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 [...]
For instance, Ferdinand promises to make Miranda "the queen of Naples" and it does not even occur to him that he may not be able to fulfill his promise.
The role of a detective in the story is the main one, but the readers' focus is on the process of solving the mystery.
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 thesis explores Lurie's perspective change through his sexual and platonic relationships, prejudice regarding apartheid ideologies, and the relevance of his association with dogs.
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 [...]
The motif of a trick is also discussed in many versions of the tale with references to na ve Red Riding Hood's questions about the grandmother's appearance, with references to the Wolf's changes of clothes, [...]
We further analyze the individuals and how their actions and activities affect the society's social culture in relation to the post-colonial society of today.
Equally, the history of the Arabic poetry can shed more light into the principles upheld by the past Arab poets, the themes they sang, the images they invented, and the convention they observed. In the [...]
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 [...]
The story displays the teachings on the types of attitudes of women. This post discussed the story's central theme, audience, and relevancy in modern society.
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 [...]
Eveline's story is an irony, this is because at the beginning of the story Eveline seems to be having a flashback of the people who have already gone to the East, and inwardly she develops [...]
The major characters in the fiction are the Ridiculous Man, a little girl whom he meets on the way home before seeing the dream, and a being that takes him from the grave to space [...]
The main themes of this story are wealth, the pursuit of social status, and the illusions that people use to achieve them.
One of the masterpieces that caused political and public outcry was the novel The Red and the Black written by Stendhal, the famous French novelist of the 19th century.
The main argument in Bettelheim's article is that "Cinderella" is "a story about the agonies and hopes which form the essential content of sibling rivalry".
The news spreads far and quickly, but the creature fails to live up to the expectations of the curious crowd and is soon forgotten. It is likely that the angel's stay was exactly as he [...]
The author uses the fate of one man, Ximen Qing and his household to describe the society in the 16th century.
Representation of the king as an overprotective father and benevolent king, the thirteenth wise woman who has turned the curse to blessing by revealing the princess from her farther care and allowing her to become [...]
Grace In A Good Man is Hard to Find, O'Connor explores the theme of grace through her two characters: Misfit and Grandmother.
Brothers Grimm published “The Robber Bridegroom” in 1812. The fairy tale reflects patriarchy in society where the father is the absolute authority.
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 [...]
Jean Racine is one of the greatest play writers of a classical French tragedy who lived and worked in times of French Enlightenment.
The main themes of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird cover both adult and children's concerns, including the dignity of human life, the importance of truth, the rights of people to be different, the need [...]
To reproduce the horror that grips the main character and the results of the experiment conducted by Crake, the author uses a high number of imageries.
Stating that the character of Goodman Brown is significantly more dimensional than it is represented in the surface in the story, Hurley asserts that young Goodman Brown's darkness hides within him, which makes the character [...]
The story begins with the excitement surrounding Nanga, a leader, and teacher who has become a man of the people and achieved unprecedented heights.
The chief events of his life were his unfortunate love for Lesbia, the death of his dearly loved brother, his journey to Bithynia, and his hostility to Caesar and his henchmen. Salty and subversive, Catullus [...]
Thesis the personal voice of Seth and poetic elements used by the author shape an atmosphere of solitude and loneliness and appeal to the emotions and feelings of readers.
The function of the narrator in The Lady with the Pet Dog is to reflect the inner feelings of the characters; in this story, Chekhov chooses a third-person narrative with a limited point of view [...]
At the beginning of the story Tuta receives the invitation, and according to his reaction, it could be implied that Tuta does not belong to the class that is supposed to be invited to the [...]
The main characters of the play are the members of a royal family, the rulers of the city of Thebes, King Oedipus and his wife Jocasta.
In our criticism of Cinderella, we asked the questions: "What is the disposition of gender in this artifact?" And, "How does the disposition of gender affect the behavior of children under the age of ten?" [...]
He discusses societal disapproval as well as foolish consistency as the main obstacles to self reliance and trust in one's self.
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, [...]
The protagonist of the novel becomes a witness to the tragedy that happened to his daughter and learns to perceive in a new way the concepts and attitudes that seemed obvious to him.
Being unable to get out of there, the old woman is buried alive in metaphorical sense - she has no interest for life and the bath is like a grave for her soul.
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 [...]
While in some scenes the lights are turned off, towards the end of the play the intensity of light increases especially when Nora is talking to her husband. This is escalated towards the end of [...]
The kind of language that a person undertakes have a certain backing from where the person comes from, it can define the back ground of the person; the strong points of interpolation are found in [...]
The first literary device to highlight is the dialogue between the protagonist and the blind man. During this time, the protagonist paints a cathedral according to his perception of the world.
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.
Thus, it can be stated that the persona of the poem is a confident and peaceful person which is aware of the fact that other people will live and the world will still exist after [...]
