The girl glimpsed on her poor Christmas tree, directed her match on it, and realistically imagined how the fire came across and through the tree and peaked at the top as the brightest star in [...]
The chosen poems present one distinct similarity in the setting: both authors use the complexity of relationships between a son and his father.
One of Junot D az's works is the essay The Dreamer, which tells the reader about the story of his mother. The protagonist of the work is the author's mother, whose actions, in turn, are [...]
The settings affect the reader's impression of the poem, making it more emotional and addressing the context of the historical period it describes.
I think that the irony, demonstrating how issues of the girl are directly related to the mother's relationship with her is, used effectively.
In the tragedy "Oedipus Rex," Sophocles poses one of the most critical questions of his time - the will of the gods and the free will of man.
Despite the fact that the author tries to portray an equal society, it is discriminatory since it ensures equality through suppression of citizens' rights, while the current American society espouses the equality of opportunity."Harrison Bergeron" [...]
The main idea of the work is to show the unfairness of the fate of a poor young man who cannot marry the girl he loves.
However, as levelheaded as she is, she still has a dream of her own. Beneatha's dream of becoming a doctor defines the character's main decisions, making her more vulnerable and relatable.
The "Burning Chrome" by William Gibson is a collection of short stories addressing the origin and the future of modern computer technology and its efficacy in changing the lives of human beings.
In particular, Claudius and Scar represent villains under the guise of well-wishers, while Rosencrantz and Guildenstern from Hamlet and hyenas from The Lion King appear worse than they seem.
The willingness to save the opponent's head describes the main hero's braveness, which is one of the central features that is explained during the poem.
The information I will need to conduct this research will include literary works from the 19th and 20th centuries, with the two main ones being "White Man's Burden" by Rudyard Kipling and "To the Person [...]
Jerusha is a feminist because she uses the letters to communicate the inequalities she feels in her relationship with Daddy-long-legs and her limits.
The machine is a metaphor that represents those at the top of a hierarchy or the government who control people and run all the activities within the system.
The Greek tragedy "Antigone" explores the themes of the conflict between the law and the internal sense of right and wrong.
Art Spiegelman magnificently links the past and the present graphically to narrate his father's surviving the Holocaust and his relations with the father.
The narrator discusses Abner's self-identity and the desire to be independent to create a well-developed antagonist that does not fit in society and whose bull-headedness puts his loved ones in danger.
The stylistic device that the poet uses is the simile to associate a deferred dream with the traditional image of rotting meat. The first part is the dream's relation to a raisin and a rot.
Maggie is still determined to do her best to find the perfect pet, but she still has a lot to cope with her family, friends, and herself along the way.
Despite her image of a genteel, conscientious lady, the grandmother is a selfish hypocrite whose irresponsibility directly leads to the death of her family. However, in her final moments, she is able to recognize the [...]
Sophocles used the myth of the unfortunate King Oedipus in the plot of his drama to show the clash of the will of the gods and man's choice.
He was aware that his wife, as any person in the world, has certain desires and the need to receive pleasure, and the man decided that it is time for mercy.
The surviving myths, poems, plays, and stories of the Age of Antiquity allow people to learn about not only the events and religions of the past but also the cultures, lifestyles, and morals of societies [...]
In the selected book, the reader realizes that Chanel Miller tries to be a good person despite the fact that she is a victim of rape.
Hence, the tone of the verse demonstrates that despite the cruelty of the father, the son does not stop loving him and tries to win his love.
In "Habitual" by Nate Marshall, as the title implies, the poem describes the psychological issues of habits that construct human lives. The narrator opens the poem with the expressions of controversial existence.
The story displays the teachings on the types of attitudes of women. This post discussed the story's central theme, audience, and relevancy in modern society.
To be honest, while identifying, researching, and developing the project, I discovered much information and realized the great significance of myths nowadays. Each step contributed to my understanding of the presence and significance of myths [...]
