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Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Book “The Brothers Karamazov”

The book The Brothers Karamazov by Fydor Dostoyevsky is a must-read Russian novel that was written in the 19th century with an aim of painting the dilemma that the society was facing in its pursuit [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2752

“Pieces”: the Poem Explication

Moreover, the reader can understand the attitude with references to the changes in the poem's tone which is melancholic in the first lines and rather optimistic in the ending lines in order to represent my [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 594

“The Open Boat” a Book by Stephen Crane

The mood in the story is melancholic, partly due to the predicament of the boat and its occupants. According to the description of the boat in the book, there is little space for the sailors [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 831

American Protest Literature: Native American Injustices

Native American protest literature was mostly characterised by non-fictional stories written in the form of autobiographies, short stories and novels that were authored in response to the American society's infringement of the Native American people's [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2918

“The Heart of Darkness” a Novel by Joseph Conrad

As its mission, the European imperialism had the "civilization" of the world and expansion of the Christianity over the conquered nations through the forced introduction of the European administrative powers and its culture.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 896

“Factory Work” a Poem by Deborah Boe

In the first stanza, the poem gives a detailed description of the monotonous nature of the job that the main character does and how it has changed some of her physical aspects.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 595

“It Takes Two” a Book by Cynthia Enloe

In the article, Enloe explains the construction and reconstruction of masculinity by the local military and the US military to maintain the high morale among their soldiers.
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 574

Clive Lewis’ Biography and Books

The renowned author, Clive Staples Lewis, was sired in Ireland in the city of Belfast in the year 1898 on the 29th day of November.
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1983

“I Love Yours for White People” by Lac Su

However, in the pursuit of a better future, the Asian community faced significant resistance on the part of the residents. In the memoir, the author focuses on the eternal confrontation between various cultures leading to [...]
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  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1391

“The Smiling Proud Wanderer” a Story by Jin Yong

With the help of the idea that stands behind each of the martial arts style, and the character that stands behind it, the author manages to convey the specifics of the given character's features and [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1464

Short Story’s Elements and Character Development

According to Poe Edgar Allan, the single effect has a vital role in writing short stories in which any element of a story have to focus on such an effect.
  • Subjects: American Novels Writing Style
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1112

“Breadwinning Daughters” a Book by Katrina Srigley

This paper examines the major tenets of the book and evaluates their significance to the history of Women in Canada. The writer introduces the book to readers by showing how women contributed to development in [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2226

Modern American Plays’ Quotes

That is why Linda's monologue is important to demonstrate the other side of the problem and to draw the men's attention to the fact that Willy should be respected in spite of obstacles and conditions.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1667

Alice Walker and Patricia Smith Works: Literature Comparison

Every society that is characterized by a mixture of racial interfaces is prone to a level of conflict that usually arises when some of the characters in the society esteem themselves as superior by virtue [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2539

Poverty in the Novel “Snow” by Orhan Pamuk

All through, the author creatively captures the attention of the reader without watering down the content and flow of the storyline. The reality of poverty is undeniable in this book.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 829

“Eveline” a Book by James Joyce

Moreover, contrary to the opinion that women cannot provide for the family, it is seen that Eveline uses all her income in the house while the men of the house only give part of what [...]
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1115

“Brides of the Well” a Short Story by Shekhar Kapur

The theme of the short story is hope as the two young girls pertaining to a lower caste hope that their sorrows will end and "the High Caste God's would deliver them a different destiny".
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 580

“Richard II” a Play by William Shakespeare

Hence, the movie review interprets the performances of Fiona Shaw and Ben Whishaw in the third scene in the third act, where they act as King Richard II in the play, Richard II.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1727

Varying Moral Worlds in The Odyssey and Aeneid

Some of the issues that differ between the two societies, as highlighted in the two poems, include marital love, representation of the underworld, the idea of fate, and pride/hubris. It is believed that the intention [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1761

The Metaphor of the Storm in Kate Chopin’s Story

In her short story "The Storm," the American author Kate Chopin portrays her ability to use metaphors in exploring several social and emotional issues affecting women in the 19th century.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1184

“Burnt Shadows” a Book by Kamila Shamsie

Although Kim agreed to help Abdullah cross the Canadian border to escape from the FBI because of the tries to overcome biases and state justice, the woman decided to inform the police about the escape [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1948

