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 [...]
The author intends to put himself and his companion to the test by traveling to six cities of the US in the conditions of uncertainty and social rejection.
The employment of personification of death in the poem, together with the used metaphors and symbols, illustrates the perception of it by the author.
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 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.
In the same way, history and societies have belittled and violated the equal living of both women and minority groups. Gould talks about the nature of animals and insects and how their cruelty cannot be [...]
The poem, "The Bean Eaters" portrays the old couple's poor state they live in alongside how they are fighting to be alive despite all their difficulties. They are the remnants of their lives.
First of all, speaking about the message of the book, it should be stated that it is related to the family hardships that the members of despotic man's family can experience.
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 purpose of this paper is to explore the main characters of this book, define the types of obsessive love proposed by the author and evaluate the knowledge this book can give to its readers.
It is both a classic fairy tale known from the early childhood and the representation of the ideal and moral behavior to be an example for everyone.
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 [...]
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 two literature pieces under consideration in the following paper can be acclaimed as a strong attack to the motives of those participating in the World War II along with the use of powerful irony.
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.
The author underlines the challenges a woman encounters in her life in an African country and the importance of her ability to withstand them employing the strength of a character.
The purpose of this paper is to describe the type of sales the main character was occupied with, to analyze social and economic peculiarities of the described period of time and to find out why [...]
The main argument in the answer to Lovejoy was that the records could clarify the author's true age, which is the key to the dismissal of the idea that Equiano is a native African.
The main characters of the story observe and relate to others through judgment leading to their perceptions and blind belief in certain ideas to be fundamentally challenged.Mrs. The arrogance and judgment of Mrs.
Consequently, the cat and the crow agreed to be friends. One day, the cat and the rat worked in the garden.
The name also conveys the important idea that each person has one's mission on this earth, and Some's mission is to relate the message from his culture to the western world and to become a [...]
One of the reasons supporting this claim is the choice and use of characters in this play. The author uses a male to be the main character in the play.
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.
However, the novel presents the most detailed, touching and thought-provoking description of all the saddest consequences the trauma of being a victim of an atomic explosion may leave in the life of any individual who [...]
When he discovers that he cannot match the "expectations," he secludes himself violently and only emerges upon unraveling the potential of his daughter, Anna to play the violin.
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.
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.
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 [...]
Considering a loss as a chance to take a closer look at ourselves, Alvarez interprets the old idea of drinking the honey and throwing away the bee, applying it to people's subconscious and suggesting to [...]
From the way she describes and interacts with the room, one can notice that she has a dislike and immense hatred towards the room she is confined in.
And Steinbeck offered his audience a clean view of the end when George made Lennie promise "to hide in the brush" if he gets in trouble again, as if it was an absolute fact to [...]
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.
The main topic of the book under consideration is the mindset of those who stood behind the Protestant Reformation. Since the new era brought many new opinions to the history of the Reformation, the historical [...]
Just like Ovid in his Metamorphoses, the main character in Big Fish sees the sense of his life in telling stories about people and events that can be changed to different forms.
The rest of the novel refers to a nameless creature who is simply addressed as "the monster" [O1] and the one, who is created by Victor.
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.
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 [...]
It is for this reason that Joss decided to live a double life; as a man to the judgemental world and as a woman to Millie.
The main distinction of Oedipus from other characters of Greek plays is that he is not complex; most of his feelings and qualities lie on the surface and he is not afraid of displaying them.
One of the features of comedy of identity is the existent of a plot that is based on dialogue and not actions.
Hephaestus was the son of Zeus and Hera, and was the god of the creative fire, and was the divine artisan who worked with metals.
Despite this fact, both King and Thoreau had a common goal to expose the unjust laws that govern a society of civil resistance to unjust laws It should be stressed that both King and Thoreau [...]
The first and the most evident similarity of the works mentioned above is the authors' intent to rise above the earthly, primitive understanding of life and death and to show their personal perception of these [...]
Hughes grandmother died when he was still in his early teens and he had to move in with his mother, who by that time hade got a new husband.
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.
Though the main theme of the poem is derived from the Greek mythology and the plot is clear enough, critics have always been searching for a symbolic and psychological explanation of the poem's images.
The age of the Renaissance and The Restoration, in simple words, was the age of a new dawn of human civilization.
In this case, saying that she was in contact with Williams; showed that she was able to speak to the spirits of the dead.
Congo locates in the center of the continent and can be compared within the heart of Africa."The vision seemed to enter the house with me - the stretcher, the phantom-bearers, the wild crowd of obedient [...]
