Literature Essays

It was published in 1667 and was succeeded by more publications. It borrows its plot from the story of the Fall of Man in Genesis’ biblical story of creation. It is based on the temptations of Adam and Eve by Satan, which resulted in their being expelled from the Garden of Eden by God. The author’s main objective is to “justify the ways of God to men.

The entire sequence of events in the novel is divided into three phases, the first covers the childhood part of the two adolescents, the second part constitutes Aamir and his father’s departure from their motherland to California, while the third and final part constitute the current day when Aamir returns to his homeland in a new century.

This lottery is not an ordinary one and it results in the death of one villager every year. It is basically a tradition that is followed in the village since years and this lottery does not serve to provide for cash prizes but rather the winner of this lottery is stoned to death.

Although the major focus on the book is about the trials and tribulations that the main character undergoes, other themes such as the abuse of power by the white supremacists that went a step further to segregate the black people in their own country just as Wright, (p 56) writes.

Name: Instructor: Course: Date: The story The Gift of the Magi written by William Sydney Porter begins with Della Dullingham remaining with $1.87 at the eve of Christmas. Della loved his husband, Jim and wanted to buy him an ultimate gift despite their poverty.

The writer successfully draws attention to the brutality, the society exhibit in the name of tradition and beliefs, through the characters and their dialogues. A close analysis of the story discloses the following main themes in the story.

Generally speaking, a close look will be taken into the male and female perspectives of Susan Glaspell’s Trifles to highlight the parallel between the two perspectives and illustrate the means by which women, in attempting to thrive in a patriarchal society, might make choices that defame their gender.

Oliver stone consulted the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Miami police while writing the film, integrating many true crimes in the film, including employing crime scene photos to instigate the infamous chainsaw scene. The film was to be filmed originally in Florida but received condemnations from Cuban society.

Impoverishment and child labor is a universal issue that still prevails in a country like the United States of America. When it becomes difficult for the people to afford college and university expenses, they sought to work long hours and it obscures their performance at education. (Encyclopedia of World Biographies)  

Brooks and Plath were very different than one another in terms of background and cultural influences, but also because of their writing style. Plath’s writing was of the form of confessional poetry, and many of her poems focused on emotions that she felt herself. Notably within her poems were references to her struggle with depression.

The world technology typically evokes positive associations in anyone thinking about it. Facebook, iPods, satellite TV, methods of birth control, innovative devices in any sphere starting from office and ending with household, they all seem indispensable for a modern human.

In every piece of literature, various literary devices amalgamate to create a work of art. Similarly, the three poets Jorge Luis Borges, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Robert Pinsky utilize literary devices to enhance the beauty of their works and to make it possible for the readers to better understand their interpretation of different aspects of life.

It evolves from life and draws inspiration from it as well. However, it is not always true. Great literature and great authors influence life and society as well. Their impact on the contemporary society and the effect that extend to centuries after their death cannot be undermined at any level.

This research aims to evaluate and present “Agnes of God”, John Pielmeier’s drama. From this research it is clear that the main strength of the play is its eloquent depiction of how childhood abuse remains as stigmata throughout a person’s life, through the portrayal of Sister Agnes’ obsession with eschewing her sense of guilt.

According to the study conducted the two stories are very close to real life situations. Even in the early twentieth century, stereotype notions weren’t completely eliminated for African American and they faced biased behaviour in many countries, specifically in United State. Due to anti-discrimination laws, the situation did get better but the roots of discrimination were deeply embedded.

Most important leading character is of Carrie whose life got totally changed directly by city life and she indirectly changed lives of her admirers i.e. Drouet and Hurstwood. The environment at Chicago was based on people living with class differences.

The soldiers had fought in the 1st World War and were being treated for shell shock sometimes known as War neurosis. Birdsong is a war novel by Sebastian Faulks about a man named Stephen Wraysford at different stages of his life before, during, and after World War 1. It tells of the events and attitudes towards the Battle of Somme and the life in the trenches.