It is necessary to mention, that throughout the whole story Du Tenth has a low rank which is regarded as a commodity, the charge of her freedom is 300 and the price of herself is [...]
The analysis of the human type of the incompetent and the interpretation of the crisis of the modern conscience connect Moravia's work to the genre of writing.
The encounter of the main character with a woman of his dream is an illustration of the customs existing in attitudes to appearance and charm, hence showing how dreadful the mistaking perception of some people [...]
As the poem begins, Achilles is not ready to take orders from Agamemnon, the king of the Greeks, and he is agitated at losing argument to the king.
In a family set up, the idea of filial piety relates to the obligation of subordination of the members of the family to the head of the family.
He feels that he is living two lives his real life and the other as a black man, struggling with a history of his own racial identity and the expectations of the society around him.
The main concept of the essay can be divided between the importance of the tales to raise the sense of pride in own history which recently has been weakened by the modern influence and the [...]
Eve is the central character of the narrative in Genesis 1-3 and one of the central figures in the Bible. In this regard, understanding the development of Eve is essential, including the analysis of her [...]
Unlike the prologue, which basically foreshadows the story, chapter 1 foreshadows only the synthesis of races, which the author refers to as "mixing".
The ways in which fairy tales were compiled and presented have changed with the course of time, so have the topics and morals of the tales, but the essence of these literary pieces ha remained [...]
The "Bandersnatch" sounds conformable to a name for a monster, so the word "frumious" probably characterizes it as furious and fuming, therefore "Bandersnatch" may be a name for a dragon. These words are appropriate, as [...]
Upon considering the main characters in the short story "War" by Luigi Pirandello, I feel that I identify with the least is the mother of the boy being sent off to war.
The study of Indian Ocean societies can throw light on the way in which the representatives of different religious, ethnic, and cultural groups can interact with one another within the boundaries of a country or [...]
When Gregor turns into the creature, he does not care about that in the slightest; on the other hand, he cannot reconcile himself with the fact that he will miss his train and will not [...]
The story is set in the 1890s. In the meantime, Mina is writing to her friend.
The author, Marlowe, in his quest for studying the most ambitious individuals, encountered the Renaissance "overreacher", thus, sharing his views on heroism and the power of will with his readers, at the same time, chronicling [...]
He is against the footpath and in the spirit of converting the school, which he considers backward he wants the path closed.
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 first part is about three boys who find a dead body in a car inside a river found locally in their area, they fear breaking the story to the people, and one boy after [...]
The main character and the narrator Kambili, is virtually silent in the presence of her father, she can hardly express her views, knowing that it may result in a fit of her father's anger.
Although Changez appreciates the opportunities that the United States have opened in front of him, as time passes, he starts experiencing love-hate emotions toward the country and its culture due to the social pressure, the [...]
For instance, one of the versions of the book is "a free adaptation" of the first voyage of Gulliver "with many departures from the original".
A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms is a comic satire that allows Swift to explore the subject of intolerance and thereby to convey a statement in support of his own relativistic philosophy.
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 [...]
At the same time, in Hemingway's story, the hot and dry plain and white hills are described to convey the tension of the situation.
Looking for the interesting topics for the evaluative essay, one may suggest the list of the literary areas one is interested in: The World Literature's masterpieces of the nineteenth twentieth century; The Native American legends [...]
The mental condition of the main character of the book is the main point of this paper's concern. The main character's moral state is determined by her aspiration to the ideals of the colonial system, [...]
His wish is to live a life in which there is always an interaction with the nature, where he can experience the fruits of the nature.
On the contrary, this story lends a voice to millions of women across the globe that human trafficking is a horrendous crime that exists even in this sophisticated world."The Tale of Kieu" is a moral [...]
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.
The white men tried to spread the gospel but "the arrival of the missionaries had caused a considerable stir in the village..."..
The gathering of the townsfolk to watch its installation showed me that this was a culture that was closely knit and knew how to share in the joy of one another, making it their own.
By representing the lives of the "in-between" East African Asians in modern Kenya, Vassanji succeeds in "spanning the literary record" of the Mau Mau rebellion.
One of these metaphors can be seen in the third part of the story: "I see that woman's 'bite several mouthfuls out of you,' the laughter of those green faced, long toothed people and the [...]
In other words, the Underground Man cannot sustain a romantic relationship and thus he decides to buy love by engaging Lisa.
The theme of love and compassion is evident in the literature, and it shows the connectivity between all human beings. For instance, in this story, Hope's parents had friends living on the other side of [...]
The theme of the unsavory and detestable features of the Dutch national character resurfaces most often in Part III of the book, which ends with Gulliver's experiences in Japan.
He was aware that his wife, as any person in the world, has certain desires and the need to receive pleasure, and the man decided that it is time for mercy.
