In spite of the predominance of this vision of the marriage and the woman's role in society, Jane Austen in her Pride and Prejudice proposes several possible variants of realizing the scenario of meeting the [...]
The pleasure of parody's irony comes not from humor in particular but from the degree of engagement of the reader in the intertextual bouncing between complicity and distance.
It is possible to trace several parallels between the poem and the Book of Revelation: numerical symbolism, the idea of people's resignation and the idea of revelation.
Answering the question why Dorian Gray was motivated to adopt his life philosophy and to lead a double life it is possible to look at the facts.
In the area of punctuation, Gould's punctuation style is characteristically useful in the breaking of his sentences down, as he does this to improve the comprehensibility of the ideas he is conveying.
The key purpose of the author in writing this book is to inform the public that change is inevitable. The lack of growth in a rapidly changing environment leads to loss of jobs and opportunities [...]
None the less the Homeric world gives a glimpse of the noble men and women who live within that society, they appreciate and acknowledge the little favors and hospitality extended to them and in some [...]
The Setting in Robinson Crusoe and Paradise Lost: The Town of Hull and Heaven as Harbingers of Disobedience, Defiance, and Revolt The setting at the beginning of Paradise Lost and Robinson Crusoe provide a fertile [...]
In Proulx's The Shipping News, death is the end of Quoyle's silence and the beginning of his voiced, well-articulated future. Wavey is a point of connection between Quoyle and the new place he is in.
However, these immigrants have had to bear the brunt of rejection and cultural shock in the land of opportunities. Nonetheless, the story is different with their children, who have to try hard to achieve divided [...]
The bulk of the story is set in South America and the origin of the slave trade in the African continent.
Although he is a philosophic wise man, the thrilled experience in Africa forces Marlow to take a different course in terms of his character. His curiosity and intelligence motivates him to explore Africa where he [...]
This is given the fact that China, according to political analysts in the western countries, is not exactly the epitome of democracy in the world.
The theme that this discussion will zero on is on the one's self or rather individuality or the unit of self as it appears as a common theme in The Great Lawsuit by Margaret Fuller [...]
In the end of the poem the reader becomes sure that there is nothing to be afraid of the planet will regenerate.
A difficulty in literary criticism in negative terms refers to an element of writing that points to or indicative of a rift between a poet or an author and the reader.
Still others are very much convinced that whatever differences there may be in languages can easily be eliminated if translations are done without the use of idioms to make sure that the meaning of the [...]
The Open Boat begins with four men battling for their life in a lifeboat at a sea."These waves were of the hues of slate, save for the tops, which were foaming white and all of [...]
He discusses societal disapproval as well as foolish consistency as the main obstacles to self reliance and trust in one's self.
The two works by the authors are related in that one work is the rewrite of another or almost the duplicate of another and therefore almost all the themes are the same in both books [...]
Yes, that one there, pick it up and use it to wade through the waters Remember to be cautious enough, and let not your hand pass over the waters of death Yes that is okay, [...]
As the visitors attend the school, the novel depicts the way the protagonist changes in the course of his final year.
Both poets suffered from depression that influenced the themes of poems in Praise to the End by Theodore and Ariel by Sylvia.
Shakespeare uses this dream theme to bring out the comic nature of his play and ensure that the unusual happenings in the comedy serve to entertain the audience as opposed to depressing it.
Variation in the expectations and delivery of love is the cause of hurt and mistrust. To her, love is pain and joy at the same time.
In that regard, the elements of both cultures would interact and blend in the child's consciousness, representing the fusion of both cultures.
Lewis's novel The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe had been written in time, before the very notion of rationale started to be criticized on the account of its 'euro-centric' soundness, as it is often [...]
The setting of the Novel is in Algeria during the colonial times of the republic of France. The Arab prisoner is the third and final character who is a rebellious, rude and murderer and one [...]
He is against the footpath and in the spirit of converting the school, which he considers backward he wants the path closed.
His poems are considered to be a unique treasure that teaches the reader to be careful with each person and with each detail in this life.