The grandmother is viewed to put many efforts in amusing the child. At the later stages, the child is seen to be developing emotionally and through perceptions made and drawing. The child’s pain and misery are conveyed by the use of lexis such as ‘rigid’, ‘mad’ among others which are typical references for the child undergoing hard times.

The narrator thinks that he has been wronged by Fortunato and vows to take revenge to settle his score with Fortunato. Though the injuries are innumerable, yet the narrator is motivated to retaliate due to the insult hurled upon him by Fortunato. The narrator, Montresor devises a wicked plan to satisfy his vindictive passion.

Wu Jianren’s novella ‘Sea of Regret (originally titled Hen Bai) is a masterpiece of modern Chinese literature. The book is rich in themes of morality and the challenges of modernity and patriotism. Adopting a tone of sentimentality that is essential to the Chinese literary aesthetic the novella deals also with concepts such as chivalry in the Chinese.

It goes without saying that even a cursory student of literature tends to know that history plays an important role in the shaping of a literary work. Every poem or essay that one reads is to a large extent a product of the historical context. In a current perspective, people tend to be really tough while interpreting Rudyard Kipling’s poem.

The personality expressed by the style of the Cyclops episode, for example, is not the personality that the author seems to have; the coarse and unpleasant personality expressed belongs only to the nameless narrator of the episode (Dayton 290). We can detect the way in which Joyce appears to manipulate the narrative point of view, treat the Ulysses theme and characterize Molly Bloom.

In his work there exists a variety of themes which indicate just how rich this book is in terms of diversity. Tim brings out the different themes through the use of the various stories, however what stands out is the fact that several themes keep on recurring in the different stories in the book.

Therefore, when reading a book such as Persepolis, the concepts of these two major events are new to the American public. Marjane Satrapi account for the stories that took place in her country, she recalls these as early as the age of between six to fourteen regarding the experiences that she had, these years as told by her, saw the long regime of Shah coming to an end marking the triumph of the protracted revolution in the Islamic country.

Vampires have undergone metaphoric changes since their creation during the Victorian Era. From being mysterious creatures, they have donned the garb of the historians of the time and have transcended the gender roles.  Having accepted the challenges of Popular Culture, now they are dynamic creatures in different incarnations.

However, in the midst of the darkness and dilemma that engulfed part of mankind, hope stood alive amongst the brave and courageous human rights advocates of the generation. It is against this hope that Phillis Wheatley, an African slave girl, upon discovering her poetic ability expressed her mind.

Ah Q is a powerful yet critical portrayal of young Chinese men at the turn of the twentieth century. As the novelist Lu Xun introduces him, he is full of folly and vainglory. He is also shown to possess the vice of sloth and lack meaningful goals in life. that was in transition.

The novel shows a number of similarities that exist between Austen’s novel and Gothic romance. The relationship between the two is the fact that they both portray marriage as the ultimate goal in a woman’s life (Ghosal 262). The characterization of Catherine by the author as a young girl who is active acts as a sign that freedom is real.

Postman predicts the same for producers of American culture for changing the American history, politics, and education into entertainment tools, resulting in making the American people immature, not capable of comprehending complications, doubts, and even truth.

Voltaire satirizes optimism per se and humanity’s perverse nature and their abominable social and political institutions in his novel. Candide is a naïve, illegitimate son, and for some time, he believes in his teacher, Pangloss, who claims that the “best of all possible worlds” already exists and it is only waiting for people to enjoy it.

This essay explores the book “Indians in Unexpected Places” where the author of the book presented longstanding stereotypes of Indians as violent. He elaborates on how Indians represented themselves in Wild West shows and Hollywood film, in sports and their use of sport utility vehicle, Dakota pick-ups.

Fixico is quite compassionate as he expresses the story of the Indian Americans, he claims that "how my ancestors and other Indian people have suffered at the hands of American capitalists in this age of greed, the twentieth century". The latter is the thesis presented by Fixico, and he seems to argue about it in the entire book.

Chinua has added a distinctive flavor of paradox by the characterization of Okonkwo, the protagonist of the novel. His life turns upside down owing to the cultural norms but he rebels against the colonial masters to defend the same values which once led to the massive destruction of his life.