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 [...]
There's no secret that nowadays film industry has become a powerful and influential money-making industry so, from my point of view, the contribution that the director of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has made [...]
The objective of this paper is to address a brief cultural historical context as it provides a history of the country that the stories take place.
As if supporting the general trend of the time towards emancipation of women, men take advantage of the situation and load the woman with both the housework and the role of the main breadwinner in [...]
The Delphic Oracle informed that this famine served as a punishment from the gods for not having reattributed the murderer of the Oedipus royal predecessor; therefore, Oedipus ironically vowed to find the murderer."Just as if [...]
In Kipphardt's play, it is possible to pursue the development of Oppenheimer's outlook on the value of the invention of the nuclear weapon.
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.
The present paper is the combination of the summary of six books from Metamorphoses by Roman Poet Ovid, the set of questions to the text, and the expression of personal opinion on reading the books.
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.
People in the Oedipus play lived in the dark of the unknown meaning of the riddle; until Oedipus answered the riddle.
The main message of the author is that the emotional problems are caused by a silence which is crucial for understanding one facet of the soldiers' role conflict.
The blindfolds enable the boys to hide the truth of their identity from themselves during the fight, but their identities are further warped into acceptance of white domination and black suppression as they scramble for [...]
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" [...]
Using strong and highly sensual imagery, Rich is able to pull her reader into the story of the poem, catching their attention with the details and then teasing them with a sense of the poem's [...]
Positive attitude towards the challenges of life and the real joy found in the numerous adventures of the book's characters are the things that Elizabeth Enright wants every person to have, and in this paper [...]
The theme of death and decay is constant throughout the story and the reader is reminded of it at every stage of Aschenbach's journey to his ultimate death.
The conquest of Montezuma and his Aztecs by the Spaniards was a momentous event in history because it brought about the end of one of the richest and well-governed civilizations of the world.
The woman named Felice, takes Cleofilas with her to San Antonio which aptly proves to Cleofilas that it is not necessary for a woman to have a man to survive in life, "...she did not [...]
Dobby embodies the new era of house-elves, those who have a sense of self-respect and demands that his rights be recognized by those who wish to have him in their service.
Her response is to try her best to make up for her crime by satisfying each and every demand of Beloved to the extent of literally enslaving herself to the girl.
A significant point, that should be pointed out, is that senex is living in the suburbs of Rome, and Demea is the farmer from Athens.
Under the direction of Alfonso Cuaron, the end product was that of a movie that, although immensely different in storytelling style than the book, produced the same storyline and effect upon the fans of the [...]
It stands to reason that to a certain degree, the works of this famous historian and poet take their origins in Homers Iliad and Odyssey, but the two authors do not share the same opinion [...]
This work also reflects the experience of the speaker and the stage he/she has to overcome thus showing the inevitability of the given situation, which is illustrated by the last line of the poem: "First [...]
Gregor is flabbergasted by his family's hypocrisy and is sad to see that he has wasted his life for the happiness and affluence of his 'so-called' family.
This paper aims to discuss the first part of the poem, the Inferno in connection with the theory of open text, which was worked out of by Robert Barthes and Umberto Eco.
She is moved by the plight of this woman to an extent that she decides to offer her a job in her shop.
The list of contents of the book makes it clear from the very beginning that the structure of the book depends is based on the chronological description of the events that were the preconditions and [...]
Despite the distorted interpretation of gender in the patriarchal society, Chaucer's vision of women contradicts the orthodox view of the biological distinction of males and females as the justification for gender inequality.
After reading William Shakespeare's play "Othello" ordinary readers, as well as literary critics, fail to come to a unanimous conclusion about intricate traces of Iago's character; some critics suggest that Iago is unique and the [...]
In King Lear and A Thousand of Acres, the destinies of both King Lear and Larry Cook encounter unfair attitudes toward daughters and death, as a result. Lear and Larry are in despair because of [...]
The topic of the poem is preserved from the very beginning till the end of the poem, from the image and observation of the cross to the story by the same cross.
The beginning of the novel is not just the description of Lucy's first day on her new job, but the description of the changes, which she had suffered as a newcomer in the new country [...]
This paper aims to compare and contrast the last canto of the Inferno and the last canto of the Paradise. In fact, the entire poem is written in this way and Dante is believed to [...]
The presence of the evil eye in the loved old man is the catalyst that leads to the narrator's madness. As the narrator continues to stare at the eye revealed in the small light of [...]
Rampersad, the biographer of Langston Hughes, says that Fine Clothes to the Jew is not a successful volume, though it is Hughes's greatest collection, which was published when the poet was at the height of [...]
