Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 6

Alfred Prufrock is picaresque due to the way it sounds and provides lines of changes appeared to the main character in the poem.

The title of the poem strikes people's attention and gives the understanding what is the main idea of the poem. The peculiarity of this phrase in this very poem is that the author wrote about [...]

Many of the works of Aiken have a reflection on his interests about the psychoanalysis and the progress of identity. However, what the main character did is a mere expression of what he feels at [...]

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.

In this sense, the author manages to inform the audience that Paul is drowning in his thoughts and barely shows his concern for others, thus, showing the depth of his unhappiness.

The idea that the speaker of the poem is the author becomes obvious with the following line, "And I will stand here like a shadow".

By focusing on relationships, the author of the play highlights the impact of deception to unity, love and happiness. Due to the constant practice of deceit among the characters, Claudio believes that Don Pedro is [...]

The dream is a premonition of danger that is ahead; although she dreams after fighting with her friend Tia, it also represents her conscience because her friend despises her during the ordeal. However, the dream [...]

The focus of this paper is to analyze the article, A Romance to Kill For: Homicidal Complicity in Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" published in the journal of Studies in Short Fiction in terms of [...]

However, the most common myth indicates that before creation of the heavens, the sea and the earth were made and whatever existed could only be described as lifeless, disorganized and shapeless matter.

The main character of the story is Sammy, a teenager who tries to rebel against the system and structure of social norms represented in the text in the form of rules and standards typical for [...]

Athena also had to pour a sea fog around Odysseus to protect him, and then she assumed the shape of a little girl and showed him the way to the palace.

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 [...]

The connection between Noah and his mother will be examined to see how the intricacies and constraints of that relationship shaped Noah's character and his vision of the world.

The issue of information through the prism of politics readers can view both at the abstract level and the local level of specific mechanisms in the territories of a country.

Wishing to shed the fetters limited her freedom; at the beginning of the novel, Dellarobia fears not meeting the gender norms of the culture.

The father is also a traitor preparing her daughter to be a killer and selling the life of his matrimonial wife.

The lesson that can be learned through the interface of this Poe's short story is that no one can be trusted due to the lack of background information and deceptive practices.

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.

The analysis of the book demonstrates that lack of family bonding, increased exposure to violence, availability of drugs, and increased tolerance to delinquency can lead to participation in gang activity.

This is where we learn of the magic power of the Monkey's Paw in granting wishes. In the first part of the story, Mr.

However, the speech styles employed by these two characters are not similar but differ from each other in that the style employed by Brutus is one of oration, stoic and is simple and direct to [...]

The father was a burden to him and though at times he was to be good to the son, his deep feelings of hatred towards his father would not be shaken by any good gesture [...]

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 [...]

The poem is written in response to Homer's poem the Iliad, to show the heroic past as opposed to the unenthusiastic situation of the current society.

In addition to that, it is possible to observe the reality of modernism in Miller's work when focusing on the influence of technology and progress on a workplace.

From the suffering of people in Haiti in the wake of several hurricanes that struck them in 2008 to individuals facing hunger and drought in various states of Africa, as well as the war-torn countries [...]

This paper seeks to illustrate the influence alcohol has on a person and the effects it has on the family involved based on the essay Under the Influence.

The Bell Jar is a story of the transformation of a young woman who despises the idea of being servile to men into a person who serves them in order to escape the psychiatric institution [...]

With Eliot's description of Prufrock's thoughts and consciousness, the reader observes that Prufrock's personality and character are a representation of what most people experience as they advance towards old age.

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 [...]

The relationship between the two characters is a depiction of the connection between the wartime generation and the post-war generation. He is faced with the dilemma of exposing her illiteracy to reduce her sentence.

From the reaction of the narrator's father, the story about the rich man and horse seems to relate his life to the narrative that was meant to mock him.

In Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, the main character, Nora is not an intellectual, and spends no time scouring books or libraries or trying to make sense of her situation.

The following paper analyzes William Carlos Williams's story "The Use of Force" to understand the plot and meaning of the narrative to prove that the use of force by the doctor was justifiable.

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 [...]

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.

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.

Her loyalty is seen in the book again, when she is abducted by the demonic Ravana, who is king of Lanka, to avenge his demon sister's disfiguring.

According to Kant's Moral Theory, the act of killing Richard is morally right since Matt's intention was to get justice for the murder of his son. Even though is aware of the guilt of Richard, [...]

Another tragedy in the novel appertains to the difficulties that faced Victor and his family after the creation of the monster.

This is because while the gods are obviously responsible for choosing the path that one's life is to take, it still takes the free will of the involved person to follow that path.

