Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 5

The poem is a simple and dramatic account of rich and famous Richard Cory who is adored and envied by the commoners.

However, one realizes that she is voiceless in the novel, which highlights the insignificance of role of women in Heart of Darkness.

The second half of the article delves on Thoreau's day-to-day activities in the house in the woods, his experiences during trips to the town and the people he encounters.

This promise is immature; Walter knows very well that getting the money to invest in his business remains a point of contention, yet he promises Willy that he would take the money.

He cares mostly about his money and reputation, and through his pressure and arrogance, he makes Nora believe that her life has to only be devoted to her husband and children.

At this point, new subjects emerged and he chose to write about them in the spirit of a poet who was out to criticize.

The main theme of the play under consideration is the importance to understand, accept and cherish our past, which is symbolized by the family heirloom piano.

Liberia descends to anarchy and lawlessness, and he runs for dear life and finds himself in a different country, thousands of miles from his.

One of the most prominent traits of Victorian poetry was that most poems portrayed the themes of isolation, alienation, and the distinction between love and life.

Religion is one of the emerging issues in the modern era and forms the backbone of most literary works. According to Joyce, the current era is the type that compels people to know more about [...]

In her play, Trifles, Glaspell uses two parts of the play, one distinctive narrative on men and the other on women, in order to trigger the reader into evaluating the value of both genders to [...]

It is a satirical play that highlights the life of Willy Loman, the main character, a traveling salesman who has worked for Wagner Company for thirty-four years and ends up a failure because it is [...]

After all it is after having proven his loyalty to Hassan by the means of bringing his son Sohrab to the U.S.that the novel's protagonist Amir was able to attain inner peace hence, providing a [...]

The title reveals the main idea of the story, i.e, the lesson about injustice. Of course, it is necessary to point out that the style of the story is quite colloquial.

In the book, the author uses various techniques to illustrate the American tall tale and reveal is message, and it is a striking depiction concerning the delusion of the people of America during the late [...]

The feminist critique is an aspect that seeks to explore the topic of men domination in the social, economic, and political sectors.

One of them is justice, which is indicated by the setting, the imagery, the symbolism, and the effective simile. The juxtaposition of the time and the place highlights the injustice experienced by the former.

The self-contradiction implicit in this line demonstrates Miller's masterful use of indirect characterization to divulge Willy Loman's delusion, and ensuing nervous breakdown and suicide, over the course of the play.

Stryver who is referred to as a fellow of delicacy is proved to a fellow of no delicacy at the end of the story while Sydney Carton who was referred to as a fellow of [...]

In his essay "Nature" and "Divine School Address", Ralph Emerson opposes it as the perfect "City of God" to the City of Men or society.

Feminism is a characteristic of most of her works; in this story the feministic voice is overt. And only here, in the middle of the story, the reader comes to understand that a tragedy happened.

In spite of the arrogance that led Oedipus to ignore the oracle and think that he could change things, Oedipus truly was a loyal king to his people and wanted the best for them.

Henry Longfellow composed poems, the themes of which echoed with the principles and cornerstones of that time. These ideas are depicted in the works of Longfellow of the 1830s throughout the interaction of man and [...]

Although the plot is different in each of these poems, both Annabel Lee and The Raven share the themes of death and lost love, as well as the symbolic language.

The policy of the management to make the current workers in charge of assignments that were usually not their responsibility had led to the dissatisfaction with the service not only of the clients but of [...]

The relationship between the two characters is a depiction of the connection between the wartime generation and the post-war generation. He is faced with the dilemma of exposing her illiteracy to reduce her sentence.

One of the greatest tragedies of Sophocles, Oedipus the King touches upon a deep psychological theme of the parents-son relations which lately was called the Oedipus complex and the theme of faith as a main [...]

This essay discusses the philosophy that Pope brings forth in his Essay that Man, in his pride and disbelief, is blinded and fails to realize the beauty and sublimity in the perfect world that God [...]

Success in the critical discourse analysis rests on the platform of the relevance and effectiveness of the contribution of analysis in creating change.

The main theme in the play is sustained in the play with the sons of Willy attaining their personality from their father.

It is important to note that the film, To Kill a Mockingbird entails most of the aspects depicted in the novel.

