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“Beachy Head” Poem by Charlotte Smith

Although Smith does not lose her connection to social and political contexts, the first and foremost describes the discovery of the human self through nature, which means, the natural world appears both a key character [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 712

Emily Dickinson “If I Should Die” Analysis

Thus, it can be stated that the persona of the poem is a confident and peaceful person which is aware of the fact that other people will live and the world will still exist after [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 554

“The Glass Castle: A Memoir“ by Jeannette Walls Review

For instance, the birth of a younger brother or sister, the beginning of school, or the divorce of parents would change the relationship between the child and his or her environment. In the given case, [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1692

Frankenstein: The Theme of Birth

Frankenstein is a ruthless man who can stop at nothing in his pursuit of knowledge, and when he discovered the secrets of life, he uses it to create a monster.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1474

Critical Discourse Analysis

Success in the critical discourse analysis rests on the platform of the relevance and effectiveness of the contribution of analysis in creating change.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2503

The Feminine Power in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Considering the Elizabethan times much was expected from women in terms of respect and submissiveness to the men in that society, such that a daughter going to an extent of going against a fathers choice [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1725

Shakespeare versus Olivier: A Depiction of ‘Hamlet’

The presentation of the Ghost in the film builds the main theme of revenge and tragedy. Olivier shows that the Oedipus complex is a crucial aspect in understanding the play especially the character of Hamlet [...]
  • 4.5
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2683

American Dream: “Fences” by August Wilson

The American dream makes it clear through its guarantee of the freedom and equality with the promise of prosperity and success as per the ability or personal achievements of every American citizen."Fences" reveals the obstacles [...]
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1423

An Archetypal Analysis of Hermann Hesse’s “Demian”

The theory of Carl Jung is perfectly superimposed on the work of Hermann Hesse Demian, where the plot is saturated with psychologism and symbols of acceptance of oneself and one's experience.
  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2863

Sherman Alexie’s Facebook Sonnet

Sherman Alexie's Facebook sonnet illustrates the various ways in which the use of social media reduces face-to-face interaction and causes controversy.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 289

Betrayal in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”

The betrayer, Macbeth betrays the King, friend and other subjects in the kingdom. However when Macbeth is told he has just been chosen as the Thane of Cawdor, scenes of the possibilities of him as [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 887

The Legacy of the Arabic Female Poetry: Al-Khansa

Al-Khansa is considered one of the greatest Arabic poetesses of the classical period. To a large extent, the death of her most beloved brother Sakhr defined Al-Khansa's poetic style known as ritha, or mourning elegy.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 862

“Woman as Other” by Simone de Beauvoir

This article was able to prove the main argument that a woman is an "other"; however de Beauvoir was unable to win a decisive victory because in order for this statement to be accepted as [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2054

“A Secret Lost in the Water” by Roch Carrier

It is true that a short story like this, requires a lot of control on the part of the writer, and the writer controlled the entire narration with elements of several symbolisms and figures of [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 581

“Serving in Florida” by Barbara Ehrenreich

Barbara's Ehrenreich's text 'Serving in Florida' can be described as effective in terms of defining the main problems of the American poor through the prism of the personal experience of the author.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 866

Rasism in “No Telephone to Heaven” by Michelle Cliff

This complexity comes even more difficult when the topic of race and identity is involved in literature."No Telephone to Heaven" by Michelle Cliff is the piece of literature dealing with this topic, and the present [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 572

Hamlet And Laertes: A Comparison

Hamlet, shocked by the revelation and shaken to the core by the knowledge of his mother's role in the act, immediately makes his intention clear in the presence of the ghost.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3242

Human Nature in “Lord of the Flies” by Golding

Considering this, the present paper will analyze the validity of the given statement by drawing on the experiences of characters in Lord of the Flies and evaluating the conditions in which they lived.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 905

“Dance of the Dead” by Richard Matheson

Although the story mostly belongs to the science fiction genre, its central scene is focused on horror, and more specifically, the horror of the unknown that is emblematic of the dark fantasy genre according to [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1127

Wordsworth’s Vision on Childhood and the Basic Themes

As a result, the poet refers to the representation of the Fall, the metaphor that allows Wordsworth to render the transition between youth and adulthood, reason and emotion, gain and loss, experience and innocence.
  • 5
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2157

