The character’s identity and outward appearance interferes with the norms of the hierarchical societies in which they live. Thus, preventing them from experiencing life outside of the isolated confinement they are subjected to. While experiencing a constant conflict with acceptance it strikes the curiosity inside them. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the experience of loneliness and […]
The historic literary novel titled Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Harriet met president Abraham Lincoln he then gave her the nickname of “the little lady that started this great war. This novel was written and published just nine years before the start of the American Civil War. This book is also […]
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Order nowJohn Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is a classic work of American literature set in California during the Great Depression in the 1930s. The protagonists, George Milton and Lennie Small, are migrant workers who find job opportunities on a ranch near Soledad, having fled from their previous place of employment in a town called Weed. […]
From the deep hidden secrets in “The Birth-Mark” to the dark, deep, and mysterious forests of “Young Goodman Brown” Nathaniel Hawthorne has a story that appeals to every reader’s interest. Hawthorne has combined many forms of symbolism to portray his stories themes. His short stories were written based on his views on puritan beliefs, and […]
“A Rose for Emily”, is a short story written by American Author William Faulkner published in 1931. This literature work is, perhaps, Faulkner’s most well-known short story. This story is written in a Southern Gothic Style, divided into five sections. It is set in a post-Civil War era. Faulkner’s story is not told in chronological […]
The destruction of history causes people to obey the party more and become mindless objects to the party. The party imposed if all records told the same tale then the lie passed into history and became truth. Who controls the past ran the party slogan controls the future who controls the present controls the past […]
In Shakespeare’s literature, the theory of new historicism is presented within the storylines. When interpreting the text, both the history of the author as well as the critic are kept in context and serve to give the most depth to the literature. Both aspects of Shakespeare’s literature are highlighted, acknowledging the author’s and critic’s influences, […]
The story of Beowulf has been passed down from generation to generation. Beowulf has all the ideal characteristics of an Anglo-Saxon hero. The story tells about a brave fighter with inhuman strength that defeats and kills two descendants of Cain. In old age the warrior even manages to kill a dragon, which eventually would lead […]
In Foster’s Chapter, Every Trip Is A Quest , he implies that every journey is a quest and every quest has to have a quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges and trials along the way, and a real reason to go. When a character goes on a quest, he […]
Frederick Douglass, original name Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, was an African American man who fought for the rights of slaves. His talent to express oratorical and literary place him as the most important fighter of the U.S. abolition movement, and he became the first ex-slave black citizen to hold high rank in the U.S. government. […]
Mary Shelley lived and wrote her novel Frankenstein during the peak of the romantic era of literature in the early 1800’s. She shows this as her work reflects many of the key elements that are associated with romanticism. In Frankenstein, Shelley also utilizes many of the elements of gothic literature. Shelley uses many of the […]
When we invented fight club my life just seemed too complete, and maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves,” said the unnamed protagonist. This specific line in the book really ties in with the theme of the novel, masculinity in modern society. Fight club appears as a reaction to […]
If one looks at much of the Ancient world’s literature, there are many epics that are based on the Trojan War. It has a special place in the echelons of the Greek literature and the key thing that must be seen in the work is that how Homer is selective in terms of the way […]
What is symbolism? What is the importance of symbolism? Why do we use symbolism in literature? Symbolism is the use of symbols to represent ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal purpose. In literature, symbols can be items, characters, ideas, or even colors that are used to represent […]
In English literature, an epic poem is a continuous long journey that a hero takes in order to overcome great boundaries and dangers. Epic poems were the first forms of literature to be told orally. In the early ages, epic poems would emphasize cultural values and traditions. Beowulf is the story of a man who […]
In the novel the book thief the author wants to create an image in your mind about what is happening in the book. He gives a great deal of detail. Throughout the book the author wants the reader to see that words are not just an idea or story, but a power to control a […]
Beowulf is one of the most highly favored Anglo-Saxon epic poems of the Anglo-Saxon period. The only thing known for sure is that Beowulf is a poem of narration of 3,182 lines and that it was converted to manuscript somewhere between tenth and twelfth centuries. The logistics behind Beowulf are unknown. The answers to the […]
The short story “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway has a thought-provoking yet simple central plot. The plot revolves around a man and a woman named Jig who are torn between a decision that will affect their lives no matter the outcome. The story never explicitly tells what the issue is, however; it is […]
Often in works of literature, characters gain wisdom through experience. The novel The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is about a shepherd named Santiago. Santiago is not an ordinary shepherd, he reads regularly, which surprises the merchant’s daughter. Santiago enjoys his life as a shepherd not only because it allows him to travel, but also because […]
It is in and through symbols that man, consciously or unconsciously, lives, works, and has his being: those ages, moreover, are accounted the noblest which can the best recognize symbolical worth, and prize it highest. (Symons 1) In the world around us, there are many things that can be found and recognized as symbols. Symbols […]
Monsters in literature are normally characterized as a creature that possesses some type of inhuman qualities or deformities, is perceived as evil, and has no compassion for mankind. The term monster can also refer to a person who has done a terrible thing in life that poorly affects others around them. In literature, outcasts are […]
William Faulkner had a very chronological way of writing this story. “A Rose for Emily”. The rose could have been identified in many ways. Faulkner left “Rose” open for the readers to come up with a conclusion of what the “Rose” could have been. Miss Emily Grierson, a person who is trapped in a world […]
The Theme of Money Moliere’s Tartuffe and Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. Plays are some of the most critical pieces of literature that date back to the earlier society. Through a well-defined characterization, play writers have proved to have an extended capacity to communicate ideas and deconstruct themes. Moliere’s Tartuffe and Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s […]
During the late 19th century into the 20th century, the world went through many momentous events, such as two World Wars and the Great Depression. Robert Frost was the one of the most famous poets of the 20th century. He lived during a time when America and the world were experiencing events that changed the […]
Many people decide to live their lives alone. Though, only a few choose to live in the wild. In the book, Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer vividly depicts the adventuresome trek Chris McCandless left. From the friends and colleagues he made to the hardships he went through, McCandless is defined as a warm, sociable and […]
In Homer’s The Odyssey, there are a number of women presented in the storyline from goddesses, lower-class women, to upper-class women. Throughout his journey, Odysseus interacts with a number of female figures that reveal the nature of women in Ancient Greece. The characters of The Odyssey show the respect of mortal women that women were […]
We often don’t think about the huge amount of work that goes into being a mother and a housewife. In today’s society, we seem to devalue or underestimate the hard work of people who fit this category. Bonnie Smith-Yackel in “My Mother Never Worked” and Judy Brady in “I Want a Wife” both used the […]
Hinduism like the majority of the other religions in the world not only has a huge influence on the lifestyle of its followers but also on different aspects of the society’s history and art. Prominent across India and the other South-Eastern Asia, Hinduism is one of the oldest religions in the world with a history […]
Francis Coppola arranged and adapted the Dracula, which was written by Bram Stoker in the Victorian era, to suit a viewer based on the late twentieth century. The biggest differences between Stoker’s novel and Coppola’s film are the themes described and two depictions of Draculas. Stoker’s Dracula is an epic horror story. but Coppola’s is […]
Literature is the mirror of the society. Literature writers always reflect the social, economic, political and cultural realities in the society and captures the same is their artistic expressions. It is on this basis the literature is the mirror of the society. Paulo Coelho in the novel The Alchemist and The Pilgrimage fundamentally offers inspiration […]
