World Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 2

The main purpose of the Gilgamesh myth is to illustrate the weakness of man in the face of destiny. By the time this dream appears in the story, the reader is already aware Enkidu is [...]

The justification for this is that the girl's mother had eaten a Rapunzel from the witch's farm. Her long hair is a symbol of a bond that links her to the outside world and from [...]

This quote can be used to emphasize how detached from the human essence and, accordingly, the gender of Miss Emily is reflected by the author.

Cervantes was, of course, one of the first to notice the disparities between his Sancho and this unsavory imitation, and he defended his character in Don Quixote, Part I portrays master-knight relations between Don Quixote [...]

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, [...]

It can be presupposed that the poem explains a process of soul existence, from the very first desire up to the death.

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.

The book gives a story of a spider by the name Charlotte and her acquaintance with Wilbur, the piglet. Wilbur's purpose and his impact on the themes of the book Wilbur is the main character [...]

The theme of family and motherhood is captured across the stories as they involve single mothers determined to provide for their children and family members. Despite her misery, she still has to provide for her [...]

In the tale, the author highlights various aspects of his life, including his father, his family, and his plans for the future.

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.

It is true that a short story like this, requires a lot of control on the part of the writer, and the writer controlled the entire narration with elements of several symbolisms and figures of [...]

We see family life depicted from the point of view of the head of the family, Larry by name. Groups and show the real state of things in the family, contempt of the son and [...]

Even in his own home, he has taken up the habit of locking his bedroom doors "as if in a hotel" and he continues to follow the rules and regulations set forth by his father [...]

The essay will provide a brief summary of the book followed by an analysis of the book on the basis of the social psychological theories in order to demonstrate how religion and religious beliefs influenced [...]

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 [...]

Human intelligence that the gods give to the dogs does not make them happy but subjects them to continuous thoughtful considerations and emotional perception of the surrounding world that ultimately leads to suffering.

In the end, it could be said that both of these books show that home is a haven and safe place to return to.

It should be noted that Karim was able to "cross the color line"; in other words, he was able to settle in the area in which only white people were allowed to live.

In the short story "The Guest" by Albert Camus, the theme of self-determination is represented in the actions of the two main characters, Daru and the Arab.

The striking of the clock to mark the beginning of the day and the crying of the newly born baby began concurrently.

The characterization of the key players in the murder serves to underscore the idea that personal responsibility and societal obligations play a crucial role in determining the outcome of a crime.

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.

The remaining 12 dogs set up a lair in the High Park, and Atticus, the mastiff, takes on the role of leader. Only the Prince, a mongrel, rejoices in his new abilities and begins to [...]

This ghost will only talk to Hamlet, and when the time is right, he will share his side of the account with the prince.

When talking about the latter, it is possible to distinguish two dominant emotions that affect the communication between a woman and a man: attraction and repulsion.

One of the most memorable lessons from you, Little Prince, is that "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye".

However before looking at the various forms of experimental writing, it is important to look at the definition of experimental writing.

In the first half of the novel, Turgenev demonstrates father son dynamic which exhibits the separation between the son and his father's world views.

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 [...]

The second story "Material" "opens at a point in time near the end of the action, and the narrator, who is at the centre of the action, moves frequently and easily between present and past, [...]

Using allusions, Atwood underlines that these stereotypes account for the unique association between characteristics of the American history and values, and can be seen as a set of unified factors that builds American culture and [...]

He is encouraged to enter school by his father, who promises to wait for him at the gate to take him home at the end of the day.

Using the ingenuity of Fyodor Dostoevsky and his eternal masterpiece Crime and Punishment, the paper is going to prove the idea that the actual crime committed by Rodion Raskolnikov was the arrogance he had towards [...]

Kambili has grown to being admirable and is viewing herself with much more respect and able to stand for what she believes in.she is empowered by the staying with her Aunt and her children.

Since colonialism is mostly accompanied by the subordination of the history of one people to another's, and the slow obliteration of the culture of the colonized, the post-colonial therefore is mostly occupied with the proactive [...]

The principal purpose of the deployment of metaphors and figurative language in the work of literature is to emphasize the emotional intensity of the characters' experiences.

The influence of Tamer and his family, coupled with her experience as a member of the mosque, begin to replace Najwa's family by proxy.

Taking into consideration that loyalty is one of the common features for both Hassan and Amir, their differences, which consist in family and origin as well as their attitudes to life, friendship, and respect, make [...]

