Literature Essays

However, an embrace of the convectional concept is evident where more weight is given to famous and influential individuals across the world. Shakespeare’s play Macbeth is a classical tragedy that depicts events and actions by humans of distinction in the society in specific places of high regard.

The music and the sound effects that are incorporated play an integral part in this experience. Sophisticated sound technology and approaches are used in contemporary documentaries, matching those of feature films. Well-recorded original location sound is crucial in documentary films, more so than in feature films where ADR techniques are regular used in postproduction.

A very typical example of this is Hamlet, which has both a play version and a movie version. The work was however originally written as a play by William Shakespeare. In 2000, Michael Almereyda made a film version of the play, the two of which has their similarities and differences.

The wife of Bath and Tales from Chaucer’s Canterbury is one of the foremost literary works from the medieval period and the main character “The wife” (Alison) is arguably one of the most extensively discussed and studied women characters. Her attributes sharply contrast with the submissive and docile nature that was characteristic of women in that particularly patriarchal historical period.

Conflict is any form of disagreement that may occur between two or more parties, for various reasons. People often fail to agree on a number of factors because they have different views and opinions about the said factors. Conflict is also another factor that is affected by the existence of social classes.

Critiques have pointed out Dos Passos leanings towards socialism and his sympathy towards the “common man” as opposed to the privileged in society. This aspect of the author is crucial because it is evident that he sees freedom of speech as one whose tenets largely derive from the ideologies of the affluent in society and mainly for their benefit.

He is most likely responsible for our culture’s fascination with death, the macabre, and the mysterious. His life seemed to parallel many of the themes he wrote about, with his many losses of significant women in his life, which inspired his works, even up to his bizarre, mysterious, and explained death.

Women - Japanese Picture Bride. In the first part of the paper that I have written, there were comparisons drawn among the level of life led by the Japanese, Korean and Filipino women immigrants in U.S and how they are compared to that of the Americans’.

Also, we are able to know how the authors maintained their distinct styles and approaches despite the fact that American English literature had yet not ripened enough by that time. Nathaniel Hawthorne and Washington Irving are two reputable and influential authors of that time, whose contributions are extremely relevant even today.

Dance is a significant source that can facilitate in marking out the history of any society, culture, or nation. The olden times reveal the facts that dance is a form that dates back centuries, but the emergence of modern dance came into existence in the latter nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century.

The advocates of capital punishment can provide evidence for the positive effect of the death penalty. On the other hand, the death penalty's challengers also have many reasons why it is ineffective in preventing crimes. Some studies also show the ineptitude of capital punishment as a means of preventing crime.

T S Eliot, a winner of the coveted Nobel Prize in 1927, is one the most controversial and acclaimed poets of the twentieth century. The publication of The Waste Land (1922), an elusive and obscure poem, which symbolizes the disappointment and disgust of the post-war generation, has made him a celebrity.

Countries like China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam have been greatly influenced by Confucianism while some of them took up this system as state religion. At the same time, Taoism is a quasi-scientific and religious concept that notably influenced the living of East Asian people for more than 2,500 years.

The honor can be seen in many characters, Tybalt and Capulet provide an interesting parallel. Tybalt’s hot temper and desire to prove himself ultimately result in his death. Meanwhile, Capulet undergoes a progression from violent familial pride in the beginning, to honoring his fellow man in the final scene. 

1) Power. As a rule, power blinds people. The same situation occurs to the characters of Oedipus the King. He is afraid of everything and everyone who may pretend to deprive him of the power of a king. This person is suspicious and selfish.

The parable of the Prodigal Son is a useful philosophy because it shows us that as parents, we have to have the capacity to forgive the follies of our sons, even foolish and incompetent ones. God’s love and forgiveness are unconditional, and He is ready to take us back in his fold as soon as we show we have learned our lesson.

She insecurely grounded her greatest renowned book Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza on her lifecycle growing up on the Mexican-Texas margin and amalgamated her all-time approaches of communal and cultural downgrading into her works. Anzaldua was precisely born in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas on 26th September 1942 to Urbano Anzaldua and Amalia Anzaldua nee Garcia.

Stress is laid on how Saudi girls more often than not cannot make decisions about their marital affairs because they are not entitled to the freedom to do so. Not having much freedom and having to endure oppression at hands of the male community form two main features of this book as it calls for attention to be paid to improving the emotional conditions.

