Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 5

The title "The Shunammite" preempts the details of this particular short story because it is derived from the Bible in the book of 1 Kings 1:1-4.

One of the prevalent techniques Hoagland uses throughout the poem to explain his point of view is the metaphor, precisely the extended metaphor.

Langston Hughes, the author of the poem, was quite a significant person during the Harlem Renaissance a movement for the revival of the African American culture which took place in the 1920-1930s.

Robert Frost's figurative language, tone, imagery, and symbolism are poetic devices that highlight the speaker's emotion and ought to be analyzed for a deeper understanding of his literary work. The symbolism of life and death [...]

Some of the stories that the reader comes to know, about some people or events in the play, come inform of narrations from the minor characters. The minor characters give most of the information known [...]

An important area of work is also the study in conversation with the grieving of the styles of coping behavior that can impede grief and those that can increase the effectiveness of adaptation to the [...]

It is the way of poetry which is mentioned in his "A High-Toned Old Christian Women", poetry which is "supreme fiction" made of "the moral law".

In the poem, the speaker suggests that he is excited and feels comfortable with the sight of a rainbow and likens this to other natural events.

It is present in all lines of the poem, where the heroine expresses and describes her passionate feelings, mystical experiences, and exhausted state at the end of the poem.

Antonia Susan Byatt, in the story "The Thing in the Forest", provides her interpretation of the well-known scenario of encountering the symbolic monster.

Unlike the prologue, which basically foreshadows the story, chapter 1 foreshadows only the synthesis of races, which the author refers to as "mixing".

In the play Antigone, it is an interesting fact that the actions taken by Creon, the King of Thebes, is unsolicited by the citizens of Thebes but hardly anyone has the courage to utter it.

Olds uses enjambment to quicken the pace of the poem, and employs repetition both these stylistic devices are used to denote the rhythm of sex: "How do they come to the / come to the [...]

This scholar says that the mission of Satan was to separate man from God so that he would find his way between the two.

It is stated that the pigs take over the management of the farm and begin making all of the decisions, such as when to harvest the crops and how to distribute the food.

The author demonstrates all the complexities of her intra-familial relationships in detail, and it is impossible not to feel sympathy and empathy.

Cory's swinging of his dad's bat is a symbolic action that represents his desire to fill his dad's shoes, despite the fact that he struggles and is not confident in his ability to do so.

Thus, Louise's feelings are pretty explainable by the fact that she can devote her life to herself with the death of her husband. The realization of this leads her to delight and a feeling of [...]

His works are especially noted for the use of moral allegories tinted with Puritan inspiration and sharing the features of the great Romantic Movement, more specifically with the Dark Romanticism. Loss of innocence is the [...]

Wahl is of the idea that Hermaphroditism is a metaphor that enables Behn to describe the Lesbian desire while Frangos believes that there is a possibility of Clarinda being a hermaphrodite.

The names of places, characters, and events are the same in both the book and the movie. In contrast, in the movie, the story revolves around Bilbo and the dwarves.

The first scene is the best confirmation of the offered claim as searching for love people refuse take it when they have it in their hands. However, being a symbol of destiny, the bell helps [...]

This was an indication that although his faith had started to change, he still had faith in God. He was able to come out of the holocaust with a stronger faith.

The context in which the book is written is of essence as it helps in connecting the ideas presented by the author as well as the opinions and critics provided by other authors in regard [...]

The second half of the article delves on Thoreau's day-to-day activities in the house in the woods, his experiences during trips to the town and the people he encounters.

In the essay, Wallace examines the racism in the novel in a bid to protect the African Americans from "mental cruelty and harassment depicted in the novel.

Maus, through the comic, explains the Holocaust through his father's experience, and we see that it was not an easy place to come out because of the horrors and mistreatment in the concentration camps.

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.

In the times gone by, there was a period when scholars and knowledgeable people on the whole, tended to assume the primary half of the eighteenth century as the "Age of Pope".

This essay will consider the relevance of the topic introduced by Saunders and provide actual historical examples that support his hypothesis."The Red Bow" starts with a group of men going out for a dog hunt [...]

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.

The narrator is also the protagonist, is the wife to the gentleman in the story who is known as Morton. Morton's wife tries to tell the bully not to throw sand at her son until [...]

At the end of the story, the Behrani's son tragically dies and the colonel, overwhelmed with pain and frustrated with his fate, decides to kill his wife and himself.

The story of Ama Aidoo In the Cutting of a Drink tells about gender inequality, which is expressed in the clash between the typical values of rural residents and the values of people living in [...]

It is a horrifying story told from the point of view of a dying Negro slave, who is standing at the place where the first band of pilgrims landed in search of liberty.

The Vietnam War found a profound reflection in the literature and poetry of the country's citizens, affected by the continuous loss of lives and the division of the country into North and South Vietnam.

The style is especially evident in the analysis of the governess, one of the main characters in the book."The Turn of the Screw" is a narrative about a governess who is tasked with the responsibility [...]

