However, the narrator's developing madness can also act as the symbolical depiction of the effects of the men's dominance on women and the female suppression in the 19th-century society."The Yellow Wallpaper" was first published in [...]
In fact, Penelope should be considered a hero as she manages to rule the kingdom, she is ready to sacrifice her entire life for the sake of her son, Telemachus, and she manages to remain [...]
The king is in conflict with himself. The king's behavior is in conflict with the character of Oedipus king.
Main Points of The Yellow Wallpaper The basic aim of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is to reflect the oppression of women in the 19th century.
The Puritan values of the 1600s as well as the people's openness to mystical ideas defined good and evil and influenced some Puritans to question the truth and abandon their faith just like Eve of [...]
Written in the 1960s, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is an expansive, one-of-a-kind, and utterly honest depiction of a family life rife with disappointment. George and Martha's marriage defies the idealized American family.
After the release, Malcolm had the tools he needed to change his life and the lives of many others in America.
The idea that knowledge can be a curse is portrayed because the creature that the protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, has created relying on his knowledge harms himself and his family.
In conclusion, the analysis will be followed by a note of critique about the potential of the novel in terms of the socio-cultural, ethical, and emotional education of the children.
It begins with supernatural such as the presence of the ghost and Hamlet attempting to glance into Claudius' soul, to the mystery of the crime and the need for revenge. The masterful use of style, [...]
For him to go out of his way looking for her in her home town and almost daring to challenge the husband is a brave move that shows he was truly ready to change and [...]
The brevity of it is that myth is a message and its definition does not lie in the content it intends to convey but by the means with which it is conveyed.
It is the fruitless reconciliation of the impulsive and sensitive to the society that makes Young Werther's journey so powerful. What is even more interesting is that this general tone is what led to the [...]
Shakespeare's play The Tempest is a story of the magical loss and restoration of the man's power, wherein actions develop in the unchronological order, simultaneously showing past and present events.
To avoid taking their children away from them, the Walls decided to move to the home of Grandma Smith, who was Rose Mary's mother.
They perceive Gulliver in the same way that the Lilliputians because Gulliver is only a fraction of their size. He is showing them that despite the pleasant appearances that human posses, there are certain deficiencies [...]
It is important to note that the film, To Kill a Mockingbird entails most of the aspects depicted in the novel.
Through this, she gained wisdom and proper methods of delivering the message to the world. The reason attributed to this is that one's status is a result of his past thoughts and feelings.
The woman in the poem is a virgin as seen in the title of the poem 'She being Brand' and he expresses sex with this woman as ungraceful, awkward and unskillful.
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 cultural difference between the two families is introduced by the author as a theme describing the role of gender in the community.
The graphic novel explores the concept of heritage in that no matter how much people attempt to change for the better who they really are is still the best.
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.
Knights were expected to have honor, courage, honesty, respect, selflessness, and several other qualities of how a perfect knight was considered, like Olivier and Roland in The Song of Roland.
The author's mood changes the plot, and the choice of characters and setting contribute to a better understanding of the message.
The poem discusses the issues related to the native population of Americas Indian people. In her poem, it is possible to identify the themes of mourning, retribution, and hope.
The structure of the Homegoing describes the picture of the family and the power of love from the different descendants of Maame.
The distinct feature of this story, as well as other Rifaat's writings, is the fact that the author does not oppose the Muslim traditions of marriage and patriarchy.
And then the novel tells as the main character gets accustomed to this news, and at the same time, it builds a lovely storyline of character's life. The episode, which tells about his father's surgical [...]
Yet, the worst was still laying ahead it is not only that Dorset had refused to pay ransom for the release of his son, but he himself demanded ransom from both kidnappers, in order to [...]
The theme discussed in the story is the way identity is protected by Indigenous peoples in the territories of the USA and Canada and the ways governmental impositions restrict it.
Brown is the consideration of a character in literature in the context of analyzing the works and literary techniques used by the novelists that were contemporary to Wolf.
In the poem "Up the Wall," Bruce Dawe narrates about the depressing existence of a housewife who is talking to his husband.
This could not hold because the League of Nations failed to prevent the most tragic war in the world that is, the Second World War.
As the paper unfolds, the treatment of the theme of alienation as per different writers will be looked into to establish whether there exists a common denominator in the treatment of the works or not.
Providing the title for the work, Orwell seems to ask the questions about the differences in the regime of the Soviet Union and irrational rule of animals at the farm.
The Purpose of the Story The intended purpose of Langston's story is to express the feeling Langston has concerning this paramount stage of her life.
The depiction of empathy as the feeling characteristic of humans only and thus distinguishing them from other living beings can be regarded as the major underpinning of the whole plot of the book under consideration.