If we analyze the approach of a formalist critic we would see that this form of criticism is more dependent on imageries presented in the text rather than the basics of the literature.
The main theme of the novel, in terms of cultural subjugation and introduction of western traditional values to replace contemporary African cultures are discussed during the course of this novel. This perhaps is the mainstay [...]
The Book of Job is part of the Old Testament portion of the Christian Bible and an integral part of the Hebrew Bible the sacred set of books used by Jews.
Open Secrets by Alice Munro is the author's short story in the eighth book of stories, and can be regarded as a re-visitation of the physical and mental landscapes that have become the most praised [...]
Having appeared at the beginning of the formation of a civilized community, these norms very soon became one of the main factors which determined whether a person would be accepted by the majority of population [...]
Of course, one of the simplest and quickest ways for the authorities to calm down the rebels is to proclaim the existence of heresy and provide inquisition with powers to control the society.
In his advocacy for the 'overman', Zarathustra makes it clear that God is already dead and the only state within which humans should aspire to achieve is the 'overman'.
The Epic of Sundiata is told from the point of view of the griot both a storyteller and the keeper of history.
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 [...]
This is an excellent feature of the story and a staple of an effective horror piece."'Horror is not a genre, like the mystery or science fiction or the western. This is the strength of the [...]
Probably, the dramaturge chooses to develop the plot in this way because he wants to show that due to some reasons, the protagonist stands on a low step of social ladder, or probably, she is [...]
The concept of the death of tragedy is taken from Nietzsche's book "The Birth of Tragedy" where he declared that God is dead.
Faust by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe is not just the discussion of a simple story about a man who has decided to sell his soul to the devil and has managed to save at the [...]
The Christianity practiced by the black slaves is represented as the Christianity that is inexistence of purity, complete in peace in it, and also it serves as the full representation of the nature of Christ [...]
The author of The Hunger Game, Nick Saul, brings up the topic of hunger and poverty in Canada and how food distribution programs only exacerbate it.
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There is an abundance of books that offer the safe escape into a fictional world and teach their readers that there are no unsolvable problems.
The central concept of the novel is dedicated to the symbolization of 'absurd' as the key element accompanying a person's life and impacting the formation of human behavior and actions in society.
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.
The short novel written by Juan Rulfo, originally published in 1985, tackles the death of Comala through the narration of the ghosts of the former inhabitant of the town.
According to the novel's plot, the narrator's family is among many Vietnamese immigrants who settle in a new country and are expected to adapt to the new environments with minimal resources.
The author uses Achilles as a bold character for building all the major themes in the poem; hence he is the most realistic character in The Iliad.
She makes the boy sit after washing his face before she tells him to have supper with her.Mrs. Bates's approach makes the boy attentive and he gets to learn that he needs to make the [...]
The main theme was on the importance of the temple of the Lord and the need for people to get at the task of rebuilding the temple.
In the novel "Don Quixote," Miguel de Cervantes depicts two opposite characters of Alonso Quixano and Sancho Panza. Alonso and Sancho have opposite personalities, each representing a different kind of sense.
The narrator's identity is shaped by his emotions and his perceptions of his surroundings. This imagery, along with the narrator's emotions, leads him to his epiphany of love and longing.
With the aid of four short stories from Dubliners "The Sisters," "The Dead," "The Araby," and "An Encounter" the author intends to cover the aspect of Irish social identity and norms as being discovered through [...]
The overall scale of the conflict and the involvement of gods are the key characteristics making the "Iliad" an epic in its traditional sense.
It is a fundamental theory defining society, and with the theme continuing throughout the book, the reader reconceptualizes their place and purpose in the community.
The storyline in the novel has been divided into two where the first part of the story explores the development of Mersault's character and attitude towards himself and the rest of his surroundings.
Callwood's audience is people who hesitate or struggle to forgive their offenders, and her purpose is to persuade these people to take the path of forgiveness.
The paper will be concentrated on the analysis of the works 'The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano' by Olaudah Equiano, 'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass' by Frederick Douglass, and 'Incidents [...]
The author of "The Firm" and further "The Client" achieved crucial popularity due to the grave and direct ideas in another novel titled "The Pelican Brief".
Consequently, any effort to state the meaning of the poem appears to be heretical, as it is an affront to the honesty of the complex arrangement of sense within the literary creation.
Important is the fact that the death is personified in the poem and has the role of the gentleman. The death is presented as a powerful element of the poem and of the narrator's life [...]
The process of uprooting himself from China and rerooting himself in the US is hypothetically completed in his case by the first thing he does when he arrives at the school.
Thus, the animals on the boat and their behaviour reveal the degree of similarity between the world of animals and humans.
In addition to the possibility to improve an understanding of the story, images help to define the level of relationship between a reader and an author.