This arrangement contradicted their tradition in the sense that Rama was the one to assume power after his farther because he was the eldest son."Instead of being crowned king of Ayodhya, Rama was sent into [...]

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 [...]

In the first verse, Marvel Andrew expressed how he would be devoted to the lady by dedicating indefinite quantity of time to the woman.

However, one realizes that she is voiceless in the novel, which highlights the insignificance of role of women in Heart of Darkness.

The lead character is the hero Harry Potter, a famous wizard whose adventures are the central focus of the book and the movie.

The primary assertion in the novel is that the cost of this stability is the loss of individuality, creativity, and genuine human connection.

With the support of his wife Nancy, this energetic and modern man decides to transform the school into a modern one by planting beautiful gardens on the fields and closing a path that villagers use [...]

The disabilities of the younger brother do not prevent him from admiring the world, while the elder brother is inclined to show more pride, and these differences form the basis of the story.

The foremost ideological thesis, which defines Brzezinski book's practical implications, can be summarized as follows: ever since 75% of world's population and of world's natural resources are located in Eurasia, and ever since Eurasia generates [...]

It is because in the past when Wordsworth was a boy, he was able to see the nature around him through the prism of innocence, but upon revisiting the Abbey, he grew older and became [...]

According to Aristotle, the tragic error is the main manifestation of a tragic hero and it sets out the basis of his fate.

The story is set in the 1890s. In the meantime, Mina is writing to her friend.

The reader can interpret starting lines as the response to the question of the priest in the wedding ceremony about the reasons preventing the couple from getting married The structure of the phrase "Let me [...]

But at the same time, there is a sense of controversy because of the unordinary nature of the title and the way the words are related to each other.

The characters Mommy and Daddy are ignorant of Grandma and her needs, from her introduction to the stage to her eventual demise.

For instance, his works are very rich in the English language and are a good source of learning the language. The dramas are not in the same category as Shakespeare who is clearly in a [...]

Theodore Dalrymple, in his work "The Frivolity of Evil", argues that most of the misfortunes that people face throughout life arise from the realization of the consequences of the actions.

The story 'The Tale of two Cities' written by Charles Dickens is considered to be dedicated to the disclosure of French Revolution period; it is the classic work representing the archetypal characters through the concepts [...]

It is worth mentioning that the nineteenth century was a period of intensive upheaval of American Indian tribes, which was caused by the danger of disappearance of oral traditions because of the fragmentation of Indian [...]

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.

However, in exploring Maggie Tulliver's character and peculiar experiences, Eliot attempts to convey her ideas about the place of a woman in society, giving the character a critical role to play in the novel.

The other characteristic about the presentation of the setting is that the author uses symbols to direct the leader to the theme of the story and the meanings.

Being a good father and an excellent husband, Odysseus did everything he could to return home, however, there were a number of barriers, however, having returned home Odysseus killed all people who wanted evil to [...]

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 [...]

Hemingway does not hide the uselessness of Wilson in the eyes of Margot; she only uses him as a toy, and even after they have sex Hemingway still questions it.

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 [...]

A possible thesis for an essay on this topic could be: "In 'The Wars,' Timothy Findley suggests that adversity plays a crucial role in shaping an individual's identity, as it forces the person to confront [...]

The text of the poem conveys a wide palette of emotions of the author, urging the reader to penetrate the depth of the message.

In the novel Joseph is introduced as the sister of “the illustrious Pamela whose virtue is at present so famous”.

The gathering of the townsfolk to watch its installation showed me that this was a culture that was closely knit and knew how to share in the joy of one another, making it their own.

The format of the poem also serves to create a sense of isolation and disconnection. The swerving described throughout the first stanza is adopted by the mind of the reader and is never fully brought [...]

On the contrary, in terms of the poem, she is a "gun" and rage is part of her being, in so far as it permits her to explode.

First of all, it is the race of the two men. Secondly, the lives Tom and Boo lead have a different level of openness.

The existing residential school system is one of the examples provided in the text as it contributes to the deterioration of the institution of family and the native culture of people.

As the paper reveals, The Aeneid is a political epic that was written with a political agenda to justify the founding of the nation of Rome.

In the end, Cinderella marries the prince in the ultimate triumph of her pious beliefs and acts of good over evil, and she goes to the very top of the socio-economic ladder.

In the contemporary world, the West views the East in terms of oil and Islam. Occident reporters and scholars misrepresent the East and, therefore, propagate the notion that it is the moral duty of the [...]

It should be mentioned that the story is the discussion of the reaction to the event and the characteristics of one hour in the life of Louise Mallard.

While in some scenes the lights are turned off, towards the end of the play the intensity of light increases especially when Nora is talking to her husband. This is escalated towards the end of [...]

The character development in the story is presented through Emma's realization of the imperfection of the world. Although Madame Bovary as a realistic novel is widely recognized, Flaubert's quest of distortions and illusions lead to [...]

The name of the novel as Frankenstein conceals the major occurrence of the novel, hence, masking the intentions of the writer at first.

The author of the poem makes it clear to the reader that he will talk about a specific living person who is not an abstraction and exists in the physical world.

