Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 65

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Infanticide in Ancient Greece

In most ancient societies, children were the property of the parents, and those children who the parents deemed unfit were killed or sold into slavery.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 873

Children Literature Analysis: The Concept of Death

To enable the children understand the issue of death, various aspects are used by the author so as to generate the feeling surrounding the concept of death and to ensure the young people understand the [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1137

The Moths and the Woman Warrior

How the authors understand the ways in which racism has influence the levels of poverty of the books' characters Based on the two books content, it is apparent that the authors understand the manner in [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 13
  • Words: 3550

Sherry Turkle’s Alone Together

The author is a trained psychologist and she employs her vocation in her analysis of the relationship between the inanimate computers and human beings.
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  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1412

Steinbeck and Babb: Shaping American Literature

In the two books, Steinbeck and Babb wrote about the plight of migrants in Oklahoma and California. On the other hand, Steinbeck argued that the system forced the migrants to live in miserable conditions.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 542

Christian Pacifism in the Modern World

At a personal level in the life of a Christian, engaging in war or acts of violence in order to resolve emerging conflicts is not part of the biblical doctrine.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 941

Last Virgin in Paradise

In the comedy, there is an emphasis on adjustment of the play to match cultural beliefs of the target audience so that the comedy becomes relevant to the society.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 894

“The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” by D. H. Lawrence’s

This is because, as it was implied in the Introduction, in The Horse Dealer's Daughter the author did succeed in exposing the conceptual fallaciousness of the idea that there is a 'big-daddy-God' up in the [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1667

Alienation in Douglas Coupland’s “Player One”

It is needless to mention of course, that the earlier mentioned issue fits rather well within the methodological framework of the Massey Lectures, as such that are supposed to serve the purpose of enlightening listeners [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1602

“World on Fire” by Amy Chua

In the book, Amy Chua discusses the phenomenon of "market dominant minorities, which are believed to be the Jews in Russia, whites in Zimbabwe, Indians in Fiji and East Africa, and the Chinese community in [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2198

Chinese Novellas: The Role of Memory and Perception

This is one of the details that attract attention of the readers, and one can say that it is important for understanding the passage and the short story, in general.
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 992

The Tale of Prodigal Daughter

The parents told her that they were ready to support her under the condition that she goes back to her family and apologise to the husband.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1082

“Lord of the Flies” by William Golding

The reader will wonder that all the boys respond in the same manner to the sound of the blown shell. The author uses aesthetics to drive emotions out of the reader about the value of [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2081

Family Supper and Naema

The means of narration within the story is one where the author attempts to convey to the reader the feelings of grief and despair felt by the unnamed narrator through a depiction of the events [...]
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  • Subjects: Dramatical Novel
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 945

Faulkner and Material Culture

The essays give a deeper meaning between the things that Faulkner borrowed from the real world and merged with the things that he espoused in his way of life.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1098

Prosperity and Social Justice

The short story was also the subject of debate when it was first written because it failed to fit in any particular genre at the time."The Yellow Wallpaper" was mostly considered a horror story when [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 622

The Beggar King of Ithaca

When it comes down to a physical fight, Odysseus has all might to win but his wisdom and graces serve as a conscious and willing determination to be morally correct and he acts as a [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 586

The Travel of Sir John Mandeville

Despite the fact that the narration does not contain any information about the author, it still manages to convey the world reminding of the remarkable journeys of Christopher Columbus, Jonathan Swift, and Sir Thomas More. [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 540

The Literary Renaissance: The Many Faces of Modernism

London nails down the major problems of the post-war U.S.society: "This tower [.] represented [.] the serenity of nature amid the struggles of the individual nature in the wind, and nature in the vision of [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 609

Learning Styles and Education Environment

However, it is emerging that differences in student characteristics may be a significant contributor to the perceived inadequacy of online learning.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 549