With the support of his wife Nancy, this energetic and modern man decides to transform the school into a modern one by planting beautiful gardens on the fields and closing a path that villagers use [...]

This is the best description of the person vs.society conflict; it allows the reader to understand, analyze the handmaid's feelings and emotions, and come to a logical definition of the subject of this confrontation.

The locals tried several times to save the sheep and the boy from the wolf, but the boy only laughed. When the wolf appears at the end of the story, no one believes the boy [...]

The author combines the subjective and objective perception of the tribe so that the reader has the entire image and adds the spiritual part, where the feeling of a union with nature and its importance [...]

Robert Munsch's book A Promise is a Promise is a children's book intended to appeal to young children at the younger end of the 6-8 year old age group or even younger.

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.

His works are especially noted for the use of moral allegories tinted with Puritan inspiration and sharing the features of the great Romantic Movement, more specifically with the Dark Romanticism. Loss of innocence is the [...]

The analysis of the story "The Gift" is to be concentrated on the identification of the key concepts, elements and stylistic devices, used in the author's writing for the successful representation of the main idea.

The main significance of this story is to demonstrate the importance of the role a custodian has in a medical center, a hospital.

Tannen uses the traditional elements of the analytical writing that involve problem statement, illustration of the case and solutions to the problem.

However, Queen Gertrude seems to be more on the inside of the plotting and scheming occurring within the castle than an innocent woman should have.

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.

The period of Renaissance humanism, of which Pico was a major pre-cursor, also explores the same enlightenment, the splendor, the marvel and the wonder called man. Dust is what he will turn to and to [...]

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.

This symbolizes the boy's world and how blind he is to the reality of the world. The young boy gets to realize that his actual world is very different from his na ve dreams and [...]

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 [...]

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.

Achebe's book centers on the life of a village 'superstar' by the name Okonkwo and the arrival of white missionaries at the fictional village of Umuofia.

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 'original' 2008 would represent the actual time when the poor scientist lived and did not know anything about the winning lottery numbers; on the other hand, the 'new' 2008 would represent a counterfactual time [...]

The Epic of Sundiata is told from the point of view of the griot both a storyteller and the keeper of history.

The story begins with the excitement surrounding Nanga, a leader, and teacher who has become a man of the people and achieved unprecedented heights.

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.

That evening the stranger joins the rest of the camp at the campfire where he begins to narrate his story. At the beginning of the story, the stranger proclaims that, "...you are not the first [...]

This work of his is a splendid opportunity to understand the protagonists in a reader's own way due to the story's ambiguous ending and because of the author's unbiased writing style.

These events form a background to demonstrate the process of identity development of the later generations of the group through the protagonist Naomi and her brother Stephen.

In fact, leading researchers across the globe are of the opinion that the New Testament was written on the basis of the Enuma Elis.

The parents and grandparents as well the predecessors on the whole are the bearers of people's identity and genealogical background. The points intend a reader to pay attention to those times when a man is [...]

The Aeneid is a struggle between the mortal and God in the pursuit of the mortal to set up a newfound land.

The thrust of the paper is focused on taking a multidimensional exploration of the importance of the theme of sexuality threaded in the composition of the novel by Sheng.

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 [...]

Moreover, the picture and the spoken text enclosed in it form an organic semantic unity."Persepolis" is a story of an Iranian girl who grew up in a liberal, rich, and even aristocratic family: on the [...]

The thesis of the paper is that the notion of "the other" in The Metamorphosis is represented not so much through the opposition between the character and other characters as though the opposition between his [...]

Marquez introduces the symbol of an angel to show the ugly sights of society - people in the ordinary village where the angel lands do not understand, mistreat and misuse him.

Sacrificing oneself for the benefit of the whole society is one of the main archetypes of the past. Reading Sophocles' Oedipus the King, it is possible to find the examples when Oedipus is referred to [...]

This is one of the main problems that should be considered since it can throw light on the identity of many women. This is one of the main points that can be made.

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?" [...]

This can be attributed to the creation of stories, festivals and other artistic genres by members of the community in a bid to celebrate the humankind over the years.

This arrangement contradicted their tradition in the sense that Rama was the one to assume power after his farther because he was the eldest son."Instead of being crowned king of Ayodhya, Rama was sent into [...]

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 story of Moon starts with the description of a girl's affection to two blond twins who managed to humiliate her in the most violent way.

In this aspect, an essential element in the description of the role of water is the mention of the water god Suijin. Water is described in the context of several generations and reflects people's life [...]

