Literature Essays

There has been an age old debate pertaining to the fact that reading a book is always better than watching a film and vice verse. Linda Costanzo Cahir in her book entitled, “Literature Into Film: Theory and Practical Approaches” argues that, “A movie based on a literary source is often seen as a secondary work and, consequently, of secondary value”

A good piece of literature dwells on the facts of real life. Real-life or the life that people experience is written inform of books so that people can relate to them. From the social lives of people to the cultural and political lives of people, they are all portrayed in the pieces of kinds of literature that are written all over the world.

This is one kingdom, according to Hunter (1). The other kingdom is the feminine kingdom, which is the magical kingdom that hearkens to Titania's rule or Queen Mab's rule. This kingdom is not just feminine, but also represents occulted power and the unconscious mind – a dreamworld.

A volley of human emotions and values evolve out in the plays of Shakespeare, but the plays of Shakespeare are universal. They are relative to every human being beyond any particular bindings of age, sex, society or time. Nevertheless, the sonnets of Shakespeare also compete equally with his plays and launch themselves into a realm which makes them ephemeral despite the fact that the sonnets of Shakespeare are extremely personal at most places.

The novel was presented in 999 lines on a poem known as ‘pale Fire’ and it is an antecedent to post-modernism (Nabokov 42). It is a foreword and lengthy commentary, which disrupts the reader because the author forces the reader to move back and forth during the reading process. The author employed unique elements because of the tendency to expose the changeability and vulnerability of pre-recorded texts.

The poem is composed of sections and each of them has its own meaning and special idea a poet wants to share with us. This long poem was analyzed by many experts and is still being interpreted as it contains many interesting places, which can be understood differently.

Organizational characteristics of a particular community’s routines, as well as the symbolic structure of rituals, closely connected with other important elements of developmental processes among them working relationships within the family, the efficiency of parents, and ability to monitor behavioral changes.

Those supporting this idea use statement made by Roman Philosopher Seneca for the past 2,000 years citing a person being “everywhere” he or she is “nowhere” (Carr). This implies information availed to humanity currently besides making one aware of his or her immediate settings, has no help at all.

The story brings conventions of the Romance genre, with Gawain appearing to fit neatly into the genre of medieval romance. The romance genre has several characteristics, which includes a celebration of the warrior society, a setting amidst the feudal decency, close attention to details of the ceremony.

Cervantes criticized the unfair system that mixed honor with social status due to which a devoted yet low-class girl Dona Clara could not marry “the son of a gentleman of Aragon” and both lovers suffered (Cervantes 407). The accounts of the duke and duchess in Don Quixote also represent the cruel attitude of upper-class aristocrats.

Doctor Faustus, who is the protagonist in this play, is a citizen of Rhodes Germany by birth. He was however brought up in Wittenberg. Here he attended top schools up to the university and excelled. He achieved much scholarly and got a doctor of letter degree in theology and divinity. He read bibles and religious books could quote bible verses.

This book describes the struggles and misrepresentation cast on the American Indian community in the 1960s American culture. It is written in a manner that transforms from ironical and humorous satire into serious concepts. The writer’s general thesis is that the White Americans view Indians in the manner that they want to see them.

The author states that throughout Ernest Hemingway’s short story Hills Like White Elephants there is a tone that is articulated that establishes and advances the narrative theme. While it’s difficult to specifically indicate what the central narrative or plot of the story is, as Hemingway purposely doesn’t reveal this core information.

Irrespective of the difference between drama and reality, the characters seemed real at least for the play’s duration. Shakespeare has capitalized at reality’s presence in various characteristics of life.

The author states that all good writing should roll off the tongue, but in poetry, the sound is especially important as a poem is usually meant to be read aloud. There are a number of poetic devices such as alliteration that are used in poetry which would be out of place in a short story. Poems are part of a larger oral tradition.

The main purpose of the essay is to discuss the death of Mr. Mallard and Mrs. Mallard's nonstandard reaction. The writer of the essay states, that unable to conform to the expectations of her society, Mrs. Mallard had become unhappy in her marriage, feeling trapped and without any other options to free herself from her marriage. After she learned that her husband had died in a terrific train accident, she began to feel a sense of relief.

