Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 35
In Shakespeare's days, the onus of providing direction rested on both the text and the actor responsible for it. The playhouse was and continues to be the essential prop in the theater, just as it [...]
However, even before the incident, there were no warmth and mutual understanding in the family, despite the fact that the young man was the only breadwinner of the family.
The main character, Ivan Ilych, is a man with a respected career and a family; however, he cannot find any purpose in his life.
With the help of various turns and techniques, the author makes the reader feel the relevance and simplicity of the story, despite the fact that it is fictional.
Therefore, the setting and characters' situations in Allende's novel align with the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as they cause psychological issues and trauma to people.
The comparison is between the importance that Williams gives to the wheelbarrow and the perception of a wheelbarrow that any reader has.
Structurally, the text is divided into eleven paragraphs each of which finishes with a sort of refrain that proclaims soon delivery from slavery.
In the documentary film, Globalization is Good, directed by Charlotte Metcalf, the author argues the negativity of global capitalism's impact on the world.
In the selected passage, one of the primary thoughts may be a quote from Campbell: "The full round, the norm of the monomyth, requires that the hero will now begin the labor of bringing the [...]
The defining feature of such a novel is the transformation of the self ignited by an external, often terrifying experience that illuminates the process of coming to terms with the dynamics of memory that inform [...]
The Masque challenges the concept of immortality presented in The Black Vampyre to reveal the inevitability of death. The statement may lead to philosophical discussions and a deeper understanding of mythology, but the general knowledge [...]
Alzheimer's by Kelly Cherry explores the interaction between the human mind and the resilience of the environment. This change reflects the decline in a man's physical and mental abilities due to Alzheimer's disease.
The last and the greatest deceiving character is Claudius, who is far from being the brave brother of the monarch who ascended to the throne in order to protect the kingdom. It is evident that [...]
In the end, the reader observes the process of separation of the daughter from the family and her exit into the adult world, which is the story's central theme.
By focusing on the character, the book portrays the demand for feminism in society to allow females to have the ability and potential to undertake some responsibilities persevered by their male counterparts. The belief in [...]
The main themes are class problems and social issues, and the overall atmosphere is pervasive and terrifying to the reader. The woman is a burden to be borne because of the deep-seated belief in the [...]
Though the novel "13 Reasons Why" by Jay Asher could be seen as inappropriate for young adults, attempting to censor it would mean infringing upon the author's right to self-expression and the readers' right to [...]
Merlin is a central character in the mythology, with the ability to see into the past and the future, willing to offer advice and assistance but powerless to change the course of events.
When they are presented with the monkey's paw, they ignore the warnings and refuse to get rid of the wish-granting item. The consequences of whishing on the monkey's paw do not hesitate to knock on [...]
The diversity of the literary world is due not only to the existence of different ideologies and approaches to writing the final creative product but also to the variety of genres within which a work [...]
I understood the idea of the format chosen it was supposed to mirror the correction notes found in Wikipedia or a dedicated forum.
She later realizes that her brothers and close friends died due to historical and systemic racism and economic injustices that forced them to engage in drug and substance abuse and the dissolution of families among [...]
The central theme of the fourth part of the book is the question of reality and its perception in today's world.
After reading the poem, a lot can be learned about Beowulf as a warrior and his challenges, as well as the historical and cultural context of the literature of that period.
It is not similar to scepticism in this regard, since the main idea is to pose questions in pursuit of objective knowledge and the truth.
Flip, Flop, to the Beach We Go has substantial scientific content about dogs and other animals in the story, yet it is not complex as it is a fiction book. Information in the book is [...]
Gilman uses the speaker and his neighbors to illustrate the subject of change and creates a division between him as the modern mind and the neighbors as the traditional minds.
Hossain's article explores the manifestations of the ideas of post-modernist feminism in the play through the analysis of the main character's development and the overall social order where women were subordinate to men.
As a result, the educated and intelligent Beneatha chooses the sincere Asagai, with whom she is not shy about leaving her hair curled and dancing to African music. Thus, Beneatha is a strong heroine who [...]
"Let America Be America Again" is a poem by Langston Hughes written to show the inconsistency between the "American Dream" and the reality that the immigrants who come to this state face.