The central topic of Sakyo Komatsu's "Take Your Choice" is the ability to choose one's own future. The topic that most strikes out to me is the power of choice.

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.

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.

Solitude is the main theme of the novel, and Jose Arcadio Buendia, the founder of Macondo, is the first great solitary.

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 [...]

So, Pushkin tried to define the initial reasons of this phenomenon in the character of Onegin: shallow education, the imitation of European culture, conditionality and prejudice of life of the epoch, and laziness. Onegin is [...]

The present paper argues that whereas Arnold Friend is portrayed by Oates as a "superhuman" copy of Carl Schmid, the murderer, and the situation with Connie is partially sketched from the case of Alleen Rowe, [...]

In both poems, the main character is a black man named Shine who works in the boiler room of the Titanic and attempts to inform the captain of the impending disaster.

He was one of the founders of the China League of Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai. His contribution in the field of language and literature is enormous, thus, most of the commentators have viewed his greatness [...]

The aim of this paper is to explore the use humor and parody in the following works of Edo and Tokugawa periods: Shikitei Sanba's Ukiyoburo, Ihara Saikaku's Life of a Sensuous Man, and Hiraga Gennai's [...]

Religion is one of the emerging issues in the modern era and forms the backbone of most literary works. According to Joyce, the current era is the type that compels people to know more about [...]

He uses the metaphor of the hummingbird to pass the message that people may think to be at the top of a situation, but any time could be a downfall the same way a hummingbird.

The discussion explains why reading is beneficial to every person who embraces the practice for pleasure. This fact explains why every person should enjoy reading and make the practice part of his or her culture.

This was, however, not the case here; the state itself went against the constitution and ignored the wishes of the deceased wife.

The author uses numerous contradictions to demonstrate the complexity of the images and feelings of the main heroes. Such abundance of appropriate literacy devices helped the author to create a vivid and refined text of [...]

This is one of the aspects that can be distinguished. This is one of the points that can be made.

When her aunt's life is strained by her career, she decides to take Heidi to live with her grandfather. However, her grandfather is too protective of the young Heidi, and he does not allow her [...]

Success in the critical discourse analysis rests on the platform of the relevance and effectiveness of the contribution of analysis in creating change.

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, [...]

An example is that, as she fails to recite her poem in church, she notes that her dress is probably a handout from a white woman.

The phrase 'good man' and the theme of who a good man is, according to peoples' judgment in the play, stand abused.

The television commercials glorify fast food, and Bich is under the impression that this is the hallmark of an American identity. Bich's identity crisis was not helped by the fact that she lacked a stable [...]

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.

By writing the article, the author intended to hijack and reshape that image so that it can portray our hidden biological nature.

Although in the Chinese Red Riding Hood the girls Felice, Mayline, and Jeanne are able to overcome the manoeuvres of the wolf that wanted to eat them, such a case might be the exception rather [...]

The author of this novel was more of a naturalist than of a realist, and she was very bold in writing this book because, during her time, it was unthinkable for a woman to be [...]

This is reflected in the works of Ibsen, Tagore, and Ichiyo, who each focus on the individual's journey of self-exploration and the obstacles they must overcome to find their place in the world.

The tragedy affected the whole country, from Ukraine in the West to Kazakhstan in the East. The propaganda of the Soviet Union widely celebrated collectivization and Stalin's actions before and at the time of Kopelev's [...]

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.

"Alibaba and the Forty Thieves" is one of the renowned and iconic tales of the Arabian Nights stories added to the collection by Antoine Galland.

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 [...]

The topic of religion is used in Joyce's work to reflect the duality of humans, as the narrator, in his most agitated state, is torn in two from the inner conflict.

It should be stressed the mother gives both positive and negative advice, but the girl's perspective and ideas are quite a few in the story, which can be interpreted as the overbearing of the mother [...]

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.

Edie has her personal character and makes the decision of what is right for her based on circumstances that happen in the book.

This is a novel with a story of the authentic journey from the remote areas to the city of Johannesburg and the religious journey through the unfriendly culture.Rev.

He dared to make this dangerous travel in order not to be swallowed by an insatiable mouth of war when it knocked on Ishmael's door for the second time."They had run so far away from [...]

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.

Vasudeva, the ferryman and the river act as the best teachers for Siddhartha in his pursuit for enlightenment; however, one cannot undermine the role played by his own father, the Samanas, Kamala, Kamaswami and Buddha [...]