Literature Essays

While this novel is an examination of Victorian society, it is timeless. The title of the book, Great Expectations, is a reflection of the time and place in which it was written. The disempowered society was alienated then but Dickens gave them a voice. He penetrates deep into the minds of the working class. 

The author describes that the grandmother and her family in O'Connor's novel had an accident on a rural road.  The car they flagged down was a convicted killer called The Misfit and his two cohorts.  When the grandmother recognized him as The Misfit and told him so.  This made The Misfit decide to kill everyone right there on the spot. 

A probe into Female Madness in Contemporary Literature convinces one of the myriads of intense mental and psychic experiences that women had to undergo; how far the depiction of female madness in literature is in proximity to real life is to be explored and unearthed.  There is no doubt that literature deals with the life of man whether it be real or imaginary; human experiences of various eras have contributed to various types of literature. 

When I first read this book, I didn’t think there was a way to analyze it without retelling the story. I have spent many nights trying to figure the meaning, because there are so many. Then it finally hit me after I walked away from the book the true meaning.

Published in 1776, the book talks about market policies concerning global economies around the world and has thus been able to set a benchmark for leading policymakers and economists all around the world, providing them with an insight into how economies function. The book helps to understand the Industrial Revolution.

The title suggests a musical allusion: variations on a theme are often used in classical music, and this shows the author’s intention to present a main idea about love, but also to explore other ideas which are related to that central point, in a playful and creative way. The first sentence is a big contrast to the title because it comes right down to earth with the phrase “plug holes with.”

The book goes on with a number of tales that have different messages along with fun and entertainment. The stories are very short and range from two pages to six pages in length. As they are especially composed for children, they carry all the attention-gaining variety for children such as horror, morals, humor, science fiction and much more.

While the two plays have romance and happy endings, they differ in the mood they set in the play. The Merchant of Venice is classified as a dark comedy because of character Antonio’s near-death experience, Shylock’s tragic ending and the anti-Semitism portrayed in the play.

al poem in more ways than one, it represents the conflict that we all face at some point or the other, we all make important decisions in our life and after a few years we do look back at our decisions and some of us regret our decisions while some others feel happy that they

Jalaluddin Rumi exhibits this precinct when he states, “Not Christian, or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu Buddhist, Sufi or Zen” (Rumi). He further states that “I am not from the East or West” (Rumi). He concludes by emphasizing the connection between human beings through the breath of life that all share. Consequently, he states that “only that breath breathing human being” (Rumi).

The rest of this essay will show how themes of love, loss, perception and reality are adequately addressed in these works. The Things They Carried is an assortment of short stories penned by Tim O’Brien based on his first hand experiences in Vietnam.

The author states that the bird possesses the ability to appear and disappear instantly at a fraction of a second. Toward the end of its life, it has great determination to travel to Heliopolis to start its life cycle all again. It does catch fire from the sun making it burn up and from its ash, it is reborn.

It is for this reason that such period has also been referred to as romantic period. Many works of literature employed what was seen as romanticism. Some of the early poets who laid foundation for such style of composition in poetry include the legendary

Then, when it comes to the tone of the works, there are some differences with “Good Country People” exhibiting a satirical and tragic tone while “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” reflecting a sympathetic, innocent, and tragic tone. As far as irony is concerned, both the works are replete with a number of ironic aspects, which showcases the mindset and individualism of the key characters.

According to the paper, the concept of the covenant can be regarded as a core of Puritan perception of the world and relationships with the surrounding people. It seems that everything in Puritan understanding is built upon the concept of covenant: the connection between God and men, the relationships of ministers and congregations.

The author of the essay states that alliteration occurs when a number of words with same consonant sound are adjacent to each other in series.  While on the other hand rhyme occurs when there is a repetition of similar sounds in words or more words most often in the final syllable of line in syllable.

The author of the paper compared and contrasted the two short stories in order to investigate the utilization of characters, setting, historical time frame, and supernatural elements used. Elements of supernatural are obvious in both stories, even though they have different approach to representing them.

Although the encounter starts Macbeth’s descent into wickedness, it is his inability to balance and manage his various commitments that eventually drives him to his doom. Hearing the news, Macbeth’s wife is unwilling to allow time to lay the course and convinces Macbeth to murder the present king that very evening.

In subsequent action in the book, Celie leaves the state, starts her own business and becomes very successful.  One her own and with her own success to support her, Celie decides to reunite with her husband, who has dramatically reformed and takes up an equal or perhaps slightly superior position to him within the home they share. 

Although O. Henry shares the literary heavens with immortals like H.G. Wells and Joseph Conrad, he is sui generis in the short story genre because of the familiar surprising denouement, paraphrases of famous literary lines, and the constant allusion to mythological characters and other writers, all in a few pages.

The first concern of a woman is her individual security. This is true of Gertrude. Her second concern is about Hamlet, her son. Her actions are directed for her being placed in the best possible surroundings and life-situations. Just as a lotus has many petals, the love of her heart has several recipients.

Although Santiago faces many obstacles, during his adventure and travel, he always has a clear vision about his aim and the path that he needs taking for realizing the same. Ultimately he realizes his dreams, which turn out to be far better than his expectations. ( The Alchemist Summary & Study Guide) 

“Chapter Nine: Of the Ends of Political Society and Government” examines the sole source of power and legitimacy of the state and

The conflicting ideas between Mazda and Ahriman in religion, fundamentalists and liberalists depicted in the Islamic and Catholic religion runs through the book. After the revolution, two groups emerged in Iranian society. The dressing codes of women and men revealed two groups in society. The aim of Satrapi is to inspire dualistic ideas.