At the end of the story, the Behrani's son tragically dies and the colonel, overwhelmed with pain and frustrated with his fate, decides to kill his wife and himself.

Geoffrey Chaucer, the father of English poetry, was the first who started writing in English, not in Latin, as writers and poets used to.

The relationship between the author and the parents is strained because of the author's decision to move to California, as explained in the story where the author states, "My relationship with my parents had become [...]

When Michael returns to his office, he remains unsettled, and he decides to ask for the eviction file, but the real estate lawyer, Braden Chance refuses to give it to him.

Othello is one of the characters who have features in William Shakespeare's tragedy titled The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice. It is clear to note that the tragedy that befell Othello was because [...]

The aspects of human nature that George Orwell criticizes in his work 1984 compared to today's world Orwell in the novel 1984 represents the modern society be it capitalist or communist.

In this reaction paper to one of the most prominent Faulkner's works, I attempt to describe and analyze the strategies that the author used to make this conflict acute and sympathetic to the reader.

This will be seen through an analysis of the other characters in the play and the values of ancient Greeks. Indeed this central character appears to be at odds with the inclinations of the other [...]

The 'fearful trip' is an illusion to the troubles that the Americans including the president have to go through during the American Civil War while the phrase 'some dream that on the deck, fallen cold [...]

On the other hand, the speaker in Millay's poem puts across feminine feelings of distress and hopelessness, by being cruel towards her heart.

The narrator, the child of the two grownups in the story, details an argument between her parents based on the nickname her father refers to her.

A," the reader has the opportunity to observe just one morning in the life of the protagonist, a man named Jake.

The miracles illustrated in the poem represent the deamonic revision of aspects in Book of Genesis. The result is the restoration of the sacrality of the Earthly kingdom.

In the given essay, it is discussed that The War Prayer cannot be viewed solely as a story of a pacifist, as the main argument is weak and unjustified. That is why The War Prayer [...]

Also, it is a tragedy of the society the influence of which can be too devastating to heal."The Paper Menagerie" teaches the audience how ungrateful and cruel a child can become under the pressure of [...]

Apparently, the wide variety of themes that he chose for his writings also contribute to their popularity: the complexity of human soul, its ability to rise and fall, wisdom and vanity, purity and vice, the [...]

Thus, this reflective treatise analyses the poem composed by Sappho on the significance of the era of composition and the bigger picture intended by the poet.

The very title of the Narayan's 'The Guide' is ambiguous since the main character, Raju, is a tour guide. In other words this is a modern India, and there is a complex interplay of forces; [...]

Contrary to the conventional wisdom, The Story of the Good Little Boy narrates about the boy who makes incredible efforts at being good to the surrounding people, although it brings in no recognition on the [...]

Another tragedy in the novel appertains to the difficulties that faced Victor and his family after the creation of the monster.

The depiction of empathy as the feeling characteristic of humans only and thus distinguishing them from other living beings can be regarded as the major underpinning of the whole plot of the book under consideration.

Also, O'Brien seems to exaggerate in his vivid accounts of the experience the soldiers in the war. This collection of short stories is devoted to a platoon of American soldiers who fight in the Vietnam [...]

In the line "It's the kind of thing that shakes a person to their core and never quite leaves them," trauma is manifested by showing the impact of the disastrous event on the character.

The themes of empathy and compassion are actively developed throughout the novel; at first, Lauren realizes that the world is cruel and she must learn to live in it.

The poem discusses the issues related to the native population of Americas Indian people. In her poem, it is possible to identify the themes of mourning, retribution, and hope.

The main character of the story, who is unnamed throughout the whole narrative, lost his love because of her disease. The end of the story reveals her unfaithfulness, and it is not definite that the [...]

The author wanted to show that the strength of the crowd, coupled with a strong sense of habit and tradition, so much clouded the mind that only the victim, left alone against the entire crowd, [...]

In The Tempest, the sea is presented as a strict and impartial element: "When the sea is. In The Tempest, an island is a place of isolation for several people: great magician Prospero and his [...]

In the end, many of the characters' desires are shaped by social norms that are imposed on them, and while some characters choose to go along with society's expectations of them, others revolt and seek [...]

