Literature Essays

As far as Jane Eyre is concerned, Jane Austen is very specific to locate all the possibilities of giving freedom even at the very tough moments in life. Jane is able to come out of the critical circumstances and manage a living fo her own decisions, however, with the help of certain characters such as Mr.Lloyd, Mary, Diana, and St.John.  

It becomes easy to see Portia as the heroine of the play simply because she outshines all other players. In comparison to Antonio, she is smarter as well as more determined, in comparison to her lover, she is more virtuous and finally, in comparison to shylock, she is like the other characters, more Christian. In fact, the play could have been easily titled, The Brilliant Cross Dressing Lawyer.

The book details H’s life as he grew up in the port city of Kobe, Japan during the 1930s and also his life after the end of World War II. It is about how life in Kobe changes as the war with China, and later on with the United States progresses. He's about seven years old when the story begins. Japan then is at war with China.

The poem This Is Just to Say could be paraphrased as follows: the speaker writes a note by way of a half-hearted apology to indicate

These writers only express their unfulfilled expectations in the present society; the writers might be influenced by the painful experience in the colonial period, however, they feel that they have a social responsibility of changing the society’s view of women in the case of Emecheta and in the case of Philip, the social view of women, race, and ethnicity.

This leads to a negative perception of the other which is an incorrect judgment as the other may have very positive qualities. Otherness leads to discrimination as the other is seen to lack the right qualities.

It is interesting to state that Jing-mei fakes almost everything to do with the training, probably taking advantage of the deaf piano teacher. She is therefore seen making a fortune out of her mother’s blunder. What she does not know is the extent to which her mother is interested in her piano skills.

The passage shows that while deciding about the fate of mortals, the gods were motivated by their own emotions as Athena’s role in the fall of Troy was due to her bitterness towards Paris in making a decision about another goddess on the issue of being most beautiful. The Greek gods seem to have human emotions.

Generally, through the characters, the author captures the moment of that time and discloses to the reader how women were treated by their male counterparts of those days. However, the men are also explored too and their picture of the time is brought to the mind of the reader in an indulging manner.

This paper will show the instances of lying and dishonesty in these two tragedies and discuss their impact on the outcomes in the two plays. As

From this paper, it is clear that Kim, the character of his novel, dwells on the aforementioned in a very apt and descriptive manner, like many of his other novels, such as the acclaimed The Jungle Book. The story is set in a period, which is contemporary to the novel’s publication; its background is the Indian subcontinent of the British Empire.

Apollon Apollonovich Ableukhov, Senator of the city, had strong rule in the region. Radicals, however, plotted an assassination to overturn his rule. Bely depicts

The romantic perspective of the poem, based on the subjective view, represents the longing for the absolute fulfillment by the artist. The play is argued to have elicited substantial amounts of sympathy in the

The main character in the novel is Rhoda Penmark an eight-year-old sociopath. She commits one murder after another just because the person has something she desires. The only person who discovers her terrible secret is Christine Penmark, Rhoda's mother. Just like any other crime novel, "The Bad Seed" is filled with numerous twists and turns, presenting a detailed flashback on the roots of the evilness.

All the people, mostly parents and young kids concerned, received this with dire joy. It created room and an opportunity for growing children to develop

“A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’ Connor is a story which has many literary devices which make it a masterpiece. In the story, we can find allegory, symbolism, and imagery. Some people think this story is a tale which is cynical as it brings our pettiness and manipulation. For others, it is a black comedy, a twisted cartoon or a horror story.

 She wants to fit in both African and American race asking both of them to help her, therefore, being an ally as well as an enemy. She does all this in order to be able to survive. Easy apply his survival tactics by moving from Huston to Los Angeles and struggled with life in order to get his life together.

