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War in Poems by Dickinson, Hardy, and Jarrell

Dickinson experienced a great amount of attachment towards the Civil War and her expression for the cause had been expressed through the expression of death in its spiritual and eternal nature.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1017

Travel Literature and Tourism Opinion: Pros and Cons

Alongside tourism essays and reviews, with fast developing of technologies and telecommunication, a lot of TV and radio programmes are intended to present the information about the world's countries pointing out the advantages and disadvantages [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 654

Valentino Achak Deng. “What Is What” Novel by Dave Eggers

The theme is very intricate and it finds its realization in different aspects of the book, such as the authorship the author's tone that can be perceived while reading, the genre, the choice of the [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1830

American Literature: Happiness Is Only Real When Shared

This implies that he had started valuing the presence of other people in his life and the aversions that he had towards his parents started to wither after realizing that he had to share his [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1345

Theme of Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje

Bunk Johnson, who claimed to have played with him from 1895 to 1899, was one of the chief witnesses to the existence of Bolden and his music."Legend has it that Buddy Bolden, when playing in [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1789

World Literature. Oedipus the King by Sophocles

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 676

A Dream Deferred and Democracy by Langston Hughes

But if they over dry, they will become hard to chew and lose all the nutrition, This warns us of the consequences that may befall us if we sit there and wait for conditions to [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 668

Wagner’s Das Rheingold and Schiller’s The Robbers

In the light of this statement, it should be emphasized that the real value of dramatic literature study is the research of the tendencies of the literary and theater development through the time.
  • Subjects: Dramatic Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 567

Themes of Mortality and Growing Older in Poems

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.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1116

“The Agony and the Ecstasy” Novel by Irving Stone

The agony and the ecstasy is the work of Irving Stone who is an American author. The cardinal instead fails to suggest a specific topic for his work and even after months of waiting for [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 846

“Death in Venice,” a Novella by Thomas Mann

However, this does not mean that the notion of decadence had ceased to represent a conceptual significance as Mann's novel implies, it is only the matter of time for an individual who decides to embrace [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1680

Children’s Literature Evaluation: Fairy Tales

This purpose of this study is to point out the features of three stories Cinderella, The Three Little Pigs and Red Riding Hood in their relation to one another and to previous and current generations.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 827

Brief Summary of the Book “Freakonomics”

The authors of the book, Levitt and Dubner propose that economics is basically the study of incentives. However, the author of the book is not interested in the conventional views of economics.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 633

The African American Literature

African American literature during this turbulent period in the lives of African Americans was heavily influenced by the rise in radicalism, enlightenment and the advent of industrialization.
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 605

The Literature From Slavery to Freedom

Its main theme is slavery but it also exhibits other themes like the fight by Afro-Americans for freedom, the search for the identity of black Americans and the appreciation of the uniqueness of African American [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 558

“Rebecca’s Revival” by F. Sensbach

The story is in the context of one personality constructing her life, and unknown to, reconstructs many other people's lives in the multifaceted world that defines the Atlantic region.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1976

“Riding the Bus with My Sister” by Rachel Simon

Rachel's quest to learn more about her sister's disability is one of the most compelling parts in the book. It was a brilliant idea for Rachel to accompany her sister on the buses because it [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 950

John Donne’s Poetry Relate to the Culture

Donne's poems, especially religious ones, reveal the struggle in the mind of English people during the 16th and 17th centuries, before taking orders in the Anglican Church.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1061

Comparson of Two Versions of the Story of Lucretia

Both authors present a different interpretation of the legend and the personality of Lucretia by the purposes of their writings: the primary aim of the historian, Livy, is to give the account of a historic [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 663

“The Goophered Grapevine” by Charles Chesnutt

To him, it sounded like the culture was just a way of enriching oneself, like in the case of Mars Dugal, and this could not deter him from exploiting the potential the land had.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 611

Greek Attitude Towards Death and Afterlife

The thoughts about death and the beyond can send shivers down the spine of a contemporary person and the attitude of ancient Greeks to death was practically the same.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 876

Frost’s and Wright’s Stories Comparison

Then, the poet expresses the friendly stature of the ponies towards the poet and his companion. In spite of the above-mentioned similarities, both "A Blessing" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" share differences [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 873