I am admittedly not yet very knowledgeable in theater plays, so I will be analyzing the play and the production from a first-timer’s standpoint. It is a good thing that the play is a widely-known play by playwright Arthur Miller, “The Crucible,” as it allowed me to focus more on analysis rather than in understanding the story.

Ethnic Discrimination in Maru and Massacre River Q. Compare and contrast the novels of Maru by Bessie Head and Massacre River by Rene Philoctete with respect to their discussion of ethnic discrimination. How do they orchestrate their plots to make their respective points about equality and discrimination?

The author states that Antonio heads over to Lose Angeles to save his own life, and subsequently, over the years finds that Longoria has taken refuge their too. The book is thus a tale of how Antonio tries to hunt Longoria down in order to punish him for killing the two people he loved the most; it is a story of how revenge might help a man.

The role of the central strategy was responsible to some extent, as there appears enough proof of Indonesian national culture emerging in the free environment as well through social restructuring of cities. It could be seen in speaking of the national language, Bahasa Indonesia; change in eating and food preparing habits, sports like soccer.

Breastfeeding allows the babies to receive the antibodies by breast milk but this protection is temporary and a baby requires a higher level of immunization to remain protected from diseases. Childhood immunization is the essential process that provides required protection to the babies against the diseases and creates resistance in their bodies to fight the viruses of different diseases.

A great man once said, “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” Since times immemorial, writing stories and telling tales has been a vital part of life. Furthermore, most of these stories have been written down for the benefit of the coming generations, so that they can read, analyze and understand the thought process and point of view of other people as well.

One of the basic reasons for the repeated use of the theme of love in literature is that it is an emotion that people all through human history have been feeling. In English literature, the attitude to love has been a major concern of poetry as early as Chaucer and the theme of love has been celebrated through various periods in the history of English literature.

In her poem "Still I Rise," Maya Angelou defies this tradition of subjugation and affirms her right and her need to keep talking back. In the poem, she celebrates her independence of spirit in the face of a harsh, judgmental world determined to keep her in a predetermined place. Instead of behaving as she’s supposed to, she behaves as she wishes. 

The events in the story involve conflicts in the relationships that people share and generally involve love as well as who is right and wrong. The ethical issues behind these events simply cannot be labeled as either right or wrong, unless the selection is one of religion. The idea of man and woman being mischievous creatures is indeed an opinion.

A Good Man is Hard to Find, which is a short story written by Flannery O’Connor, can easily strike the reader as grossly violent and almost bordering on the macabre. At the start of the story, one can have the tendency to consider its plot as merely that of a contradiction within the family due to the differences on moral principles.

In “Brave New World,” the machine of totalitarianism gives a state control of technology and medical intervention to essentially remove all individual choice from society. This mantra is seen in vaccine worker Lenina Crowne’s statement. The text demonstrates how the animals understand that man is an entity that needs to be overthrown.

One is born with religion, culture, laws, rules and society. One has to follow the rules and regulations set up by them. When one is born as an individual, he should have the freedom to think deeply and to connect with his inner self. He should be able to find meanings himself. He should find his God himself and live life accordingly.

This essay concerns two poems from the collection of William Blake, ‘The Lamb’ and ‘The Tyger’. In1757 in London, the author (William Blake) of Songs of Innocence and Experience was born. William’s father was a hosier and when William was ten years, he was taken to a drawing school soon after his father recognized that he had artistic talents.

These kids are not interested to attend their school regularly. So, they decide to spend their time in a local pool club. They have no interest in their education and are happy with their carefree life style (Shaw, 1980). Analysis of the Poem: The poetess is captivated by her native city, Chicago.

The epic poem recounts war events after a quarrel between king Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles, which led to the famous Trojan War. The story covers a few weeks in the final year of the war and mentions some Greek legends about the siege, the events which had happened before like the gathering of warriors for the attack and the cause of the war.

Duncan as an authority figure combines the dual roles of both being a father and a mother not just to his generals, but to his whole kingdom in general. It can be noted that while Macbeth exudes truant characteristics, Duncan shows a more nurturing side, which is even more contrasted by the Three Witches cooking up evils in their cauldrons.

It is evident from the study that Jackson’s ideas in both stories are to inform people that evils in the society settings are real and need to be addressed before they cause more damages. This seems to be a reality that has been taking place in the society for many years, and it can be phrased as a tradition in the case of the lottery, that no one has bothered to question.

