Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 42

The contraries used by the poet in "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" are the backbone of this poem. The structure of "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" is the first feature of the contraries [...]

When Literature Meets Jurisdiction: The Mother, the Father and the Child As it has been mentioned above, the play incorporates the elements of a moral dilemma concerning who the parent of a child should be [...]

The final chip in the portrait of the "civilized" citizens of the Empire, the process of the Magistrate incarceration, does not seem to add much to the portrayal of the tortures; however, it adds a [...]

When the hunter says that he is aware of the bear and knows how the bear smells, means that he is extremely familiar with the hunting and especially, bears, as the unique scent is characteristic [...]

However, despite the seeming similarity between Thrasymachus's point of view and Darwin's concept of the strongest as the most possible survivors and leaders, there is a mile of small differences that sets Darwin's idea of [...]

The narrator watches Sonny playing the piano in the club and concludes that this helps him deal with frustrations he has experienced in his life.

This is one of the main aspects that should be identified because it illustrates in the difference in the worldviews of Toby, Nell, and Eva.

Although she cannot explain the occurrence of the initiation, she acknowledges that it is time for her to become mature and take up the role of a woman.

In this paper, we explore the elements of literature used to describe Pip and Fleece and their relationship with Ahab and Stubb respectively.

The omission of women in history has been the cause of fictionalization that misrepresents the female gender. The ancient history of women is seen to suggest that the only role they played was in the [...]

The book notes that when the Jews were forced into the concentration camps, Elie and his family remained calm and obeyed every directive from their oppressors. The author attributed the enmity among the Jews to [...]

In "The Road Not Taken", the poet uses a reflective tone to address the significance of the choices one makes in life. The "road" referred to by the speaker is the most prominent symbol in [...]

Definitely, the main character Okonkwo's consciousness and his endeavor to grasp and comprehend the necessity of change have driven the plot of the novel.

Her father was a rabbi, and he travelled to different parts of the world, with his family, in search of employment.

Snow Crash almost declares the end of the world, with the powers of stopping it resting upon only the freelance hackers and the Mafia.

This book was authored in the period before the Civil War and the consequent abolishment of slave trade. One of the most apparent issues in this book is the author's wish to portray slaves as [...]

The author maintains that the events that transpire in his novel do not necessarily reflect the history of Czechoslovak. Therefore, the circumstances faced by most of the characters in "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" coincide [...]

The other story that Poe Allen has written is "The fall of the House of Usher" whereby the main theme is about the haunted house, which is crumbling and this aspects brings out a Gothic [...]

The folklore depictions of 'woman cat' and 'witch in the form of a cat' mirrors the folkloric grouping of cats with people as well as the grouping of people and cats. The story of Valerie [...]

The fact that it specifies whose cry it is, "of a woman", draws specific attention to the incomparable nature of a human being and the sound that is made. There is the loss of all [...]

As an example of the uncanny, it is possible to refer to Kafka's novel The Trial through generalization and abstract representation of the archaic Court that interferes with Josef K's rational and conventional world. In [...]

After marriage, the only imperfection on her body, which is her birthmark, becomes unbearable to a point that he occasionally shudders when he sees it. He sees it as the only thing that prevents the [...]

Globalization of the local is a concept developed by Thomas Friedman in his book "The World is Flat". In conclusion, the cases of Dell's supply chain and European Union are only two of many examples [...]

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.

She had a plan that was contrary to what the rest of the family had. She easily accepted to travel with the family to the destination she was against initially.

To my mind, one of the key themes of the play is considered to be absence of mutual respect and support."It is obvious throughout the script of the play that everyone has their own agenda [...]

Leach is convincing in the justification of his main thesis: the businesspeople of the age took advantage of the changing social and economic patterns to change people's perception of the ideal life away from an [...]

In the same vein, the binary construction of the blacks and the whites is another focal point that illustrates the racial inequality in the American society.