Journey in “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy

The father and his son expect the arrival of God and they see a final destination on God's side. The old man stands near the road for a long time and he is the only [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 582

Why I Live at the P.O. and Hills Like White Elephants

She went to the extent of accusing that Shirley-T had no manners as she was sticking out the tongue at her in a horrible way. The Eudora also left her family to go and stay [...]
  • Subjects: Dramatic Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 909

“The Story of an Hour” and “The Sorrowful Woman”

This essay seeks to explain that in order to have a successful marriage, the husband and wife should work together as a single unit in which the husband and wife play their respective roles without [...]
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  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 550

Struggle of Women in Male Dominated Society

The men in the story have never accepted Minnie Wright's oppression as being the driving force of her killing the husband and how it led to a desperate act.
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 649

Practical Guide to Simple Sustainability by Greg Horn

The aim of the literature review is to evaluate current literature on the topic of social ties, neighboring and community in the city, and give a detailed analysis of each source.
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1802

Failed Leadership Can Only Be Whipped by Satire

In what is a parallel to Marx's philosophy and attack on the exploitation of the workers by the capitalists; and therefore a call for a revolution, the farm animals are inspired by the counsel of [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2609

The Short Story “Quan Loi” by Larry Burke

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.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 605

“A Bear Named Trouble” by Bauer

The evidence from the plot of the book that supports the position taken on understanding the underlying factors of behavior is the realization that the bear had killed the goose due to the feelings of [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 799

“The Military Family” by James Martin

The book chronicles the military's efforts to deal with the social challenges and how the operational dynamics have forced the military to outsource and privatize many of the family support functions to civilian service providers [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2041

“On the Art of Life and Vice Versa” by Michael Kimmelman

The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa is a powerful little book about arts. It is intentional of Kimmelman to make the reader trace the art to less promising circumstances a [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1598

“The Serpent and the Grail” by A.A. Attanasio

The author tells the epics of the adventure of Merlin when Lailoken, the descendants of the Demon Lucifer and other demons meets out forming out mankind who live previously of time. The book tells of [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 645

Identity in African American Literature

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 [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1405

“The Boxers as Event, Experience and Myth” by Paul Cohen

The first part is mainly concentrated on the thorough chronological recollection of the events that preceded and followed the rebellion, the rise of Boxers and the role of Taipings in the life of China at [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1196

Phil Cousineau’s “The Art of Pilgrimage”

Moreover, as we go on and discover the meaning and objectives of pilgrimage, we will realize we are dealing with a different kind of art: the art of seeing what is sacred."What legendary travelers have [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 15
  • Words: 4744

The Concept of Myths in Cultures

A myth can be described as a story which explains something, an event or a certain situation in the world people live in, with people believing in it.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 474

Feminism in Canadian Literature

First of all, the female author of the article considered by Cosh is evidently a supporter of the equality of rights for men and women, and her account on the women liberation movement in the [...]
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2230

American Literature: Setting and Sexuality

In the story of the motion of light in water, Delany marries a girl after making her pregnant, although the two try to stay together; the relationship ends up in a split after Delany realizes [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1692

“The Wasteland” by Thomas Eliot

In the society stage, a critic looks at the significance/meaning of the poem in relation to the community for which the poem was written.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 20
  • Words: 5204

“The Divine Comedy” by Dante

Capaneus reminisced the battle of Phlegra in Thessaly, wherein the Titans tried to storm Olympus, and Jupiter drove them away with the help of the thunderbolts which Vulcan forged for him in Mongibello, Mt.Etna.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 685

Style of Writing Mary Flannery O’Connor

Like her Southern contemporaries, the South is the setting for O'Connor's text, the issue of race looms in the background, and her characters are typically morally flawed and/or grotesque."...anything that comes out of the South" [...]
  • Subjects: American Novels Writing Style
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1964

The Life of Langston Hughes

The development of the Harlem Renaissance has led to the recognition of a considerable influence of the Negro culture on American culture.
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1127

Protagonist in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”

The Protagonist plays a major part to achieve the goals of the story while the antagonist is an adversary who struggles against the efforts of the protagonist.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 827

Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

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.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1183

“I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King: What Has Changed

The constitution was drafted by the framers in such a manner that only White men who owned acres of land and property would be given the right to voice their opinion and decide the functioning [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 818

