Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 47

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The Enlightenment and Great Minds

This shows that Swift's proposal was not aimed at threatening poor women in Ireland, but he tried to change society and encourage Irish citizens and the British government to take action.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 600

Writer Langston Hughes and His Works

The essay briefly summarizes and concludes the study results of the writer's creativity and biography, emphasizing critical points in the process of research, study, and application of this information at the practical level.
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 834

“The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” Book Reflection

The three introductory chapters enlighten the reader about the Hmong's childbirth customs and traditions. Reading the book was enjoyable for me since the author drew similarities between birth in Hmong traditions and birth in the [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 306

“The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls Analysis

In the end by the end, Jeannette's aspiration was the opposite of her family, bringing to success and acceptance not only herself but also those close to her.
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 358

“The Phantom of the Opera” Review

According to Karali, "The Phantom of the Opera shows the affective dimension of music that is felt at a corporeal level of experience," revealing the secret behind its influence on the observer's psyche.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 618

“Mrs. Sen” Short Story Analysis

It is also likely that the relationship between Eliot's mother and her neighbors is sour. Sen is a responsible person and knows how to take care of children.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 310

“A Conversation with My Father” Story by Grace Paley

Paley chose to write the story in the first person to depict the connection between the author and the story. Other than the technique demonstrating the author's exceptional emotional depth and profound intelligence, it contrasts [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 325

“Feminizing The Masculine Body…” Analysis

This article is written with the intention to analyze the use and the application of the feminine and masculine language and imagery in The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 589

Edgar Allan Poe: Brief Biography

Sublime's exploration of the darkest sides of the human soul and psyche has contributed greatly to the development of the horror genre.
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 837

“Burning Chrome” Short Stories by William Gibson

The "Burning Chrome" by William Gibson is a collection of short stories addressing the origin and the future of modern computer technology and its efficacy in changing the lives of human beings.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 846

The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe

Ideally, using the subjective understanding of Poe's work, it is possible to evaluate some of the qualities of the story. At the same time, the setting of the story creates a lot of suspense for [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 883

Imagination Development by Reading “Silver Blaze” by Doyle

Inspector Gregory's character, in turn, is implemented in the stories by Conan Doyle as the one who is clever enough, though lacks the imagination to solve any case correctly, "See the value of imagination, it [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 870

Monologues and Dialogues in the Poems

The monologue in the poem clearly expresses the emotions of the narrator, and the details that the author mentions complement the idea of the main character's opinion on the topics touched upon.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1385

Edgar Allan Poe’s Life From Primary Sources

I had indeed, nearly abandoned all hope of a permanent cure when I found one in the death of my wife [in 1847]. In the death of what was my life, then, I receive a [...]
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 886

Poem Book: A Collection of Different Poems

She is a star I cannot find in constellations, One who understands her pain not less than mine, The one I love beyond my world, For in the next world, I would want Isabella Abreu [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 351

Responsibilities of the Living Toward the Dead

Furthermore, the playwright indicates that the living indeed have to protect the interests of the departed. As stated above, the duty of the living for death is to perform burial ceremonies and protect the deceased's [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 663

Medea’s Trickery and Treachery

The aim of this pretense is that Medea wants Jason to come with the children to spend a night with them.
  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1121

Analysis of “The Thousand and One Nights”

This essay argues that the text of The Thousand and One Nights is all about the art of storytelling. In the text, it is noted that due to her skills in narrating tales, the king [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 613

Conciseness in “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe

The main arguments towards the development of the contemporary short story will be discussed in this essay, and the similarities between these visions and the statements in "The Tell-Tale Heart" will be described.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 393

Novel Analysis: The Great Gatsby and Siddhartha

Hesse's Siddhartha seems complementary to The Great Gatsby as Brahman, the main role in Siddhartha, finds contentment in self-realization and not in money, sensuality, and love.
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 630

Active Reading of American Short Stories

This conflict is a battle between the protagonist, the primary character in the tale, and the antagonist, who is someone or something who opposes the protagonist.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1422

King’s Letter From Birmingham Jail on Justice

In his Letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King, a fighter for the rights of African Americans, repeats the idea of freedom and equality for US citizens.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 281

Ahmet Altan: My Country Has Not Imprisoned My Mind

The reader easily understands the main character was expecting the police to come as he had a bag of clothes prepared to leave. Ahmet confirms that he fought the fears of reality, and calmly went [...]
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 380

