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Feminist Criticism of Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl”

By applying the literary theory of feminist criticism to this work, it can be proved that the author emphasizes the inferior role of women in society, their oppression, and the problems of gender inequality.
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 416

“The Wolves” Play by Sarah DeLappe

Before the last game, the mother of the deceased girl approached the girls and made a delirious speech about her daughter and the team's cohesion.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 957

Olivia’s Identity in The Woman of Colour by Anonymous

The character of Olivia, the protagonist of The Woman of Colour, is innovative for the literary process of the Regency epoch in the British Empire, posing many hitherto unasked philosophical problems.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3500

“Popular Mechanics” by Raymond Carver Review

In the case of the story, the sacrifice was the baby, the most precious individual in both parents' lives. In other words, the author uses the description of the external environment in order to set [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 573

“Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 750

“The Soul Selects Her Own Society” by Emily Dickinson

Choice according to the presentation involves selection of the likings of the individual while also locking out the rest."Then shuts the door," illustrates the theme of exclusion, closure of the door. The presence of chariots [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 899

“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

“Morning Song” by Sylvia Plath

The respiration and heartbeat of the baby that has been metaphorically compared to a timepiece, begins with a slap on the foot soles by the midwife.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1209

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

America Is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan

Carlos Bulosan's novel America is in the heart is born from the hostile environment to which the writer was exposed, from his childhood years to the time the novel was published.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1103

Analysis of Robbie Burns’ Poetry

It is a tribute to the honesty and faithfulness of the peasant to master and to God. It shows the value that Burns placed on family, and most of the poem is spent telling us [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1523

The Dystopian Societies of “1984” and Brave New World

The three features which are discussed in this respect are the division of the two societies into social strata, the use of state power and control over citizens, and the loss of people's individualities.
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2298

“The Swamp Dwellers” by Wole Soyinka

The swamp dweller "talks about the urban and remote society, the confrontations between the older and younger people, the battles between the old and the new in the society, love for modernism, the existence of [...]
  • 1
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1123

The Poem “Model Village” by Carol Ann Duffy

The language used in the poem sound like, an adult is explaining the details of a model village to a child and the voices in the poem represent a village community.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 615

“The Most Dangerous Game” a Story by Richard Connell

"The Most Dangerous Game", a short story written by Richard Connell, is one of the first literary pieces to tell the tale of human hunting a subject highly popularized in the contemporary popular culture.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 834

Frankenstein & the Context of Enlightenment

The public was becoming more and more involved in the debates being waged, particularly as newspapers and other periodicals became more prevalent with the introduction of the printing press, introducing and maintaining widespread discourse in [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1568

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

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

Young Goodman Brown Setting Analysis, Symbolism, & Characters

The setting in The Young Goodman Brown influences the development of plot and character. It illustrates how Hawthorne's setting and symbolism of the Young Goodman Brown contribute to the meaning of the entire piece.
  • 5
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1007

Charles Dickens’s Childhood Experiences

The secret of his popularity is that Dickens keenly felt the changes in the life of England, and was an expression of the hopes and aspirations of thousands of people.
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1414

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

Realism in the Poem “The War Prayer” by Mark Twain

The poem is an example of realism, as it reveals the truth of war, describes events on the battlefields and indicates the consequences of armed conflicts. The image of the war and its consequences in [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 382

The Novel “Brooklyn” by Colm Toibin

The American Dream plays a role of motivation in Eilis and Tony's ambitions and hard work. This aspect shows the role played by the American dream to work hard and live a wonderful life in [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1237

“Nothing in That Drawer” by Ron Padgett

Additionally, the object that is for is not being found and therefore the search continues repeatedly. The use of "that drawer" suggests the use of choice and effort in evaluating and deciding which drawer to [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 761

“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

“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

Zbigniew K. Brzezinski: The Grand Chessboard

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 14
  • Words: 3737

“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 Black Walnut Tree” by Mary Oliver

The walnut tree, which is the center of discussion, symbolizes the merry fruitfulness of a time when the family was affluent. The poem symbolizes the walnut tree as a remembrance of the father.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 761