The girl from the new family reminded Alvarez of her own plight when she had moved to the United States and had not yet been accepted completely by the community.
Zeus' main weapon was the thunderbolt and he was commonly referred to as the father of men and gods. Zeus had to fight with the remaining Titans and he was able to vanquish one of [...]
It is worth mentioning here that it is this attributes that he possessed that made him successful in manipulating other characters painting him to be a strong and compelling character.
The plot of the story unfolds at the time of the American Civil War. Instead, the story's finale is a sad note with the death of Peyton Farquhar.
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 [...]
In order to accentuate the serenity and carelessness of the setting, the author of To look out the window begins the work by emphasizing the simplicity of the young boy's life.
In Ode to a Nightingale, the narrator longs to experience the world of the nightingale. However, the poems have different structures in that Ode to a Nightingale is longer than Ode to Cheese Fries.
The source of her beauty is revealed to be her physical appearance characterized by her body shape and contours all of which bring together what is best for the dark and light.
Sonnet 71 is a love poem that carries the message that the lover should not mourn the eventual death of the speaker.
Critics note that "the hegemony of English as a global lingua franca, reinforced by the dominance of English on the Internet, helped to solidify the sense that Shakespeare, the most famous writer in the English [...]
The book is more of a collection of essays, as opposed to a well-researched and objective analysis of women's experiences in the Arab world.
The persona depicts that "the husband saw her from the bottom of the stairs". The woman wanting to leave the house is a sign of emotional loneliness because the husband does not feel the angst [...]
In the epic of Gilgamesh, it is indicated that there was a ruler who ruled the land of Samaria very many years ago.
In Part I of his book "Exterminate All the Brutes", Sven Lindqvist embarks on a seemingly impossible task proving to readers that Europeans, who became the undisputed masters of the world by the end of [...]
The title of the play directly intersects with the image of the fence, which is being built along with the development of the plot and evolution of the main characters.
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 [...]
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 [...]
The events of the past still haunt some of the countries, the relics of the war are still being found in the places of former battlefields, the veterans are being honored and the films about [...]
As the story opens, each person in the family is thinking of what to do with the money they are about to get from an insurance firm as compensation of Mr.
The diverse life experiences, diverse approaches towards life, and diverse expectations in the story resulted in the tension between the mother and the daughter in the story; nonetheless, after the mother's demise, the tone of [...]
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.
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.
The name of the novel as Frankenstein conceals the major occurrence of the novel, hence, masking the intentions of the writer at first.
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 [...]
Franz Kafka's novel, "The Metamorphosis," is regarded as one of the most fascinating and absurdist works of literature and offers a complex philosophical and psychological examination of current circumstances.
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.
In order to make the statement of the right ethical standards more convincing, both writers describe the transgression of these rules by the main characters of the stories and the consequences of it.
Thousands of other people had also been affected by the test and they were all blaming the government of the US. Terry and her family had to bear the consequences of an irresponsible government.
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.
The main significance of this story is to demonstrate the importance of the role a custodian has in a medical center, a hospital.
It can be presumed that the three the madman, the ferryman, and her friend work according to the dictates of the baron.
The main conflict of the novel is built around one of the main characters' awareness of the legacy of evil that he has inherited from his mother and his hesitation about whether he is destined [...]
The short story contains a number of characteristics of Realism, such as the representation of real life, a focus on ordinary people, middle-class characters, interacting within themes of society and social classes.
Dante uses the perception of God on sin to depict his personal perception of punishment and the structures he envisions hell to have.
He studied philosophy at the university so that after obtaining a degree he explored the concepts of existentialism in the middle of the 1930s and examined the principles of the absurdity of human existence several [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Tony Morrison is the author of the novel titled The Bluest Eye, which presents an overview of an African-American girl's life and the challenges she encountered.
The ruler of Egypt and his family are instrumental to the worship of the God and the Sun, setting an example for all people. Another significant point of the poem is that it makes the [...]
In the poems Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night, My Papa's Waltz, and The Negro Speaks of Rivers, the poets Dylan Thomas, Theodore Roethke and Langston Hughes employ the poetic device of imagistic [...]
A mentally stronger person, Stella is capable of surviving in the world that she and her husband live in and, more to the point, sacrificing the truth to preserve that world, even at the cost [...]
We realize that Biff estrangement from his father is as a result of Biff discovering Willie with a hooker in Boston.
Carol Padden and Tom Humphries, the authors of the book, "Deaf in America: voices from a culture", state their intent in writing the book as that of presenting the culture of Deaf people in America.
Emerson sees the ultimate manifestations of beauty in "the frailest leaf, the mossy bark, the acorn's cup, the raindrop's arc, the swinging spider's silver line, the ruby of the drop of wine, the shining pebble [...]