From ancient to current societies, the nature of death has been a major concern of the world’s culture, religion and scientific communities. This is because of the attachment to life and the resultant fear of death and in some instances a fascination. In 2,000 years ago, Lucretius the Epicurean through his works taught people not to fear death.

In the vessel Rights of Man, Billy is a moderator among his vessel affiliates. He is a leader, not through control, but by modelling. All the affiliates of the ship admire him and love him. Moreover, Billy possesses strength and splendour which might be symbolizing America at the epoch of the recording the narration.

He was fifteen years old, when he went through four different concentration camps: Auschwitz, Buna, Gleiwitz, and Buchenwald. These camps brought him face-to-face with experiences of prejudice and discrimination. His narrative about starvation and brutality exemplifies the capacity of human beings for unthinkable evil. During this time, he also witnesses the death of his family.

Agamemnon, one of the most ruthless characters toward women throughout all of ancient Greece, gets his just desserts several times – first when he is forced to return the daughter of Chryses, whom he had taken as booty – but he never learns his lesson, until his wife Clytemnestra slides a knife into him during his celebratory bath after returning home from the conquest of Troy.

The author states that James Joyce, like many other gifted writers, uses several literary devices in his works to subtly convey his messages to the audience. Subtlety plays a major role in literary creations because being overtly explicit will make the stories monotonous. James Joyce’s short story “Araby” can be considered as a classic example.

Religion and faith therefore both have to redeem values in themselves. This is contrasted with that of Lawhead's “Merlin” wherein religion is practiced more in the actual realities of daily life such as charitable works, helping the downtrodden, honesty, and word of honor among knights based on their strict code of conduct. 

The characters are freely encouraged to accept their fate. In the same light, they are free to refuse compliance with their fate. Achilles shows several occasions when he exercised his free will. Free will is the individual’s exercise of one’s freedom to do what individual wills or chooses (Begley 13).

The author states that childhood love can be perceived as childish love, but in the story, it becomes an important process of transformation for the boy. Because of his dashed dreams of chivalry, he realizes what reality means every day for working-class and poor families. “Araby” depicts that the innocence of childhood is a short-lived illusion.

According to the research findings it can therefore be said that discussion stands out capturing narrative is essential as it creates an understanding of history and heritage of a community. Preserving history is fundamental as it lays a strong foundation to understand the meaning of life challenges and experiences.

Lorca just wanted to sleep and he desired that people should know that he was not dead but is just taking a break from the harsh occurring. It was the same desire made by other poets to design a door in the boundary walls of the earth through which they can go outside the scenario whenever they wanted.

The Diary of Lady Murasaki was written while Murasaki served in court, and the journal held the record of events related to Michigan, elite women who came to court, and Mursiaka’s personal feelings about being in court. This research paper aims to explore Murasaki Shikibu's work, especially her poetry and novels.

The complexity of the environment can be seen as similar to the dream state in which intentionality has a much deeper meaning. The simple joy of the moment is entrenched in the sorrow of the grandmother. Although the child is not aware of the nature of the environment, the grandmother has knowledge of its meaning.

“Ivan Bunin was born on October 22, 1870, on his ancestral estate near Voronezh, Russia. His father, Aleksei Bunin, and his mother were descendants of several lines of old nobility that included Russian landed gentry and Lithuanian knights.” This landlord family-owned serfs. His father lost the landed property of the family in a contest of card game that led to the financial ruin of the family.

Zahra is depicted as a loner abused by her mother, who takes her to a number of surreptitious encounters with a lover, and by her father, a disciplinarian who is extremely strict and responds irritably to her behavior of picking at the pimples on her face.

I also want to greatly recognize the fact that you have made an effort to form the wonderful audience that is before me. Ladies and gentlemen, it is a blessing to be a high school student during such times because this is the stage in life where one receives quite a great deal of information that encompasses all the spheres of life.

What Caused the fall? A close look at the kingdoms of Egypt reveals dark sides of pharaonic civilization, which often are glossed by the marvels of the pyramids without considering the political system that made them possible. Many people took vicarious pleasure in military victories of pharaohs without reflecting the brutality of warfare in ancient world and being unaware of what it was being under despotic leader.

