World Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 9

The most obvious similarities in the language of the two plays are that it takes a good actor to be able to deliver the lines at all, and a superb actor to be able to [...]

In the novel "From the Earth to the Moon" Jules Verne depicted science and basically applied science as an only engine of progress and social balance, which filled moral and ethical vacuum of individual of [...]

We see the countryside along which the protagonist, who is only referred to as "Your Excellency" by the driver and the innkeeper, travels, and finally a small house in which the man and his driver [...]

In the same vein, Joseph Conrad's novella "Heart of Darkness," written in 1899, is about the struggle of two civilized Europeans, Marlow and Kurtz, after they ventured in to the wouldarkness' of uncivilized Africa,' and [...]

It is possible to dream in such places, but hardly to live, as the physical and spiritual health of Dostoevsky's characters plainly testifies.

This story is nothing short of a treasure in terms of the use of literary devices, and various other techniques employed by the writer to elevate this work to the status of one of the [...]

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.

In 'A Bird in the house, for instance, we see Vanessa rebelling against her grandfather's dictatorship, and as a result, she is denied the freedom she is fighting for.

First and foremost, although it is a literary piece of work, it can be considered as a historical truth thanks to the author living at that particular period of time and claim that the given [...]

After the death of his mother in 1907, Hitler moved to the city of Vienna, where he hoped to join the Art Academy.

The reign of the absurd has caused violence, and the setting of the story adds tremor and drama to it. War does not bring any good to people, and this is highlighted in the novel.

The theme of the novel trails two side-by-side running models, one during times of erstwhile racial South Africa where the enthroned President is on the verge of giving in at the hands of the leadership [...]

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.

Through "Sammy," the central character, the author is trying to show the kind of radical change that was happening in the society in the 60s.

Sometimes it is immense fun to read other's writings."The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write, a man will turn over half a library to make one book".

The tribesmen did not want to give up the new trading society to fight for their independence, that I why they had accepted the confines of the white man's rule.

The novel also shows that the character, Venichka, was well educated and very religious but because of the society, he was forced to drink to exploit his creativity. The book encourages drinking in the society [...]

Marginal characters thus may be claimed to play a crucial role in literary work and in the first place of its conceptual realization.

Social oppression of Hamlet as the talented representative of descending class undeceives that there is not only a death that menacing to Hamlet, but also social injustice, "the whips and scorns of time, the oppressor's [...]

When the vagabond who has come to wealth seeks the services of a Jew to sell his possessions and is cheated by him Grimmelshausen is of the very firm opinion that a person from the [...]

Memory knots, as the term, have been employed to refer to sites of humanity, sites in time, and sites of physical matter or geography.

To a great extent, it reflects the portrayal of the German social class structure and the bias and prejudices that were prevalent.

Thus, the tragic hero should combine the following characteristics: He should cause emotional attachment; The audience should fear for the fate of the hero; A tragic hero should cause pity in the audience.

The 'Theme of this book could be suitably applied in the modern days, where there is a serious drift/immigration to The West and European countries in the quest for a greener pasture.

This is illustrated through the fingerprint evidence proving one man is 'black' and the other is 'white' despite the relative sameness of their actual skin tone, the restoration of societal perceptions of the black man [...]

This is because much of the imagery included in the poems is of nature, which has multiple applications."As in the Changes, so in the Poetry most images are drawn from the natural world, not surprising [...]

This way or another, we suppose that this was one of the author's main tasks to make the reader seek the answers he has put and we should admit that he managed to cope with [...]

The novel relates the events that happened in the 1930's and refers to the personal angst of the narrator. Iris had a sister called Laura who killed herself after the Second World War and it [...]

The Age of Enlightenment centered on France and two of the major philosophers who contributed to this age of Enlightenment were Voltaire and Montesquieu. In the realm of politics, the government was the focus of [...]

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.

The extent of the openness of futurity for the human being lies in her present position and the objective reality the human being confronts.

We can see that her worries and apprehensions are answered with the keystone idea that "Death is the mother of beauty".

Broadly defined, the bildungsroman is "the novel of youth, the novel of education, of apprenticeship, of adolescence, of initiation, even the life-novel".

This essay will portray the commonalities in these three novels and try to draw a contrast between them and discuss them in the light of three similar literary tools used, i.e.theme, antagonist, and irony in [...]

Literature as a constant reflector of the current events and ways people percept the world around cannot stand aside and fail to exhibit the characteristics and ideas of the new way of thinking.

Fagon wants his story to alert the king to the baleful influence the confessor will exercise and the harm it will do the nation.

It is the story of the life of a man of great wisdom and spiritual strength in the early days of the colonization of Iceland.

It is the wearing of black as a show of mourning and the sustained sadness that forbids the beginning of a liaison on the day following the burial of Meursault's mother.

The utilization of children will reduce the number of "papists who, according to Swift, were "most perilous enemies" and also the "principal breeders of the nation".