The theme of good and evil is a very old theme that can be seen in works of literature that date back to the first writings of humankind. The duality of what is good within human beings as it is contrasted by what is evil, as well as what is perceived as good and evil has been manifested and personified in literary works in order to better understand the external and the internal worlds.

Men in Greek society hold the power they lack intelligence, and common sense as well as the peaceful nature of women from play, women are portrayed as weak by men who treat them as weak but by getting united they are strong when their objective is just, and by that the author shows that in unity there is strength.

Ethnic differences are found between the mainly Igbo protagonists and Miss Adebayo. These ethnic differences have a negative significance

The story begins with the narrator - a yellow-nape Amazon parrot, sitting on a perch in a cage, in a pet store in Houston. Just as he is wondering if all the other birds in the pet shop, are paying a price for deeds in a past life, his former wife enters the store with a man and is attracted to him in his new incarnation.  

History tells that during the twentieth century the dictatorship and sole leadership were common across the world and by the mid of the century almost every state was under the rule of one leader. There were Nawabs ruling states in South Asia, kings in Arab and Gulf States, and dictators in Southeast Asia.

In the play Titus Andronicus, the theme of civility vs. brutality is prominent. The Romans view themselves as citizens in contrast to Goths who are seen to be less civilized. However, as the story in the play unfolds, the civility of the Romans is put to question. This theme is introduced by Marcus when intervenes in an argument.

This paper will begin with the statement that in Ralph Elision’s novel, “Invisible Man”, when the narrator says that “it is sometimes advantageous to be unseen”, he, in fact, refers to a symbiotic relationship between his self-awareness and his awareness of the white society’s reluctance to acknowledge his individual identity.

At this juncture, the primary tasks of any banking institution are to judge, analyze and lend money, only for the most productive investment projects. This is because if the number of bailed out projects in an economy

The author states that the immigrants faced an identity crisis which even shifted to the new generation but Margarita appears as the representatives of the new generation who through their resilience and efforts are able to fulfill the dreams of their family. The swimming journey from San Pedro to San Catalina is the symbolic cruise for identity.

Biographical: the other similarity is the both characters talk about their personal life adventures. Crusoe talks about his adventures while in the Island while Johnson’s life is recounted while in

The author is involved in a series of philosophical depiction of warfare one would easily describe as ‘cartoonish violence.’ Thus, the book is easily categorized as a violence script based on a number disgracing activities highly

 Also, the book outlines the experiences of Spiegelman as he visits and interacts with his father to record memories. This paper outlines a response to Maus that is written by Art Spiegelman. Art Spiegelman gives an explanation of his father’s experiences in Poland before the start of the World War 2.  

The Other Wes fell into the dangerous trap of peddling drugs-which began out because of the need to make extra cash but later turned out to arrests being regular as well as violent. As the story progresses, the audience starts to comprehend how the 2 Moores came into existence. The 2 Moores realize how difficult it is to overturn bad decisions.  

He became detached from the other people in the community because he became distrustful. Because of this, he was unable to nurture relationships with his neighbors and even with his own

The author states that imagery is used in the first stanza as the poet presents the wedding band as a form of retainer. A retainer is a kind of restraint that forces something to remain in place. Creeley says the golden wedding ring was only “the first retainer,” forcing the reader to see the ring as a leash.

At the conclusion, it is realized Mersault has no feelings of love or grief for anyone in his life. He is merely empty. This is clear in his conduct throughout the novel and lends to the entire theory that morals are not intrinsic. They are not instilled in anyone at birth, which is a utilitarian premise. The novel embraces this way of life and while the protagonist is portrayed as loathsome because of his lack of emotion.

Dickens has revealed the strange working of fate through the character of Magwitch and his relationship with Pip. Compeyson’s character is antithetic

The original Peter Pan was dark and rhetorical English tale (Flores 2011). Old English folk stories provoked of vile creatures and dark premises in such stories often offered the fantasies of heroic creatures with powers that a plain human do not exhibit. One of these stories was Peter Pan. The original text was written in 1915. 

The society in Igbo has its own judicial system and values of justice. But the white missionaries in Igbo disturb this system, to a great extent, for the people’s good. Achebe shows that the sense of justice is not universal, rather it is a social construct. In Okonkwo’s society what the members consider justice is cruelty and injustice according to the values of the Christian missionaries.

He is too far removed from its formative processes. The roots of the tree of his life have not yet grasped the rock and soil. The white man is still troubled with primitive fears; he still has in his consciousness the perils of this frontier continent,

Man's ribs were throbbing in his chest making him wonder if that is what it felt like to be hit by a bus. He grabbed onto one of the ropes helping to anchor the fishing boat to the pier as his head began to spin. Thoughts, memories, events, all swirling in his mind, never making any sense. Clutching his head he tried to remain conscious.

This was my reading experience of the poem, and I managed to perceive the poem as follows. The poem’s first line opens with a group of boys at Golden Shovel, pool hall. The name of the pool is a symbol of the shortness of their youth days. The

Sammy’s life seems restricted as he likes the girls entering in unconventional attire breaking the norms. He wants to live a free life by following untraditional concepts. His actions also justify his personality as he resigns from A & P on the basis of embarrassment felt by the girls who ignore him thoroughly.

A shocking turn of events turns up when Prim is the choice at the reaping. However, Katniss volunteers to take up her place as she is too young and she made a vow to protect her family at all costs. Another baffle comes in when a young boy, Peeta Mellark comes into the view of the reader as the other tribute.

This play is indeed, a wonderful piece of art in that it preserves and reflects all the hardships and miseries the African Americans have gone through without having the audience feel bored for a single moment. This is one of the best ways to make people really sit and see