Love in Modern and Postmodern American Literature

The story depicts lives of African American people at the beginning of the twentieth century and the author resorts to slang language to make the atmosphere as close as possible to the original: "Woman am [...]
  • Subjects: Romantic Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1126

“Unpardonable Sin” by Hawthorne

The Novel, Unpardonable Sin written by Hawthorne is a detailed criticism of the way of life of the Puritan. The various examples of Jesus in His dealing with those who commit sin is relevant as [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 616

Historical Criticism of Ivanhoe’s Book

Although, certain critics from the nineteenth- and twentieth-century explore the themes of the novel and concur that the lady Rebecca is very fascinating of all the characters in the novel many of the readers also [...]
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1485

Willy Loman and the American Dream

As a result of his boasting, a great deal of what his family knows about Willy is based upon the image he feels he must portray of himself in order to bring himself in line [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1737

Dual Consciousness in the Novel Life of Pi

In the novel, Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, the protagonist is found in a state where the realm of self-awareness and human consciousness fails to make the difference between reality and illusion.
  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1710

King Henry in the Play “Henry V” by W. Shakespeare

From the play's very beginning, Shakespeare establishes Henry V as responsible ruler of his subjects, who does not only impose law on others but also lives up to the requirements of the same law.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1593

Art of Being Human: Analysis of Two Novels

The protagonist of the story, Jack Hawthorne, is considered to be the example of the person seeking consolation in horn music because of the brother's death; the death is showed as the way to something [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1369

Analysis of “Araby” by James Joyce

The reference to the fact that the priest who lived in the house before them had left the furniture of the house to his sister, suggests that the family could have used the furniture had [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 836

Soldier’s Home by Ernest Hemingway and War Experiences

The thesis of this paper is in the form of an argument to convince the readers that Krebs's laziness comes from his inability to adapt himself to the changing patterns of life, which society imposes [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1381

Views on Society in Chosen Novels

The present paper argues that whereas "Greasy Lake" and "Lord of the Flies" imply that a group of people turns into a cruel and blood-thirsty tribe in the absence of authority, "Lottery" and "On the [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1052

Instances of Awakening in Chopin’s Novel

Although she does not yet fully understand her thoughts, she is deeply aware of a change coming over her, causing her to openly and defiantly resist her husband's calls to her to come in from [...]
  • Subjects: American Novels Influences
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1128

Love and Alienation in Modern and Postmodern America

The general mood for this era at least for the creative minds that produce novels, poems, and other works of art can be summarized using the words of one commentator who pointed to the numbing [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2691

Adaptation of Prisoner of Azkaban From Book to Film

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 [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 983

“The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak

The relationship of Death with this girl is extraordinary, and the story revolves around a trait in this girl which makes her a passionate book thief.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 617

“Iceman Cometh” by O’Neill

O'Neill depicts that one of the many sins these women committed is to have built up the image of prostitutes as romantic and sensational, instead of showing these women as they really are, unfortunate and [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1407

Yasser Al Salman: Life and HR Activity

Yasser Al Salman is a member of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, UK, American Society for Training and Development, USA, Society of Human Resources Management, USA, and Bahrain Society of Training & Development, Bahrain.
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 566

“Even the Saints Cry” by Oscar Lewis

Even though Cruz is finding it difficult to cope with life here, the more she stays here the more she get as adapted to this environment.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1193

“Annabel Lee” the Work by Edgar Allen Poe

The narrative description of the elegy expresses the narrator's undying love for 'Annabel Lee' detailing a love which had originated many a year ago in the unidentified 'kingdom by the sea'.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 971

Human-Animals Hybrids in Literature

In that regard, it can be stated that the occurrence of such creatures in literature can be differently interpreted, depending on the type of the work and the literary and philosophical functions of these creatures [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 641

The Mythical Villains: Gilgamesh, Ravana and Oedipus

Thus, the myth is one of the literary genre which helped ancient people to understand and explain the structure and natural phenomena of the world, environment, people and other creatures around, the origins of everything [...]
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2012

Aleatory Writing: Making Works More Expressive

Some poets use different stylistic devices to make their works more expressive and keep to a definite type of writing to stand out, whereas the others neglect all the rules of writing verses and rely [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 829
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