This will be seen through an analysis of the other characters in the play and the values of ancient Greeks. Indeed this central character appears to be at odds with the inclinations of the other [...]

The characters from The Epic of Gilgamesh help to realize a true essence of heroism as a concept and accept heroes as ordinary people, who are able to develop good relations, set goals, and be [...]

The cultural difference between the two families is introduced by the author as a theme describing the role of gender in the community.

The line "It will take a long time to know how it is for you" emphasizes how much the author wishes she could see that person, but, sadly, it will take a while until her [...]

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 [...]

Feminism is a characteristic of most of her works; in this story the feministic voice is overt. And only here, in the middle of the story, the reader comes to understand that a tragedy happened.

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 [...]

At the same time, the story draws a parallel to the uprising itself, with the tyranny of Rip's wife leading him to try and escape, only for this woman to disappear before his return.

By carefully selecting the characters in the novel, Camus can develop a philosophy of absurdity by illustrating that the universe is marred with absurdity as demonstrated by the absurdist opinions of the protagonist, the judge, [...]

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

The women portrayed in the story are Rebekka, the wife of the farm owner Jacob Vaark, Florens, a black slave sold to the farmer, Lina, the Indigenous servant, and Sorrow, the woman with an unknown [...]

Whether it is the fact that the author leads the reader beyond the boundaries of the socially acceptable or makes a cautious warming about the threats that await for the reader in the craziest of [...]

The young soldier in the poem felt that the army personnel and the society at large were aware of the potential dangers that he could face in the war but they still encouraged him to [...]

Raising the issues of de-colonization and the consequences of the political and cultural dependence of the colonized territories, the postcolonial writers criticize the racist inclinations of colonizers and the colonial rule in general.

The use of horror and humor in "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe is one of the literary features that the author uses to constructs the story.

Indeed, as the old lady in the story dies, the last ray of hope for the world to stay the way it used to fade away, and the remaining of the past that the family [...]

From the very first lines of the story, the readers can observe the way the narrator perceives the surrounding world and the people.

On the other hand, the speaker in Millay's poem puts across feminine feelings of distress and hopelessness, by being cruel towards her heart.

This paper will discuss the different attitudes adopted by four poets towards war."The Charge of the Light Brigade" is a poem that talks about the Crimean war.

At the end of this fairy-tale, she agrees to marry him, which breaks an evil spell that transforms a young and handsome prince into a monster."The Beauty and the Beast" is the representation of the [...]

Woodfield is in the stage of depression in his grief, he loses his son and suffers a stroke. Woodfield and his former boss are in the stages of depression and acceptance, where Woodfield feels restricted [...]

It is not a very active story because the woman, Elisa Allen, spends her day engaged in very simple activities and only leaves the space of her garden and home toward the end of the [...]

Overall, after the analysis of the poem, a conclusion can be made that the poet's tone in it is characterized by a shift of mood from sadness and regrets of childhood to understanding his father's [...]

The notion of time in The Sound and the Fury is characterized by a subtlety. The most chaotic and fuzzy sense of time is observed in Benjy's narration.

In the epic of Gilgamesh, it is indicated that there was a ruler who ruled the land of Samaria very many years ago.

The analysis of the story "The Gift" is to be concentrated on the identification of the key concepts, elements and stylistic devices, used in the author's writing for the successful representation of the main idea.

In the lead-up to the passage to be analyzed, Iago has tried to turn Brabantio, Desdemona's father, against Othello by letting him know his daughter is "making the beast with two backs" with the Moor.

The story of "The White Heron" is a story of a young girl as she experiences enlightenment through her connection to nature.

Solitude is the main theme of the novel, and Jose Arcadio Buendia, the founder of Macondo, is the first great solitary.

The stories tend to explore the delicate issues of cultural diversity and cultural assimilation of the characters in the stories which she shares up to the present.

Vasudeva, the ferryman and the river act as the best teachers for Siddhartha in his pursuit for enlightenment; however, one cannot undermine the role played by his own father, the Samanas, Kamala, Kamaswami and Buddha [...]

This paper provides a discussion on changes in the young woman's character, addressing her salient traits that remain the same and outlining the differences in her personality across time and media.

The poem describes the shore of the English port of Dover, which the poet visited during his honeymoon in 1851. The image of water shows the analogy to the life in England that could be [...]

Swift does conduct some math to establish the number of miscarriages, deaths, and the number of children born in a year.

Most of the play is dedicated to investigating the nature of people's feelings, trying to "plant seeds" where nothing will be able to grow, becoming a metaphor for the life of the main character as [...]

The power of this short story is not only in the beauty of portraying human beings but also in the way it scrutinizes attitudes to and perceptions of life, the present and the past, love [...]

