as demonstrated by the absurdist opinions of the protagonist, the judge, [...]

After Celie's marriage, her younger sister, Nettie, gets the opportunity to leave her father's household and move to Mr. In the end, Celie reunites with her sister, who returns from Africa with her husband Samuel [...]

For example, a child brought up by a single mother tends to relate with women in a more comfortable manner than the ones brought up by the two parents. In this light, a father has [...]

The scene that is the subject of this report refers to a scene in the play that takes place at the graveyard following the death of Ophelia.

Mary Wollstonecraft expressly makes her stand known in advocating for the rights of the women in her novel, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, but her daughter is a bit reluctant to curve a [...]

In the story, the author juxtaposes the young couple with the man to highlight the solitary existence of the latter. In contrast to the man, the boy and the girl feel as the people around [...]

Both Marlow and Kurtz see the intended as the epitome of the naivete of women. According to Marlow, Kurtz is the "best of the best".

The American Dream play is an apologue of how American life has turned awry under the pretext of the American Dream.

The poet employs the abundant use of imagery and symbolism in passing the message, ideas, and the subject of the poem.

The author suggests that even the kind of history that the children of the oppressed Haitians learn in school is doctored to whitewash the atrocities colonizers meted on the natives, further emphasizing the systemic nature [...]

In this quatrain, by describing the distancing kite, the poetess is alluding to the idea of childhood distancing itself from people as life goes on.

The distinct feature of this story, as well as other Rifaat's writings, is the fact that the author does not oppose the Muslim traditions of marriage and patriarchy.

Judging by the way the short story handles the themes, plot, and literary tools, The Last Leaf is a literary masterpiece.

The cadets insist that this is an integral part of the Citadel, that promotes the lifestyle that they want the cadets to follow one of trust in one's fellow man and the sense that everyone [...]

What the author sets out to do is to expound on the intensity of imperialism in the story. There are several themes in the novel, but the central questions that the article seeks to addresses [...]

Driven by the promise of his father, Jakob, to be reunited after the war, the main character of the story finds it indispensable to rely on God, for only He is able to lead the [...]

At the beginning of the story, he is portrayed as a disabled man who is not happy with his life and wants to become smarter.

That means that a parody is not only expected to make people laugh and distract them from the monotony of daily existence.

Therefore, Whitman uses the poem, writing it in a unique style to call for a change in the social lives of the Americans.

The purpose of the text is to show that the U.S.should seek alternative ways of tackling the problem since the billions of dollars it has been channeling to the country does not seem to do [...]

One of the major themes of the play is considered to be the characters' inability to meet reality, and the meaning of illusion for them.

By showing how the stringent moral and religious standards of Puritanism can result in hypocrisy and the restriction of human freedom, The Scarlet Letter emblem relates to the concept of Puritanism.

The focus of this paper is to analyze the juxtaposition and symbolism used by James Joyce in "The Dead" to convey deeper themes and meanings."The Dead" is a short story written in 1914 and included [...]

Despite the different reasons that prompted Isabel and Josef to leave their native country, and the fate of their loved ones that affected the emotional state of the children, they are similar in that the [...]

However, to understand the background of the story and the causes that made a little girl cry, it is vital to see her living conditions and the peculiarities of her family.

First of all, speaking about similarities between the main characters of Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe" and Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels", it should be stated that both of them are an embodiment of men of strong [...]

In this poem, the situation is the negotiation between the Duke of Ferrara and the Count's envoy on the marriage between the Duke and the Count's daughter.

Barbara's Ehrenreich's text 'Serving in Florida' can be described as effective in terms of defining the main problems of the American poor through the prism of the personal experience of the author.

Maybe Loureen and Florence treat their problems a little differently depending on the fact of having children or the degree to which the husband's attitude can be tolerated. The general opinion about women and their [...]

In addition to that, it is possible to observe the reality of modernism in Miller's work when focusing on the influence of technology and progress on a workplace.

While trying to address the extremist audience, the writer resorted to the strong methods of personification to be able to talk straight to each reading the letter. Despite the character of the text, the writer [...]

In this analysis, it is clear that mood in the two pieces of literature is enhanced by the characters and how they act and speak, the manner in which the author advances the plot and [...]

Contrary to the conventional wisdom, The Story of the Good Little Boy narrates about the boy who makes incredible efforts at being good to the surrounding people, although it brings in no recognition on the [...]

This essay offers a psychoanalytic reading of the novel Sons and Lovers and addresses the psychological needs of Paul and Gertrude Morel both conscious and unconscious and examines how the dynamics of their relationship mirror [...]

The third subdivision of this poem argues that the nature of love is not subject to the passage of time. The language and the style used in this poem only enhances Shakespeare's message of love.

At the end, the persona in the poem justifies the tittle of the poem that trying to conceal anger is like cultivating a poison tree.

The relationship between the author and the parents is strained because of the author's decision to move to California, as explained in the story where the author states, "My relationship with my parents had become [...]

This follows the revelations of her background in the interview that ZZ Packer, just like the character Dina in the story, moved from a dominantly black neighborhood to a dominantly white university.

On the one hand, it depends on the person who is telling the story; on the other hand, it is determined by the level of the narrator's awareness.

Arguably, the central theme of the poem is the personal journey of self-discovery and the events that influence the decisions made on the way. Therefore, she managed to overcome the traumatic experience and return to [...]