Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 44

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The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

However, the play causes people to reconsider the role of Judas in the death of Jesus and look at the matter from the different side.
  • Subjects: Dramatic Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 642

Main Theme of “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller

The purpose of this paper is to find out what Willy believed to be the key to successful selling and to identify whether Willy fits the typical profile of a successful salesman as presented in [...]
  • Subjects: Dramatic Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 587

Childhood Comparison in Andersen Stories

The purpose of this paper is to discuss two stories to find the main differences, which have a greater impact on the attitude of the main characters towards their childhood.
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 861

Commercial and Literary Fiction Analysis

The marshal is illustrated as a positive person."He, the town policeman of Yellow Sky, was a man known, liked, and feared in his community".
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 939

The Concept of Global Literature Review

Regarding the question of the blurring of national boundaries, it is necessary to note that it is not a typical attribute for global literature.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 566

“Sense and Sensibility” Novel by Jane Austen

Henry Dashwood at the beginning of the story, his wife and their three daughters, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret stay with little money and nowhere to live, for everything was inherited by their half-brother, Mr.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 552

Rappaccini’s Daughter’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne

One of the examples of the American literary canon is Rappaccini's Daughter, since it is distinguished by its innovativeness, features of the narration, and themes, but has universal values at the same time.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 858

Interpreting “The Yellow Wallpaper”

The theme and problem of woman's rights looming over the society of that day is demonstrated as the main issue at the core of the story.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1420

How to Read a Poem Correctly

As Blue remarks, the best way to understand the essence of the poem is to read it with the same attention one typically gives to strangers' dialogue that one is trying to eavesdrop on.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 380

Review of Literary Analysis

The analysis of The Yellow Wallpaper focuses on the feminist perspective, underlining various symbolisms, social subtexts, and emotional tensions that the story is meant to relay to the reader in the context of feminine literature, [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 399

Paul’s Case: A Study in Temperament

Frustrated by the dullness of the school curriculum, grey walls, and inability to show his eccentric personality, the boy finds his only pleasure in the work of an usher in a fancy concert hall.
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 359

“Yellow Wallpaper” – A Creepy Shade of Yellow

A simultaneously heavy and light-hearted style of the writing is a significant part of the narrative, which demonstrates the sharp contrast between the perception of the main heroine and the rest of the characters.
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 374

Special Bierce’s Style of Narration

The last seconds of his life are passing away, and the inevitability of fate is felt in the following words: "Striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither [...]
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 352

The Tale of Despereaux: Chiaroscuro

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The queen died of stress at the sight of a rat on her plate, and the King outlawed all rats in his kingdom and ordered to strictly punish all those who sympathize with him.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 290

Story of a Woman: “Becoming” by Michelle Obama

This book is not only a political source of information with several complex terms and ideas, but a story of a woman and a mother in her attempts to find out the voice.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 299

“Library Ethics” by Jean L. Preer

Secondly, it is worth noting that the librarianship is quite a general issue to talk about and it goes without saying that that amount of books that has been given to the usage of a [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1143

Reasons of Success of Amateur Detective Fiction Authors

The essay will analyze the success of amateur detective fiction authors, paying special attention to the narrative voice and character, as well as the interest and complexity of solving a problem.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1035

Why Americans Are So Unhappy?

According to the commentaries of both Eric Weiner and Juliet Schor, happiness may be so elusive. In summary, the aspects of pathos in this paper according to Eric Weiner and Juliet Schor have been included.
  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 874

P. Ackerman on Nonviolence in “A Force More Powerful”

In the book entitled, 'A force more powerful: a century of nonviolence conflict,' the author emphasizes the theme of nonviolence, and how the concept was applied in offering resistance to the oppressive regime in Poland [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1126

John Donne’s and Emily Dickinson’s Poetry on Death

However, in the poem Death be not Proud, John Donne's somber narration describes death as a temporary sleep; and Emily Dickinson's poem, Because I Could Not Stop for Death, describes a journey symbolically in the [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1097

Events That Have Made America What It Is Today

The second notable event identified by the author is the Dred Scott decision in 1857 that wrecked the economic status in America and accelerated a war.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1456

Selfish Love in the Story Reunion by John Cheever

Although it is a short story the author managed to provide a clear understanding of how quickly the son got disappointed in his father and the feeling of excitement about the meeting changed to the [...]
  • Subjects: Modernist Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 584

Gender Issue in Büchner’s Woyzeck

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.
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1118

“The Female Quixote” by Charlotte Lenox

The greatest challenge that Arabella is faced to because of her Romance beliefs is inability to have normal relationships with the man who loves her and wants to marry her.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 562

“Beowulf” by Seamus Heaney Review

Through the story telling of the poem it becomes evident that its main character is somehow corrupted by the glory, power and money he acquires for his acts of bravery; still, his main qualities are [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 499

War Story: Pressfield’s Tides of War

As for the warfare of the ancient world, the armor of the ancient soldiers is made of hides and skins with wooden shields.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1264

The Novel ‘Black Rain’ by Masuji Ibuse

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 [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 999

Samuel Beckett’s “Endgame”

Life is both a scene of nothingness and one of infinity, and it is this duality that drives the characters in Beckett to desperation: "Endgame is a despairing study of despair".
  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 837

Study of ‘The Inward Morning’ and ‘Narrow Road’