An example is that, as she fails to recite her poem in church, she notes that her dress is probably a handout from a white woman.
Unfortunately, he does not have the courage to handle a gun; consequently, he uses the gun for the wrong reasons and shoots a mule dead as he practices how to pull the trigger.
It gives a chance for the author to compare and contrast many elements of the book including his external state as a character in the book and the stream of conscious in his narration.
She is best known for her recurrent theme on the status of women in societal affairs, the challenges and problems facing them as well as repression and gender bias."The story of an hour" is rhetorically [...]
The description of the city shows that there was romance all over and even the cold in the city could not hold the love for her back.
The setting of Beaumont's Beauty and the Beast is the world of merchants and nobility. The heroine of the story, Beauty, the youngest of the six children, and the most "handsome" of the three sisters [...]
He used different methods to break her spell the first time he tried to convince himself that there is nothing good that will come out of his love for her and he said: Leisure, Catullus.
Through this analysis, the techniques used by authors and speakers to control the effects of the message they are delivering, the pros and cons of these kinds of techniques, and the meaning of these messages [...]
The aim of this essay is to characterize the place of the figure of Falstaff in the works of William Shakespeare.
This metaphor is necessary to show that the feeling of guilt distorts his perception of reality. This is one of the details that can be distinguished.
The poem seeks to illustrate on the battles between Agamemnon the King and the warriors Achilles. The Iliad story begins at almost the end of the Trojan War during besiege by the Greeks.
Symbolism is used in this scene because the protagonist visited the Birgawi residence, a symbol that he is found in places of despair and ruin.
Dillard has described Ackerman's work in A Natural History of the Senses and Synesthesia as "a history of her extraordinary enthusiasms," one that continues in the vein of the poet's "effort to draw scientific and [...]
As aforementioned, Alison uses Bone and the people around her to exploit the issues of gender, race, sexuality and class in a clamorous manner.
In Chapter Three of Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, the protagonist attempts to make sense of the nonsensical elements of female history, namely, how it could be that "in Athena's city, where women [...]
In the end, it was clear that the things that soldiers carried were not at all 'things.' The soldiers had to deal with the emotional feelings of men who were exposed to the risk of [...]
Even at the helm of his success, he still remembered how he suffered when his playmate said his father was an agbala.
The book The Lady and The Monk published in the year 1991 attempts to describe his encounters while in the foreign land of Japan.
The title of the novel is derived from the book of Mathew 11:12 in the bible, where John the Baptist quotes "the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away".
If this is possible in the setting of the play, what important hints to the truth are we, the viewers, missing and overlooking in everyday life?
Superiority of white population in the country prevented the African population from establishing fair treatment, which led to the division of the inhabitants in racial groups and residential areas in which various ethnicities lived. The [...]
However, going a bit further, one must admit that the crime of the leading character was not discovered by the police; nor did another Sherlock Holmes ripped the veil off the mystery quite on the [...]
Even though a person is considered to be a rational creature, everything is directed by feelings and the greater the feeling is, the more rational pull there is to the object of affection.
For instance, the first paragraph gives the picture of the environment or the setting of the story as a farm, which harbors two races blacks and whites.
The works by two famous American Puritan writers of the 17th century Anne Bradstreet and Mary Rowlandson reflect the main features of the Puritan writing because the authors discuss their personal experience concentrating on their [...]
There are a lot of products which cause foodborne illnesses in that time when innovative technologies allow to define the level of intoxication and the way how to destroy it, in that time when many [...]
The book, "Democracy in America" by Alexis de Tocqueville defines the thoughts of the author on various aspects of America from the angles of social, political, security, and the need for appreciation of diversity especially [...]
The poet uses a lot of personification in the poem in order to deflect attention away from the victim to the forces that caused this tragedy.
The head of the family is the father, the head of the pack is the leader, and its offsprings are also the members of the pack.
The portable concept in this case is the illustration of the different attitude given to women in the society, which leads to them being treated differently.