Taming One’s Id in Yann Martel’s “Life of Pi”

The novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel is a captivating chef-d'oeuvre that features three main parts, which follow the life of Pi and a tiger that is referred to as Richard Parker.
  • Subjects: Dramatical Novel
  • Pages: 20
  • Words: 5587

Robin Hood and His Organisation’ Issues

The organisation is running out of funds because the clients, viz.the wealthy travellers, have started avoiding the Sherwood Forest after learning of the existence of Merrie Men. Therefore, Robin faces the threat of the Sheriff [...]
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  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1198

The Poem “Manfred” by George Byron

Thus, till the end of the whole poem, the main character is not able to embrace peace and forget about the guilt. Manfred is guilty and he is not able to get rid of tortures.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 586

Defining the Reliable Narrator in Literature

Therefore, such types of narrators are usually a sample driven by first-person narratives, which allow the audience or the readers of the literary works considerable flexibilities of shaping their perception of the story.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 961

Travel Narratives: “The Grand Tour” and “Vagabonding”

Although both Pugh and Osnos provide seemingly similar observations on the same issue concerning the economics and politics of the places that they visit, these observations contribute to creating a completely different image of the [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1361

A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning by John Donne

It is also necessary to mention that Donne chooses a very specific realm of the spiritual to show the links between the idea of pure, platonic love and its ore down-to-earth equivalent.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 871

Reasons of Immigration Literature Growth

Cofer is currently "the Franklin Professor of English and the director of the creative writing program at the University of Georgia".
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 867

Literary Genre of Existentialist Novel

Existentialist literature is often characterized by the absurdity of the existence of man, and how a man often dwells on the ugly and dark sides of things.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1385

“Osage County” a Drama by Tracy Letts

Being also preoccupied with the problems in her marriage and separation with her husband, Barbara Fordham works hard on trying to settle the relationships in her family and on understanding what goes wrong with her [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 562

“Nobody Knows My Name” by James Baldwin

It is imperative to note that the topics that the author raises in his works are truly intriguing, and it necessary to understand their importance.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 551

“The Stranger” a Novel by Albert Camus

Meursault is the main character in the book; he is a young man, who is narrating the readers about the things that have happened in his life.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 868

“Breakfast of Champions” and “The Bonfire of Vanities”

However, the most important sentences in the first chapter are those that introduce the concept of Communism, America's attitude to it, and the distribution of wealth in the world: "Dwayne Hoover's and Kilgore Trout's country, [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 834

John Updike’s Story “A&P”

The final line brings closure to the story by showing that despite Sammy's efforts to please the three girls and even going to the extent of quitting his job, they hardly appreciate his gesture and [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 626

Humanism in African-American Literature

The fact that this was indeed the case can be illustrated, in regards to the story's episode, in which Sonny expresses his contempt of the narrator's idea that it is thoroughly natural for people to [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2237

“Moby Dick” by Herman Melville

The United States of America are comparable to the Pequod, in the sense that this country is a melting pot of cultures.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1146

“Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Hence is the unique peculiarity of the narration: the short story is interpreted as the text with the contradictions. Hawthorne uses his favorite device of the ironic ambiguous features, the shift of the viewpoint from [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1106

“The Odyssey” by Homer Discussion

With this knowledge, it is necessary to examine the role played by the other characters in the poem. On the other hand, Penelope knows that she is expected to remain faithful to her husband.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1124

Journey to Self in “Quicksand” by Nella Larsen

From the very beginning of the novel, the author reveals the problem of the individual and its place in society. And vice versa, in the society of the black, she experiences the white side of [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1177

Oedipus the King – Characters and Performance

Oedipus's cleverness makes his candidature to surface as the best individual to inherit the throne, hence becoming the King of Thebes. He is a seer and prophesized that the end times of Oedipus is nigh.
  • Subjects: Dramatical Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 634

“Funeral Blues” and “Richard Cory”

The difference between these two works is that "Funeral Blues" sticks to the same tone through all the four stanzas, while "Richard Cory" has a rapid shift in the last quatrain, from utter admiration it [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 838

“Sister Carrie” by Theodore Dreiser

The life in the city turns out to be a complete disappointment to her, and she is ready to give up as she does not want to be a burden for her sister.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1130

