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Realism in American Literature

Corresponding tendencies in the drama are shown in the writings of Ibsen, Hamptman and Galsworthy."In the United States, Wolfe, Hemingway and Faulkner are among the leading representatives of the modern school of realism"..
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2222

Poetry v. Prose: Their Differences and Overlaps

Fiction can possibly include the happenings of everyday life and is reliant on the person that narrates the happenings, the manner of its narration, and its composition.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 903

Albert Camus’ Novel “The Strange”: The Death Penalty

In his role as the principal character in Albert Camus' novel The Stranger, Meursault is a threat to society that upholds the death penalty because he is looked upon as a bad and dangerous example [...]
  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 853

“Hamlet” by William Shakespeare: To Be or Not to Be

It begins with supernatural such as the presence of the ghost and Hamlet attempting to glance into Claudius' soul, to the mystery of the crime and the need for revenge. The masterful use of style, [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 827

How to Win Friends and Influence People by D. Carnegie

The simple truths in the book were relevant to all generations and hence the book is of universal appeal."How to Win Friends and Influence People" tapped into the insatiable hunger for self-improvement and success in [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2322

Underworld in Greek and Roman Mythology

The human personality traits determined the gods and goddesses to be immortalized, hence the actions that were observed in the myths were as a symbol of the actual actions of men.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1642

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison Review

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.
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2671

“The Once and Future King” by T. H. White

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 [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1172

Wordsworth’s Romanticism in Tintern Abbey Poem

The tone of the poem is calm and meditative and Wordsworth describes the "landscape" and compares it to the "quiet" of the sky: "The landscape with the quiet of the sky"..
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1051

Children Literature. “Peter Pan” by J. M. Barrie

In Peter Pan literature, the writer uses different techniques to deliver his message to the writer. The writer tells a story complete with characters that include Peter Pan, Wendy, John and Jane.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 690

The One Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula Le Guin

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 [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 781

Pablo Neruda, a Great Latin American Poet

In 1920, he had written literary journal "Selva Austral" under the pen name of Pablo Neruda, which he took on in memory of the Czechoslovak poet Jan Neruda.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 958

Walker’s “Jubilee”: Oral History in Lyrical Melodies

Margaret Walker's Jubilee is a lyrical novel that captures and shapes the saga of the African American experience by using the lyrics of slave songs and spirituals that give testimony to the legacy of her [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2647

“Jabberwocky” Poem by Lewis Caroll

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1336

Shakespeare’s Presentation of Henry V as a Hero

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1043

“To His Coy Mistress” Poem by Andrew Marvell

The title shows the intolerance of the passionate young man to the lady who is hesitant. The literal meaning of the poem is that the passionate man is intolerant of the coyness of the lady.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 640

Commonwealth in “Utopia” by Thomas More

The comment presents an issue of Utopia, the controversy of More's discussion that affects the commonwealth of the state that will be analysed to argue that the statement is true.
  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2564

Nation’s Nature: David Hume vs James Beattie

It is essential to mention Hume's criticism of theories supporting the influence of physical causes, which is indirectly linked to the philosopher's intention to explain the rise and progress of the arts.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 551

Human Nature in “Lord of the Flies” by Golding

Considering this, the present paper will analyze the validity of the given statement by drawing on the experiences of characters in Lord of the Flies and evaluating the conditions in which they lived.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 905

Director’s Notebook for “Pygmalion” by Shaw

In retrospect, the cultural context of the play was that of a period of transition from the Victorian values to the new ones and the desperate search of the ideas that could constitute a new [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 20
  • Words: 5532

Ritual Performance and Cosmology in the Rig Veda

Despite differences in the interpretation of features text as a whole, the data remained of the most ancient Indian religious texts allows restoring some elements of mythology and cosmology of the Vedic Indians. Altogether, it [...]
  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1730

“Ready Player One” Novel by Ernest Cline

The situation is indicative of the overall condition of a significant part of humanity, and the boy's foremost desire is to escape the situation.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1097

George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” Short Story

The first example of the subverted power dynamic is at the very beginning of the story. The writer shows that power comes at a certain price, and in the case of the main character, he [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1179

Family Dynamics in the Bible and Modern Literature

The topic of family dynamics is necessary and relevant to modern relationships between parents and children. In turn, the poem by Hughes focuses on the metaphor of stairways as a symbol of her difficult life [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 854

The Play “Fool for Love” by Sam Shepard

The following paper aims to analyze themes from the play, identify the connections to the concept of identity, and determine whether the reality they are dealing with offers them a possibility to live the American [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2228