Although the stasimon in question appears to center the character of Zeus, especially at the beginning of the narration, the portrayal of the god adds not so much to the exploration of the theme of [...]
In the introduction, the author of the article presents the story associated with the first visit to Zora Neale Hurston's grave by Alice Walker.
The events reflect the economic and social constraints of society and the role of money in the life of the characters.
Thus, the acceptance of each other is achieved by participating in a connecting activity shedding light on the further development of the brotherhood.
From the beginning of the narrative, a sense of antipathy is observed between the main character and Maggie. The gloominess of the fiction is mainly highlighted by hardships and the dramatic visions of the narrator.
Although the poet initially represents the wheelbarrow as a rather dull and unimaginative thing, he later on shows that it, in fact, can serve a larger purpose, which cements the theme of the magic of [...]
Moreover, death in the poems of the poetess is often personified. Thus, this poem examines in detail the process of reconciliation with death and how it is inevitable.
A Raisin in the Sun revolves around the life of an African American Family. The underlying cause of the conflict is $10000 that every member of the family in his/her own way.
This paper examines the poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes and delineates the meaning by focusing on the various elements in the poem like setting, the background of the author, and the [...]
This shows she was courageous and determined to bury her brother irrespective of the consequences. Antigone's mistake was disobeying the law and Creon's mistake was being arrogant even to his son.
In The Poem of the Cid, there are three foremost themes, which can be outlined as follows: a) The theme of Spaniards indulging in the armed struggle with Moors for the purpose of reclaiming Spanish [...]
The poetry of the Beat Generation exuded of the ideal of the Beat Generation that was to "escape" in a "vision".
Van Winkle is satisfied with the status quo, even if it is not the best, and having more ambitions would probably make him a different person. Thus, Van Winkle's henpecked status is a blessing, rendering [...]
Since Ruth and Lucille are the novel's main characters, it is not a surprise that the literary work dedicates sufficient attention to the topic of sisterhood.
In this case, the position of kingship was the highest in political rankings, equivalent to the presidency in modern-day practices. Most importantly, the element of leadership in Greek mythology was characterized by concessions and plots.
The speaker communicates with the neighbor by continually questioning the legitimacy of the wall. First, the poem is written in the form of a short story where the speaker recounts one remarkable event in his [...]
As for the three criteria that allow evaluating works of art, they are the specificity, clarity, and sincerity of the feeling or emotion it conveys to people.
For instance, in one episode, the head of the household - James attempts to start a business in order to be financial independent and to support his family.
The novel is based on the life of John Lewis and opens with a group of African American protestors marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. The police deny the demand of one [...]
He, as Oedipus, felt unique and able to do what he wanted, which gave him a false idea of his position in the world. The character is not aware of his vices, which lead him [...]
The purpose of the chapter is to introduce the readers to Dante, explain his significance, and familiarize the audience with his poem Divine Comedy.
Thus, the book is undoubtedly worth being nominated for the Quills Award as one of the seminal works in the analysis of the nature of prejudices against women in the East, as well as the [...]
Believing the traveler and following him, Goodman crosses The Threshold that separates The Special World from The Ordinary World and signifies Brown's commitment to the adventure.
At the heart of the book is the court case, which paints a vivid picture of how the various African people interacted with the British on the colonial Gold Coast in the 1870s.
The source of the conflict and the main cause of the woman's unfortunate fate is not so much the mental illness itself but, rather, the refusal to recognize it as such.
Below, the possible ideas of O'Connor within A Good Man are Hard to Find will be analyzed in various contexts through the prism of the system of characters in the story. The main and most [...]
The Cambodian "Myth of Lightning, Thunder, and Rain" is a narration of a dance symbolized by the fight between the characters, Reamesor and Moni MeKhala.
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.
Wole Soyinka's play Death and the King's Horseman relies on the real incident about the man who prepares to commit ritual suicide and accompany the deceased king to the afterlife. The connection between the world [...]
The book Labyrinths is the collection of short stories written by Borges, and it is one of the most vivid examples of postmodern literature where realty is combined with the author's imagination producing the elements [...]
