Literature Essays

The two short stories: ‘Gorilla, My Love’ by Tony Cade Bambara and ‘Recitatif’ by Toni Morrison are pertinent in their thematic expression of mother’s influence on young narrators and how they react to their surroundings in their growing up stage. Both of the stories highlight the importance of nicknames.

''The Passionate Shepherd to His Love'' is a pastoral poem written by Christopher Marlowe. A pastoral poem is one in which nature and the pastures are idealized. He promises his love a life of beauty and pleasure if she agrees to spend her life with him.

In a prophecy given by Sibyl, an old prophetess, she denotes that Aeneas has to go to Italy and fight to possess the land. She goes on to denote that Aeneas will be victorious in the battles (Hoena, 13). While uttering these prophecies, Sibyl was under the possession of the god Apollo. It is his mission to find a new empire that made him live Dido, the queen of Carthage.  

The last question tends to find out whether the selections or Darwinian approach is viable to illustrate the science of culture. The contrast between the neuromemetic, monotypic, and phenotypic theories of technology is a modern form of behavioral and mentalist opposition that exists between the new cognitive and the traditional behaviorist psychology.

Emersion concludes his speech by pressing for the better education of men instead of women. He claims that men should need better education to take care of their women. In spite of the enormous claims, Emerson makes for the expansion of women’s rights, his claim cannot be fully sustained due to internal flaws. The conclusion of his address leaves women in a place of dependence.

Through their works, the writers were able to establish the types of powers at play and to describe their ideologies and influence of the present powers. The 17th Century was the Renaissance period that entailed major political turmoil. The powers at play were divided on royal absolutism vs. parliamentary.

Propaganda does not have to be political; many groups from Evangelic Christians to hate groups use propaganda. Normally propaganda does not cross into the mass entertainment documentary arena, but Michael Moore’s films are an exception.

The author states that the poem evidently discusses death and dead object as its key subject. Stafford uses words such as “…a deer / dead on the edge of the Wilson River road”. The reader can deduce the speaker’s state of mind and reflection as he faces every crisis and conflict, as well as can understand what symbolism does a poet suggests to.

Araby is a short story written by James Joyce that is narrated in the first person point of view. The story discussed the subject matter of discovering sexual desires from the perspective of a boy at the brink of adulthood.  Although the topic of the story is not something that I have discovered in the latter part.

From this paper it is clear that the novel introduces Esther as a child, residing in a territory on the boundary between France and Italy. Italy has fallen, and the Nazis are progressing. Every Jew in the community, including herself and her mother, should travel to Italy to evade the advancing Germans.

Blake illustrated Yahweh as a hoofed creature, like a devil in other artists’ interpretations. With this illustration, he hopes that his readers could differentiate between the creator and the lawgiver. He hopes that the people would “see” that the religion, with its constricting laws, is preventing them from seeing the whole picture, the whole experience of perception.

The American people were in the 19th century aware of their social rights and most of them fought in their struggles against what they felt were at stake. The Mexican- American war of 1846-1864 was fought over boundary disparities between the two countries. The Americans had been gripped by the notion that they needed to expand America by invading Mexico.

Since this is a very old structure, nothing of this stature has ever taken place. It has made people realize that almost anything is possible if the willpower is there. From an environmental

In Sicilian Romance by Radcliffe, the readers can surely sense the fear of Julia being caught and getting married to Duke against her will (Radcliffe 116). Once again, the readers are able to evaluate a gothic combination of fear and fantasy in the novel which keeps the readers to be motivated.

he material to purchase for library users has been mandated by the fact that the resources available are insufficient to buy all that is demanded by the many library users unlike in the prior period when financial allocation was sufficient for all that was demanded.

The researcher explains that the first element to attract attention is irony. Irony is usually defined as “the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite”. That is, there is always some opposition, some foreshadowing and/or subversion of readers’ expectations behind this literary element.