The story of John Steinbeck describes only one day of life of the character, while Henrik Ibsen uses three acts in order to provide the whole picture and to describe the rise of the conflict [...]

The secondary problem is related to an ethical dilemma with regards to the responsibility of the husband to provide and care for the family.

The grief that Hamlet feels at the death of his father is tempered by a Claudius's statement to him that grief is 'unmanly.' He also associates women with deception beginning with his mother with whom [...]

To complete the text contained in the poster, is the information on where the box can be obtained from, and it is wrapped above the plants in the box.

Despite the numerous researchers disclosing the affirmative evidence concerning the inborn evilness of some individuals, the author still confides in the idea that to be good is a genetically encoded state which is typical of [...]

At the beginning of the novel, a moving description of one of the book-burning escapades is brought to the fore. The import of this is that she has learnt to tread carefully.

Therefore, from a cultural point of view, as the paper exposes, Jane Austen highlights in the book her deep-seated concerns on cultural flaws through the voice of the heroine that determined the choices and the [...]

This hopelessness that has been impeded on her makes her aware of her future in the world and provokes her to build a wall around her.

On the contrary, this story lends a voice to millions of women across the globe that human trafficking is a horrendous crime that exists even in this sophisticated world."The Tale of Kieu" is a moral [...]

The author of the book presents his hero in two ways: on the one hand, he depicts the boy, who is full of hopes and expectations; on the other hand, he shows the boy whose [...]

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.

Upon his refusal, the statue sank to the earth and dragged Don Giovanni down to the earth he is surrounded by the hellfire and the chorus of the demons as he is carried away.

In the play, it is evident that pride is used by people to create laws that challenge the divine law from gods.

Even though he sets out to find and destroy the monster that he created, he knows that the challenge he is facing is much great.

Students find the book resourceful, but it's actually the teachers who benefit the most from it as it highlights issues necessary in children literature, and how best to introduce it to elementary education students. She [...]

However, the persona is proud of the father and the grandfather's commitment and vows to work s hard as his forefathers.

Violence situation in the story entitled "A good man is hard to find" begins when the family is on a road trip to Florida during the vacation.

The reading of a short story Jackals and Arabs leaves no doubt as to the fact that this story's foremost thematic element is being of clearly surreal nature.

At the close of the chapter, Greenblatt denotes that the hugely documented visit by the Queen to the region played a noteworthy function in Shakespeare's early advance.

At the age of ten years, Ramana is subconsciously aware of the condition of his mum and the need for her to come home.

In his compelling masterwork, In the Basement of the Ivory Tower, Professor X laments on the poor education system among the people of low social class in America.

She is obviously referring to the fact that Clay is a black man trying to behave as if he is a white man.

Having analyzed violence in schools and the age of children maturity I have thus reached to a conclusion that this plan will be better applied to children under the age of 14.

As the reader goes through the story, one can clearly see the images of what is happening because of the detailed imagery depicted by the author in the story; it is these imageries that triggers [...]

The book describes the lives of three people: the narrator, her mother and her grandmother. At the time of her death, the author's grandmother talked about Cultural Revolution.

As told in the novel, Sara, "is caught in a time warp" where it is not easy for her to let go of traditional values that define her identity.

The strong character traits of the main characters Odyssey and Job in the epic The Odyssey and The Story of Job help develop their plots from the beginning to the rise of conflict and their [...]

The character of Emily Grierson in William Faulkner's short story, "A Rose for Emily", leaves the reader in dilemma as to whether Emily is the protagonist or the antagonist.

The belief of the movie is that these years were the most important one in laying ground to the character of Obama.

Frost used the lifestyle and settings of the rural people in a creative manner and related them to the philosophical, cultural and social issues that existed at that time so as to bring in the [...]

Although the revelation of the character of Montressor was done indirectly, the fact that he was also the narrator of the story enabled readers to have access to his thoughts and feelings.