The Epic of Sundiata is told from the point of view of the griot both a storyteller and the keeper of history.
Esperanza, in turn, hides her treatment to Nenny under the guise of frivolity and deliberately does not consider her a friend.
A writer's ingenuity appears in many forms, be it a word choice or a particular grammatical structure, but "tone" is a device that is liable for depicting and illustrating a writer's attitude to a situation [...]
In particular, one of the prominent settlers was William Bradford, who sailed to North America on the Mayflower in 1620 and established and governed Plymouth Colony.
Thus, the central theme of this poem is the horrors of war and the human compassion and power of the heart that oppose them.
The central attention of the poem is about the rawness of humanity, the violence, bleakness and suffering in the state of being human.
Freedom is not that simple, thus Frederick Douglass saw fit to write The Heroic Slave in which he portrays this vision for freedom; the idea of becoming a free man, and using the struggle he [...]
In the earlier decades, realism was not the dominant literary style in the US but became more influential and important to a famous novelist in the US.
Through the symbolism they pertain to, both pieces of work are an undeniably true reflection of the socio-economic and political struggles in the turn of the 19th century, as well as within the New Deal [...]
Religion in The Merchant of Venice is the main aspect that gives a node to the vices of ultimately estrangement, persecution, and discrimination that is depicted in the play.
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 [...]
Ana brings out the pains of living in exile in America for most of the Cubans, some of whom had a life in their former homes. A new beginning in Miami is the fate of [...]
The purpose of this essay is to point out, in as much detail as possible, the allegorical allusions to the Christian way of life, or in short, the biblical teachings that are vital to the [...]
The difference between the characters of "Appointment with Love" and "The Gift of the Magi" is created by the nature of the world.
The role of nature in the people's lives and the role of an individual in the natural world is one of the main themes in Whitman's poetry that is why Section 31 of "Song of [...]
Important to note, the personalities of the characters, the environment, and the events that the characters find themselves in highlight the various cultural elements of Paris.
It is important to note that the artist does want to change his life, but he is not active enough. He tries to escape from the world, and his own world absorbs him.
The love of a soldier is seen in the way he fights for king and country. He is the son of a king but his father is not the one he currently serves.
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 [...]
In the Inferno, Virgil is a guide and the voice of reason in the poem. He is a mentor and protector in several instances and ensures that Dante sticks to the mission.
Das is not willing to acknowledge the fact that her marriage proved to be a complete failure, and she can be partly blamed for this outcome.
It s based on this that I believe that the poem is a more personal work of the author, written to commemorate a point in his life where his heart was broken by love.
Therefore, the speaker has to take one of the roads and live with the consequences of taking that road. Furthermore, the speaker has no control of what may happen to his life in the path [...]
Therefore, Whitman uses the poem, writing it in a unique style to call for a change in the social lives of the Americans.
The Back of the Bus by Mebane presents the American South during the era of racial segregation and complex black-white interactions.
With the evolution of language and the written word, the capacity of people to create stories also changed and developed, being responsible for the creation of new literary genres, traditions and customs.
The lead character in the story is Ebenezer Scrooge; the ghosts that led Scrooge to repentance and redemption include the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come.
The use of this tool by the author is observed at the beginning of the book to create a special atmosphere. In The Alchemist, this tool is perceived as an appropriate element to add to [...]
In fact, the first stanza gives a visual description of the continent's beauty, drawing the analogy with the woman's body. In this poem, Angelou showed how the people of Africa felt when the white came [...]
The reader thus learns that the author considers the death of an infant to be innocent and doomed to eternal life in the Kingdom of God.
Ovid's Metamorphoses is a poem that stretches from the beginning of life to the narrator's present. Ovid's retelling of some of the world's most revered mythological stories is spirited and vivacious, with a specific focus [...]
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.
In spite of the fact that he was one of the greatest men in Umuofia and a leader of his community he was hence not given the burial ceremony that he deserved as an Umuofian [...]
Similarly to Rama, Odysseus belongs to the descendants of Zeus, the king of all gods, and uses a special bow as his favorite weapon. Another difference between Odysseus and Rama is their attitudes to family [...]
The main purpose of prayer is to get some kind of protection from unknown powers, and, according to the character, his love in the form of the poem can protect his lover.
The narrative of the story focuses on the life of the slave Georges, who also happens to be an illegitimate son of his master and his relationships with his master.
The story utilizes graphical language and imagery in the development of a sense of deceptive and persuasive nature and circumstances in the expansion of the symbolic approach of sustaining a condition of suspense. The imagery [...]
In "The Fall of the House of Usher", Poe portrays the Usher family as struggling to survive albeit in a gloomy manner that involves degradation, disease, and death."The Fall of the House of Usher" is [...]