The Problem of Single Mothers in Dominican Republic

For example, a child brought up by a single mother tends to relate with women in a more comfortable manner than the ones brought up by the two parents. In this light, a father has [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1115

The Downfall of Othello

The properties of Othello are given to Cassio who also assumes position that had been held by Othello The downfall of Othello is evidenced by death of his wife, loss of property and his own [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1687

“Our Time” by John Edgar Wideman

By focusing on the viewpoint of his mother and his brother Robby, John Edgar Wideman was trying to show the feeling that he went through in his life.
  • 5
  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1108

Power and Corruption in Shakespeare’s Plays

Macbeth ascends to the throne, he is determined to hold on to the throne, and so he must get rid of Banquo and his family because the witches had predicted that the throne would go [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2918

O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried”: Literary Analysis

Also, O'Brien seems to exaggerate in his vivid accounts of the experience the soldiers in the war. This collection of short stories is devoted to a platoon of American soldiers who fight in the Vietnam [...]
  • 3
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1204

“Ceremony” by Leslie Marmon Silko

According to the Ceremony, the word story refers to factors that contribute to the identification of a story. That means how different people usually narrate the same story to her In the novel Ceremony, storytelling [...]
  • Subjects: American Novels Influences
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2740

“Charlotte’s web” by E.B. White

The book gives a story of a spider by the name Charlotte and her acquaintance with Wilbur, the piglet. Wilbur's purpose and his impact on the themes of the book Wilbur is the main character [...]
  • 5
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1387

Themes of the “Adams” Story by George Saunders

In the context of the story "Adams," these actions play an essential role in the life of the narrator, who tries to understand the further deeds of his neighbor Adams and put himself in his [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1099

Poems with Disabilities by Jim Ferris

This is good evidence for the argument of the need to eliminate the issue of ableism. Language evolves gradually, and countering the issue of ableism is a long-term goal.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 579

“The Lamb” by William Blake: A Poem Analysis

The work juxtaposes the concepts of ever-fleeting innocence and the harsh reality that comes with experience and, hence, makes use of such literary devices as antithesis pairing certain poems in the collection like The Lamb [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 343

“Neighbors” by Raymond Carver: An Analysis

The photos symbolize their neighbor's, Kitty represents the couple's insatiable urge to act s others, and the locked doorknob symbolizes their inability to abandon their lifestyle.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 189

“The Other Shore” Play by Xingjian Gao

Despite the many themes that can be highlighted in The Other Shore, it should be considered primarily in the context of the cultural and political events in China at the time of writing this work.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 859

Realism and Naturalism in American Literature

In the earlier decades, realism was not the dominant literary style in the US but became more influential and important to a famous novelist in the US.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1198

Love in a Fallen City

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the strategies that the author uses to depict the characters. According to the author, the conflict between the two characters was a result of the two being [...]
  • Subjects: Romantic Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1151

“Living Like Weasels” by Annie Dillard

However, there is no denying that human beings are not completely divine beings; there are animal instincts in us, like using the five senses to judge our environment and react to it; the desire to [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 846

“A Red, Red Rose” Poem by Robert Burns

Additionally, a certain pattern can be seen in alternating the rhyme of the last word in a line, where in the first two stanzas, the first and the third lines where unrhymed, while the second [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 937

Shirley Jackson’s Short Story “The Lottery”

Although there does not seem to be much of the original materials, practices or meaning of the lottery available to the reader, the degree to which people have become slaves to tradition is emphasized in [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 703

“Woman” the Poem by Nikki Giovanni

A great variety of cognitive metaphors highlighted in the poem outline a great desire of a woman to be loved and gain respect on the part of a man.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1812

The American Dream in Arthur Miller’s Plays

Willy has a distorted vision of the American Dream, and he has such blind faith in this inaccurate vision that it leads to his mental disturbance when he is not able to accept how the [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2776

“Desire Under the Elms” by Eugene O’Neill

Besides all differences between the three sons of Ephraim Cabot, the owner of a large and prosperous farm in New England, they have much in common, and this is hatred, resentment, and envy for their [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1352

Hospitality History in “Hotel” by Arthur Hailey

The author fulfilled the purpose of the book and the needs of the audience, as he described realistic events, created a down-to-earth hero and made the plot thrilling.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1991