As such, the soliloquy discusses a host of useful/sage fatherly advice imparted to a young man who is no doubt opinioned, impetuous, and likely to remember the advice that his father gave him only long after the benefit of the words could have

The author states that the story is a third-person narrative. However, the whole story is interpreted by Mr. Hannay’s point of view. Stream of consciousness of Mr. Hannay makes Mr. Parish’s character more devoid of any logic, reason or understanding, “Mr. Parish didn't live here, he didn't even know the girl.”

Mr Salas, Sr. can be forgiven if he has this feeling of hatred because it is a common reaction to people who suffered at the hands of another race. However, his hatred for all of the white police officers is a manifestation of his own biases and prejudices. He prejudged white police officers as bad; he is guilty of generalization and stereotyping

Anthony is the elder brother and constantly makes fun of Torrie, which is the main conflict between the two of them. Another conflict is between Torrie and his father, which shows through the expression of fear in Torrie’s mind regarding his father. One other conflict is between Torrie’s internal thoughts and how the outer world actually is.

The book “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut deserves special attention. The action takes place in 2081 at the hard times of humanity and the United States when all the citizens gained equality at last: white and black, thin and thick, clever and stupid. It is interesting that intelligence also is not so important as it was before: stupid even have privileges.

While she is a young girl, she encounters a blossoming pear tree which affects her so much. This is due to her association of love or romance to the pollination of pear tree blossoms. The pear tree eventually drives this girl to seeking true love,

To show and express the love whose work is dedicated is very easy and very obvious but was not done. And Levine provided the reason why in the final line which is “because you don’t know what work is”. This is an allegorical explanation because Levine did not mean the literal work that has to be done but the reason why one works. 

Fortunately, Dante meets the spirit of Virgil, who volunteers to be Dante’s leader and protector as they journey through hell and ensure that Dante enters paradise. They enter the vestibule of hell where souls belonging to the uncommitted are beleaguered by

Shakespeare presents various characters in Act 2 when they are spying on one another. For example, Gertrude and Claudius are discussing how they will spy on Hamlet by means of Guildenstern and Rosencrantz. How King Hamlet is spied against and he is already dead? There was a disarrangement of the scenes or actions.

Concerning the biography, Krieg presents peculiarities of theoretical approaches of Whitman’s times by referring to the most influential people on him. Moreover, he illustrates his ideas by the real facts of Whitman’s life in order to defend his thesis. Furthermore, he picks the poem ‘The City Dead-House’, where Whitman writes about the poet, prostitute, and the dead house.

The author states that the major thought in the novel is the division of blacks and whites. The history of blacks is described via slavery, sharecropping, abolition, and education. The book looks at things from black and American views simultaneously. History has proved that people have always been trying to find ways of being better than others.

about vengeance ranging from Odysseus enmity with Poseidon after Odysseus blinds his son, Cyclops Polyphemus, to the vengeance against all suitors who tried to marry his wife Penelope. Penelope loves her husband so much that she still believes that he might be alive even after a

The ideas that Blanco presents in this book somehow reflect my life transition as a first-time freshman. It is a reality that my lifestyle and personality have undergone a significant transition since I joined college. I have to admit that the unconditional aspects of peer pressure adversely influenced my changed personalities.

Mama is furious in response to Beneatha’s statement “I don’t believe in God. There simply is no blasted God – There is the only man and it is who makes miracles!” Mama absorbs this speech and rises slowly and crosses to Beneatha and slaps her powerfully across her face. Mama: “Now – you say after me, in my mother’s house there is still God.”

Rosa Parks is one of the most celebrated African-American human rights activists of twentieth century, who bravely fought in the face of hardships for the noble cause of winning equal status for her African American community.

The greatest works of literature throughout history have always employed some device, be it a parody, satire, or simple metaphor, to criticize something without directly avowing the criticism. A situation is created which somehow resembles or recalls the real-world issue but in a way which could be construed as not concerning that same issue.  

