Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 53

It is interesting to note that while Gilgamesh relish in the use of violence Every-Man depicts violence in a different light.

In this paper, I am going to analyze the use of the above mentioned writing techniques by the famous writer and scientist Eric Schlosser who wrote the preview in Sinclair's book "The Jungle by Upton [...]

The Epic of Gilgamesh and the culture of the ancient Egypt have their own similarities and differences based on the historical events that took place in this cultures and the religious beliefs of the two [...]

In his book "The Unredeemed Captive," author John Putnam Demos depicts a fascinating contest of cultures, featuring the English Puritan Protestants of New England, the Roman Catholics of France and the Native Americans against the [...]

The main issue in the case is the hero's inability to convince the followers the need to change Merrymen's policy of outright confiscation of goods to one of a fixed transit tax in order to [...]

The parable of talents from the Bible alluded to in the sonnet speaks of his fears above his transgressions of the omnipotent will.

It takes a short time to relax with the switching of scenes, but it is eerie to watch the scene unfold and realize that you could have been in the same situation.

The character Prufrock in the poem "love song" represents the same emotions of Eliot. The emotionality and psychological masterwork of language is like magic in the poem.

Important is the fact that the death is personified in the poem and has the role of the gentleman. The death is presented as a powerful element of the poem and of the narrator's life [...]

Through the dynamic of science itself, a new world-view - a new picture of the nature of the universe - is emerging from the present cultural confusion and is showing the first signs of solid [...]

by Joyce Kilmer I think that I will never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the sweet earth's flowing breast; A tree that looks at God [...]

Nevertheless, while it is emotional, having to deal with death, the pain of losing a son, and having to deal with the sympathy of people around them, the story disguised the emotion of the individuals [...]

Despite her insistence on loathing the false leg and the thick glasses she depends on to see, in the end, Hulga finds she is literally left without a leg to stand on.

Throughout the two stories, Byron's journey to realize is that of self-reflection, thinking, and apprehension, while Nea's journey is that of striving and pushing hard to change the things how they were.

When the Argonauts land at Lemnos and meet the women of the island, Queen Hypsipyle convinces the men to mate with the women so that they can repopulate the island, omitting the fact that the [...]

This paper takes a look at Wayne Johnston's The Colony of Unrequited Dreams in order to examine the use of dialogism in it. The net result is that a believable and vibrant Newfoundland emerges from [...]

The theme of the novel trails two side-by-side running models, one during times of erstwhile racial South Africa where the enthroned President is on the verge of giving in at the hands of the leadership [...]

The change in the woman's organ may be considered a form of mutilation but since it was done for the husband-to-be and in a western context, it was not seen so by Ensler.

For both Hester and for the townspeople, the mere presence of this letter appearing this one time on her dress is enough to mark her as something different from the rest of them and secluded.

Her devotion to the Church and her fervent prayers attract the attention of the nuns who ask her to become a nun and enter the sisterhood.

In this way the birthmark seems to be almost mocking his attempts at changing nature, which is representative of Georgiana's femininity, "Attempting an operation for the removal of the Birthmark.

First of all it is necessary to emphasize, that the novel is written in the epistolary genre, and it is aimed to highlight the protagonist's sorrows.

In the case of Enkidu, he uses his strength to undermine all those going against his will and he is not putting in mind what the results will be to other in the society.

It is a voice that is recognizable with loss and the sequences of the original world, a voice that is both attractive and reliable.

Bradford was the person in charge of accounts, outfitting for the journey and he maintained a meticulous record of the Journey and life in the new land where the Pilgrims made their home.

Sophocles makes use of all these elements in the Oedipus Rex and the fact that the audience is aware of the myth of Oedipus foreshadows his fate in the beginning of the play.

Despite Dee's overwhelming presence, Maggie is the first girl to be introduced in the story as it is she who has apparently helped her mother to make the yard "so clean and wavy yesterday afternoon....

Again, the original rhyme is lost, though much of the original character of the words are intact, due to the close resemblance of Latin and English in much of the inherited vocabulary from French, a [...]

It is mentioned in the story that when she was still younger, she had a bad experience with a "red-faced boy", resulting to her hibernation from the city to the comfort of her grandmother's home.

The Book of Job is part of the Old Testament portion of the Christian Bible and an integral part of the Hebrew Bible the sacred set of books used by Jews.