She seems more concerned about the status of living conditions and the ability to enjoy the freedom as opposed to being in possession of money.

Roland Barthes in his work 'Myth Today' gives a deeper insight into the understanding of the myth of romantic love done through the disintegration of the work into a number of sections based on the [...]

At the beginning of the poem, one can see Kim Trong as an ideal of a man according to the norms and principles of the Vietnamese society: Kim Trong, a scion of the noblest stock.

At the end, the author transfers to the outer story to address the audience and frame the entire literary work. At this point, the author provides the readers with the story of Nicolas who is [...]

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.

As the speaker touched its belly, he was sorry that he could not be able to save the young deer that was warm in the belly of the dead deer.

Whence, the lamentation of his subjects and the appearance of Enkidu form the basis of the transformation of Gilgamesh especially his character.

The author will also look at how the poem ends, the plot of the work and how this plot is related to the structure of the poem.

Such an effect is suggestive of the fact that in essence people only consider love as love when there is a thought that tries to explain it.

In How to Tell a True War Story, author Tim O'Brien directs the reader's attention to the idea of truth, not simply in the telling and retelling of certain events from the Vietnam War that [...]

As the plot of the story unwinds, the conflict gains more shades; starting from the confrontation between Louise and the society, it slowly glows into the confrontation within Louise herself: subject to the evaluations of [...]

Iago's paranoia is tremendous to an extent that his insanity is portrayed when he deludes Othello to kill his own wife.

The king is in conflict with himself. The king's behavior is in conflict with the character of Oedipus king.

When the narrator realizes the trouble his brother is in, he feels guilty and fears for his life and future. As the story unfolds, alienation also unfolds at the same rate; the narrator sees all [...]

At the same time, even though the plots of The Veldt and The Rocket revolve around the theme of how technology might affect the workings of people's consciousness, they offer diametrically opposite views, in regards [...]

Poor education, injustice, and ignorance towards the laws of land were the causes of problems to the South."Twenty Five years in the Black Belt" gives a clear picture of the conditions of the black people [...]

The Afterlife less interesting than life?"."My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close" opens another door into the theme of death from Dickinson's penetrating and sharp intellect.

In this paper, the two beginning verses of the poem will be analyzed in order to comprehend the motives of the author as well as the main messages sent from the end of the 16th [...]

One of the stylistic devices employed by Faulkner in the story A Rose for Emily is the use of the third person plural point of view of course through hearsay.

The paper shows how satire is used in the novel and how it helps in the development of the plot of the story.

With the help of such walk, the author underlines that something mysterious and unknown to Jane is waiting for her and she has to find more powers to discover the truth.

The raccoon coat seems to have been the trend associated particularly with the college male student at the time that the writer is in college.

This paper endeavors to highlight some similarities and differences especially in the aims and the writing style of these two authors. The aim of these two pieces is to portray societies as notorious for curtailing [...]

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 [...]

In the summary of "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan it is clearly seen that in case the language is not pure, is broken or limited, the feeling of dominance comes to Americans only on a [...]

They worked to have the rights of the women upheld and respected in regards to the norms that governed their society at the time.

The duration from 1850 to 1853 was the most fruitful since he wrote The House of the Seven Gables and The Blithedale Romance.

Homer is regarded as a legendary Greek due to his great works of literature such as "The journey to the Land of the Dead".

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 [...]

He had a very strong army because of his courage, influence and prowess and managed to defeat the ruler and hence he was made the ruler of the Empire.

The white man is willing to let the black man in to his space but not to benefit the black man but to humiliate him.

In the creation and presentation of the true inevitability of death via Hooper's veil, Hawthorne fulfills Fuller's definition of the American writer as in possession of the "noble fearlessness [that] can give wings to the [...]

Due to the strong love that Allison had towards her mother, she decides to accept everything that happens to her. She comes in between Allison and her mother to restore the love between them.