A Rose for Emily: A Short Story by William Faulkner

However, in the course of the third part of the story, Faulkner quickly shifts from Miss Emily and Homer conjuring up some form of a relationship to discussing her purchasing the poison.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1134

“Babylon Revisited” by Francis Scott Fitzgerald

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 [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1462

Ken Liu’s “Good Hunting” and The Perfect Match

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.
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 935

“The Lottery” a Short Story by Shirley Jackson

When going over the reactions of the various individuals who wrote to the New Yorker regarding the story, their main reasoning for sending letters to the publication was simply due to the relative "strangeness" of [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 562

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

“An Imaginary Life” by David Malouf

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.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2577

Drama Analysis: A Doll’s House

This paper analyses the position of a woman in society, the aspect of social life as well as the importance of responsibility in the drama A Doll's House.
  • 5
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1938

From the Diary of an Almost-Four-Year-Old

The plot of the poem represents the expression of the world perception and the feelings of the child who has been injured by the soldier and has lost one eye.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 558

To His Coy Mistress

The man's view was that he was in short of time and he was wasting the time he already had. The idea he had was that if they had all the time in the world, [...]
  • 3
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1249

Was Ernest Hemingway a Misogynist? A Sexism

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.
  • 4
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1370

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

Stories Told From a Different Perspective

Stories told from different perspective help to understand that our points of view and the points of view of other characters, including the narrator, are how we see the world and events in it.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 287

The Epic Poem “Beowulf”: Arms and Armor

Beowulf uses all manner of tools to slay and protect himself from being slain, and the poet constantly compares the hero to the monsters he fights. Beowulf's three great battles are the most prominent: the [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 678

“What the Depression Did to People” by Edward Robb Ellis

Nevertheless, the way the facts are grouped and delivered could be conducive to students' ability to develop a clearer picture of the catastrophic downturn's influences on the nation's and the poor population's mentalities.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 750

Richard Bell’s “Stolen”

The style and substance of the content are persuasive, mainly due to the author's utilization of rich archival sources, which significantly solidifies the validity of his assertions and authenticates the narrative. Stolen is a lucid [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1198

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

An Analysis “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes

Harlem Renaissance also referred to as the New Negro Movement led to the evolvement of a new identity of the black culture between the the1920s and the early years of the 1930s.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1087

How Robert Frost’s Poetry Reflected His Life

It was not Robert Frost's life being different which made him and his poetry, but rather, his reaction to life which was different, and his insight and ability to see things and communicate that to [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1671

“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

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

Themes and Culture in Li Bai’s Poetry

This is likely intentional as the tower, and the neighboring lake is a very famous location in China and holds great significance outside the context of the poem.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 852

The Mafioso Poem by Sandra M. Gilbert

The use of free verse demonstrates the reckless life the mafias live after being disappointed in the US: there is not proper organization of lines and sounds in the entire poem.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 646

Grotesque in “A Rose for Emily” by W. Faulkner

One of the most appealing aspects of William Faulkner's short story A Rose for Emily is that the readers' exposure to the main character of Emily Grierson provides them with a better understanding of what [...]
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1144

“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

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

Frankenstein: a Deconstructive Reading

In the story, Frankenstein assumes the position of the creator while the monster is the created being. As a creator who is ready to sail in the glory that his work will bring him, Frankenstein [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2552

The Other Wes Moore

The Source of all the Differences Although he does not categorically state it, it is evident from Moore's account of the two lives that the main point of divergence between him and the second Moore [...]
  • 5
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1176

Defamiliarization in Literature: Examples

Defamiliarization is one of the helpful stylistic techniques of such kind, and this essay shall analyze examples of defamiliarization and the benefits of its usage.
  • 3.6
  • Subjects: Dramatic Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 700

“Everyday Use” by Alice Walker Critical Analysis

By the use of the technique of contrasting the characters and their opinions in the story, the author succeeds in demonstrating the significance of comprehending our present life in relation to the culture that our [...]
  • 3.1
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2187