Both pieces of literature depict the themes of journey and wilderness, and for this reason, this research will carry out an analysis of the two genres of writing and make a comparison.'The inward morning' presents [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1133

“Since Cleopatra Died” by Neil Powell

Therefore, the misuse of tense and context in Shakespeare can drastically change the meaning of any of his plays, even among the characters in the plays themselves.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 583

Campbell’s “The Hero With a Thousand Faces”

The depiction of couples in the African culture keeps up a correspondence to the neighborhood originators or the associates. Almost every culture has a creation myth and all the myths are directly reflected in the [...]
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1303

Edgar Poe and “The Cask of Amontillado”

On the day of the carnival Montresor goes looking for Fortunato and finds him a bit tipsy and it is then that he tells him of how he had acquired a rare kind of amontillado [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1465

The Use of Allusion in “Drown” by Junot Diaz

Further, it will seek to show the evidence that Diaz Junot uses allusion in order to enable his readers to understand the characters better and have deeper insights into the reality of the Dominicans. Its [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 572

History and Social Context of Junot Diaz

Junot Diaz, the author of the much-acclaimed collection of short stories called Drown, published in 1996, was born on the 31st of December 1968 in, Dominican Republic.
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 605

“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by Thurber

Mitty also uses his authority as a commander to instruct his crew to an extent they term him as a man who fears nothing, not even hell, "The Old Man is not afraid of hell!" [...]
  • Subjects: Dramatic Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 858

How to Be a Literary Critic

In order to be completely unbiased, it is important to choose different theories and approaches in order to study the nature of literature and exercise the literary theory correctly.
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 302

The Motif of the “Black Boy” by Richard Wright

This essay will reveal the motif of one close read paragraph by Richard Wright from Black Boy, the language, and the way he conveyed the following idea Richard has been a real inventor, thirsty for [...]
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 563

“The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood

In interpreting the book, the main area of discussion will be supporting the meanings of the work whereas in evaluating the book, the focus will be coming up with the literary merit of the book [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1235

Can the Real Love Ever Be a Fallacy?

Considering the above realities, the following essay compares the loves depicted in two of the most amazing short stories of all time, namely Love is a Fallacy by Max Shulman and The Gift of the [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1091

When Butterflies Die: Alvarez and Her Idea of Death

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 [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1263

Word Craft in American Literature

It is possible to little the use of the words and still drives points home this is attained by incorporating sign language amid the use of words.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 616

“Of Wolves and Men” by Lopez Barry & Lopez Barry Holstun

An individual needs to understand that the word landscape does not only refer to having the knowledge of names and identity of everything in the landscape but also perceiving the relationship between different elements in [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 578

“Guadalupe X Three” by Denise Chavez

The second step in the block building approach to critical thinking is the importance of the study of the play and the impact on the readers.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 625

Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”

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 [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 614

“Three Men in a Room” by Seymour Lachman

In his book Three Men in a Room, the author describes the situation and the problems which take place in statehouses throughout the country.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1127

Dante’s Poem “The Divine Comedy ”

The Divine Comedy presents three aspects of objective reality such as personal drama of the poet, the story of humanity and the structure of the universe.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 915

The Medieval Portrayals of Women in Literary Works

This essay will link the Koran, the poem of Cid and Dante's inferno to Augustine's Confessions while comparing and contrasting the medieval literary images of, as well as attitudes towards women.
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 895

John Donne’s Poetic Cycle of Holy Sonnets

Reading the sonnet, one may clearly feel a strong subjective connection between the main character of the Sonnet I and the author; the speaker, if not entirely represents the author, is still very close to [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 630

“A Freeborn People” by David Underdown

"A Freeborn People" is a balanced examination of the ways in which the political cultures of the political elite and that of common people interacted in the 17th century England.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1296

Religion in Real-World Colonialism and in the Sparrow

This paper is dedicated to the study of the role of religion in real-world colonialism and in the novel through manifestation of the connections between the history of Spanish colonization of Americas and the colonization [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1138

A Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

By the time of her death from cancer of the breast only 18 months after publication of this book, she had been awarded a freedom medal by the president and indeed a revolution to fight [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1933

Mythology: Term Definition

The early inhabitants of America, like other ancient groups, derived their own legendary stories on creation of the universe, the people and the locality together with their heroes and their deities in the universe.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2297

Place of Culture in the Development of World Literature

There are too many striking differences in the Western and Eastern literatures that it is highly difficult to comprehend the first of the second one by representatives of another culture.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 556

Classic Tragedies: Term Definition

In the genre of literature, the word tragedy can be loosely applied to mean any serious and dignified drama that gives a description of the conflict that is existent between the protagonist and a superior [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1908

Novels of Chocolet by Joanne Harris

The work is concerned with the depicting of the importance of the food for self-affirmation in Chocolat and the self-cognition in Edible Woman.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 821

Tragic Dramatic Literature

Tragic drama may be defined as a simulation of reality which appears to be somber, with an immerse magnitude, which is expressed to induce a sense of fear or pity with an embellishment of the [...]
  • Subjects: Dramatic Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 986

Appearance in “Othello” and “A Raisin in the Sun”

The paper under analysis is based on the comparison of Othello by Shakespeare and A Raising in the Sun by Hansberry through the manifesting of the theme of the racial segregation and the nature of [...]
  • Subjects: Dramatic Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1302