Frank McCourt had been born of Irish immigrant parents, Angela and Malachy McCourt in Brooklyn in 1931. Frank McCourt was the first of seven children and since his father was an alcoholic, the family lived in utter poverty. It was during the period of Depression, the McCourt’s had lost three children.

The following paper is objective to discover the motives of isolation and alienation used in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus (1818) and in Kafka's 1915 novella The Metamorphosis. It will compare and contrast those two texts, finding the roots of isolation and alienation in them.

“Othello” by William Shakespeare was written tentatively around 1603 and is based on one of the famous Italian short stories bearing the title, “Un Capitano Moro”, which in English means, “A Moorish Captain” and was composed in the year 1565 by Cinthio. The play is regarded as one of the finest love tragedies that revolve around the characters like Othello.

Creative marketing is a commercial expertise that requires innovativeness in the promotion, sale, branding, pricing and in strategically administering sales of products to gain a competitive advantage in a rapidly changing and developing marketplace. This special cognitive skill meant the ability to analyze, adapt to situations, respond to changes and manage developments.

Purchased as a slave of a family in America. The Valley Of Unrest - Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). Born in Boston, was the son of an army officer. Songs of Battle - Helen Hunt Jackson (1831-1885). Born in Massachusetts, was brought up in a literary atmosphere that gave importance to the trials of temptations.

It is a total willful behavior. We all suffer from some degree of cruelty in our everyday lives. There may be many causes of cruelty. A person may be born with cruel nature. A father or mother may be cruel in nature and these genes are the passed onto the next generation.

I have learned that in order to improve critical thinking, it is needed to phrase a problem in different ways and find different solutions to them. Solutions and ideas are required to be applied in different spheres of knowledge. It is better to write down solutions before trying to undertake them and create checklists.

She could have sought medical help earlier but her predispositions and beliefs as a Chinese in regards to mental illnesses coupled with perceived communication-cultural gaps as dominated. Further, she had prior to visiting the facility felt that mentally ill patients were frowned upon even by the nurses and other medical practitioners.

The first article of United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights sets the boundaries of this personal freedom in these words, “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.” (UN, 1948).

The author states that with the loss of the physical sight one is not left dead nor incapacitated to live a full life. Most often other senses like hearing, imagination and touch are opened wider. The deepening of these other sensibilities which are likely to be much keener than before tends to compensate for the loss.

This research begins with the statement that in many Greek plays the concept of fate was used as a major theme. Sophocles presents the reader with three stories about Oedipus Rex, where he struggles with his fate because of his free will. The reader is able to see this in the first story, where Oedipus encounters the Sphinx’s Riddle and ends up sleeping with his mother and killing his father.

While there are a number of primary characters, the central protagonist is undoubtedly Prince Hamlet. Shakespeare implements Hamlet as a way of exploring questions of human meaning, revenge, and love.

It is evidently clear from the discussion that Lady Macbeth is worried that her husband may take too long before he becomes the king. This is because she believes that her husband is soft-hearted, kind and cannot commit brutal activities. She is determined to make her husband king in the soonest time possible even if it meant shedding blood of innocent people. 

the characters of Shakespeare’s plays are deeply affected by the loss of their beloved and find it extremely hard to make the situation right around them. They struggle with their inner self and try to find ways through which they can make peace with their surroundings and bring an end to the evil which has led them to this state in the first place.

Agreeing with what Aristotle states, Oedipus’ misfortunes happen because of his own flaws despite the fact that this was not entirely in his control. If the King had not been so judgmental, perhaps he would not have killed his father and maybe he would have avoided this tragedy (Aristotle & Hammond, 2001).

If this article is contrasted with Brown`s poem, “Old Lem” a clear distinction can be drawn as the stereotypical characters are missing from the text and the focus is primarily on the injustice and ill-treatment which the Negro population had to go through at the hands of the white population.

The driving force behind this belief seems to the anticipated goodness they acquire because of this Lottery. It has the basis of tradition only and is away from reasonable thinking. Even a small child in the town is wildly engaging in the act of killing a human being to keep the tradition blindly.