It speaks of unspoken love and that too for woman who he has met only twice in his lifetime. Beatrice married a banker and Dante married Gemma Donati. The sad demise of his muse all

From this paper, it is clear that Dostoevsky’s anti-hero in "Notes from the Underground" man is resistant to conformity and will inevitably pursue his dreams regardless of how irrational or impossible it may be. This research tells that the rational man as described by Chernyshevsky is entirely unrealistic and fails to capture the more complex side of human nature.

ajor reason which caused Willy to suffer a lot through his life was his own perpetual weariness, delusional thinking, and terrible lack of energy due to which the few positive elements of his personality like willingness to achieve and audacity got suppressed in the long

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John Proctor’s character changed as the play progressed as the impression that readers have of him in the beginning is not the same they have of him in the middle of the play and even in the latter stages of the play.

Both Hamlet and Laertes have similar and different character traits that this paper will outline. Besides the character traits of Hamlet and Laertes, this paper will also seek to ascertain what it is between these two characters that make that allows them to approach the similar situation differently. One of the prominent similar situations that accost both of them in a similar manner is in their father’s death.

Judith Thomson’s essay ‘A Defense of Abortion’ makes a number of examples in supporting abortion. One of the most prominent examples involves a famous violinist: a person has woken up and found themselves in a hospital room. While this occurrence is odd, odder is the recognition that the individual is strapped against their will to a violinist.

They may also have similarities that range from same subjects being taught, having the same rules about certain activities and their management. This essay discusses the similarities and differences between two top universities;

In this play, he is the main source of conflict and he himself is engaged in it. Thus he has a ‘tragic flaw’. In the play, he submits himself to his material wealth and allows it to consume his thought s and mind. He is a good man but unable to control his rage against the society which never takes his side to understand him.

The essay will try to highlight the theme as well as the significant qualities of both creations that distinguish them from each other. Initially, it will present the summaries of both these works followed by a discussion on the theme and the unique characters with their distinctive qualities and features.

The many artistic expeditions paved way for civilization. The term Renaissance characterizes a period between the 15 century and the 16th century. The Italians perceived this epoch to be the best opportune time to introduce and showcase their civilization, including art, graphics, literary work, and music.

Literature gives us an introduction to a variety of cultures and traditions of people, and this is through the various stories, poems, and plays that artists create. This concept normally has a hidden meaning that the author tries to denote, and it is up to the reader to identify what these meanings are, and thereafter interpret the messages that the author of specific literature tried to depict.

One watching this film would assume that Ripley did all that to survive and that his actions were driven by the survival instinct telling him to murder and stay rich. The truth, however, is that Ripley, in some way, had sworn to do all that he could to acquire wealth and stay relevant in his circles. He was to take any chance he found to suit his position as a fortune seeker.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle built Sherlock Holmes as a fictional detective. Sherlock Holmes is a consultant detective based in London. He is known for his intelligent logical reasoning. He also has an ability to adopt in any disguise and rely, on forensic science, to solve difficult cases.

Therefore, he resorts to cheating the company for more profits through unethical means and justifies it for a good and comfortable life for his wife and more than a dozen children. His life is described as ‘unfortunately and fortunately’ as he is unfortunate to

A writer is an artist who is capable of finding beauty in the character of the men and women he describes in his stories. A reader always looks forward to enchanting and truthful narrations that outline the writer’s thoughts. Yeats was one such writer who entertained his readers into thinking that “Home is where the heart is“.

Here we can conclude that it is very difficult but very important to protect the information resources from all sides. Network security becomes more important. However, not all people believe that this is the best solution to the problem of protection. It should be seen globally. It is really necessary to protect information during all its travel from the sender to the recipient.

A the report discusses King Lear is a political and family drama which consists of various themes that can be used to interpret the beliefs of Shakespeare and the representation of women in a way which is otherwise unexpected from them. Women in King Lear are mostly represented as negative and powerful.