The sensation made by this book is in the alternative perception of the life after death people have which contradicts the usual idea of what happens to us that used to dominate in the minds [...]
Leda's personality is shaped by her childhood traumas and relationship with her mother that influence her own experience of motherhood and her relations with her daughters and other people.
One of these choices is related to the sacrifice of one's personal life for the sake of saving the lives of others.
This is the moment of awakening when Connie realizes that the world is not as sunny as she imagined it to be in her dreams, and she faces reality.
Throughout the novel, Montag goes through the stages of conflict and denial and ultimately sets out to free himself and others from the oppression.
Recognizing the stabilizing nature of marriage, it is clear that women of that era highlighted both material benefits and the social feasibility of ensuring the strength of union.
In a way, the narrator serves as a guide in the made-up city that seems utopian until the readers find out about the child suffering in the basement and guaranteeing the happiness of everybody else [...]
The beginning of the 20th century was a challenging period for the author's country, and he was one of the first to declare the importance of reformation changes in his stories.
The image of modern American society tries in vain to convey the prevalence of personality over social division. Americans' perception of financial status has been shaped for years by creating the notion of the "American [...]
A reader can feel the emotion of fear and uncertainty throughout the whole poem, as the writer enhances the feeling of anxiety with the symbol of tulips that torture the woman.
Behind the actions of the characters, there is a core of all the actual thoughts and motives. In the German version written in the 19th century by the Brothers Grimm, she was a working child [...]
The current paper observes two ancient texts, The Iliad and The Bhagavad-gita, to investigate the arguments of what the virtues of wars are.
Each book has its synopsis which is very much reflective to different background orient, the first book which is a children book about the morals of friendship is much contrary, to the last book analyzed [...]
The first script of the play was written and acted in French at the Royal Court Theatre. The title of the play is symbolic of the chess game.
Reading this short story, the audience meets a young boy who desires to make a mash on a beautiful girl resorting to the use of lies and deceitfulness, but he soon realizes that such an [...]
In the play, the supernatural things are central to the plot of the play as they provide a basis for action as Shakespeare meant them to fit in putting the play together.
Paul is offered a chance to pursue the American Dream and gain huge material riches as a result of hard work in the area of business, for example.
In Le Morte D'Arthur, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and Beowulf, the central characters in the tales appear to represent their own unique description of heroism.
The strengths and weaknesses of the writers vary from one writer to another. Writers should always dwell on their strengths and improve on weaknesses to enhance their writing.
The novel is written from the point of view of the main character, John Farrel, as he witnesses the impact that the cure is having on the planet globally and on the United States in [...]
The immigration and new way of life have posed new challenges to the family. Hemauer's purpose in this essay was to share the painful experience and struggle her family went through as immigrants.
The poem "The Sunlight on the Garden" by Louis Macneice has four stanzas. The stanza finalizes by representing the decreasing authority of the British Empire.
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 [...]
The swaying and rocking of the written song is felt in the cadence of the poem. The sense of evil is to be of anger due to prejudice; he accepts that in the end.
Facing all the variety of challenges connected with the integrating into the new society, the book's main characters strive very hard to overcome all the obstacles on their way to success in the conditions of [...]
With the development of the poem's story plot, the reader follows Aeneas from his heroic fights in Troy to his final destination in the territory which is now known as the country of Italy, and [...]
Like many books on the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel's Night is a dramatic picture of the horror times in the history of humankind and particularly in the history of the Jewish people.
Regarding the question of the blurring of national boundaries, it is necessary to note that it is not a typical attribute for global literature.
Zombies described in the book are called the unmentionables and, to the greatest extent, correspond to the classic image introduced by George A.
The play raises the question of what stories will be remembered in the future and whether they have any chance of staying unchanged. Returning to the central conflict, it finally receives a resolution in the [...]
In Carver's short story "What We Talk About When We Talk about Love," the author explores the essence of love, along with the term's implications in a different context.