The conclusion from this study states that “Death of the Salesman” is a modern play based on the plot, characteristics and the development of the play.  “Glengarry Glen Ross” is a viewed as a continuation of Miller's play, but has better organization and plot development making it be classified as a postmodern literature.

Symbolism in literature refers to language as a system of sound and written symbols that imply meanings and substance to the literary work (Bloomfield 74). Among the types of literary symbolism, this paper will put emphasis on the use of sound symbolism and tackle partly the symbolic nature of food and other symbolisms that were used in the short story by William Faulkner. 

“Rule of the Bone” is an interesting novel for a number of reasons. It concerns a 14-year-old protagonist coming of age, experiencing a number of controversial subjects such as marijuana and methamphetamine use, sexual abuse, and teenage rebellion. The book has come to occupy an important place in modern literature, perhaps in part due to the coverage of controversial topics.

The moral code of the sleuths is never giving up when faced with danger and never giving up on a client; a hardboiled will never text a detective to give up on an account of OH and S; hardboiled texts are the most violent except for contemporary texts. There is the presence of weapons in a hostile world and there is gunplay in hardboiled texts and guns in general.

As the story progresses, it becomes clear that there is more to the story than the plain issue of the doctor-patient relationship. There is an intriguing conflict embedded in the story—the conflict between the doctor’s responsibility to preserve life and the patient’s right to resist medication or harm. 

Literary Representation of Women in the 19th Century. Undoubtedly, the role of women in the society has received more than enough airwaves from the times of our ancestors to the current contemporary society. This is because the role of women has been controversial owing to the mistreatment and subjugation that they have gone through especially during the 19th century and earlier centuries.

Enlightenment is basically the acquisition of knowledge that furthers an individual’s understanding and perceptions about the world they are living, and which works to improve their wellbeing and that of others around them. Enlightenment encompasses various aspects of life and it can include religious, political and social enlightenment.

Cervantes presented lowly goatherds, ordinary people like inn-keepers, and a mad man like Quixote as noble beings ready to fight for their honor and aristocrats like the Duke and Duchess as slaves of socially constructed norms having no respect for the actual spirit of honor. Women have not been given the respect the way, they should get.

The character of Hamlet is also showing skepticism and depression. The irony of Hamlet is that even when he is a prince he cannot enjoy the pleasures of life due to his desire for revenge which makes him suffer from depression. He is also showing skepticism in his thoughts showing philosophical elements in the play.

The popularity of Romeo and Juliet demonstrates the power of the characters and the plot to move people emotionally; there are few works of literature that have demonstrated that kind of power over such a long period of time.  The classic interpretation of this is as a defense of love – the demonstration of a love so pure and powerful that it cannot but be admired.

Adam Hochschild highlights King Leopold’s legacy by revisiting the world’s history in order to gain a better understanding of the happenings of the 1980s. The story reveals what transpired in an era when Europeans explored Africa with diverse intentions at heart. For Leopold, he saw Congo as an opportunity and set out to draw a strategy of exploiting this opportunity. 

The novella Heart of Darkness is an important work of Joseph Conrad depicting colonial history. It unfolds the adventures faced by Conrad on a trip to the present day’s Congo River. The work is autobiographical in nature to some extent. A team of men is on the Thames waiting for the wind to take a proper direction.

In life, opportunities come but once. Some people are of the opinion that some opportunities come more than once. It is a paradox that the higher the number of chances one takes in life, the higher the likelihood one has to lose them. It is undeniable that there are many opportunities to be explored in life. However, it is not possible for one to explore everything.

Selected Poems is the work of a nineteenth-century woman dissatisfied with the world around her and, for the most part, unpublished. However, all three pieces of literature deal with universal themes; one of these is the desire for personal freedom hindered by social customs

In turn, poor database design leads to many problems down the line, such as sub-par performance, the inability to make changes to accommodate new features and low-quality data that can cost both time and money as the application evolves.

The French Canadian in ‘The Ax-Helve’ possesses an amiable trait, exhibiting a deeper level of trust upon inviting the narrator over to his own house whereas the neighbor in ‘Mending Wall’ is one of common nationality with the speaker but promotes instead a strange attitude of always regarding the necessity of ‘good fences’ more than anything else.