One can say that the first-person narration helps the writer to illustrate the conflicting motives that drive the behavior of the protagonist.
This divergence in the acceptance of what is said to them between the younger and older versions of Oedipus is based on the fact that the older version of Oedipus had developed a considerable degree [...]
Irrespective of a writing style, authors share baseline ideas on the society and often form the alternative voice of reasoning into what is occurring in a society.
On the other hand, Sophocles, in the play "Oedipus the King," emphasizes on the value of the city in the speech of the king.
To start with, it is so ancient that one cannot help gasping in awe; second, "Beowulf" is the first written and, therefore, the most treasured British poem; third, the poem is truly epic from beginning [...]
For an individual to achieve the qualities of a tragic hero, his or her actions must be consistent. The qualities of a tragic hero are similar to the qualities exhibited by Oedipus.
To understand the meaning of the name for the person's identity and the meaning of the appearance and clothes for being recognized and accepted in society, it is necessary to analyze the relationship between Moll [...]
In other words, one is to keep in mind that the expressions of anger the author highlights in her novel are related to three issues.
He is so annoyed that he would like to go out and show her that he is not the hairy ape that she called him.
The story begins as the narrator is on his way to his teaching job when he finds out that is the younger brother is in jail.
On the one hand, the characters realize that they only have their lives to control and it becomes apparent that they could attempt to make the best out of it.
The essay is a critical examination of how evil and good are portrayed in two literatures; Shakespeare's The Tempest and Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher.
The story opens as the man and the woman sit in the shade of the station cafe, discussing what to drink to cool them down from the oppressive heat.
According to Ovid's work, it seemed to be normal to be unfaithful to one's partner, and that is the thing that is unacceptable in the modern society.
Here, Destro interprets it to mean what we were to subject Faust to was not the standard morality but that of the superman: "In reality, the law that Faust follows is not that of morality [...]
Gimpel's belief that the world is full of marvelous things characterizes him as a man of vision. Remarkably, Gimpel is sure that everything is possible and he acknowledges that the world is, indeed, full of [...]
Nowadays, the word "habit" is used in order to indicate an action or emphasize the tendency of doing something, while in Shakespearean context, word "habit" is not an action.
The main character of the first part is the Monkey King. The main question the author possesses in the tales of the novel is What Are Your Efforts to Succeed?
The second chapter of this book covers a period that is considered central and significant in unraveling the events that led to the Reconquest.
Instead of suggesting the obvious limiting the number of children each female "breeder" should have he encourages the "breeders" to get pregnant, enjoy motherhood and nursing of their suckling infants for one year, and then [...]
The purpose of a headline is to provide a quick preview of the story and it is usually meant to draw the reader's attention.
In the early chapters of the novel, the author tells the readers about the neglect that Antoinette's family faces after the end of the slave trade.
Speaking of the family, one can see the three distinct ideas in the book, which are: the family life, so settled and appeasing; the loss of the family and the unceasing pain that comes when [...]
In this autobiography, Equiano is very definite in his mission to convince his readers of the existence of the slave trade in the 17th century, including the predicament and lifestyle of most of the slaves.
Raju uses Rosie, her lover to reach the final goal of his life through her art of dancing. Raju as a Sadhu is not suppose to work, but rather pray to God in order to [...]
According to Sarah, therefore, the only true love that a woman can be sure of is the one between her and God.
While his family suffered, he enjoyed his life to the fullest and when he was confronted by his mother about the matter, he resulted to a confrontation denying the fact that he had a problem [...]
It is evident that money cannot guarantee happiness in one's life due to the uncertainties that surround each one of us.
Scott Korb is an author with a lot of interest in imaginative and factual history such that he is able to help the reader of the book "Life in year one: what the world was [...]
In the article "The Nine-mile Wolves", Rick Bass makes the case for the continued protection of the wolf species of North America and Canada, viewing them as endangered species due to the combined forces of [...]
The biggest conflict of racism and injustice in Long Black Song is when he is shoot by Silas shoots the white man as came to collect money for the gramophone.