Langston Hughes wrote the poem "I, Too" to express his concern about how African Americans are racially discriminated against and excluded from the essential matters concerning the society despite being Americans like the white population. [...]
In terms of effectiveness, "A Telephone Call" certainly deserves more attention due to the vocabulary and style employed by the author.
Walter joins the Men's Association Committee and finds out that it enables the men in the community to silence their women and make them submissive to their ideas.
Each of the poems contains an allusion to nature in the form of a bird Keats' nightingale, Poe's raven, and Dickinson's unnamed bird that represents hope.
The host seems to be a well-off family, expressed by the narrator's description of the dresses and nightgowns, the bathrooms in the house, and the interior decor.
The American Revolution, the involvement of Rothschilds, and Hazard Circular made it clear to Pound that the Jews were included in the conspiracy, and this is how Ezra's own opinion about this nation changed.
Initially, the themes and scenes of the play were designed for staging at the Shakespeare theatre, and the costumes and the actors' play were supposed to evoke awe for the rich life of medieval nobles.
There were three issues that Phoenix had to deal with in her old age: her health, the health of her grandson, and her financial situation.
Hetherington's "The Creator and Created Review of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" demonstrates that Shelley's religious views and lifestyle influence Frankenstein and that Mary's modernity may be replicated in chronicles to comprehend their meaning.
In the beginning, the story introduces the setting of the imaginary world and the main character Beekle. Children were able to elicit the main concept of the story about the meaningfulness of friendship and socialization.
The story that best exemplifies the traits of the character at the beginning of the play is the opportunity to sell the house.
The novel's main conflict revolves around negligence of responsibility in the name of ambition and the consequences of such actions. Refusing to take responsibility for producing a monster, the scientist loses his loved ones at [...]
At the time of the trial, Montresor is proud of what he did because it was fair in his eyes. According to this alternative reading of the event, Montresor sees family honor as his adversary, [...]
The central topic of Sakyo Komatsu's "Take Your Choice" is the ability to choose one's own future. The topic that most strikes out to me is the power of choice.
In the books, Morrison addresses questions about the role and place of women in the world and attempts to deconstruct the traditional image of the black female that has emerged in the literature.
One of the first stages in the main character's Eliezer transformation is his childhood and the desire to study Talmud and Kabbalah at a young age.
Different points of view on the depicted events are expressed in narrative types, characterized by a different degree of subjectivity on the one hand, and a different degree of approximation to the object of the [...]
The author discusses the belittling of black people and the preservation of white supremacy, describes how black citizens' inability to vote escalated into them being assaulted and murdered, and explains how law facilitated racial barriers.
As a result, this essay argues that the ultimate aim of the author was to advise individuals against such behaviors by describing the complex nature of sexual interactions and pointing out that it is unreasonable [...]
Lauren's works have given me the opportunity to see how poetry can be used to review and raise awareness of concerning issues and events.
The story depicted in the text takes place in the author's home country during the last decade of the 19th century. Throughout the story, Matilda is rewarded for her ambitions and independence, which leads to [...]
Speaking of racism as a possible motivation for Iago's behavior, it is worth noting that it is not the primary and only source of its manifestation.
The main reason for the discord is that Othello slept with his wife and justifies all the negativity toward Iago. The handkerchief is the best proof that Desdemona has entered into an intimate relationship with [...]
In the 2019 nonfiction book, "How to Be an Antiracist," Kendi, an American author and historian, incorporates social criticism and narrative. Becoming an antiracist is acknowledging that racism exists and affects everybody because humans have [...]
The theme of love as a magical curse is the central theme of the legend of Tristan and Yseut in general.
Until the age of 18, the writer lived on a farm in Milledgeville, and all her stories are literally imbued with the reality of life in the 1920s and 1940s in South America.
Connie is a typical adolescent who wants to mature and date; she also likes pop music, which influences her views on intimate relationships and life.
The key symbol of the writing is a lamb described by the poet. Ancient wallpaper is an object of historical significance, which reflects the fish's life essence.
While attempting to provide a voice to his protagonist, Mark Twain employed his "vernacular of the people" when writing Huck Finn to give a voice to an illiterate, impoverished white youngster in the American hinterlands [...]