"The Miller's Tale" is another text by Geoffrey Chaucer, in which he has shown women as being powerful enough to choose whom they love, who they sleep with, and what they do with their matrimonial lives.

After experiencing mystical awakening during the 1870s, he also became a renowned social reformer and principled sage. He is counted amongst the top-notch novelists and his notions regarding peaceful resistance expressed in ‘The Kingdom of God is within You’ greatly impressed imperative figures like Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King (Briggs).

The Iliad is an epic poem that tells the final year of the 10-year Trojan War where Greek city-states besiege Troy in order to regain Helen, the wife of Menelaus (King of Sparta), who had been abducted by the Trojan prince Paris.

A Deconstructed view of Heart of Darkness. Joseph Conrad’s Work, Heart of Darkness is a classic work of modernism that has lent itself to many readings and interpretations. It came out in 1899 and has been an important part of the canon of English literature since then.

The trip that the father prepares is successful because he uses the ship as the instrument that enables him to reach his destinations. The ship helps the author to introduce the desires of Father who traveled to the North Pole. The author introduces Theodore Dreiser in chapter four. Dreiser is an iconic figure in the novel.

During this period writers and thinkers increasingly shifted their focus to the self. In this way, feelings and passions became foregrounded. Rousseau himself has been considered one of the progenitors of the Romantic Movement (Melzer, p. 3). This essay examines Rousseau’s ‘Confessions’ in terms of the specific ways that it articulates notions of the self.

Mark Twain’s novel “Huckleberry Finn” is a literary masterpiece that has received a wide range of literary criticisms on its characters, theme, plot and narrative style from the time of its publication until now. The novel’s central character, Huckleberry Finn occupies a significant place in these criticisms.

Student’s Name: Institution of Learning: Instructor’s Name: Course Name: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman The short story, The Yellow Wallpaper, written by Charlotte Gilman, can be included in the feminist literature genre owing to many characteristics of this story.

Structurally also, there are indications that Akunin is a skilled craftsman. The location for the story is a huge luxury cruise ship, whose name Leviathan means sea monster, provides also the title of the novel. The choice of a ship on its maiden voyage is a classic detective novel ploy to set up a confined set of parameters in time and space.

‘Oroonoko’ (Aphra Behn) ''Texts in this period are less interested in performances as such than in what happens when those performances break down or fail'' It is a fact that one of Aphra Behn’s texts, known as “Oroonoko”, was not well-received by the English public when she wrote it in the seventeenth century.

The traditions engrossed diverse sets of ideologies influenced by the existent cultural ways. A significant figure of the Chinese traditions manifested intense political conflicts and instabilities (Chang, 2010). Diverse and exclusive anecdotes give an account of the ancient happenings.

This paper examines the reality of immigration as a form of exile for those who are coming from another country into the United States, for instance. This paper posits that it is on the back of the suffering of those who migrate to another country, through self-imposed or necessary exile, that the success and happiness of later generations are built.

The early American society was divided in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, and economic status, the basic elements to determine individuals’ personalities. People were forced to associate with appropriate groups to avoid social ridicule. The white race was superior to the rest. The whites used insulting names to refer to the African Americans.

Ivor Gurney started composing music in 1904 at the age of 14. His scholarship enabled him to enroll himself at the Royal College of Music in 1911, but his mood swings made it difficult for him to focus on academic work. He suffered from bipolar, manic depression, poor health, and had his first breakdown in 1913.

According to the research findings the play is a political satire that explores the use of language, conflicts, symbols, characterization, and irony in demonstrating the life of Chicanos who fight for civil rights and freedoms by dismantling Chicano stereotypes, challenging government tokenism, and exposing the illusion of the American Dream.

People fall in love with different things for different reasons. While some fall in love with other people, others fall in love with animals and nature. Love is the feeling of affection towards something or someone and is expressed romantically through words or writing. People have varying levels of affection for different things.

A hunter or a fowler is always close behind it ready to shoot the arrow at the slightest chance. The dangers in the path are countless as are the many beautiful types of scenery and countless wonders. The poet mentions the bird is "lone wandering, but not lost". The power which inculcated the natural instinct in it guides it through every dilemma like the hot desert, cold atmosphere, and aching wings.