Still, Tess realizes the bitter irony of her situation and at a slight provocation from Alec she stabs him to death:

Would God no Argo e er had winged the seas To Colchis through the blue Symplegades No shaft of riven pine in Pelion's glen Shaped that first oar blade in the hands of men Valiant [...]

Like the Thomas Sutpen story that has been dispatched by different narrators in William Faulkner's novel Absalom, Absalom, the past becomes a burden in the present for Quentin and Shreve because he sensed an impermeable [...]

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

He relates the story of his spiritual crisis in his work, A Confession."Do in the afterlife the freshness and life heartedness, the craving for love and strength of faith, ever return which we experience in [...]

He becomes a slave to his love for the boy and no traces of the famous aristocratic author remains. Before Aschenbach traveled to Venice, he was a disciple of the god Apollo, god of reason [...]

She does not display any interest in trying to take responsibility and improve the lives of her peers in any way.

Instead of the character of Genie that comes from the lamp, my story features the character of Fairy Ostara, who fulfills the desires of the magic stick's owners.

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, [...]

In conclusion, The Archbishop's Vampires is a vivid example of scientific narratives because of its dualistic goals that include giving a thorough description of a phenomenon and intriguing the reader through telling an amusing story.

The first dominant quality of nomadic narratives is the autobiographical nature of the story. In conclusion, the story is a nomadic narrative as it is told by a traveler describing his autobiography.

It is a mistake to think that it is enough to study the summary or read the review articles to paint the story of Cecilia and Claudio.

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.

Since the first stages of the evolution of the civilized world, there have always been multiple debates about the just character of regulations that are taken as basic ones for the life of particular communities.

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 [...]

Jingfang paints a dreadful picture of the future where social inequality has risen to the point where the society is split into three parts, and the differences among them are emphasized in the most vivid [...]

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.

He was lining in the bed trying not to move and not to breath as Keith could hear it. He was not able to change the pose as Keith would hear it and wake up.

It becomes clear when different ideas appear in her head, and all the participants of the performance know her and love her as one of the members in the general fun.

In contemporary literature, due to the development of different genres and literary schools, there may be observed a huge amount of different archetype prophetical characters. In childrens literature, the archetype of an orphan is very [...]

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.

In this passage, the author urges the readers to regard The Epic of Gilgamesh as a source that can illustrate the worldviews and values of the Mesopotamians.

Besides, I would also wish to get up a bit earlier than others to enjoy the silence and the minutes that belong to me only.

Nabokov and Poe use literary devices to create meaning, connect with the audience and deliver their message. The protagonists are different, with one of them being static, while another one changes.

Evaluating the murder of the children, the conclusion can be drawn that the females were thought to give the life and take it back.

Overall, it is possible to say that an adult person should be able to take responsibility for one's actions, to forgive others, and to think independently even his or her opinions do not coincide with [...]

However, when the memories of his wife resurface, and he goes to the grave to pay his respects, he realizes that he feels no remorse.

Tolstoy's afflictions were attributed to his failure to define the true meaning of life and his fear of inevitable death. He realizes Socrates for stating that the life of a body is evil and deceptive [...]

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.

The choice of the words in this passage may be explained by the desire to show how lovely the place for Don Quixote was and how he worried about leaving it.

The first sign that showed Somaly the wickedness of her grandfather was when he struck her after she was afraid of climbing on to the logging truck. The reason behind this is that the woman [...]

The novel explicates the pressure between colonial administrators and the African society amongst the railwaymen and the African community's resistance and struggles to free from the colonial power.

I believe that he will return to the tomb of his wife, only this time, in such a manner that he will finally be able to join her in the afterlife, in death.

Just the same way that the necklace deceived her that it is a real diamond, she also managed to deceive everyone at the party that she is wealthy and beautiful.

The author used a flashback to build up the rest of the story in bringing out an element of discrimination which was directed to the Koreans by the Japanese.

This essay continues the study of Borges with emphasis on these two stories, the theme of dreams and the nature of reality, and the author's speculative fiction as well as his assertions as to what [...]

He comes back home with the idea that nothing has changed and expects to find all the intriguing things about his home the same as he left them and to his disappointment, nothing is as [...]

Chang does indeed appear to have the features of the poor student archetype: even though Yingying was not his wife, he did abandon her, and at first glance it seems that the reason is the [...]

73 to 143 is to explain the essence of the idea of the island of the dead. The main events are the expected inaugural speech the new director Cho, his expectations to promote a number [...]

The book was written during the pre-colonial time and the author portrayed the western practices as of value to the people in the village.

It is necessary to note that the idea of the triumph of the self is one of the last ideas that can appear in some readers' minds.

Although the term literature means different things to different individuals, it is the reader of literary work who has the discretion to define what literature is and what it is not.

His first book is entitled Lonely Country, and it is the very piece of art, which made him known as the king of the lonely country and proved that he was a sadhu in poetry [...]