The character experiences two different feelings or is forced to decide between two entirely different pathways; a situation that creates disagreement within a person’s self. External conflicts on the other hand are the results of actions or words of

Within the same time period, Alika gets promoted to the management position within the company; thanks to his boss’s recommendation to the haoles who are the owners of that company. Jim Mortenson, his boss, also convinces the

Throughout history, people of all races have attained and maintained power through language and communication. Menocchio’s exceptional character that distinguishes him from the rest of his contemporaries becomes most evident by the manner in which he adapted to the transition from the oral communication culture to the written mode.

The author states that the poem begins with a tempting description of the night-scene from Dover Beach. The sea is described as calm, the tide full, “the moon lies fair upon the straits”, the distant lights on the French coast come on and off, the vast cliffs of England stand “glimmering”, the bay is tranquil, and the night air is sweet.

In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens creates a character-rich study that represents the absurdity and monstrosity that Dickens has observed in his life. In North and South, the character of Margaret is the symbol of virtue and humility. She is elegant and beautiful which denotes the quality of her nature, without having been born to privilege.

Sophocles uses blindness as a symbol of truth. Both the characters Teiresias who is a blind prophet and Oedipus after he is blind seem to see the truth most clearly in spite of their blindness. Oedipus was famous for clear-sightedness but discovers that he had been blind to some truths for many years.  

In almost every line of their conversation is an underlying tone that is constant throughout the story. In Hills Like White Elephants, neither the American nor the girl truly express their thoughts to each other. Furthermore, neither of them truly listens to what the other is saying. This stresses the gap between the two.

The love between two people has always been a deep emotional feeling; it is continuously tested by time and various obstacles met in the relationship. Dramatic as it seems, true love makes a couple hold on to each other when all else fails. This was the central theme of both literary works, “A Red, Red Rose” by Robert Burns and “A Secret Sorrow” by Karen Van Der Zee.

Generally speaking, the gender roles of men and women in courtship and marriage are very much a product of their time, despite the intelligence and independence of Elizabeth Bennett. A woman should not take cues from Austen when it comes to leaving dating and proposals all to men, as this is out-dated.

In the two works, Oedipus and Don Quixote, characters display innumerable ironies in both the personal and the social concepts. In Oedipus’ work, there is a presentation of man’s futile actions against a supernatural being, God. In the latter, the irony is based on the literal set point of view where a character literally believed the words.

The history of the Jewish community exposes the trial and tribulations faced by Jews under the reign of the Roman emperor in exchange for the freedom of worship and protection against their enemies that were distinct from the daily practices of the Romans. Therefore, when Jesus was born the Jews community was under the leadership of the Roman emperor while the religious practices were presided over by the Jews.

“Little Red Riding Hood” is one of the most famous children’s stories of all times because it interconnects the universal themes of innocence, deception, violence, and good-versus-evil. Its earlier versions, however, have underlying themes of sex and sexuality, which argue that Little Red Riding Hood is not just a little girl.

The author states that Ibsen’s knowledge of humanity is nowhere more obvious than in his portrayal of women. He amazes one by his painful introspection; he seems to know them better than they know themselves. Indeed, if one may say so of an eminently virile man, there is a curious admixture of the woman in his nature.

iewpoints as one sibling wanted to keep it at all costs as a strong reminder of their ancestry but another sibling wanted to sell it so it can be put to better use like buying land. Boy Willie is the brother of Berniece; he had just been released from a prison farm in

In this paper, the themes of “hate the sin, but love the sinner” and “live and let live” will be explored by examining the history and meaning with the current debate concerning the lifestyle of gay individuals in the US. Religion has played a significant role in Laramie and is considered to be a major contributing factor in what happened to him.

The essay is an incorporation of two stories, "Initiation into Adulthood," and "Hard Choices," by Kirszner and Mandell. “Initiation into Adulthood” explains the various struggles that adolescents go through in their lives to attain self-reliance and subsequent adulthood. The author also elaborates on how the aspect of physical separation from home is essential for the attainment of self-reliance.

truggles in life are nothing but tests that determine our ability to live our lives the best as we could and it molds our strength in character to stand firmer on a higher ground. Also, with these struggles in life, we come to realize valuable lessons. Whether we emerge victorious or turn out to become a failure, what matters is that we have done our best to overcome the struggles we face in our day to day lives.