In "A Rose for Emily," the theme of adapting to the changing environment is developed through the character of Miss Grierson and her reluctance to the changes.

A Rose for Emily is the story that is characterized by numerous critical opinions: readers found the story interesting, unusual, and educative; and critics tried to admit as many negative or weak points as possible [...]

On the other hand, The Wanderer presents the case of a man who is in exile and roaming the earth. In the middle of disillusionment and despair, The Wanderer remembers that it is good to [...]

The main idea which should be considered in the essay is the understanding of the reasons why the author uses the protagonist without a name.

Climax in the play is realized when Walter is made to understand by Bobo that Willy, the man entrusted with the money to start a liquor business has run away with the money, this thus [...]

In this paper the focus will lead to a discussion of the significance of the glass figurines and their symbolic value to the whole play as representation of the most central symbol uniting and supporting [...]

The scars in Walcott's Omeros represent the wounds left by the slavemanship in the Caribbean combination of black and white skins of the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.

In addition, this work will give examples and discuss the societal criticism of the Latin-American society arising from the mythical and magical realism presentation in the novel as in accordance to the given guidelines of [...]

The works are often a depiction of the way of life of the people in the society at that particular period of time In this essay, the author uses the works of chosen authors to [...]

The truth is that the reasons for banning the book can also be the reasons for keeping the book in the curriculum.

Richard Percival Lister has created one of the most captivating pieces of writing, which described the life of one of the most respectable warriors of all the times, Genghis Khan; the author also paid special [...]

As it has been stated above, the key topic that the authors of the book focus on is the ways in which religion shapes the contemporary society and the changes that religion brings.

The main characters in the novel are Kim, a Tibetan priest in search of a sacred watercourse; Mahbub Ali, a merchant in horses and a secret service agent; colonel Creighton, the administrator of the secret [...]

Mama, the head of the family plans to buy a house and fulfill her lifetime dream which she shared with her late husband. Walter's understanding of this American dream marks the center of the conflict [...]

In addition, Clutter is known by the neighbors in the surroundings to be a kind boss who ensured that his employees were responsible; hence, they served a good example to the Americans.

The issue of love has been explained in the actions of the father during the winter seasons. The poem shows the negative and cold thoughts of the son against the warm and positive feelings of [...]

The following essay is concerned with the book' The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness' by Joel Ben Izzy. Joel Ben's story,' The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness' resonates in my life.

Charlotte's Web, in telling the story of Wilbur, the pig, illustrates the theme of discrimination, as depicted in the life and activities of Wilbur.

Symbolism is conveyed in the form of Cherry Orchard, which is heavily presented throughout the play. The orchard is therefore used as a symbolism in this play.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a story that comprises of the themes of Christianity and magic as they both play an important role in the story.

The experiences of the characters in the novel portray the endeavors of the early immigrants' pursuit of the American dream. The instinct to forgo the comforts, which a home country offers by default and then [...]

The Puritan values of the 1600s as well as the people's openness to mystical ideas defined good and evil and influenced some Puritans to question the truth and abandon their faith just like Eve of [...]

The impact of the silence in this case, the suppression of detail about this element of the family reveals itself in the fate of the grandmother.

In addition, Montressor said that he was a friend of Fortunato but he seemed to have acted out of character when he assumed the habits and characteristics of a cold blooded killer.

This paper will discuss the different attitudes adopted by four poets towards war."The Charge of the Light Brigade" is a poem that talks about the Crimean war.

Frank spent nearly all of his early days in the slums of Ireland until he got to the age of 19 and went back to the United States The kind of life Frank was raised [...]

The novel paints a vivid picture of the French Revolution, the fervor and radicalism of the revolutionaries and the terror and bloodshed spread by the revolutionaries.

The black elites included the educated African Americans of the Harlem Renaissance and the middle class African Americans. Hughes used this essay to elevate the beauty of the African Americans and pass a message to [...]