The author identifies the decaying symbolism of the house in the text through the author's constant mentions of dust, which fills the Griersons' mansion: "faint and invisible dust dry and acrid in the nostrils".

Hochschild concludes that Peter is resistant in sharing housework due to his awareness of the role of men in his social world which emphasises that a man's role in the family is to provide for [...]

The gathering of the townsfolk to watch its installation showed me that this was a culture that was closely knit and knew how to share in the joy of one another, making it their own.

From the beginning of the story, the reader can feel that Mathilde is irritated with her appearance and distressed with "the poverty of her apartment" and the reality she has to live in.

Dante uses the perception of God on sin to depict his personal perception of punishment and the structures he envisions hell to have.

The symbol of a chessboard in this novel is evident in character Maneck. In the novel, Maneck is seen jumping ahead of a train with the chessboard, possibly destroying it.

The duality of the conflict between the main character and the world surrounding him is gradually unfolded with every step of the development of the book.

The mysterious nature of the story comes to light when Jim decides to leave and Jelka is knitting, as it is unclear why she is acting in such a strange way, and the discovery that [...]

The size and the age of the fish make the narrator to respect the creature. The narrator compares herself with the fish due to the struggle that each one of them has to make in [...]

Zeus' main weapon was the thunderbolt and he was commonly referred to as the father of men and gods. Zeus had to fight with the remaining Titans and he was able to vanquish one of [...]

She wants to depict the difference between the appearance of a beautiful woman in her culture's point of view and that the western. It is not a matter to the Muslim women as it is [...]

The television commercials glorify fast food, and Bich is under the impression that this is the hallmark of an American identity. Bich's identity crisis was not helped by the fact that she lacked a stable [...]

In this play, I identify with Bill because he is nervous and ends up saying the wrong things as he tries to impress Betty.

In his play Othello, William Shakespeare also accentuates the meaning of minor characters and their actions for the development of the tragedy in Othello's life.

Espinosa discovers through the archive readings that Gutres are prone to "the rigid fanaticism of the Calvinist and the superstitions of the pampa Indian".

Maus, through the comic, explains the Holocaust through his father's experience, and we see that it was not an easy place to come out because of the horrors and mistreatment in the concentration camps.

The irony of the story is that there is no longer a watch that could be used with the chain, and there is no longer beautiful hair to brush with a set of luxurious combs.

The story 'The Tale of two Cities' written by Charles Dickens is considered to be dedicated to the disclosure of French Revolution period; it is the classic work representing the archetypal characters through the concepts [...]

Sometimes it seems difficult to have a brother, but I understood that my situation is similar to the situation of the main character of Alice Munro's story Boys and Girls.

When it comes to ethics, he suggests that the prince should only be concerned with actions that are beneficial to a leader and ones that promote the well-being of his state.

The turquoise pool rose up to meet us, its slide a silver afterthought down which we plunged, screaming, into a mirage of bubbles.

It is impossible not to agree that he reached considerable success in his endeavors."The Two-Sen Copper Coin" is a shining example of Ranpo's ability to tell a story in an exciting and intriguing way, intermingling [...]

According to Aristotle, the tragic error is the main manifestation of a tragic hero and it sets out the basis of his fate.

Thereby, irony can be traced in a poem even if contemporary scholars try to prove that there is no ironic meaning at all by using biographic approach to analyse the poem, motivation of the author, [...]

This shows that Desdemona has completely accepted and respected her role as a woman in the society; she is an obedient wife to Othello.

The presentation of the Ghost in the film builds the main theme of revenge and tragedy. Olivier shows that the Oedipus complex is a crucial aspect in understanding the play especially the character of Hamlet [...]

Apparently, the references to darkness in Sonny's Blues are meant to symbolize the essence of Sonny's drug addiction; whereas, the references to light are meant to prompt readers to think of Sonny's story of reconciliation [...]

The role of Tea Cake remains to be crucial in the story as well as in the whole life of Janie as his passion, creativity, and desire to create the best living conditions promote safety [...]

Hemingway does not hide the uselessness of Wilson in the eyes of Margot; she only uses him as a toy, and even after they have sex Hemingway still questions it.