It is probably done to encourage the audience to think about the superiority and grandeur of the Universe and show humanity the importance of a respectful attitude toward it.
Although her daughter is returned to her, a part of her is lost because she has to spend part of her life in the underground as the mistress of the underground ruler.
The melancholic and resentful tone in My Papa's Waltz is a striking message of the author to his own father. And the empty room is most likely a sign of passed away relatives.
Wright The unimportance of women in the play is a critical factor for the women should follow all the things that their men counterparts impose on them.
Junot Diaz, the author of the much-acclaimed collection of short stories called Drown, published in 1996, was born on the 31st of December 1968 in, Dominican Republic.
The title of the poem is descriptive enough to send a message of sadness expressed in the entire poem. The poem is a representation of the depression that was experienced in the 1930s.
In addition, the author, through the title makes the reader infer that the characters' lives are enjoyable, which is not the case, revealing the unique objective of the author, that being optimistic does not mean [...]
The aim of the paper is to analyze the attitude of Benjy and Quentin towards Caddy and analyze the language and style Faulkner uses for describing their obsession.
Considering the above realities, the following essay compares the loves depicted in two of the most amazing short stories of all time, namely Love is a Fallacy by Max Shulman and The Gift of the [...]
Based on the actions of the grandmother it can be said that the short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" contains subtle religious overtones portraying how aesthetics and what it means to truly [...]
"A Freeborn People" is a balanced examination of the ways in which the political cultures of the political elite and that of common people interacted in the 17th century England.
The next day roles are changed: the children with brown eyes have privileges, and the kids with blue are eyes are in the position of minority.
Some other philosophers suggested that this was the beginning of the new era, the era of people more perfect than those of the XVIII century, No one could tell it for sure then.
To show how powerful Chielo was Chinua Achebe says, 'As soon as the priestess stepped into this ring of hills, her voice was not only doubled in strength but was thrown back on all sides.' [...]
Raymond Carver's short story, "Cathedral," often inspires the reader to consider as an example of metafiction and the author permits the reader to experience the afflictions of isolation in the modern world.
They also believed that the owl was a keen full watcher of Athens trade, and that is why it was engraved at the back of their coins.
O'Brien notes that "the narrator discovered the work of de Selby when he was at a boarding school and decided to be a dedicated student of this work".
The story presents a tale of the Wielands as a precautionary tale that is meant to cushion against taking hard stance in religious matters; Theodore Wieland's over-commitment to religion is presented in this book as [...]
This paper will attempt to asses the characters in the following set of books and plays: The New Testament, Oedipus the King, Shakespeare Hamlet and Shikibu the tale of the Genji.
Hitchcock's books and essays have been of great admiration by most of his readers throughout the years in America and all over the globe. His skills in presenting American culture and romance are quite admirable; [...]
Teenagers in the present age find themselves in a tight situation with decision-making in that their school psychologists made them realize that being happy is based on the ability to make friends and the development [...]
In this particular part of the series of plays he wrote on the history surrounding Henry IV, Shakespeare introduces the audience to the Henry IV as a King who has acquired the throne through unjust [...]
In this case, Jim was responsible to his family and also to the whole society in terms of medicines but not for material gain.
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.
Scout does not realize the severity of many of the events of the book as they are taking place, and as such she is an innocent.
At the same time, it is beyond doubt in the basement Macbeth's character is clean and as a soldier, he is true to his job and his king.
Red Harvest was the first detective story written by Hammett and the first crime fiction that created a new sub-genre in a crime fiction literature.
She was labeled as one "without hope" in terms of her perspective toward the possibility of a Christian Lord while she was in seminary school, a label she continued to wear throughout her life, even [...]
The interactions of the characters, in that regard, are neither sufficient to explain the purpose of the author, nor to connect it to the purpose of the story.
The poems inspire the readers, through the images of life, whether in old age or young, to not accept death as it is, but rather to challenge even in the last time minute.