To begin with, it is evident to the reader that the main character is overwhelmed by the grief and mourning of his father.

The idea that knowledge can be a curse is portrayed because the creature that the protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, has created relying on his knowledge harms himself and his family.

Hamlet kills numerous characters in the play and this goes to show his excessive pride or in other words his sin of pride.

The author uses numerous contradictions to demonstrate the complexity of the images and feelings of the main heroes. Such abundance of appropriate literacy devices helped the author to create a vivid and refined text of [...]

This study therefore identifies there points; in that, Walker seeks to convey the principle that art is a living and breathing part of its origin, a significant cultural possession, and a critique of the postmodern [...]

Though it is hard to define one concrete thesis of Henry David Thoreau's Life without Principle, the point that this thesis somehow connected to money and its power in the world is evident."This world is [...]

The narrator had ups and downs with Sonny, and through the story, there is a significant aspect of racism which is the main focus of this proposal.

The author wanted to show that the strength of the crowd, coupled with a strong sense of habit and tradition, so much clouded the mind that only the victim, left alone against the entire crowd, [...]

This is the technique that Jefferson uses in writing the Declaration of Independence. In using this technique Jefferson enumerates to illustrate the patience of an oppressed people.

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 [...]

Adua, the character in the novel, is a reflection of Igiaba. The political condition in the country forced Adua and her family to flee.

It is possible to compare and contrast two poems, "The Lamb" and "The Tyger", to understand how the poet managed to create evoking and appealing images.

In the context of the time when no one is eager to struggle with blatant violation of a right to be someone, not a philosophical zombie, the protagonist is an expression of freedom of choice.

The main theme in the play is sustained in the play with the sons of Willy attaining their personality from their father.

The fact that her mother could not cope with the loss made Katniss to take the role of the head of the household.

The influence of Tamer and his family, coupled with her experience as a member of the mosque, begin to replace Najwa's family by proxy.

On the one hand, it depends on the person who is telling the story; on the other hand, it is determined by the level of the narrator's awareness.

One of the main ideas in the book is the post-war effects on the well-being of the people. The main idea portrayed in the writing is the theme of loneliness and loss to the loved [...]

For instance, the allusion to the tree as the symbol of the cosmic object, which links the world of the living and the world of the dead, could be seen in the specified items.

In the realm of the virtual world, Haikumom is a mentor that guides people throughout their journey of sobriety, as she is the administrator of the website and has been "clean" for nearly six years.

Towards the end of the story, Mathilde Loise decides to tell the truth to Madame Forestier concerning the necklace and the misery that she had undergone.

When her husband returned home later and tried to cut the bread, the blood poured out of it, making the wife tell about the visit of her sister earlier that day.

The madness is connected to the trouble that befalls the King later in his helpless state as he faces all sorts of mistreatments from the two daughters whom he gives the mandate to run the [...]

These dreams greatly influence the plot of the narrative since the characters perceived that the deities sent the dreams, they needed interpretation because they had a unique revelation, and were able to foretell the future.

Zeus' main weapon was the thunderbolt and he was commonly referred to as the father of men and gods. Zeus had to fight with the remaining Titans and he was able to vanquish one of [...]

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 [...]

The most stimulant reason for the selection of the poem comes from its touchy phrases that explain the need to appreciate and put all the love to the most high, the creator of everything, the [...]

The main purpose of the Gilgamesh myth is to illustrate the weakness of man in the face of destiny. By the time this dream appears in the story, the reader is already aware Enkidu is [...]

Examples of images used in the poem include "...my soul is white", in the first stanza, second line, the part which the author uses the words "...black as if bereaved of light" is also an [...]

He seems to suggest that it is in the nature of women to impress all men irrespective of their social standings.

The "shape with lion body and the head of a man" that haunts the speaker's vision is the poem's central image.

Through symbolism, O'Connor was able to convey the characters' unique features with their names, connection to parents with Hulga's wooden leg, Joy's mindset with her glasses, and Pointer's non-religiousness with the hollow Bible.

Much of the satire derives from these oppositions and from the fact that it is impossible to reliably describe the difference between doubles and opposites."The Nose" treats the seriousness of life with comicality; the author [...]

In the play The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams has written the story of the Wingfield family that lived in St Louis during the 1940s.

The first song, sung in the tavern, at the insistence of Sit Andrew and Sir Toby Belch for a love song, is a recitation of what is going on in the play and it hints [...]

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 [...]

It traces the developments in the boy's life and the changes and compromises he makes in his life. He is the father to the main character, a scholarly samurai, and a journalist.

In spite of the fact that he was one of the greatest men in Umuofia and a leader of his community he was hence not given the burial ceremony that he deserved as an Umuofian [...]

The cadets insist that this is an integral part of the Citadel, that promotes the lifestyle that they want the cadets to follow one of trust in one's fellow man and the sense that everyone [...]

In summation, it is safe to assume that Marvell uses hyperbole to show the almost endearing foolishness and irrationality of love.

As such, Maggie was not against the role of a caretaker at all, and she loved Tom and was, to some degree, submissive to him.