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“How to Talk to Girls at Parties” by Neil Gaiman

The present paper shows that the theme of coming of age is developed in the short story through the parallelization of girls to aliens and through the growth of the main characters' understanding that the [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 740

The Heroism of Othello

He is a tragic hero because of how he fits the mold, with the single difference that instead of pride, Othello is unwise in his placement of loyalties.
  • Subjects: Romantic Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 953

The Poem “Persimmons” by Li-Young Lee

The main theme of the poem is the variety of the world's elements, all of which have their meaning. The first stanza of the poem implies that the author is in the sixth grade.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1123

“A Father’s Promise” a Story by Donnalynn Hess

Driven by the promise of his father, Jakob, to be reunited after the war, the main character of the story finds it indispensable to rely on God, for only He is able to lead the [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 641

Literature Comparison: A Raisin in the Sun and A Dream Deferred

Despite the seeming difference in genre, stylistic choices, characters and settings, the novel Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and Langston Hughes' poem A Dream Deferred have a lot in common; in fact, one [...]
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  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 848

Responsibility as a Theme in Frankenstein

In sum, through the character of Victor, Shelley portrays that a person matures when he can accept responsibilities for his actions and their consequences.
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  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 665

Role of Women in Twelfth Night and Hamlet by Shakespeare

Purpose of the research The purpose of this study is to compare specific women characters in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and Hamlet and to explore their similarities in terms of their passivity, relationships with other characters [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2527

The Journal of Albion Moonlight

The rest of the book consists of chapters of the novel along with journal notes that record the events of the journey and make comments on the novel. The Journal of Albion Moonlight is, on [...]
  • Subjects: American Novels Writing Style
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1241

A Family Supper

The relationship between the author and the parents is strained because of the author's decision to move to California, as explained in the story where the author states, "My relationship with my parents had become [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 812

The Literature of the Renaissance Period

The main features of the Renaissance culture which also determine the elements of the Renaissance literature are the philosophy of humanism, the secular character of the art pieces, and the orientation on the antique patterns.
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  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1383

Short Detective Story

You nabbed them!" "Who?" asked the detective."The time fugitives" said the other man, with a note of deep distaste."They were not content with the domes, the recycled air, the recycled food, the unvarying light and [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2725

Literary Analysis Susan Glespell’s Trifles

It can therefore be justly concluded that Susan Glespell's 'Trifle' is indeed a feminist work and seeks to engage in feminist objectives through the plot and the characters.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 565

The Tent Delivery Woman’s Ride Poem by Mills

Arguably, the central theme of the poem is the personal journey of self-discovery and the events that influence the decisions made on the way. Therefore, she managed to overcome the traumatic experience and return to [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 658

The “Borders” Story by Thomas King

Most of the narrative is devoted to the narrator discussing the motives and behaviors of other characters, especially his mother and sister.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 405

The Poem “The Spoiler’s Return” by Derek Walcott

As such, Walcott projects the theme of corruption by denoting the Spoiler's return in a suit as representative of the powerful people in society that have emerged from hell to bring terror to the Trinidadian [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 304

The Belief in the Legend of King Arthur

The nature and the story behind these heroes vary depending on the beliefs of the people in that society and what the hero represents.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 551

“The Monkey’s Paw” by Jacobs

When they are presented with the monkey's paw, they ignore the warnings and refuse to get rid of the wish-granting item. The consequences of whishing on the monkey's paw do not hesitate to knock on [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 550

“Heaven” by Cathy Song, an Asian Writer

Since her grandfather worked on the railway, the poet imagines that their household was similar to the untamed West of the past and that he never imagined that this would be the place where he [...]
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  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 843

Concepts in “Dude” by Scott Kiesling

Scott Kiesling focuses on the address term dude in the article Dude, whereby the term's pattern of use, meanings, and functions are highlighted.
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 386

Pride and Prejudice: Mrs. Bennet

Bennet cares for her daughters and husband, despite the ways she chooses to show her thoughtfulness that is often improper or inconsiderate, which makes her a good wife and mother.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1142

“Obasan” by Joy Kogawa

These events form a background to demonstrate the process of identity development of the later generations of the group through the protagonist Naomi and her brother Stephen.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1781

The Truth about Stories by Thomas King

These sections are titled in such a way not by chance as they help for people to understand themselves, to identify themselves in the world, the sections of the book help to relate people to [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1407

Impressions of an Indian Childhood

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 [...]
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  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1173

“Adua” the Novel by Igiaba Scego

Adua, the character in the novel, is a reflection of Igiaba. The political condition in the country forced Adua and her family to flee.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1666

Pat Mora’s “Gentle Communion” Poetry Explication

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1404

“The Lady, or the Tiger?” by Frank Stockton

However, once the lover of the king's daughter is given the dreadful choice, the princess secretly interferes with the chance and gives the man a hint to open the door on the right.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 599

“The Count of Monte Cristo” by Alexandre Dumas

Having passed through the period of revolution and Napoleonic Wars, connected with the radical changes in the structure of society and shifts in the mentality of people, society entered the new era characterized by the [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2494

Sappho’s Poetry Specific Features

The poem is written in the form of appeal to Aphrodite, the ancient Greek goddess of love, beauty, and sexuality. The poem can be considered exploring homoerotic friendship, as the object of the speaker's love [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 557

The Story ‘Winter Nights’ by Pai Hsien-Yung

It requires the readers to be critical in their analysis of the literature to be in a position to understand the message that the writer is trying to put across.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1975

“Marley: A Dog Like No Other” by John Grogan

John Grogan's international bestseller "Marley: A Dog Like No Other" is suited for children of all ages, and it tells the story of a young puppy, Marley, who quickly develops a big personality, boundless energy, [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 846