Lamb to the Slaughter: Movie vs. Book

In this analysis, it is clear that mood in the two pieces of literature is enhanced by the characters and how they act and speak, the manner in which the author advances the plot and [...]
  • 2.3
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1384

“Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin

In this story, the author examines the theme of race and identity by hiding Desiree's identity. In the story, it is evident that knowing one's identity and origin helps a person connect with the society.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1503

The nightingale and the rose: poem analysis

The following is, therefore, an analysis of the difference in characters between the Nightingale and the lady in the story. This is despite the fact that she knows the boy to a certain extent.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1143

Ethics by Linda Pasten

This discussion looks at the poem' Ethics' by Linda Pasten and seeks to try and gain an in-depth understanding of the reason behind Linda Pasten writing of this poem as well as some of the [...]
  • 2
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1027

Oedipus as a Tragic Hero

By the end of the paper, the reader should be able to identify a strong correlation between Oedipus and the tragic hero outlined by Aristotle in the Poetics.
  • 3.4
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1778

“Song of Solomon” by Toni Morrison Book Analysis

Also, Morrison predicts the importance of Milkman's journey to his southern ancestral home when he states that Milkman's walk in the Not Doctor Street was dreamlike and strange following his quarrel with his father.
  • Subjects: American Novels Writing Style
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1894

Zaabalawi is a symbol

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.
  • 5
  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 644

“Free Union”: An Analysis

This paper is an analysis of the poem to see its surrealistic qualities, to highlight the beautiful way in which the poet depicts the female body, and also to examine how various images used in [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1247

“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou

I choose to analyze the poem from two perspectives that are; a poem denoting the life of Maya through the ups and downs of her life and from a bird's eye view, a poem describing [...]
  • 4.2
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1743

“The Lady with the Pet Dog”: Oates & Chekhov [Analysis]

As aforementioned, the plot of the two versions of this story is the same; the storyline of the two versions carries a clandestine love affair between Anna and Gurov with a happy conclusion where the [...]
  • 3
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 883

Blindness in Oedipus Rex & Hamlet

Therefore, in this play, the sighted like Oedipus and Jocasta are 'blind' to the truth whilst the blind like Teiresias can see the truth.
  • 4.7
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2788

Symbolism in “Sula” by Toni Morrison

One of the most obvious symbols presented in the novel is a large birthmark on the forehead of one of the story's protagonists - Sula Peace.
  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 841

Shelley’s Frankenstein: What It Means to Be Human

The contestation was largely influenced by the Enlightenment led by the philosopher David Hume, who argued that there were different species of people and non-European species were "naturally inferior to the whites".
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 877

“Speech Sounds” by Octavia E. Butler

The author's mood changes the plot, and the choice of characters and setting contribute to a better understanding of the message.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 636

Myths in the “Medusa” Poem by Sylvia Plath

The allusion to the Gorgon Medusa is used to reinforce the metaphor: the mother strangles her daughter with her influence, like a monster with tentacles. The myth is the basis for the poem, which refers [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 338

Stereotypes of Women in “Pride and Prejudice”

In this novel of manners, the author describes the character development of the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet, and depicts the society of late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century England with its values and flaws. One of the [...]
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 995

Requiescat by Matthew Arnold

The music is full of harmony and in the second line, there is a much softer touch to it there is a change of tone and the joyous music slowly ends.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 810

Personal Response to “Looking for Alaska” by John Green

Another interesting character to be considered is Alaska; this girl is very active and cheerful, but at the same time, she is a bit pensive: she speaks about death and life and the labyrinth where [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1677

“The Souls of White Folk” by Du Bois

In the first pages of The Souls of White Folk, the author reflects on the prospects of perceiving white skin color in the nineteenth century.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 313

“Harem Years” Huda Sha’arawi’s Memoirs

In the age of 13 Huda was married to her cousin, Ali Shaarawi. In the beginning of the twentieth century Huda was eagerly trying to unite women of Egypt.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2210

Elements of the Gothic in James’s ‘Turn of the Screw’

In this situation, the nature of the darkness and the element of the sublime reaches much deeper into the human soul, suggesting that the governess cannot see the truth because of the darkness in her [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 14
  • Words: 3969

“Tuesdays With Morrie”, M. Albom’s True Narrative

The certainty of the mystery of this life is properly fathomed in one realizing that this life is short-lived. Tuesday's with Morrie is a lesson for us all that illustrates the beauty of living a [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 566