As a young man he did not enjoy the company of his family and kept to himself as he sought what he had considered as important to him: "...it was important for him to see [...]
The character of Caliban is an opposition to that of Ariel, the other servant of prospero, in that Caliban is a human figure while Ariel is a spirit.
In both cases, the texts have devoted their concerns to the plight of a black female who is deposed off her meaning within the realms of the society.
Her contributions to change are revealed in the poems as she glorifies the women. She is a mentor to the young women.
The kind of language that a person undertakes have a certain backing from where the person comes from, it can define the back ground of the person; the strong points of interpolation are found in [...]
Aristotle stated that "Tragedy, then, is a representation of an action that is worth serious attention, complete in it, and of some amplitude; in language enriched by a variety of artistic devices appropriate to the [...]
For instance, the journey of Odysseus back to Ithaca feature him as an important figure to Calypso therefore helping in building up the story as his return remains the center of all agony that begets [...]
According to Proust this portrays the oppression of the poor by the rich in the society because as it occurs later that, the producer of the television show did not have the money to give [...]
But the moment things turn ugly, everyone turns to her as the reason for the cursed ground, the foul weather, and the of course the anger of the gods.
The mother is the true hero of the child because he toils 24 hours a day to feed, clothe, and care for the child. In the case of the The red headed league, Sherlock Holmes [...]
This is because she is the only one who knew the suffering she was undergoing in that marriage and that she did not always love her husband.
Janie's maturity of voice is a direct indicator of her inner growth, and the activities at the courtroom may be plotted too much as to draw the parallels in her inner self.
However, the poem about the author's love to her husband can be contrasted to the "The Flesh and the Spirit" where human existence is contrasted to the love of God.
Despite her peculiar and authentic thinking, Offred's desire to get rid of her humiliating shackles is not strong enough the woman lingers, she is still hesitant.
In the opening chapters of the novel, the author introduces the initial situation by illustrating the life of Esther, a college student, working as an intern at a women's magazine in New York together with [...]
Making a choice is always a real challenge for the speaker leading him to the analysis of the meaning of darkness, which is often associated with uncertainty, ambiguity, and the unknown.
The fact that as of today, the dogmas of political correctness are being forcibly imposed upon people in Western countries, created additional preconditions for the growing number of citizens to refer to the very process [...]
For instance, one of the versions of the book is "a free adaptation" of the first voyage of Gulliver "with many departures from the original".
The dignity of the family has been eroded and corrupted, it has been put to a point of questioning whether the family is upholding the values expected of it or not, that is, the modern [...]
When she losses, the only source of income to the family, Tess takes up a job at the D'Urbevilles family estate so that she can take care of her family.
According to Bandy, the selfish nature of the grandmother and her disregard to her family is evidenced when she seems to care the safety of the other family members.
In conclusion, the book, Nickel and Dimed, points out ineffective management and leadership styles that are being practiced by most corporations in America in order to maintain their wages at low levels.
The paper shows how satire is used in the novel and how it helps in the development of the plot of the story.
There are animals which represent the poor people while the pigs and dogs represent the administrators of the leader. The pigs and dogs are given power to rule the animals by Jones who is the [...]
One of the remarkable pieces of poetry dedicated to the impact of man on nature is Sonnet; the poet voices his regrets about the Industrial Revolution and its effect on the connection between people and [...]
The tone of the work is significant in its terms as well because it creates the fleur of seriousness, light-mindedness, sadness or cheerfulness, introducing the reader to the world of the literary work, and even [...]
The story has been presented in various ways to capture the attention of the audience and to make it interesting. It was unexpected that the action of the mother in law would lead to the [...]
The other part of the poem that assists the reader to get the poetic meaning is the first sentence in the fourth stanza, "Or rather he passed us".
One of the most consistent criticisms hurled Bukowski's way, and one of the justifications for his bad reputation, appears as the observation that his work appeals to those who do not understand, or value, the [...]