Realism of Wide Sargasso Sea and Madame Bovary

As I read the texts, the regular language used in the two texts is evidence that the writers sought to make their texts easy to understand for both the middle-class Americans and the aristocrats.
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 653

Feudalism in Europe in the “Beowulf” Poem

The Old English epic poem Beowulf presents a good illustration of the relations and obligations of lords and vassals. God defines the rights and obligations in feudal society.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 194

“My Papa’s Waltz” Poem by Theodore Roethke

The literary styles influence the interpretation of the poem by the target audience. In the poem "My Papa Waltz," the author has employed, vivid descriptions, figurative language, and unique poetic tones to communicate the meaning [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 615

William Bradford as a Colonial American Writer

The book's attempt to explain the difference between the two and the encouragement to alter one's bad habits were some of the reasons why the book was highly esteemed.
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 844

Social Darwinism in “Battle Royal” by Ralph Ellison

The Battle Royal is a non-fictional work of Ralph Ellison and talks of the black people fighting for their freedom in the Whites' society. Furthermore, a good life is also embedded in hard work and [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 304

The Story “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield

It becomes clear when different ideas appear in her head, and all the participants of the performance know her and love her as one of the members in the general fun.
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  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 967

“Like a Winding Sheet” by Ann Petry

The story starts by raising the action with Mae believing that the thirteenth, which is a Friday, is a bad day and does not want to go to work.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 499

“Tangled Up in Blue” Lyrics by Bob Dylan

The song manages to tell the whole story of the life and love of the lyrical hero. The future is unpredictable but we see glimpses of it in the past and present.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 306

Complex Communities in Monica Ali’s “Brick Lane”

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.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 608

“When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine” by Jhumpa Lahiri

Although he has a company that makes his life easier, such as Lilia's family, where he goes to watch the news and have supper, he still feels lonely and detached. Lilia's family has lived in [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 313

Demythologization of the Agikuyu Creation Story

He led him to the highest point of the mountain and pointed him to a certain point on the land where there were lots of fig trees referred to as Mugumo in your native language.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1356

Bhagavad Gita as a Spiritual Book

Lord Krishna is believed to be the inspiration behind the book known as the Gospel of the Lord. From this knowledge, the history of the Gita, the purpose of yoga, and a guru becomes significant [...]
  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 783

The Bhagavad-Gita Book Analysis

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.
  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1403

“Babylon Revisited” by Scott Fitzgerald

The crash of the stock market that results in economic depression is a result of the sinful extravagance of the wealthy and can be related to this prophecy.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 692

“God’s Bits of Wood” a Novel by Ousmane Sembène

The novel explicates the pressure between colonial administrators and the African society amongst the railwaymen and the African community's resistance and struggles to free from the colonial power.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 288

Gift-Giving in “Gifts” by Nuruddin Farah

The young woman's reaction to gift-giving is interesting because the discussion of this reaction can add to Peter Singer's vision of the necessity to be generous in relation to the people of the Third World.
  • Subjects: Romantic Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 856

Symbols in Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death”

In "The Masque of the Red Death", Poe uses space to define division and a sense of safety. For human beings, the end of a day is dark and sad, typical of the representation of [...]
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 435

Consumerism in the 1960s in “A&;P“ by John Updike

He also shows the way people responded to the opportunities and challenges of the new times. The girls seem to rebel against the system and conventions of the society, as they dare come into the [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1131

“Them Dodgers Is My Gallant Knights” by Harley Henry

From the title of the article to the use of graphic representation, such as the picture of the injured Feller's mother lying in the hospital bed, Henry strives, and quite sufficiently so, to show the [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 605

“Discourses on Colonization” by Aime Cesaire

For example, he says the goal of Europe is to deliver good to the colonizers at the expense of the resources of the colonized class; Cesaire maintains that it only serves to decivilize the colonizers.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 678

Exile of Gilgamesh and Shakespeare’s Prospero

The authors of these famous texts show in detail how the main characters Gilgamesh and Prospero struggle with the sense of alienation because of their exile, but overcoming this challenging experience, the characters develop their [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 887

The History of Yevgeny Yevtushenko

The citizens of the USA became familiar with the poet in the early sixties. I suppose that famous Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko is one of the most influential literary figures in the world.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 564

“About Men” a Book by Gretel Ehrlich

She starts by introducing herself and where she comes from and thus informing the reader that she has experience of whatever she is about to discuss. The theme is developed throughout the essay by a [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 568

John Stuart Mill’s “The Subjection of Women”

In "The Subjection of Women," John Stuart Mill argues for the emancipation of marginalized women for both the benefit of the society and the personal gain of the woman.
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 289