On His Blindness: A Response to the Poem

On the whole, this rhyme creates a melody that enables the reader to sense the author's despair and his loneliness. This is the main question that John Milton tries to answer in his poem.
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 869

The Monstrosity and Revelation

Overall, it is possible to argue that the each of the protagonists has a very complex inner world, but it is revealed only to the readers, but to other people.
  • Subjects: Dramatical Novel
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1114

Götz and Meyer, written by David Albahari

Through the humor and empathy implemented in the novel, the characters that embody two Nazi soldiers are given human faces instead of the sole image of a murderer.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1686

A Rose for Emily and The Guest

After such an examination, a comparison will be done with the character of the Arab with the climax of the examination of the character culminating in the scene involving the 1,000 francs and the decision [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1367

The Comparison of Gilgamesh and Odysseus

This paper is aimed at discussing the journeys undertaken by the main characters; in particular one should focus on their motives of the protagonists and the way in which both Gilgamesh and Odysseus were transformed [...]
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 560

Why is it an Enjoyable Story?

It is also important that a story create a picture in the mind of the reader. One reading this story would have a clear picture of the environment.
  • Subjects: Modernist Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 552

The Problem of People’s ‘Dangerous Evolutionary Baggage’

If the notion of 'evolutionary baggage' can be explained with references to the concepts of the development of the world and progress of a man in it, in order to understand its wouldangerous' character, it [...]
  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 562

Comparison of Antigone With Griselda

Additionally their roles in the society including the chores assumed in this context depicted various similarities in the entire contexts. Nonetheless, the depiction of women is still ideal in this context.
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1896

Literary Analysis of “Sean”

In "Sean," the author uses an urban setting to show how race is "constructed" by people and places that surround the characters. Here, the author uses the circumstances surrounding Sean and the narrator to show [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 563

Language Policy and Cantonese Speaker

Since, over the last few decades, the impact of the Cantonese language in China has increased, sinking the significance of the traditional Chinese, or Putonghua, the Chinese government decided to reestablish the Putonghua language as [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 876

Gilman’s ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’: Point of View

Through the means of it, the readers empathize with the Narrator as they follow the progression of the story. The Narrator's point of view gives the reader a mental picture of the setting for the [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 995

‘From Within and Without’ a World of Utopia

In this regard, the almost Marxist twist which I employed in the narrative depicts the dystopian world in line with the Marxist critical assessment of capitalism that points out the ever decreasing "unlimited faith in [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1242

Significance and Role of Yugen in Waka and Renga Poetry

In this respect, specific attention is given to the poem 273 where the natural imagery is used to render the depth of grief and sorrow experienced by the residents of Fukakusa Village: "Daylight fades away [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 825

Alpha Behn, Her Life and Works

This occurred in the late seventeen century and summarily she was quoted to have harbored the ambitions of becoming a Catholic nun in her teenage age.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1422

Treatment of Women by Shakespeare and Sophocles

Othello disregards the explanation that Desdemona has in regard to the accusation of being unfaithful and kills her.'She's, like a liar, gone to burning hell, Shakespeare 28.' After Othello killed Desdemona, he believed more in [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1895

Our Man in Havana

This is exactly the reason why, even though that as recently as during the course of the fifties, the idea that one should be willing to sacrifice its life for the sake of a 'nation' [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2499

A Review of “Lyrics Abbey” by Leila Aboulela

The author focuses on the life of a well-to-do Sudanese family and the way in which these people are affected by the political transformation of the society.
  • Subjects: Dramatical Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1105

Subversive Literature/ Dystopia in science fiction novels

In the endeavor to place a case in support of this line of argument, the paper considers the key traits of dystopian literature then showing how Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep possesses them in [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2204

Reflective Entry: “Push” by Sapphire

Precious examines the situation of her family, and she says that her family is invisible to the world. Precious believes that the sketch is that of her and her family, and she is much troubled.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 588

Japanese Poetry

The appreciation for nature among the Japanese features in the poems through the constant mention of the four seasons that carry along with them the beauty of nature.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1900