2 The implication of social and political concerns through his beautiful and artist description of daily life inspires the readers to realize the real situation of the society throughout his poetic works.

This theme can be used to teach the topic of identity to high school students by elaborating that names often have origins that are deeply rooted in a particular culture and that a name can [...]

It is possible that Celan uses repetition to express the feelings of repetitiveness that he and the other people felt during the imprisonment.

The following paper analyzes the motifs and themes contributing to the described effect in order to determine the ways in which the system supports harassment at the state level.

Throughout the story, the image of the countryside is displayed in two instances: first, as a backdrop against which the reader follows the journey and the conversation of H and Tong-I, and as an environment [...]

The uniqueness of a real hero is in their heroism that can be controversial, flawed in nature and outcomes, and harder to detect in general.

Considering the importance of religion and its postulates in "The Arabian Nights," it is possible to say that the text moralizes the imperative of good-doing from the religious perspective."The Second Old Man's Tale," "The Tale [...]

Indeed, Amir Hamza is a character in which multiple other characters' attribute is embedded: he is a trickster, a warrior, a hero, a spiritual person, a lover, and a mature man; as his personality evolves, [...]

The author contrasts the outer higher aspirations of the middle and higher class to the actual deception of moral code and vanity endorsed by it.

The notion of "Taiwan literature" caused debates in the 1980s and 1990s concerning the term itself, its content, and the place of the phenomenon within world literature.

Of the points that Rankine makes about "mistaken" identity, the social racism, and the fabric of urban and suburban life, what point hits closest to home for you?

The author of The Story of the Stone, Cao Xueain, integrates his own reality with the story in the novel. The theme of reality versus appearance affects Shi Xiangyun in terms of what her life [...]

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 [...]

The reason for this has to do with the fact that the concerned epic was written by Buddhist monks over a long period and also the fact that the Tale of the Heike can be [...]

Although the authors sometimes succumb to the traditional gender tropes, the subtle changes to the roles that men and women played in the 16th-century society, as well as the behavior norms that they were supposed [...]

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 [...]

Chinua Achebe, an African author with his origin in Nigeria mainly focuses on the colonization of African countries and the role of women in the society in the village of Umuofia in his book Things [...]

This paper is going to analyze Candide the main hero of Voltaire's satire written in the year 1759, and Tripitaka from The Journey to the West a Chinese novel from the 16th century.

Also, it is possible to state that he is too enthusiastic most of the time, and his actions are extremely unreasonable.

Bearing in mind Svidrigailov's motives, we can say that he is a man of honor, as he wants to compensate his fault in Dunya's eyes and worries about her future.

In the story of Gilgamesh, Enkidu helps the wild animals to escape traps set by people. In Catullus, the narrator shows that toiling in further lands to gain profit is worthless if it is not [...]

Lichteim comes to the conclusion that the author of the book of Proverbs in the Bible was familiar with the text of the Amenemope, explaining why there is a lot of similarity in the two [...]

The combination of the visual imagery and the words makes it easier for the reader to understand the meaning of certain complicated ideas.

In brief, the narrative mainly starts as a "love and romance story" that portrays the life of Muhsin, his love with Saniya and state of jealous in his family.

His essay is a free judgment and expression of concerns of loss of environment that allows the rich traditional Japanese ways and natural beauty to flourish.

More importantly, the novel shed some light on the situation as viewed from the perspective of a woman, which alone was a major foot forward in the analysis of the social issues of the beginning [...]

This approach seems to be wrong in the perspective of the just society, as it sees the justice as "the having and doing of one's own and what belongs to oneself".

This is one of the details that can be identified. However, this approach can lead to disastrous effects such as the marginalization of people.

His mother is shocked by the transformation In this paper, the author will use Saint Leo's core values of integrity and community to analyze the decisions made by Samsa family when Gregor changes into bug. [...]

In this particular case, it can be stated that Creon has learned not to go against the ancient traditions that are valued by the ancient Greek society that he is in since they are part [...]

However, the author does not try to show that her despair is a sufficient reason for suicide. He is able to perceive the behavior of other people in a critical way.

However, in the book she tries to avoid mentioning Islam as one of the main factors which influences the role and position of women in society.

The book The Brothers Karamazov by Fydor Dostoyevsky is a must-read Russian novel that was written in the 19th century with an aim of painting the dilemma that the society was facing in its pursuit [...]

He is disappointed with the outcomes of the Cuban revolution and the behavior of other people who accepted this revolution as well as the policies of the state.

With the help of the idea that stands behind each of the martial arts style, and the character that stands behind it, the author manages to convey the specifics of the given character's features and [...]

The aim of this essay is to analyze whether the chapters 16/17 of the novel prove the idea that the chapters of Therese Raquin can be viewed as the case studies in physiology.

For the audience, the bridge acts as a source of peace and reverence, as a platform to look as the regimes and the years pass.

All through, the author creatively captures the attention of the reader without watering down the content and flow of the storyline. The reality of poverty is undeniable in this book.