Further, as he continued to write, he started moving from the realist approach in the plays to a new area of subconsciousness and the psychological sphere.
In the case of Dostoevsky, understanding the man's life can help the audience better relate to his character, notice the emergent and recurring themes of his novels, and understand their importance.
West Coast Mafia is a group of youths; Frankie included who are paid to commit the crime and other heinous acts in society.
He tells her what she has to do and how she has to look and expresses his dislike of her interest in men.
This paper aims to discuss the emotional revival of heroines in the short stories of Kate Chopin and Charlotte Perkins Gilman."The Story of an Hour" is a very short story that describes a woman's experience [...]
The author notes that the second layer of the story can be found in the antagonism between the "narrator, author, and the unreliable protagonist".
At the same time, the repression of emotions is mostly beneficial for the family of the man because it ensures that the man can generate income and provide for them continuously. The existing practice of [...]
Thus, by featuring small details in the poem, the author emphasizes the unnatural and meaningless state of life of people living in the cities who are deprived of a connection with nature.
Troy is a diligent African-American; he began his career as a garbage collector and eventually as a driver in the sanitation service.
Similar to other works of Kenzaburo, the story is told from the point of view of the semi-autobiographical character, the writer Kogito, who tries to analyze the actions of his father.
While analyzing the second thinker, Immanuel Kant, it must be emphasized that this philosopher is one of the most important to study in the theory of moral law because he challenged the fundamental principles on [...]
Perhaps her mother perceives the heroine as a sacrifice too, because she was married to a man who died in a war and was left alone in poverty with a child, and the heroine decided [...]
In 1985, August Wilson created a play, Fences, and described the life of a Black American family in a world full of white prejudices and judgments.
Nevertheless, because of the goodwill of one woman, many people have been brought to a living commune of the most unusual dimensions in the Navajo desert and reared as farmers in a sustainable society."I still [...]
The paper discusses the novel Stardust and The Dispossessed and its application of imagination and use of various devices in the broadest sense of the World.
The watch symbolizes Jim's links to the family he was born and raised in, the family he abandons to begin a fresh home with Della his companion.
The fundamental issue in the story is the clash between people that want to live within the code of morality and others for whom good and evil have no meaning.
Sherlock Holmes is a unique character whose actions are incomprehensible to others; he is brilliant and independent, and aspects of his personality develop with each crime. However, Sherlock Holmes is a peculiar man, and the [...]
Identity and health crises demonstrated "doubleness" in this story."Doubleness' is also significantly symbolic of the conflicting meaning of Jing-Mei's and her mother's names.
The conquest principles of possession and the nobility of purpose are first introduced and discussed in the context of Columbus's text.
Jose Marti describes the home as a place where people are proud of who they are as he tries to free the people of Latin America from the repression of the conquerors.
What is more, he is not satisfied with all aspects of the love story that happened years ago, and Gallimard desperately attempts to alter the events in his imagination.
Offred is the protagonist in the novel who struggles against all odds to maintain her identity and protect the rights of women against the oppressive regime. It is, however, prudent to note that man vs.society [...]
By creating an unnatural monster and endowing life to the dead objects, Victor denied one of the main laws of nature.
One of the main protagonists of the play "Fences" by August Wilson is Troy Maxson, the father of the Maxson family.
Kapasi is reminded of the television program Dallas.Mr. Was there a way to escape cultural assimilation for the Das family in Jhumpa Lahiri's "Interpreter of Maladies"?
As a result, the renaissance literally signifies the arenovation' of the antique ideals, where the human is the central creature in the world and, consequently, the main object of analysis.
The play's central conflict revolves around the struggle for justice in the 1950s and the reluctance of human nature to recognize and accept social change.
Most prominently, this technique is used during the climactic confrontation between Jing-Mei and her mother, when the Jing-Mei's long-deceased sisters are mentioned. Over the course of the story, Jing-Mei's mother projecting her dreams on Jing-Mei [...]
The first publications of Dickinson's poems began to appear only in the 1890s, after her death. Many of Dickinson's poems contain the motive of death and immortality, and the same plots permeate her letters to [...]
