World Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 4

The plot of the poem represents the expression of the world perception and the feelings of the child who has been injured by the soldier and has lost one eye.

This essay will explore the role of the setting in Tie Ning's work by exploring the topics of illustrating the disparities between rural and urban life, character development, the plot, and the conflict in the [...]

Due to this contrast, the protagonist is revealed to the full extent as a father. At the same time, there is no difference between the characters of Nwoye and Ikemefuna.

The text's atypical grammar and rhythm, as well as the author's evocative descriptions of the setting and the author's immediate environment, provide a firm foundation for the reading, as do hints at the text's colonial [...]

Moreover, the author switches between the description of events from the side of the first, then from the side of the second protagonist.

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.

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 [...]

This is to teach the reader to appreciate the life they have and prepare for the inevitability of death. Gilgamesh struggles to understand that, even as a king, he will need to face the fact [...]

It is both a classic fairy tale known from the early childhood and the representation of the ideal and moral behavior to be an example for everyone.

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 [...]

In this regard, the aim of literary dystopias is to caution and warn society against the blind following of ideologies that lead to the breakdown of social order.

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 [...]

In the book "Because of Winn Dixie", Kate DiCamillo focuses on a ten-year-old girl India Opal Buloni and her friend, a dog named Winn Dixie.

As shown by the examples of Prometheus from Prometheus Bound, James Stark from Rebel without a Cause, and Barry from Barry Lyndon, being a hero and a villain is possible for one and the same [...]

The story narrates the travails of a particular family through the entire process of the occupation of the country by the Japanese until the time they surrendered in 1945.

The conflict between his intention to leave the world and his desire to retain the memories of Murasaki is the key issue of the analysis.

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.

The latter form of storytelling focuses on causing the emotion of fear among the readers or viewers, whereas suspense builds a certain amount of anticipation and full engagement in the story.

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 [...]

For that reason, Samba finishes his spiritual training and enters the school, and this is the point where the main conflict in the book starts to manifest itself.

Therefore, the use of point of view as a literary device enables the reader to understand and analyze the thought process of one person, Olaf, while remaining unaware of the intentions of Jim.

Thus, although the concept of 'zombie' is discussed by the adherents of the Voodoo religion as reflecting the real creatures, zombies are made up mythical creatures which represent the people's religious visions, fears of the [...]

The role of a detective in the story is the main one, but the readers' focus is on the process of solving the mystery.

However, in a quick and dramatic twist of events, he is soon established as the cock of the walk in the rural area of Qinghe.

He was welcoming and showed this feature by accepting Beowulf's assistance and aiding in the development of Beowulf into maturity, as indicated in the first section of the narrative.

A novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a romantic work that reflects the consequences of "blind science" and human ambition, and Blade Runner by Ridley Scott depicts the industrialized society and world of the future [...]

Unlike other types of calligraphy, the Chinese calligraphy is more of painting where characters are used as a tool of communication and to express what the artists' spiritual world is like.

Throughout his entire voyage he is exposed to the brutality of the European attitudes and the rules of colonialism. The colonial activities are given a harsh image by the author of the novella.

Therefore, in the future, he is like to live in the outside world rather than in the inside one. Therefore, Lam wants to start a new life in the US and forgets his roots, which [...]

The phrase 'to kill a mocking bird' stands out as a metaphor in the book To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

He began to feel the loss and gripped with fear of losing his father, the forthcoming experiences and need for protection; he clings to his father.

Whether the character is the wizened old man Coyote of the Crow tribes, Raven in the Indian lore or even Wakdjunkaga of the Winnebago, the narratives seems to be written from the same script.

It is based on this account that it can be determined that one of the prevailing elements in the story is the application of authority and its ability to create power.

The character of Olivia, the protagonist of The Woman of Colour, is innovative for the literary process of the Regency epoch in the British Empire, posing many hitherto unasked philosophical problems.

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 [...]

As a young woman, she believes her aspirations and ambitions to be the most important aspects of her existence, which must be accomplished at any cost.

It can be concluded that the mysterious woman is a symbol of slavery and the issues it causes for society, in this case, the rotting of people from within.

For instance, the Tales of the Merchant and the Demon is the first story narrated by Shahrazad to introduce specific ideas.

The element of fiction and defined narrative of characters makes the reader relate to diverse ideas that might be expressed in the books more easily, which allows an indirect communication between the author's perspective and [...]

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.

One of the main peculiarities of the Muslim religion is the treatment of women. Fatima Mernissi wanted to tell the world about the real state of things in Muslim harem, about the real life of [...]