Providing some actions people do not always think about the consequences, but it usually appears so that they get what they deserve and the play of the ancient Greek author Sophocles "Oedipus the King" is [...]
In this respect, literature can be proud of the Romanticism and Victorian literature, because of their gradual framework and applicable emergence due to the significant events, such as the French Revolution, American Revolution, the defeat [...]
In 95c, the author assumes that Sophists are also not qualified to teach virtue, due to the fact that one of the respected philosophers is quite critical about those who make some promises and believes [...]
The author manages to accomplish his task of reaching the reader's soul due to resorting to one of the central themes of his poetic works: the theme of nature and the relationship of a man [...]
Meaning that man goes back in time by sending a copy of himself into the past which then becomes a reality due to the reassembly of the person's body in the past.
Too shy to attend the business school her mother enrolled her in and without any friends of her own, Amanda decides marriage is the only answer for Laura and forces Tom to find a beau [...]
Victor Frankenstein, the main character of the story, intentionally adopts the position of God in his attempt to overcome the forces of life and death and place them directly in the hands of man.
She became a famous writer in Oakland and in this story, she narrates her experiences about the English she uses and about how the people around her influenced the way she conversed.
Shakespeare is a creator whose creativity was influenced by nature rather than nurture; one of the best examples of his creative process is the play "Romeo and Juliet" created in the period of Renaissance; Shakespeare's [...]
In the first place, the family house where Emily and her deceased father lived is one of the central symbolic images of the story.
The purpose of this potion was to provide the scientist with a means of separating the good portion of his nature from the evil and it is successful, but the evil proves too strong and [...]
Therefore, during the course of working on this paper, we will refer to Rumi's Poem 14, and to his poetry in general, as to what it really is a poetic sublimation of Oriental soul's longing [...]
In the book Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers" by Kwame Anthony Appiah, the author has categorically described the value of differing cultures and the methods which are primarily used to keep two varying [...]
He felt like a living dead, in a coffin still to be drained of his blood, and yet, he seeks spiritual answers and is interested in the "psychic underside of sexuality" as Boroff explicitly suggested.
One of the main peculiarities of the Muslim religion is the treatment of women. Fatima Mernissi wanted to tell the world about the real state of things in Muslim harem, about the real life of [...]
Mythmaking in literature can be analyzed on the examples of famous poets such as Ted Hughes and Geoffrey Hill who managed to embody the mythological elements in their outstanding masterpieces.
The first one, Henry Lawson's "The Drover's Wife," is set in the Australian bush, as is the second, "The Chosen Vessel" by Barbara Baynton; and the third story is set in the American South, Flannery [...]
In the memoir "The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid" Bryson advances and proves the thesis about the necessity of childhood reminiscences in everyone's life.
Laurencia, the object of the Commander's desire further makes clear to Mengo that in her understanding love is inseparable from honour and thus involves the lover's commitment to their own and their beau's reputation as [...]
The authors of the works managed to underline their perception and vision of American identity and race in the modern world."Unguarded Gates" is a poem written by Thomas Aldrich disclosing the theme of protest.
The story begins when the narrator, Amir, is supposedly 38 years old, and the tale he tells is essentially a flashback over the events of his life that have brought him to this point.
At the same time, the reader can develop a finer appreciation of how these elements are constructed to contribute to the final impact of the poem.
Alan Michael Morales in his work made of three stories From Here You Can Almost See the End of the Desert outlines such unfair features of a man's character, and 'a man' is used here [...]
Terry Deary and Peter Hepplewhite, the authors of the work, strived to reflect the peculiarities of Egyptian history in the most adaptive manner.
By tracing through Hemingway's life in conjunction with his stories such as "The Snows of Kilimanjaro", one can begin to trace some of the ideas that characterized Hemingway's life and thinking.
The theme of the stories themselves also influences the pleasure of reading a short story. Even some women dislike the fact that they are women writers and try to dissociate themselves from other writers, a [...]
As for me, the main theme which the author persecutes in the story is the problem of racial peculiarities of American people and the Indians in particular.
The main point of the novel is that there is a certain, indescribable element that draws us out into the wild and out of the confines of society.
What he remembers is the slaying of mankind to which he acknowledges that he has attained and reached that extent of fear, after which fear itself has remained trivial to him.
Since he has alienated himself from all the other characters, whatever unfortunate happens to him in the course of the play is a source of humor for the audience.
The King Arthur in "Le Morte d'Arthur" or "The death of Arthur" is the main character around which the plot is based.