The difficulty of this evolution is conveyed in the fabric of the narrative, in an ambiguous dependence on the pronoun "he" that occasionally confuses Sarty with his father, mirroring the process by which people are [...]

When Alexander the Great died, Aristotle fled to Chalcis, where he died the following year at the age of about 62 William Shakespeare was a strong adherent of Aristotle in his writings.

Through "Sammy," the central character, the author is trying to show the kind of radical change that was happening in the society in the 60s.

Sometimes it is immense fun to read other's writings."The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write, a man will turn over half a library to make one book".

Sometimes it is immense fun to read other's writings."The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write, a man will turn over half a library to make one book".

He went to a boarding school where he went through one of the most difficult and unhappy phases of his life. He also contributed a lot in the theory of elections.

His work Winesburg, Ohio was written in 1919, the story portrays a small town Winesburg in the heart of the United States depicted as a prototype of the American ideal that started disappearing in the [...]

A contemporary "realistic" novel, Simpleton provides the essence of the society of the Thirty Years' War, primarily describing the social communication of the peasantry with the nobility and the army, and also, both groups' interaction [...]

In the innocent beginning, just the sound of the nine dollars thrown on the wooden door by her yet unseen husband makes Missie May "grin...with delight" anticipating the picking up of the money, the mock [...]

Then in the magic of puberty, a classmate said: You have a great big nose and fat legs. In the casket displayed on satin she lay with the undertaker's cosmetics painted on, a turned-up putty [...]

Her assumed insanity was to be expected after all the things she has endured the loss of a mother while growing up, the death of a father, the sudden loss of a charming way of [...]

The events in the book are set in the background of the lavish and beautiful plains of Iowa, and the title of the book The Black Soil refers to good quality farmland found in this [...]

Thousands of years ago people knew that the Earth is flat, hundred years ago people knew that the Earth is the center of the Universe, at present, people think that they may be not the [...]

Through the eyes of a schizophrenic patient of the hospital named Chief Bromdens, the author traces the development of friendship between McMurphy and some of the people undergoing treatment, as well as shows the opposition [...]

The novel suggests closure through its exploration of the tragedy of Pecola, mediated within the frame of the Dick-and-Jane story, and its evocation of the marigold symbol to signify Claudia's passage from ignorance to knowledge.

While reading such books as "The Communist Manifesto" by Karl Marx, "On the Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin, "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African" written by [...]

The novel gained attention because of its style of being a novel within a novel Another reason it was famous was the use of an omniscient narrator that spoke to the readers directly to discuss [...]

Clearly modeled on the example of the British women's "Affectionate and Christian Address" and published on the eve of the Senate vote on the Nebraska bill, Stowe's "Appeal" urged women to action: "Women of the [...]

It is important that women recognize their importance as leaders in the preservation of freedom of choice and of the evolving dynamic of the interconnectedness of life. In a patriarchal society, the woman is subjugated [...]

Enraged and hurt, he is mistaken in his judgments about Desdemona, it is anger that he is moved by and not his sound mind. Actually, Othello's anger is an outcome of his jealousy.

Katie has a cynical view of the self-righteous concepts of Good News and David. She cannot abide by the concept of goodness which is prevalent in David and Good News.

The main part I like the most is the beginning of the novel when Jane Austin introduces Emma and her surrounding.

This story is a part of many that form the book. The play of culture is a part of the character's mind and is reflected in the environment around him as well as the reactions [...]

The period of Du Fu's youth, which corresponds to the early years of Emperor Xuanzong's reign, was one of widespread peace and prosperity, a golden age in the annals of Chinese culture.

Other female writers such as Charlotte Perkins Gilman in "The Yellow Wallpaper", wrote more specifically about the female problem from the other side of the equation what happens when a woman finds herself unable to [...]

Only in recent decades have U.S.historians begun seriously to evaluate the mobilization of women and to consider the ways in which relations between men and women changed in the era of the American Revolution.

Although the specific elements of the religion of the mostly pagan society of the composer of Beowulf around 1000 AD is fundamentally different from the Christian religion of Alfred Lord Tennyson who wrote Morte D'Arthur [...]

We can see the world through the eyes of the white boy, Huck, who is the narrator. They just lose the ability to see things not the way they are said to be, but the [...]

It is widely understood that Mary Shelley wrote for the female public, even though she originally wrote the novel on a wager among friends."She fitted character and plot to the tastes of the public, especially [...]

Verloc is a particularly unique spy character because he fails where the traditional spy succeeds, and lacks the strength and wit of the spy we are familiar with.