During Victorian period, women began to question their allotted place in society as more and more opportunities opened for them in the urban centers of the country, providing them with a means of supporting themselves and freeing themselves from the yoke of male domination. These positions were not the positions of the equal right of modern times.

While writing about migraine, Didion reveals that she is, or at least she was in her young age, quite self-conscious. She was conscious of the image she presented herself to other people. She did not want others to know that she suffered from migraine attacks, nor did she want to display the accompanying irritation.

When reading the pieces of literature, it can be seen that the similarities are defined as the religious or spiritual processes, as well as human nature that is widely accepted as a popular concept.  However, the differences are reliant on the cultural affiliations and traditions which are created by the different cultures.

In the poem “April Rain Song,” Hughes shows deep is his love about nature, the appreciation for the peacefulness it could bring to the emotions, and the freedom of touching the rain. The writer wants the reader to feel how it is like to feel the rain, see the beauty transparent raindrops as it falls, and wonder in it as a part of the creation.

This paper tells that the play "Romeo and Juliet" has two main characters who fall in love at first sight and are trying to overcome all difficulties on their way for the purpose of being together. Romeo and Juliet, as ‘a pair of star-cross, ’d lovers’, are remarkable by the overwhelming force of their mutual love, but the outcome of the play is ironic.

With this, Marilynne Robinson introduces the subject of housekeeping. Housekeeping is a routine in which society takes control over nature and its external surrounding by establishing order and conformity. At the same time, the activity characterizes the ways in which the people bind together through customs and convention.

For this reason, they are likely to achieve lower grades than their peers, in college. However, other studies have shown that the school performance of students involved in intercollegiate sports is not influenced by sports. This is because such sports promote self-understanding and motivates students to succeed academically.

In the end, some end up committing crimes that they could easy avoid. However, the society can come in and help the youths. Some problems that youths face in the society have solutions. The society has the ability to reduce factors or conditions that promote juvenile

As much as the lexical features are concerned, the author utilizes exceptional lexical elements and lexical clusters. The lexical variation and word connotations are essentially used for description and theme disclosure. In terms of the syntactical characteristics, narrative sentence styles and the difference of registers are engaged.

Stephen Crane in his written story, The Open Boat makes use of naturalism as a tool to describe the relation between man and nature and the death of oiler, a struggler illustrates Crane’s perception that nature is indifferent to man and

Most notable is the fact that most hipsters depend on their parents for financial support or work in fancy areas like Starbucks. They love fashion and party a lot. Indeed, hipster streets profess cake shops, fashion stores,

Noticeable throughout the story is the use of the author of colors in a number of her descriptions. These colors were used as symbolism in many regards especially considering that the main theme of the story is racial discrimination. There were quite a number of things modified by color from the opening paragraphs.

The role of Emily’s father is a representative who does not want to embrace the idea of change and more than happy to maintain their status quo and need others to conform to their standards as well. Additionally, the sorts of cases are in a few numbers in a particular society but they use force as means of increasing their influence.

The people who use the table are the small boys, unpaid employees and the other outcasts. There are several characters that influence and shape the life of the narrator who is a small boy, named Mynah. One of them is Miss Lasqueti who has been of

For instance, the article wants the writer to begin with an introduction. This part should open up the subject. There is no way around this technique. The reader needs a proper introduction to an article before delving into it. I would never forget giving a proper introduction to my technical paper.

The author states that this peculiar practice illuminates how cruel and perilous traditions can be to the lives of the very people who cherish them. The villagers respect so much the lottery so much that it leaves one wondering the actual role the lottery plays in the daily lives of the villagers.