Life-Challenges in “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan

Thus, Wu Xing implies that the universe's building blocks exist in the state of circumstantial uncertainty depending on what happened to be the qualitative features of how one of the elements relates to the other, [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3328

American Novels: “A&P” by John Updike

By depicting the behavior of a teenager named Sammy who works in the supermarket chain, the writer illustrates the way in which an individual responds to the culture dominated by consumption and rigid norms that [...]
  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1104

The Prince’ by Niccolo Machiavelli Literature Analysis

Since he was highly educated and well-travelled, Machiavelli was made the senior official of the Florence government serving as the head of the second chancery and secretary to the council of the Ten for War.
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  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1697

Shakespeare Literature: Prophecy and Macbeth Morality

The divination made by the witches pushes Macbeth further into immorality as he is made to believe that he deserves the position of king. In addition, Macbeth abandons reason and morality so as to make [...]
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  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 668

Selected Works of Lu Hsun

In this essay, I will argue that the eighteen short stories in the Selected Works of Lu Hsun presents a picture of the social realities of china and present the emergence of the new Chinese [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2538

“Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield

The fine weather portrays to us the mood and sense of happiness that the character is brimming with, as she is smugly satisfied with her existence. She is under the illusion that her life is [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1078

On How to Tell a Great Story

When choosing a storybook, the storyteller has to consider the vocabularies in the book and the words used should be motivational to the hearers in order to get their interest to listen.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 796

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Play by William Shakespeare

The scene divulges the heightened parody presented by Shakespeare where there is bafflement and confusion among the young lovers. The scene sets the stage for confusion in and bickering among the young friends.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1174

“Patriotism” by Yukio Mishima Literature Analysis

Nevertheless, the use of imagery to underscore the theme of devotion comes out clearly, as the story unfolds. In this case, the education edict comes out as an image, a controversial image for the author [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 593

Creating the Illusion of Life in Literature

The black death in the meaning of a shame which has been planted into one's life could also be the death of the young and beautiful Docia, the death of her hopes for the future [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 665

Cultural Expectations’ Role in “Love” by Robert Olen Butler

In the short story, Love, by Robert Olen Butler, the cultural expectation requiring women to be faithful to their husbands, and the cultural definition of beauty in the Vietnamese society, contributed to several conflicts between [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 592

“Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind” by Suzanne Staples

The story of the book offers the readers to know about the illiberal approach of the dwellers of Cholistan desert in Pakistan who try really hard to survive and lead a life of a nomad.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 812

The Divine Comedy, Confessions and The Aeneid

It is one of the most prominent writings of the Roman period and it is an innovative interpretation of the Iliad and the Odyssey, "the essence of both the Iliad and Odyssey has been poured [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 870

Art of Love by Ovid

Thus, it is reasonable to suggest that the criteria for the evaluation should be applied to the times when the book was created and the materials that do not fear the grip of time, the [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1323

“Saturday” by Ian Mc Ewan Literature Analysis

On his way to the squash game, the reader realizes that there is a big protest going on in the street, and this is when one comes to know about the political views of Perowne.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 594

“Lords of the Sea” by John Hale Literature Analysis

At the moment, the author is a director of the University of Louisville in the department of liberal studies. In his scholarly work, he came to discover that some of the vessels that most people [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1431

“The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair Literature Analysis

It addresses the plight of the Chicago meatpacking industry workers by focusing on the lives of two immigrant families who came to America in anticipation of a better life during the late 1800s to the [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 846

“Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan

In the novel, she explores several aspects of Confucianism, which is a philosophical, religious and ethical system that is predominantly comprised of religious and traditional precepts of Chinese traditions. For instance, obedience is one of [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 829

“The Mills of the Floss” a Tale by George Eliot

Moreover, within a tale is a message that aims to influence an audience in a certain way."The Mill on the Floss" contains the message that comes from the teller, which is a reality of the [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1728

“The Story of an Hour” and “The Birthmark”

The "punishment" of the character, however, does not necessarily testify to the narrator's support of the expected behavior standards pointing out a conflict between the author and the society in regards to ethical, moral, and [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1384

Sea Oak’ by George Saunders

The reason for this is that, despite the unconventional sounding of the story's plot line, it appears innately consistent with what happened to be the socially suppressed unconscious anxieties, on the part of readers.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2541