“Native Pragmatism” by Scott L. Pratt

This passage and the statement take place when Pratt explores the roots of the idea concerning the unity of humankind and the way that it affected prominent thinkers' political perspectives.
  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 340

Discussion of “The Cask of Amontillado”

Fortunato was already drunk by the time he was led to the cask of amontillado. He perfectly lured his victim to the execution place and killed him.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 555

I. Crawford’s “The Camp of Souls” Poem Review

The moment where the spirit says that "and I sail from the spirit shore to scan" or "where the weaving of that strong cord began" is still looking more like a lovely story about the [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1116

The Play “The Little Foxes” by Hellman

Despite this, her husband also takes the side of the brothers and transfers all his money as an inheritance to his daughter and not to Regina. Regina's opposition to the commonwealth of her brothers, her [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 345

Homer: The Theme of Men at War in “The Iliad”

Patroclus is always beside Achilles to support him in the saddest moments and the moments of his rage. This loyalty shows that the friendship of Achilles and Patroclus was a perfect relationship as seen by [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 602

Isolation in Contemporary Society

The story is a reflection of society's facilitation of paranoia and isolation in the context of manipulated relationships. Society's descent into an accumulation of paranoid and self-centered individuals unwilling to embrace different people is evident [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 904

“Yvain” by Chrétien de Troyes

Yvain raises the critical questions of adventure, chivalry, and pilgrimage, making the reader wonder about the conflict of love and chivalry.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 552

The Figure of Hector in Homer’s “The Iliad”

Hector's behavior is often contradictory since the motives for his actions are either a thirst for glory, which is typical of an epic hero), or an understanding of the duty to the fatherland and the [...]
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 589

Dante’s “Paradiso”, Canti 14-22: Analysis

This essay is based on Dante's Paradiso Canto 14 and its relation to politics, justice, and ethics in the community. Defiant members in the community tend to develop hardships when subjected to correction.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 566

“The Prisoners” Play by Titus Maccius Plautus

The surviving myths, poems, plays, and stories of the Age of Antiquity allow people to learn about not only the events and religions of the past but also the cultures, lifestyles, and morals of societies [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 884

The History of Luis Cernuda Life

Nevertheless, it might be claimed that Cernuda's dedication to the divine perception of love and continuous expression of loneliness provides the opportunity to refer him to neo-romanticism.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 638

Women and the Gothic in Literature

Despite the national, formal, and genetic mutations of the Gothic, it is possible to identify certain persistent features which include a distinctive aesthetic.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 15
  • Words: 4130

The Novel “Funny Boy” by Shyam Selvadurai

The novel is split into six chapters with the first five chapters describing Arjie's relationships with various characters through which he understands his sexuality, the ethnic problem between the Tamil and Sinhalese people, and the [...]
  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 568

“El Jorobadito” by Arlt vs. “El Aleph” by Borges

One of the characteristics of the Latin American boom authors is the creation of fictional scenarios. El Aleph combines the features of realism and fiction or magical realism which is a trait of the movement.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 578

Confessional Poets’ Poems Analysis

Hence, the tone of the verse demonstrates that despite the cruelty of the father, the son does not stop loving him and tries to win his love.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1100

“Habitual” by Nate Marshall: Poem Analysis

In "Habitual" by Nate Marshall, as the title implies, the poem describes the psychological issues of habits that construct human lives. The narrator opens the poem with the expressions of controversial existence.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 101

Addiction in Sexton’s, Marshall’s, Flynn’s Poems

The poems The Addict by Anne Sexton, Habitual by Nate Marshall, and Philip Seymour Hoffman by Nick Flynn, address the issue from the psychological perspective as an inner struggle within a person.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 557

Political Influence of William Shakespeare

The influence of this writer and his works over the social, cultural and spiritual lives of many generations of people has always been great but the present paper will examine one of the least studies [...]
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1388

Publishing “Pedro Paramo” Novel by Juan Rulfo

The second plotline is dedicated to the life and death of the mentioned father Pedro Paramo his omnipotence and powerlessness, as well as love, detestation, and desolation. The work's structure: The order of events is [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 689

Culture in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

I also kill a cock at the shrine of Ifejioku, the god of yams" Ibo culture is shown through the world look of the Western society that is why the aspect of behavioral brutality was [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 14
  • Words: 3939

