English Literature Essays

Influence of Christianity on Literature
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Introduction: Introduction Christianity and Islam are daughter religions of Judaism. They were established as splinter groups from Judaism at different times in the history of the Jews. On its part, Judaism is a v...

Impact of Stereotypes in McQueen's '12 Years a Slave'
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Introduction: Introduction Stereotypes are a piece of our ordinary life. We hear Stereotypes consistently and all around. In some cases we can end up in a circumstance where we make Stereotypes for a vast gather...

Impact of Feminism on Public Administration
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Introduction: Impact of Feminism on Public Administration Literature Review The article is all about the impact of feminism on Public administration. It discusses the feminism and feminist perspective in Public ad...

Effect of Absent Fathers on Child Development
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Introduction: The Effects on Children of Absent Fathers and Divorced Fathers The family image has had a tremendous change from the way it was in the past and the way it is today. There are several sources that tal...

Dichotomy of Good and Evil in Beowulf
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Introduction: Beowulf: Good versus Evil The heroic poem, Beowulf, is a combination of society’s views and religious ideals and concepts of the Anglo-Saxon period, although some of the poem today may appear diffe...

Symbols in Henrik Ibsen's 'A Doll's House'
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Introduction: Symbols of new beginnings for Nora In A Doll’s House the protagonist, Nora lives in a Victorian society where women are heavily controlled and treated as second-class citizens. The average Victoria...

Psychology Analysis: The Epic of Gilgamesh
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Introduction: Jungian analysis is a deep psychology of the unconscious and includes the interpretation of dreams as well. Jung believes that most dreams are attitude-compensations. The attitudes that dreams balance...

Philip Larkin Poetry Analysis
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Introduction: Introduction Meaning of the Term "Movement" The Movement is related to the work and concept of a group of poets of the nineteen-fifties entirely. The poets were Donald Davie, Kingsley Amis, Thorn ...

Review of Karl Marx’s Capital (1867)
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Introduction: Review of Karl Marx’s article Capital Capital, published in 1867 instantly made its mark as one of Karl Marx’s most ‘detailed critique of economic life.’ (Rivikin & Ryan, 665, 2004) In h...

Representation of Evil in “Vasilisa the Beautiful”
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Introduction: Introduction Russian folklore is rich with various myths, legends and folk tales that detail the life of various mythical characters. In many of such tales, there is extensive use of magic, witchcraf...

Poile Sengupta and the Theatre of Protest
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Introduction: Abstract Drama is a reflection of life as we know it. Hence it becomes a very effective tool to gauge the changes in social perspectives. In India, the later decades of the twentieth century have see...

‘Animal Farm’ & Shelley’s ‘The Mask of Anarchy'
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Introduction: How is the theme of Oppression represented across the three texts studied? Oppression is a theme at the centre of George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ and Percy Shelley’s ‘The Mask of Anarchy’. ...

Ernest Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants' Analysis
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Introduction: Miscommunication Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” is an intense story that depicts a couple at a crisis point in a relationship as they try to work out their problems. It is para...

Criticisms of Dan Brown
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Introduction: My mind tells me I will never understand JavaScript. And my heart tells me I am not meant to. Dan Brown (1964–) By his own account, Dan Brown got the writing bug while reading Sidney Sheldon’s th...

V.S. Naipaul’s 'Mimic Men': Analysis of Identity Crisis
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Introduction: Abstract This article attempts to determine representation of identity crisis in V. S. Naipaul’s work Mimic Men. And this article attempts to relate how this novel is replete with the theme of ide...

Pablo Neruda: Stylistic Elements and Literary Devices
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Introduction: Language A: English; Written assignment essay – Pablo Neruda’s poems “How has Pablo Neruda used stylistic elements and literary devices in his poems?” Deriving his name from a Czech Republica...

Distinction between British and American Romanticism
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Introduction: ‘Distinction between British and American Romanticism’ INTRODUCTION The Romantic Movement was first originated in Germany, quickly reached England, France, and afar, it spread in America roughly ...

Discussion of the Play 'Behind the Beautiful Forevers'
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Introduction: The play Behind the Beautiful Forevers is based on the book of the same title written by Katherine Boo. It was adapted into a play by David Hare. It focuses on the lives of two matriarchal families l...

Alfred Lord Tennyson: An Analysis
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Introduction: Discuss death and immorality in the poetry of Alfred Lord Tennyson. Tennyson was a prolific poet, his poetry ranged from being relatively joyful to upon investigation and scrutiny very nihilist and pe...

The Flea by John Donne and The Altar by George Herbert
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Introduction: Compare and contrast the The Flea by John Donne and The Altar by George Herbert. The Flea by John Donne, published in 1633, is an erotic metaphysical poem in which the concept of a flea serves as an ...

"The Young Goodman Brown” & “The Rocking-Horse Winner”
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Introduction: Thesis: Compare and contrast short stories The Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence’s Introduction Body. Compare and Contrast: Confl...

Bartleby the Scrivener & Life in the Iron Mills
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Introduction: English Exam – II Bartleby the Scrivener & Life in the Iron Mills The two books up for analysis are Herman Melville’s Bartleby the Scrivener and Life in the Iron Mills by Rebecca Harding Dav...

Assertion of Indianness in Amish Tripathi’s Trilogy
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Introduction: In the present times, with expanding globalisation, the world is getting closer. Prospects for Indian writings in English, in this scenario, have also expanded. English is gaining popularity and the ...

Analysis of Richard Wright's 'Black Boy'
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Introduction: Black Boy Essay In Richard Wright’s autobiography of Black Boy, Richard is determined to leave his family to move to the north because they do not provide the necessities for him to be successful. ...

Analysis of 'Reading Lolita in Tehran' by Azar Nafisi
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Introduction: The real Azar Nafisi Reading Lolita in Tehran is a book written by Azar Nafisi and talks about the struggles of a woman was born in Iran moved to the United States to study abroad. She got most of he...