Thus, this reflective treatise analyses the poem composed by Sappho on the significance of the era of composition and the bigger picture intended by the poet.

In The Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald documents these changes through an in-depth exploration of cultural changes such as the rise in consumerism, materialism, greed for wealth, and the culture of loosening morals in the 1920s [...]

Father felt that he was not able to raise the children properly, and he thinks that it is extremely shameful. The best way to interpret this story is that the father has made a decision [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

At the very beginning of the novel called The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, the author explains the meaning of fuku "...generally a curse or a doom of some kind; specifically the Curse and [...]

For contemporary audiences yet delight in the satire of Lysistrata, the farcical comedy of manners in which the themes of national war and peace, and yes, even war and peace between the sexes, all receive [...]

After spending some time in this neighborhood, Nick finally attends Gatsby's exuberant parties only to realize that Gatsby organizes these parties to impress Daisy, Nick's cousin, and wife to Tom.

Sasha as the name of the young woman goes is in her mid-thirties and has serious issues that have pushed her to consult the services of a therapist.

It can be argued that the authors had technically juxtaposed tradition and change thus leaving it to the readers to point out the good and bad element of both the tradition and the change.

The narrator watches Sonny playing the piano in the club and concludes that this helps him deal with frustrations he has experienced in his life.

Even without the name of the main character, the audience can tell how she behaves and relates with others, which brings out the imbalance of power that exists between men and women particularly when it [...]

While discussing the main characters, one is to keep in mind that the creator of the monster Victor Frankenstein and his creature are the principal figures of the novel.

This paper intends to explore the identity of the author and the critical figure of speech as well as the overall theme that is being discussed in the poem.

Nonetheless, he goes on to murder the king and his character takes a turn for the worst as he kills the chamberlains who would give witness of the king's death and he claims he killed [...]

In the line "It's the kind of thing that shakes a person to their core and never quite leaves them," trauma is manifested by showing the impact of the disastrous event on the character.

The supernatural was an aspect of the plot structure used to add tension and drama to the occurrences and situations and manifested in various ways. To conclude, the owl and raven were utilized as omens [...]

Espinosa discovers through the archive readings that Gutres are prone to "the rigid fanaticism of the Calvinist and the superstitions of the pampa Indian".

Among the things, the novel implicitly refers to the age-old nature vs.nurture debate about whether one's personality is defined by the inborn qualities or the upbringing one receives in the course of one's life.

The novel demonstrates the importance of books and the threats of media by depicting changes that occurred in Montag's worldview throughout the plot.

The author intends to put himself and his companion to the test by traveling to six cities of the US in the conditions of uncertainty and social rejection.

The first script of the play was written and acted in French at the Royal Court Theatre. The title of the play is symbolic of the chess game.

His greatest objective is to carry out the spreading of the revolution and to bring in the improvement of the general welfare of all the animals on the farm.

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 [...]

As he comes to understand the difference between his servant's and his family's views on life, Ivan begins to realize that he has lived a life of moral death, a life empty of everything save [...]

The parents and grandparents as well the predecessors on the whole are the bearers of people's identity and genealogical background. The points intend a reader to pay attention to those times when a man is [...]

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.

The setting of the book is most frightening and otherworldly, and the narrative is full of vivid descriptions of unreal places and characters the protagonist meets.

Although the plot is different in each of these poems, both Annabel Lee and The Raven share the themes of death and lost love, as well as the symbolic language.

This essay aims to explore the elements of defamiliarization that are evident in the two works and to summarize the points to show how the use of this technique differs in the stories.

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 [...]

At the beginning of the poem, Arnold has used the sight of sea scenery, where the reader is introduced to a 'calm and relaxing sea'.

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

This is one of the aspects that can be distinguished. This is one of the points that can be made.

She narrates how being in the forest to sway his love is more of a drama and effect that she needs to beg him to love her.

The novel emphasize on the encounters of the pre-colonial Africa and the effect of British colonialism during the 19th century. Gender disparity is clear in this village and the crimes are identified with gender where [...]

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.

Coleridge utilizes personification to make the audience have a visualization of the nature of the scene and the character in the play, the device is also used to breathe air into the poem.

She is one of the main antagonists in the plot, and she is directly involved in the lives of the main characters.

Edgar died in Baltimore and the cause of his death was not clear. Edgar, in his element, overcame challenges and established a literary legacy that has stood the test of time.

It is expressed through the eyes of a young girl, the persona, who tries to grapple with the disturbing memories of her late father. The disillusionment on the part of the persona is begotten by [...]

The reader is captivated from the very beginning of the story, as it is similar to the beginning of the famous Star Wars.