“This is Just to Say” by Williams

Some other interpretations of the poem have concerned itself with the apologetic or forgiveness seeking language of the poem and interpret the moral and linguistic pattern of the act presented in the poem.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1139

Orient and Occident: “Orientalism” by Edward Said

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 [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 915

Shakespeare: Hamlet

The scene that is the subject of this report refers to a scene in the play that takes place at the graveyard following the death of Ophelia.
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  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1446

A visit to Grandpas Dylan Thomas

That is the point in the story, where the artist develops the character of the narrator, who is among the characters of the story, and more than that of the artist writing the story, thus [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 1985

Orientalism in Ozymandias and Alastor: When Exotics Meets Wisdom

The Asian world has always been a mystery for the Western civilization; the former lives according its own laws which the European culture conceive completely, envisions the world, its origins and the way its elements [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1344

Elizer’s Struggle to Keep Faith in God

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.
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 557

A Clean and Well-Lighted Place

Further, the paper shall attempt to compare and contrast the main characters of the story, that is, the old man, the younger and the older waiter.
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  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1052

Lady Lazarus Poem by Sylvia Plath’s

Thus, the speaker sees herself as a victim of the doctors just as the Jews were victims of the Nazi in the concentration camps. She used Jew Nazi illusion in the poem to pass her [...]
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  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 658

The Short Story “Borders” by Thomas King

King demonstrates that the erasure of identity and one's desire to forget one's roots can cause racism and oppression of indigenous peoples.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 586

The “Little Fires Everywhere” Novel by Celeste Ng

The themes set the events that led to the fire after Elizabeth Richardson discovers Lexie's secret and her superficial family, making her burn the house to establish a new beginning.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 645

Literary Techniques in “The Dead” by James Joyce

The focus of this paper is to analyze the juxtaposition and symbolism used by James Joyce in "The Dead" to convey deeper themes and meanings."The Dead" is a short story written in 1914 and included [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1390

Irony in The Ransom of the Red Chief by O. Henry

The irony is further exemplified when the two men end up paying the father to take his son back. These instances reveal how the roles of the father and the kidnappers are displayed in a [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 321

“My Country Is a Ghost” Story by Eugenia Triantafyllou

The ghosts in the story symbolize the cultural identity of the migrants in the new country. Thus, the ghost as a symbol of cultural identity shows that immigrants need elements of their native culture in [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 675

Women’s Social Roles in “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid

In the story, the mother is assured that passing on valuable domestic knowledge to her daughter will save her from a life of ruin and promiscuity and empower her to be a productive member of [...]
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 907

The Things They Carried

Therefore, the Lieutenant relives this experience in his imagination, unable to escape these thoughts as a way of dealing with the difficulties and emotional burden of the war.
  • Subjects: Historical Fiction Comparison
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 879

Key Points in “Hard Core” by Linda Williams

In the first chapter of Hard Core: Power, Pleasure, and the "Frenzy of the Visible," author Linda Williams reveals the concepts of "speaking sex" as a feature of pornography and the "knowledge-pleasure" sexuality represented in [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1139

“The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst

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.
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  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1120

“Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri

The plot revolves around the trip of the Das Indian family from the USA to India itself. Kapasi to discover the difference in "interpreting" their national and personal perception.Mr.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 389

“Under Milk Wood” Play by Dylan Thomas

One of the interesting structural points of the play is that narration in the play is being led by two voices: one presenting the listener with the real day life activities of the character and [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 553

The Poem “Domestic Work” by Natasha Trethewey

This attitude of a hard-working woman, well-grounded in her Christian faith and yet longing for a change in her life, is illustrated through the imagery presented, the allusions to religious tenets and the changing meter [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 677

“Am I Blue” Short Story by Alice Walker

The plot of the story, therefore, becomes an argumentative platform for the author to touch on the way the animals are being discriminated upon and how that is more than likely similar to how people [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1050

Women, Friendships, Marriage in Lynn Nottage’s “Poof!”

Maybe Loureen and Florence treat their problems a little differently depending on the fact of having children or the degree to which the husband's attitude can be tolerated. The general opinion about women and their [...]
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 554

Hamlet’s Choice of Fortinbras as His Successor

Choice of Fortinbras is an act to usurp his place as the rightful king and avenge for the injustice done to Fortinbras, as well as him. Another reason could be an act to reconcile with [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 948

Eileen Chang’s Literary Works and Their Influences

Some believe that the literature of the ordinary man should comprise of an unadorned and pure story of the life of the common people as opposed to that of the nobility.
  • Subjects: American Novels Influences
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1417

“The Two-Sen Copper Coin” by Edogawa Rampo

It is impossible not to agree that he reached considerable success in his endeavors."The Two-Sen Copper Coin" is a shining example of Ranpo's ability to tell a story in an exciting and intriguing way, intermingling [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 571

Macbeth and Hamlet Characters Comparison

The queens in Hamlet and Macbeth play a pivotal role in the life of the heroes of the play. She is portrayed as a mother who, in her awareness of Hamlet's crisis, feels guilty and [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1791

Ancient Greek Mythical Characters

The story of Icarus and Daedalus is told in a Roman source, Ovid's "Metamorphoses"; the Isle of Crete was blocked by the order of King Minos, but Daedalus wanted to return to his home, Athens.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 912

Chapter 21 of “A Clockwork Orange” by A. Burgess

The analysis of the overall philosophy of Burgess and the meaning of the novel reveals that the twenty-first chapter plays a crucial role in delivering the main message of the possibility of moral evolution and [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 962

Survival of the Fittest in Yann Martel’s “Life of Pi”

According to the method, the traits that are important for the survival of the organism are preserved and passed on to future generations, while the traits that are not important are eliminated together with the [...]
  • Subjects: Dramatical Novel
  • Pages: 20
  • Words: 5592