These examples indicate that music in the play is one of the foremost instruments that express the idea of escapism and contributes to character development. The theme of hope and hopelessness is effectively conveyed in [...]
The mistrust grows, culminating in the assassinations of Emilia, Roderigo, and Desdemona, as well as Othello's death. In truth, Iago's evilness inspires Roderigo's jealousy and Othello's misgivings of his own innocent wife, Desdemona.
Objectification of women, the lack of female names, gender-specific stereotypes, and marginalization of women indicate the gender insensitivity of the creators of this literature.
For instance, in The Nameless City and The Erl-King, perceptions about both the environment and women are altered while in Xeethra, the idea of a supreme being, that had been in the past, is reintroduced.
The goal of the authors from the begging of the book is to show the world that gender diversity is a normal part of human lives.
In the first part of the book, the author tried to explain the main concepts developed by the Greek school of philosophy that might be considered the most fundamental for today's society.
The question that I had from the research was does Poe use the idea of space to reinforce the theme of betrayal, vengeance, and irony in the short story?
When We Went to See the End of the World is an incredible story that shows the variety of people's perceptions about their ends of the world.
I agree with the previous poster: in the poem Of the Threads that Connect the Stars, the metaphor is used both for emotional involvement of the reader: for example, "the language of galaxies".
That is why he runs to warn the major about his father's plans and, by the end of the story, turns away from the family.
The first point of contrast is the authors' use of time in painting the imagery. Cullen takes one point in time the poem appears to be set in the poet's present and focuses on its [...]
The purpose of their activity was to expose the vices of society through various investigations and the study of documents. The purpose of the author was to show the public the arbitrariness that reigned there.
Donne's "Batter My Heart, Three-Person would God" and Shakespeare's "My Mistress' Eyes" both deal with the subject of love, but the love in question is as different in each poem as the approach to portraying [...]
Thus, one of the primary reasons to study competition in an attempt to gain a distinctive competence is to log all the successes and failures of the closest rivals.
This paper will argue that the speech is memorable and persuasive due to the relevancy of the topics it portrays, the language that was used, and the overall aim of the monologue.
I frequently returned to the beginning of the passage or dialogue to remind myself what the topic of the conversation was.
The importance of being earnest, as per the essay, is that a person becomes able to have a taste of a realm that can be subjected to their preferences.
This essay will discuss the centrality of the author's decision to use the characters to display the story's moral, as well as the character's essential argument in the passage, the outcome of the character's action, [...]
In conclusion, examining the work that the author put into the description of Mariam and Laila's childhood defined the characterization of both women later in the novel.
Othello is considered a subaltern play that illustrates the conflict between the moral voice and silence of female characters and the treacherous voices of male figures.
The poem does not directly resolve the dilemma, and it's certainly feasible to view it as an indictment of the speakers.
This essay aims to provide an analysis and reaction to a quote from the book that states, "Jesus the guide, the way, the vision, and the companion of the return".
In general, Churchland does not appear to realize that the irreducible component of light he is referring to is the subjective experience of brightness.
Their resistance to the Chinese oppressors demonstrates the resilience of the Vietnamese warriors, paying tribute to the rich culture and traditions of Vietnam.
I think that the author of this book does this in order to reveal a mixture of events to the readers of the book in his own way.
The system, as a rule, is in a state of quasi-stable equilibrium with the environment, with the transformation from one state to another occurring cyclically and permanently through some limit states of the system.
The narrative of the novel uses elements of superstition, but the writer acknowledges that giving life to the lifeless matter could potentially be possible. The author clearly distinguishes between "the marvelous and the effects of [...]
The authors were in the middle of events: they worked as editors in the Ramparts, a political magazine popular among the radical audience.
Consequently, questions on the prevalence of such individuals in the 21st century remain, with the young people having ideas of flawless, staller, and a perfect individual as their hero.
Herland was established to show that women are not biologically inferior to men and conventional perceptions of femininity are false. Jeff and Van learn that their conceptions of women and femininity are artificially formed.
Not a single person from her family took her seriously, so the grandmother grabbed the opportunity to be noticed. The decision to speak out becomes the doom of the grandmother and her entire family.