The reader is captivated from the very beginning of the story, as it is similar to the beginning of the famous Star Wars.

The characters from The Epic of Gilgamesh help to realize a true essence of heroism as a concept and accept heroes as ordinary people, who are able to develop good relations, set goals, and be [...]

Murder in the Cathedral is a tragic theater that explores the conflict between the values of the world as represented by the murderous knights and King Henry II and the values of the spirit.

The photos symbolize their neighbor's, Kitty represents the couple's insatiable urge to act s others, and the locked doorknob symbolizes their inability to abandon their lifestyle.

She is less concerned with beauty or class and ends up pregnant and eloping with a soldier, Pepe Carreon, to the joy of her parents.

Through the years the author got the new vision of his poems what was expressed by the difference between the imagery of Introductions and the Song's of Nurse in the Songs of Innocence and Songs [...]

This paper will focus on the play's main points the author conveyed to the reader and the viewer and sociocultural issues of those times, just as those were represented 'in particular the uncommon length of [...]

He did not feel particularly fond of this part of his job, because, while picking up items at the drugstore, Jackson used to experience a sense of humiliation, over the colour of his skin, as [...]

The mechanism of oppression in Gregor's case is the bureaucracy in which he is forced to work a meaningless life that contributes nothing to his dreams or aspirations, but instead merely makes of him a [...]

The hesitancy and repetition of phrases, the parallels of contrast, express and enforce the strong bound between George and Nick. In the case of George and Nick they form the basis of their relationship.

It is because in the past when Wordsworth was a boy, he was able to see the nature around him through the prism of innocence, but upon revisiting the Abbey, he grew older and became [...]

The love of Juliet to Romeo at the early stages is described as the "bud love, expected to grow into a beauteous flower" when the two meet later.

Sound [s] is used at the beginning of the words "stoop" and "scoop". The third sound effect is the rhythmic pattern used in the poem.

In this analysis, it is clear that mood in the two pieces of literature is enhanced by the characters and how they act and speak, the manner in which the author advances the plot and [...]

The public was becoming more and more involved in the debates being waged, particularly as newspapers and other periodicals became more prevalent with the introduction of the printing press, introducing and maintaining widespread discourse in [...]

The third part of the essay reflects Orwell's personal motives in writing and the development of his style which is rather "public-spirited" because Orwell wanted to reflect the social issues in writing.

It should be mentioned that the story is the discussion of the reaction to the event and the characteristics of one hour in the life of Louise Mallard.

Whether it is the fact that the author leads the reader beyond the boundaries of the socially acceptable or makes a cautious warming about the threats that await for the reader in the craziest of [...]

The use of horror and humor in "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe is one of the literary features that the author uses to constructs the story.

Consequently, the fish appears as a courageous fighter who has been struggling for existence and is rewarded by the gift of life it that gets from the narrator in the end of the poem.

Laius is the rule of Thebes; he learns from oracle that his son Oedipus will kill him and usurp his throne.

As such, Walcott projects the theme of corruption by denoting the Spoiler's return in a suit as representative of the powerful people in society that have emerged from hell to bring terror to the Trinidadian [...]

The narrator had ups and downs with Sonny, and through the story, there is a significant aspect of racism which is the main focus of this proposal.

The nature and the story behind these heroes vary depending on the beliefs of the people in that society and what the hero represents.

The idea that knowledge can be a curse is portrayed because the creature that the protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, has created relying on his knowledge harms himself and his family.

One of Anne Finch's poems, "The Introduction," talks about female writers of her time in the first twenty lines of her text.

The actual name of the character "Green Knight" is not provided, but throughout the poem, the person is described as "green" and thus the color green describe the person himself.

Harry and his wife, Helen, are stranded in Mount Kilimanjaro and their interactions reveal that their rocky relationship is a result of a mixture of frustration, incorrect decisions, getting married for wrong reasons, and unreciprocated [...]

She is also depicted as a "damsel in distress" when Goodman hears in the forest how the townspeople lead her to the devil's communion.

Bennet cares for her daughters and husband, despite the ways she chooses to show her thoughtfulness that is often improper or inconsiderate, which makes her a good wife and mother.

The main themes of this story are wealth, the pursuit of social status, and the illusions that people use to achieve them.