Tag: Literature
The Beginnings of a National Literary Tradition
Canadians throughout their history have been concerned over the status of their national literature. One of the major problems facing early Canadian writers was...
American Literature and Society
Literature is a very powerful tool that is used to make a huge impact on society or in someones perspective. Literature comes in different...
Definition of Modernism in Fiction
Modernism, in literature, can be seen as a shift in focus to the unassociated introspective reflection of characters in such texts as Go Tell...
Comparison: “The Jade Peony”, “Horses of the Night”, Masque of the Red Death”
I noticed that i enjoyed most of the storys not only for the obvious reasons such as good charactors, mood, and imagery but also...
English Conflict in Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path”
In Eudora Weltys "A Worn Path" the conflict was not apparent at the very beginning. What was a poor, elderly sick woman doing gallivanting...
Literal Interpretation in Literature
Literature is meant to provide a perspective on life. Phrases or quotes found in works of literature may be used to help express one's...
What is a Witch
"I'll get you my pretty, and your little dog too! The Wicked Witch of the West... One of the most notorious and stereotypical witches...
Women in early literature
Women play different roles in early literature. In The Illiad, Gilgamesh, and Oedipus Rex, their roles determine the different amounts of power they possess...
18th Century Literature
The 18th century is a period of great literary works. The styles are different throughout the period, but the unity of the work is...
Caged Birds Gone Mad
Women today tend to speak assertively for their rights. However, the social structures in which we live sometimes still make it difficult for us...
Fear and Loathing in a Clockwork Age
Ah! The noble search for identity. That intangible achievement that all artists lust after and lay in torment over. And during the post war...
Differences in Film and Literature
Today there are many differences between stories and film adaptations. When people read a book like Lord of The Rings they use one of...
Children Literature Essay
My story would take place in an enormous ancient mansion. The estate would be located deep in the mountains, surrounded on three sides with...
The role of religion in early American literature
The role of religion played a major role in early American literature. Many different authors form a variety of time period’s incorporate religious ideas...
Discussing Literary Genre
To define genre is to embark on a conjectural journey within a theoretical minefield. Genre theory has drawn immense debate and contemplation throughout literary...
Attempting to Cheat Fate
Would it ever seem reasonable for a winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature to be associated with a king who murders his father...
Fantasy is an Escape from Winter
Ethan Frome, the title character of Edith Wharton's tragic novel, lives in his own world of silence, where he replaces his scarcity of words...
The Representation of Women in Literature
he role of women in society is constantly questioned and for centuries women have struggled to find their place in a world that is...
19th Century Romanticism in Europe
Books related to 19th Century Romanticism in Europe- 19th Century Romanticism in Europe- Romanticism began in the early 19th century and radically changed the...
Morality of Dr. Victor Frankenstein
With the cloning of life forms and genetic engineering now commonplace, the question of the morality of the actions of Dr. Frankenstein is now...
Holden Caufield, the protagonist in the novel by J. D. Salinger
Happy endings offered throughout novels are results of spiritual reassessments or moreal reconciliation of specific characters. Considered as a more relaxed novel, Catcher in...
The Myth of Perfection
Perfection is a much sought-after quality, yet is completely impossible to obtain. Because we do not have a clear definition of what perfection truly...
April Morning Story
April Morning is a story about a boy's extremely rapid transformation from boyhood to manhood. There are a few significant events that can sum...
Frankenstein and Morality
Morality. It has been questioned by people, honored by people and revered since the beginning of time. Yet even today not one person can...
The Great Gatsby – Love, Lust and Obsession
There is a fine line between love and lust. If love is only a will to possess, it is not love. To love someone...
The Unsuccessful Experiments in Nathaniel Hawthornes “Rappaccinis Daughter” and “The Bithmark”
How are experiments done without the use of guinea pigs to help us learn and understand what is being studied? Everyday lab animals, such...
To Be Successful In Life – Jay Gatsby
Everyone wants to be successful in life, but most often people take the wrong ways to get there. In the 1920s the American Dream...
The Call of the Wild
John Griffith London, the illegitimate son of Professor of Astrology father and an emotionally distant mother, was born January 12, 1876, in San Francisco,...
Hamlet Accepts The Inevitability
In having to enter and act in the world of his uncle, Hamlet himself becomes an unwilling creature of that world. When he chooses...
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson: An Exposition of Conformity in Society
The Lottery, a short story by the nonconformist author Shirley Jackson, represents communities, America, the world, and conformist society as a whole by using...
“A Doll House”, A Very Controversial Act
In "A Doll House" Ibsen made a very controversial act, by having Nora leave her husband and her family. After first reading the play...
The book Death of a Salesman
No one has a perfect life. Everyone has conflicts that they must face sooner or later. The ways in which people deal with these...
The Great Gatsby: The Destruction of Morals
In The Great Gatsby, the author F. Scott Fitzgerald shows the destruction of morals in society. The characters in this novel, all lose their...
A Farewell to Arms Process Paper
A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway, is a typical love story. A Romeo and his Juliet placed against the odds. Frederick and Catherines...
The book A Clockwork Orange
This is a report on the book A Clockwork Orange. I think this is a great book. It makes you think about the world...
A Catcher In The Rye – Summary
The Catcher in the Rye is narrated by Holden Caulfield, a sixteen year-old boy recuperating in a rest home from a nervous breakdown, some...
Feminist Imagery in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
Many feminist critics have used Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness to show how Marolw constructs parallels and personification betwee women and the inanimate jungle...
Essay on Iago as the Hero of Othello
In the play Othello, by Shakespeare, the character Iago is perceived to be a sinister and wicked individual to readers who have just read...
Women in Umuofian Society
"It is the woman whose child has been eaten by a witch who best knows the evils of witchcraft. " That simple saying can...
Research Paper: The Lottery
The word tradition can have a slue of different meanings. For people of diverse backgrounds, religions, and genders certain traditions are held dear to...
More Than A Noble Perception
Perception is the insight or knowledge gained by perceiving. In The Tragedy of Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Macbeth the tragic hero of the play...
Siddhartha and A Dolls House
Though Siddhartha and A Dolls House share a completely different storyline, they are very much similar because of the development of the main characters...
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Four hundred years ago, William Shakespeare wrote The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, a popular play that continues to capture the imagination and emotions...
The novel Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
In the novel Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, suffering is an important part of every character’s role. However, the message that Dostoevsky wants...
Indulging in Escapism
In The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams’ presents us with a Family whose lives seem to be trapped in avoiding reality instead of facing it....
The foil between Huck and Tom
The foil between Huck and Tom is shown continuously in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huckleberry Finn led a troubled life, he had no...
Inanna: Goddess Of Heavon And Earth
When one gains power they sometime change the person they were because they love the feeling of supremacy and control they receive. Inanna, also...
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Period and Style
1.Period: The period that is most evident in this novel is that of realism. Realism is a style of writing, developed in the nineteenth...
Andrew Marvell, short poem To His Coy Mistress
Andrew Marvell wrote his short poem To His Coy Mistress in a certain way to receive the answer that he wanted out of his...
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
A gem that has several very visible flaws; yet, with these flaws, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" shines as the best from the Disney...
