World Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 5

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“The Tale of Kieu” by Nguyen Du

Through images of the minor characters, the author reveals the essence of the philosophical notion "virtue" and its peculiarity in Eastern culture, the role it played in the destiny of the poet himself.
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Use of Reversal Technique in Literature

Without any prompting, the thin man lets the reader and the fat man know that he has now been promoted to the 8th grade, which is a big feat according to him.
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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'.
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How Serfdom Saved the Woman’s Movement

According to Flanagan, "...because it reveals the unpleasant truth that life presents a series of choices, each of which precludes a host of other attractive possibilities is that when a mother works, something is lost".
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“The Fine Art of Baloney Detection”: Analysis

Although Sagan's work demonstrates a brilliant, incisive, and insightful skewering of elaborate lies that are used to trick gullible people into believing nonsense, the article lacks the crucial element of recognizing the dangerous potential of [...]
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The Hunger Game Book by Nick Saul

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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Issues in “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant

In The Necklace, De Maupassant raised several contemporary issues at once: the conflict of desires and opportunities, the discrepancy between the spiritual organization of a person and the social conditions of their existence.
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Protagonist in “The Dreamer” by Junot Díaz

One of Junot D az's works is the essay The Dreamer, which tells the reader about the story of his mother. The protagonist of the work is the author's mother, whose actions, in turn, are [...]
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Culture in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

I also kill a cock at the shrine of Ifejioku, the god of yams" Ibo culture is shown through the world look of the Western society that is why the aspect of behavioral brutality was [...]
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“The Language of Love”: Reading Critique

Aiko is currently in love with Adam but she does not show any interest in marrying him because she is either waiting for Adam to make the first move or wishing that everything would come [...]
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“The Republic” by Plato: Book X

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.
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Selected Stories of Lu Hsun Review

The beginning of the 20th century was a challenging period for the author's country, and he was one of the first to declare the importance of reformation changes in his stories.
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The Tales of the Grimm Brothers

The tales of the Grimm brothers hold a very special place in the pantheon of the world's renowned collections of stories for kids.
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“Friend of My Youth” by Alice Munro

The narrator's attempts to portray her mother as an active member of the community and tell the story through her eyes indicate a close connection between her and the storyteller.
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“Mirror” by Sylvia Plath

This illustrates that the author of the poem - who is a woman - does not know who she is and looks to external sources to define her.
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The Problem of Hero and Villain in Literature

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 [...]
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“Construction of Deafness” by Harlan Lane Analysis

One side of the debate believes that deafness is a disability, while their opponents claim that this is a sign of belonging to a distinct linguistic community which is marginalized not only in the United [...]
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“The Bear Came over the Mountain” by Alice Munro

If we attempt to discuss the peculiarities of her novel, "The Bear Came over the Mountain," especially in contrast with its screen version, which is called "Away from her," it is of crucial importance for [...]
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Gilgamesh and Oedipus the King

In the case of Enkidu, he uses his strength to undermine all those going against his will and he is not putting in mind what the results will be to other in the society.
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Racism in Shakespeare’s “Othello”

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.
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The Concept and History of Dystopian Fiction

Thus, the goal of this paper is to study the phenomenon of DF based on the examples of Orwell's and Huxley's fiction and determine the presence of the themes that overlap with the contemporary social, [...]
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Translating Non-Fiction Works

Written by Mench , the book is known as The Discourse of the Other: Testimonio and the Fiction of the Maya has as many controversies around it as its author does around her.
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“Spy Novels” and Intelligence Studies

The literary genre 'spy novel' emerged in Britain prior to the beginning of the WW1, which in turn explains why in a classical spy novel the protagonist's intelligence-gathering activities are usually described as nothing short [...]
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“Missing Women” by June Spence

As the story progresses, the author begins to create a mixture of facts and rumors; a mixture that is inevitable in any real-life investigation.
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“A Peacock Southeast Flew” a Poem by Anne Birrell

For instance, we get the impression that the mother of the clerk notes that the clerk's wife is not compliant, and hence, she wants her to leave because she has gone against the designated behaviors [...]
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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.
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Accent Discrimination and the Harmful Effects

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.
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“Kokoro” a Novel Written by Soseki

There is also contradiction in the way that narrator and his father feel in regard to graduation. After Sensei learns that K is also in love with daughter of the widow, he proposes to her.
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The Handmaid’s Tale

In the book, The Handmaid's Tale, the republic of Gilead presents a different environment with different rules from those of the former order before the conflict and establishment of a new order.
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The Value Of Japanese Literature In Meiji Era

In the book, Natsume Soseki brings out the upheaval of the Meiji period as he relates to the tales of a stray cat probing deeper into the lives of human beings and fellow cats living [...]
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Night by Elie Wiesel

The book notes that when the Jews were forced into the concentration camps, Elie and his family remained calm and obeyed every directive from their oppressors. The author attributed the enmity among the Jews to [...]
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Response to Destro’s claim on Faust

Here, Destro interprets it to mean what we were to subject Faust to was not the standard morality but that of the superman: "In reality, the law that Faust follows is not that of morality [...]
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Yang’s American Born Chinese

The main character of the first part is the Monkey King. The main question the author possesses in the tales of the novel is What Are Your Efforts to Succeed?
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The Voice of Faulkner

The death of Addie is also one of the dark and disturbing components of the narration. The end of the story illustrates that the entire piece has been a flashback since it talks about the [...]
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Harlem Renaissance: The Cultural Movement

In 1931, she collaborated with Langston Hughes in the production of the play "Mule Bone," which was never published because of the tension between the two writers, and in 1934, she authored her first novel, [...]
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Literature and the Community

On the other hand, the essay analyzes the 'Lesson', which is a story written by Toni Cade Bambara with the aim of showing how individuals and societies affect each other in the context of literature.
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The Nature of Disturbances in “Things Fall Apart”

The author illustrates the disruption of peace by the arrival of white-men in the Igbo community. Nevertheless, the showing up of the white man and Christianity led to a change in this practice, the women [...]
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“Modern” Techniques in Latin American Literature

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 [...]
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The “Fifteen Dogs” Novel by Andre Alexis

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 [...]
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The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad

The first one is the absolute topographical realism and accuracy of details in the reproduction of the place of events. Conrad resorts to the parallelism of the climaxes in the stories of Leggatt and the [...]
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Literature: Development Throughout History

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.
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The Polarity of Cleanliness and Filth

In the books, Morrison addresses questions about the role and place of women in the world and attempts to deconstruct the traditional image of the black female that has emerged in the literature.
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“Bhagavad Gita”: The Reading Reflection

The plot of the Gita unfolds within the framework of a conversation between Arjuna, the prince of the Pandavas, and Krishna, his guide, charioteer, and the supreme God incarnate.
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Analysis of “The Thousand and One Nights”

This essay argues that the text of The Thousand and One Nights is all about the art of storytelling. In the text, it is noted that due to her skills in narrating tales, the king [...]
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Caribbean Society Through the Lens of Literature

As a result, approximately a million enslaved Africans were transported to the Caribbean, with about half of them arriving in the British Caribbean. Her books are on the African diaspora in the Caribbean as a [...]
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The Yanomamo Book by N. Chagnon Review

When he requires his community to clear the weeds from a common division in readiness for a ceremony, he starts the task and is supported by others who prepare most of the business.
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Thematic Concepts in Beowulf and Divine Comedy (Inferno)

The tension is not resolved because this exploration does not factor in the causes of the evil meaning that the reinforcement of the doctrinal message overrides critical thinking. In paradise, the issue of God's Justice [...]
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