In her book, "Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World," author Linda Hirshman debates that looking after the house and the "choice" to sacrifice work and career to look after the children [...]

The reader of this story can feel the emotions of the author and maybe even a piece of his heart because this novel shows the adventurous character of Steven Heighton and his admiration as to [...]

The novel also shows that the character, Venichka, was well educated and very religious but because of the society, he was forced to drink to exploit his creativity. The book encourages drinking in the society [...]

The cruelty of the revolution and the Taliban regime brought not only a lot of changes and sufferings to people's lives but also provided the literature world with significant masterpieces filled with pain and difficulties [...]

The critics of such book as "Animal Dreams" by Barbara Kingsolver have different opinions on the idea of the theme of this story and on the analysis of its characters, probably, because of the events, [...]

The unplanned overnight stay of King Duncan and his entourage at Macbeth's castle precipitates Macbeth's first fateful decision: to murder King Duncan and clear the way for the witches' prophecy to come true.

It is a certain kind of a code with the help of which the reader can decipher the author's message, the indirect way of emphasizing some facts referred to in the narration or alter the [...]

But essays like those covering Russia, the 1848 revolutions, German Romanticism, and Russian populism, although brightly weaven, they are of historical interest than relevant to the contemporary metastable angst condition.

In conclusion, due to the fact that slaves are treated inhumanly and because slavery makes Southern white society savage, cruel, greedy, and lazy, we feel that it should be abolished.

Social oppression of Hamlet as the talented representative of descending class undeceives that there is not only a death that menacing to Hamlet, but also social injustice, "the whips and scorns of time, the oppressor's [...]

The family adjusted to the codes of conduct in the camp, and Tom even managed to find a job picking fruits at a local farm.

Shakespeare's creativity is the top of the English Renaissance and the maximum synthesis of traditions of the all-European culture. The variety of Shakespearian works is worth paying attention to.

In looking at the tone of the two poems, the humor in Roethke's poem sharply contrasts with the seriousness, almost desperate tone of Thomas's poem.

In addition, Hrothgar is aware of the dangers of power that Beowulf is likely to encounter during his lifetime and seeks to warn him of them, indicating a distinct difference between the moral conscience between [...]

In Bacchae, the denying of the irrational as Pentheus did leads to the demise of personality and society since denying the irrational is denying life itself and encircling it in the 'second nature' which leads [...]

In the second half of the poem, the speaker revealed that hating her body was bought about by a man, "who plays the dual role of savior and destroyer in the woman's life".

This poem, like most of the Cummings' other poems, exists, quite meaningfully exists, in both form and content. Indeed, the form both encapsulates and expounds the meaning of the poem.

The Divine Comedy, written by Italian writer Dante Alighieri between approximately 1308 and his death in 1321, is commonly regarded as the most well-known epic poem of Italian literature and is seen as one of [...]

The period of Renaissance humanism, of which Pico was a major pre-cursor, also explores the same enlightenment, the splendor, the marvel and the wonder called man. Dust is what he will turn to and to [...]

As depicted in the book "The Story of the Stone" by Cao Xuegin, the Chinese society was divided into wealthy families who lived as they want and poor families who worked hard to earn the [...]

In this piece of Wolfe's, "the right stuff" as it is referred to is what Wolfe believes is morally correct or prudent in terms of what our children and people of the world in general [...]

The most comprehensive part of the book is a description of the Polish and Lithuanian invasion under the lead of Lgedimitrius and Godunov's and his family's death as the result of Lgedimitrius coming to power.

In asking her to perform this task, she places the white woman in a position of servitude that is assigned to African-Americans.

Memory knots, as the term, have been employed to refer to sites of humanity, sites in time, and sites of physical matter or geography.

In Containing Women: Reproductive Discourse in the 1980s by Valerie Hartouni's the idea of importance of metaphorical link between the heart of the would-be mother and her child is the leading one: "Situated in opposition [...]

In case of the abovementioned Swift's work it is the problem of poverty and other social problems of Ireland of the 18th century.

In this example, death is in the middle of the circle, and is, hence in the power of the person because death settles on to impede, whether the person is pleased with it or not.

In Araby, the development of theme resembles the archetypal myth of the quest for a holy talisman such as Sir Galahad's quest for the Holy Grail, such as James Joyce's looking for the lost light [...]

The greatness of his writing is the ability to combine a realistic and unsparing evaluation of both the contemporary failings and the structural weaknesses of democracy with a full statement of its spiritual potential.