The symbols of nature are various, and have different meanings, depending on the context, but the key meanings of these symbols are life itself, and the beauty of the surrounding world.

Death was a reality for him that is why most of his stories are on the edge of the death and life.

The outbreak of civil war in Lebanon in 1958 resulted in her being dispatched to live with her mother's parents in Chile.

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 [...]

The girl is in love with the idea of being a part of the carnival, but her parents do not allow her to participate.

The Samurai were the strongest of the classes. According to the Samurai, the Bushido code was also known as the "way of the warrior".

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.

It is possible to trace several parallels between the poem and the Book of Revelation: numerical symbolism, the idea of people's resignation and the idea of revelation.

It is important to note that the idea of the differences in culture between the East and the West can be traced back to the early Roman times in which there was an increasing opinion [...]

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, [...]

Through the persona's address to the brother, the poet manages to illustrate the paradoxical nature of violence, both sudden and slow mental effects on the persona, and the immediate people close to the brother.

The story of Marjane's life is presented in the book from her childhood, when the first visions of the world are formed, to the adulthood, when the previous experience is rethought from the point of [...]

This story is an example of avant-garde literature because of the story's absurdity and nonlinearity."Unborn" is a complex and challenging story that is hard to summarize in a few sentences. The purpose of this technique [...]

The discussion below will be dedicated to identifying essential fantasy traits in The Aleph, appealing to the theoretical fundamentals of the genre and semantic peculiarities of the story.

These qualities are present in different degrees in both Gilgamesh and Odysseus, and they share the ideals and values of the people in their communities.

In The Break, the characters undergo many changes in their lives that explicitly or implicitly affect them simultaneously. Meanwhile, the author explicitly uses flashbacks when referring to the character's relationship with the victim and each [...]

As a result, her mother decides to encourage and motivate her on the ideal traits that a lady should uphold to fit in the moral society.

However, even before the incident, there were no warmth and mutual understanding in the family, despite the fact that the young man was the only breadwinner of the family.

Merlin is a central character in the mythology, with the ability to see into the past and the future, willing to offer advice and assistance but powerless to change the course of events.

The fundamental issue in the story is the clash between people that want to live within the code of morality and others for whom good and evil have no meaning.

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 [...]

The issue of information through the prism of politics readers can view both at the abstract level and the local level of specific mechanisms in the territories of a country.

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.

Through its setting and characterization, Gwen Benaway's "Transitions" accurately depicts the difficulty of transgender people's journey to womanhood and the importance of taking ownership of one's path to transition."Transitions" begins with a description of a [...]

A Raisin in the Sun revolves around the life of an African American Family. The underlying cause of the conflict is $10000 that every member of the family in his/her own way.

But, though she was, as I said, a woman, devoted to her husbands, it is difficult to say, that she was a "submissive acquiescence to the whims" of her husbands, as Sutherland describes another heroin [...]

The fact that Japanese people idealize aesthetics explains the particulars of Japan's history and provides us with the insight onto why, after being thoroughly defeated during the course of WW2, Japan was able to quickly [...]

Bunk Johnson, who claimed to have played with him from 1895 to 1899, was one of the chief witnesses to the existence of Bolden and his music."Legend has it that Buddy Bolden, when playing in [...]

This paper aims to discuss the first part of the poem, the Inferno in connection with the theory of open text, which was worked out of by Robert Barthes and Umberto Eco.

This paper aims to compare and contrast the last canto of the Inferno and the last canto of the Paradise. In fact, the entire poem is written in this way and Dante is believed to [...]

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 [...]

Giovanni Guasconti is the young man who comes to Padua to study and falls in love with the girl and the garden he sees from the window of his apartment.

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 [...]

The purpose of this essay is to detect and analyze various traits of racism in Shakespeare's famous piece Othello and how it relates to the character of Othello.

A balance between good and evil is the main theme of this story with its focus on character development, both within the characters of the larger text as well as with Fenoglio and the characters [...]

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the prominent elements of fiction used in A Doll's House as the most vivid example of Ibsen's approach, analyze the applied dramatic techniques, and describe different layers [...]

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.

In The Iliad, the relations between two characters, Agamemnon and Apollo, as well as their motivation and passion help to underscore the theme of power and rage; the conflict between the characters is based on [...]

The nature of Ipellie's writing about the Arctic is deeply rooted in his pride in the culture and the resistance against the forces that make the region struggle.

By building his character, Changez, in a very original manner and displaying him as both the lover and the critic of the American traditions, the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist makes the audience realize the [...]