Review on Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe

To discuss the peculiarities of describing the concept of childhood in the novel, it is necessary to focus on the actual substance of childhood as it is and on the impacts of childhood on the [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1099

King’s ‘The letter From Birmingham Jail’

He claims that since the clergy is not willing to listen to them and give them their rights, they have to show the importance of the matter by holding non-violent demonstrations.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1143

“The Blind Owl” and “The underground Man”

In the contemporary society, introduction of literature research has extensively increased the volume of literature in every topic of interest a researcher may be interested in especially in use of tools of expression such as [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 803

J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye

The reason is that the face value of the content impairs the ability of the reader to dig deep into the book and unravel some disturbing traits about Holden.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2147

“The End of the Free Market” by Ian Bremmer

It also enables governments to protect the economic activities that take place in their countries as well as the choice of the consumers from the adverse effects of the international market.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2171

Night by Ellie Wiesel

The paper summarizes the reasoning of the writer and goes a notch higher to analyze some of the themes in order to establish the relevance of the book to the modern political environment.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1417

Comparing Silverstein and Greenfield

There is a fear of the unknown that is prevalent in children as portrayed by some of the poems by the two poets.
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 624

Interpretive Statement on “At That Moment”

His shooting was meet with disbelief as 'pounding thunder' describes how the whole place was quite as Malcolm's journey to the dead began to the extent that the poet uses exaggeration to explain that even [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 673

Different Approaches to the Theme of Death

Facts and Reality In the first place, it is necessary to focus on the major similarities within poets' approach to the theme, i.e.the three major peculiarities of the Asian poetry. The reader understands that the [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 845

Achilles Armour

Achilles's armor is considered as one of the best and the most powerful, that is why it is not a surprise that Ajax and Odysseus wanted to have it after Achilles's death.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 555

Marriage in “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen

In spite of the predominance of this vision of the marriage and the woman's role in society, Jane Austen in her Pride and Prejudice proposes several possible variants of realizing the scenario of meeting the [...]
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  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 595

African American Literature and Parody

The pleasure of parody's irony comes not from humor in particular but from the degree of engagement of the reader in the intertextual bouncing between complicity and distance.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2735

Jean-Paul Sartre and Jules Ferry

One of the critical arguments put forward by Sartre is that many nations colonized by Europeans could see that the colonizers failed to live up to the ideals of humanism that they often proclaimed.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1084

Is the literary expression of trauma gendered?

Drawing facts from the novel, Human Toll, the Western society presents men as the beneficiaries of the gender bias since the male folks engage the females in endless conflicts, and the women are the ones [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 828

Memoirs Of A Sleep-Walker

One such use of the word is found in the line "...my condition, the savage rushed from his covert in order to complete his work" is used in the sense that depicts the enemy who [...]
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1788

Fantasy in Murakami’s A Wild Sheep Chase

The penultimate figure in the chain prior to the reunion of the protagonist and the rat himself is the sheep man, who is a dwarf like figure in a dirty sheepskin.
  • Subjects: Dramatical Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1956

“Beauty and politics” Arthur Danto

Danto examines the work of Georg Hegel and concludes that beauty is actually appropriate especially when celebrating the loss of life for it reminds the bereaved of that pain as part of human experience.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 666

Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde

The story dissects the existence of duality within the life of a person or basically the duality of human nature. The modern world is faced with the challenge of regulating the work of scientists.
  • Subjects: Dramatical Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1924

Triumph at Kapyong: Canada’s pivotal battle in Korea

It briefly sets the stage of the story or event by indicating that the event centered on the battle of Kapyong and goes to great lengths in describing the details of the events that led [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1350

Analysis of Style and Response to Stephen Jay Gould

In the area of punctuation, Gould's punctuation style is characteristically useful in the breaking of his sentences down, as he does this to improve the comprehensibility of the ideas he is conveying.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1717