“Daisy Miller” by Henry James

The creative heritage of James, as a mirror, reflected the attitude to the spiritual and cultural traditions of Europe. In his story, Daisy Miller, the main character, is the embodiment of inner freedom and simplicity.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 630

Shevek’s Character in “The Dispossessed” Analysis

Anarres oppressed Shevek, deducting the works under the collectivistic idea that nothing belongs to anyone, and everything belongs to everyone: "And the hand that you reach out is empty, as mine is.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 400

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

With regard to the underlying framework of the book, Anderson presents the Black community of the United States as the main victim of American society and historical development through the decades.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1531

Temporal Perspective in Fiction

This paper focuses on the perspectives of time in the following books Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood, Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, The Time and the Conways by JB Priestley, and The Dragon by Ray [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2775

The Reflection of Twain’s Views on Racism in Huck Finn

One of the most problematic aspects in the novel that potentially can make readers think that Twain's attitude toward slavery and racism is not laudable is the excessive usage of the n-word by all sorts [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 850

Baldur “Shadow” Moon Analysis

Thus, the means of his journey can be presented by Shadow's adaptability stemming from his neutrality and the ability to act as an intermediary.
  • Subjects: Dramatical Novel
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 353

“The Night Circus” by Erin Morgenstern Review

The theme of magic always intrigues and fascinates millions of readers, and a circus is probably the first place that comes to mind when a person thinks about magic.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 397

Female Tragic Characters Analysis

The Darker Face of the Earth play written by Rita Dove is based on Oedipus Rex and has a similar plotline and characters in a different setting.
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 678

“Swimmer Among the Stars” by Kanishk Tharoor

In the story Swimmer among the Stars, which is a chapter in the book of the same name, ethnographers visit a woman - the last speaker of her native language.
  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 334

The Iliad: Religion and Beliefs

Homer offers a variety of shades of religious consciousness, and many of the plot elements used by the author indicate a social interpretation of the divine cult and the introduction of human beliefs into the [...]
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 608

Is Shakespeare’s Hamlet Really Crazy?

According to the first one, Hamlet pretends to be mad, so that he is not taken seriously and is not considered as dangerous, under the guise of a madman, he can say anything.
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 570

“Genesis” in Galeano’s the Memory of Fire

Thus, the variety of protagonists presented in the book is distinctive, and each story is told from the perspective of this or that character and their vision.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 566

Voltaire’s “Candide”: An Overview of the Work

Some of the ideas that the novella challenges are related to wealth, love, and virtue. At the beginning of the book Pangloss tells Candide that God is entirely good and would not abandon his own.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 545

“What the Dead Know” Analysis

Martinez's story demonstrates the conflict between the brutal honesty of the resurrected dead and the unprepared minds of the living, who were unable to reject the established societal rules.
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 399

“Everyday Use”: Differences Between Mama and Her Daughters

To be more exact, the author focuses on the problem from the African-American people's side. Overall, Maggie seems indeed similar to her mother, and they do share numerous identical features; however, Dicie is obviously more [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 329

The Mood in “Everyday Use” by A. Walker

From the beginning of the narrative, a sense of antipathy is observed between the main character and Maggie. The gloominess of the fiction is mainly highlighted by hardships and the dramatic visions of the narrator.
  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 288

The Theme of Death in Emily Dickinson’s Works

Moreover, death in the poems of the poetess is often personified. Thus, this poem examines in detail the process of reconciliation with death and how it is inevitable.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 297

Representation of Social Struggle in Drama

A Raisin in the Sun revolves around the life of an African American Family. The underlying cause of the conflict is $10000 that every member of the family in his/her own way.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 20
  • Words: 1923

The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne

Despite the many pieces of evidence of virtue, they look paltry compared to the description of weaknesses in the main character of the story, Dimmesdale.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 325

Irving and Hawthorne: Shared Values

In their respective pieces, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "The Scarlet Letter," Irving and Hawthorne reflect on the events from this perspective, and it leads to the similarity of values incorporated in their narratives.
  • Subjects: Modernist Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1674

“Poem of the Cid and the Reconquista”

In The Poem of the Cid, there are three foremost themes, which can be outlined as follows: a) The theme of Spaniards indulging in the armed struggle with Moors for the purpose of reclaiming Spanish [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1413