Seeing his attempts to express himself through scribbling something on the slate with a piece of yellow chalk, Brown's mother decided to teach him how to write, and this was a crucial moment in the [...]

As described by Arnold van Gennep in "The rites of Passage," the concept of the rites of passage is a ritual event used to signify the process of transition of a person from one social [...]

The book, A Raisin in the Sun, clearly Lorraine Hansberry's masterpiece, presents a 1950s life of a family- the Youngers; the family is caught up with individualism as they make decisions regarding money acquired from [...]

The following illustrates Creon's relationship to power, how he influenced the people he ruled, how he used his power as a leader of Thebes and the result of his ruling.

Borges suggests that reality is the creation of human brain: every person has this person's reality where the person is a creator and a creature, father and a son.

With the help of the two characters portrayed by the doctor, the writer of the novella brings out the element of duality.

Both stories, The Old Man and the Sea and Don Quixote have a number of common features as they are based on all those characteristics inherent to men who are challenged the world they live [...]

Among the benefits of flexible pedagogy and flexible bilingualism identified by the authors are ease of communication and preservation of culture, indiscrimination of a second language and simultaneous 'literacies' endorsement as students participating in bilingual [...]

The learners of English as a second language have been greatly affected because of the discrimination faced from other individuals because of the difference in pronunciation.

The man cannot understand that things mean nothing to a woman if her family is being destroyed. Thus, Jason's biggest mistake is that he thinks Medea simply wants to remain his only wife.

The gluttony level will be harsher than the previous two levels and this means that the level of torture subjected to the culprits will also be higher.

It gives a chance for the author to compare and contrast many elements of the book including his external state as a character in the book and the stream of conscious in his narration.

The eternal love between the gods and the characters from the story can be seen as the source of light, it is considered the most important part of the world.

It discusses both the pain that a mismatch in sexual desire between a husband and a wife can create, and the power of a crush of one woman for another.

The Tale of Kieu is full of characters, producing long-lasting impressions upon the reader and Dam Tien is one of them, even despite the fact that its role is only supplementary.

Concurring with the behavior of Misfit and Grandmother, O'Connor gives the elusive description of a good man relating it to gracility as a Christian value.

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".

The review focuses on the socialization involved in the acquisition of the two languages. Parents are actively involved in the development of language and education.

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.

The next morning, everyone in that community came to see the so-called angel and the story progressed to demonstrate the reality of otherness.

Stories told from different perspective help to understand that our points of view and the points of view of other characters, including the narrator, are how we see the world and events in it.

In general, Churchland does not appear to realize that the irreducible component of light he is referring to is the subjective experience of brightness.

Thus, the use of dark imagery in Milton's work is implemented to heighten the contrast between light and darkness, good and evil.

The creature can be compared to a baby who tries to examine the world it lives in, and its actions are just contractions to the cruelty of the world.

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.

For the first time, the authors started talking about the horrors of war and the animal fear that a person experiences.

Therefore, the subordinate position of women in the novel is explained by the use of language techniques by Gilead, and their status was accepted by reshaping identities under this condition.

The first narrative strategy to be mentioned in regards to The Things They Carried is the point of view. Repetition is a narrative strategy that is traced to the end of the story."He hated her.

Carol Dweck, the author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, believes that it can. The growth mindset is something that can be acquired, and it can improve one's quality of life.

On the other hand, one can say that this society favored the rich because they were always the first priority when it came to the selection of spouses.

To a great extent, the Epic of Gilgamesh illustrates the self-discovery and moral transformation of the protagonist who cannot accept the brevity of his life.

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 [...]

Leda's personality is shaped by her childhood traumas and relationship with her mother that influence her own experience of motherhood and her relations with her daughters and other people.

As positions of men and women in society changed significantly over time, literature gives the readers a unique opportunity to see the differences in the treatment and perception of the two genders centuries ago.

The protagonist of the novel, captain Marlow, observes that the suffering of the native people under the yoke of bureaucratic officials is extremely tough.

In Homer's The Odyssey, Odysseus ventures to Hades, in Virgil's The Aeneid, Aeneas goes to Orcus and in Dante's Inferno, Dante ventures into the realm of Christian Hell.

The white men tried to spread the gospel but "the arrival of the missionaries had caused a considerable stir in the village..."..

To show how powerful Chielo was Chinua Achebe says, 'As soon as the priestess stepped into this ring of hills, her voice was not only doubled in strength but was thrown back on all sides.' [...]