It comforts the reader by assuring that death is not the end; it is the continuation of Life. Death is the continuation of the journey".

The poem is about the feelings of the person who is dying. The Fly is annoying him because he is ready to die, and the Fly distracts from the thoughts about death; it is an [...]

Borneman proposes readers an exiting and vivid description of the war of 1812 which led to consolidation of the nation and 'forged America's national identity.' Borneman analyzes the major events of the war and discusses [...]

Thesis Human existence and purpose of life were considered unimportant because the human soul had a divine nature, thus, they were afraid of death as an unknown state of human existence.

The main difference lies in the characters of Odysseus and the cursed girl "Sadako" in 'Ring.' Odysseus, after going through a hardship of ten years, still opt a normal human life and rejected the idea [...]

She was introduced to the library of her grandfather and thus developed a fondness for books. Thus it is no wonder that one of the major themes of Sor Juana's work is knowledge and, in [...]

His shift in language, from the discussion of Oliver and what he was doing and thinking to a consideration of what we must do, signifies the switch from the simple narration of the story to [...]

The 'Theme of this book could be suitably applied in the modern days, where there is a serious drift/immigration to The West and European countries in the quest for a greener pasture.

The humanist movement began in Italy and gave shape to the Renaissance, the new age of interest in the arts, education, and the classics of ancient Greece and Rome.

It is not difficult to realize that Hawthorne's intention in "Young Goodman Brown" is to force the reader to experience the temptations which Brown himself must endure and that he is made to see the [...]

At the beginning of the play we see a very depressing room, and the disarray of the kitchen is one of the classic signs of depression.

On the other hand, to hypothesize and expand the concept of Heaven, it was first necessary to create a general framework of life after death and specify such issues as admissions to the various parts [...]

They made the readers become witnesses of the rights abuses under the rule of Pinochet, the transition to democracy made in Chile, and the democratic government's response to the rights abuses in the past.

His pride in his role is evident in the words he speaks in which he seems to be almost condescending to them for appealing to other forces than himself in their burning of incense to [...]

In Wilbur's poetry, signs of recurring impatience have been traced with the materialism of the metropolis and the redemptive vision of a regionalist culture wedded to the soil.

The present paper looks more closely at "Men in the Sun" and "The Land of Sad Oranges" and argues that the symbols physical disability and road point to the helplessness and powerlessness of the Palestinian [...]

In sum, the contemporary Irish drama is shaped by the theme of trouble which helps an author to create a story conflict and underline a search for self and unique personality.

In detailing the costs associated with building his home, including such notes as the use of refuse shingles for the roof and sides and the purchase of two second hand windows, he rails against the [...]

The difference between the two women appears to be that while Ruth is an active maker and creator of her destiny, Hero more passively suffers her misfortunes and allows other people to devise schemes that [...]

In High School, my only claim to "literary acclaim" was a short poem that got published in the school paper, probably due to a lack of contributions from other students.

In some ways, Alice resembles the ideal female character of the period, but there are also several ways in which she breaks the mold, such as in her willingness to assert herself and her ability [...]

Because of the scandal of his conception, he was sent to Athens and raised in the temple of Athena where he learned Athenian concepts of Law and Justice.

One of the functions of the double vision is to offer an escape from reality, and one of the forms this escape often takes is the pastoral.

Beauvoir regards women as human beings but women are always portrayed as the 'other' opposite to a man."A man is in the right in being a man; it is a woman who is in the [...]

The use of language and stylistic techniques enriches the suspense and horror of the actions being described. For instance, in The Masque of the Red Death, the prince is depicted as a madman who enjoys [...]

In a combination of short chapters, Sophie comes into New York where she gets to know about her mother, forms social contact with her mother's new boyfriend, Marc, and figures out that she was the [...]

And as by sadness, you came into the world, your name will be called Tristan; that is the child of sadness,".

Finally, her description of the man she married as the model of her father indicates his deep cruelty because he has a "love of the rack and the screw".

The image of the mermaid also signifies the fear that dominates the youth and all the people that live in this Midwestern town.

The plot of the novel suggests that Jane makes certain attempts to investigate on the problem of using meat as it affects the health of individuals and especially the reproductive organism of the women is [...]

A peculiar feature of the passage is that instead of revealing the distinctive features of African Americans, the author concentrates on the fact that the distinction between the races in the American society is dependent [...]