Metaphors in “A Madman’s Diary” Story by Lu Xun

One of these metaphors can be seen in the third part of the story: "I see that woman's 'bite several mouthfuls out of you,' the laughter of those green faced, long toothed people and the [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 897

“Hysterical Realism” in Zadie Smith’s Novels

Instead, she wants to provide her readers with a chance to position themselves toward the residue of the past experiences of the country that still can be felt on the streets of modern London.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1119

“Inherent Vice” by Thomas Pynchon

In this way, Shasta's image can be regarded as a metaphor of time, and the hero's search for her can be seen as resistance against the course of time.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1180

“Suburban Warriors” by Lisa McGirr

2 The researcher makes numerous observations about the US and the Republican Party in the 1960s and 1970s, although most of the arguments that the author applies county-wide are based on Orange County.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 950

“Wuthering Heights” a Novel by Emily Bronte

The dilemmas of the communication between the members of different classes and social strata become the most evident in the conflicts that are related directly to the relationships between the characters in the Wuthering Heights.
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  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1940

“Murambi, the Book of Bones” by Boubacar Boris Diop

Notably, the fragments encompass all the phases of the genocide, which are planning and political propaganda, the butchery, and the aftermath of the oppression leading to fragmented communities.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1229

“The Wife of Bath’s Tale” by Geoffrey Chaucer

By analyzing the descriptions of the Wife's visual image, as well as her perspectives on the issues of marriage, it is possible to identify why the character challenges the conventional notion of wifehood.
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  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1206

Shakespeare’s Universality: Here’s Fine Revolution

Finally, this essay will try to persuade that the startling uniqueness of mind highlighted in the struggle to find the balance between "utopian possibility and dystopian reality" is what made it possible to render the [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2209

“The Day of the Locust” and “Play It as It Lays”

This paper aims to explore the themes relating to the American dream and its associated emptiness and un-attainability as depicted in the two novels, The Day of the Locust and Play it as it Lays.
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1654

John Hale’s Image in “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller

The book is concerned with the topic of witch trials taking place in the city of Salem, the Province of Massachusetts Bay, 1692-1693; it features a number of characters, some of whom depict the real [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 663

Lynching in “A Party Down at the Square” by Ellison

The practice of lynching could be considered one of the worst acts committed by the citizens of the United States. This date would place the events at the end of the period of extreme racism [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1998

“Aurora” by Junot Diaz

Both the dominant role and the level of authority exercised by Yunior's father and his observations of the older boys' attitudes towards the girls share the same set of characteristics and thus can be linked [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1172

Literary Devices in “The Monkey’s Paw” by Jacobs

The author is talking about fate and magic at the same time, and also tries to show the way people surround mythical things with beliefs that make it easy for the believers of such things [...]
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  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1113

Jhumpa Lahiri, Her Life and Stories

Then in 2000 she was also awarded the Best Debut of the year in New Yolk for the same book. The story "Hell and Heaven" was one of the stories contained in the "Unaccustomed Earth" [...]
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 535

“Bartleby, The Scrivener” by Herman Melville

Right from the start, the Lawyer admits that "Bartleby was one of those beings of whom nothing is ascertainable, except from the original sources", yet he is also the character who is central to the [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 888

Themes and Culture in Li Bai’s Poetry

This is likely intentional as the tower, and the neighboring lake is a very famous location in China and holds great significance outside the context of the poem.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 852

Search for Meaning in “The Lucky One” by Sparks

However, despite the consensus among critics, both the fate and the chance are methods that are used by the author to reveal a much deeper concept of the journey through which the protagonist searches for [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1239

Race and Culture in Langston Hughes’ Poems

The most obvious way of assessing the extent to which Langston Hughes responded to the historical context of his race in his work is to assess his thematic concerns. Again, just like in "Cross," Hughes [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1229

“Stones and Switches” by Lorne Simon

The main hero of the novel, a young man, named Megwadesk, is plagued by misfortune following him around, and struggles against it as his perceptions of right and wrong are shifting between Christianity, spiritualism, and [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 681

“The Giver” a Novel by Lois Lowry

Before the Sameness, the world of the book was much like ours. Finally, the central box lists the emotions and sensations, probably the cause most responsible for the occurrence of the Sameness.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 538

Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” Poem

With Eliot's description of Prufrock's thoughts and consciousness, the reader observes that Prufrock's personality and character are a representation of what most people experience as they advance towards old age.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 610

Edgar Allan Poe, an American Romanticism Writer

Poe's three works "The fall of the house of Usher", "the Raven" and "The Masque of the Red Death" describe his dedication to literature and his negative attitudes towards aristocracy.
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1203