English Literature Essays

Passing by Nella Larson - Gender Analysis Essay
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Introduction: Nella Larsen was an American writer of the Harlem Renaissance. One of her novels, Passing, took place New York society during the 1920s. The story surrounds the reunion of two women, Clare Kendry an...

The Way Spain Was by Neruda: Analysis
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Introduction: “The Way Spain Was” is in the poetic collection Third Residence, which Neruda had written when he was a member of the Communist Party of the Chile. He is very much concerned about the co...

An Analysis of Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry
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Introduction: AN EXPLORATION OF SOCIO- POLITICAL CONCERNS IN ROHINTON MISTRY’S SUCH A LONG JOURNEY Abstract Social, political, and historical event continue to be a significant theme adopted by various writ...

An Inspector Calls: Character Analysis of the Inspector
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Introduction: The Inspector also interrogates the characters in a particularly harsh and rude manner. He scares them and pressures them until they finally break and confess the truth. He tries to make them feel g...

Understanding J. Alfred Prufrock and Nick Adams
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Introduction: Understanding J. Alfred Prufrock and Nick Adams: Emotional Modern Men Comparing and contrasting two persons demand specific criteria whether they exhibit differences or similarities. J. Alfred Prufr...

Literature on Capitalist Society
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Introduction: Wake me when its quitting time (introduction in progress) Bureau of Labor Statistics reports on use of time on an average weekday in 2015, shows that “Americans age 15 and over slept about 8.8...

Features of Crime Fiction
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Introduction: The Inside of Crime Fiction Documentary Script Crime Fiction, a source of constant fascination. Being amidst the danger, pulse-pounding exploits, or the nerve-racking chase to a rocket-driven conclu...

Literature Themes on the Impact of Discovery
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Introduction: It is the nature of meaningful discoveries, to challenge and shift one’s perceptions, in either an unexpected and sudden, or planned and deliberate medium[DK1]. The consequences of discovery m...

Themes of Tradition in Literature
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Introduction: Evolving Traditions Traditions are important because they transmit stories, shared values, and aspirations from generation to generation. Traditions offer guidance and assists in a group of people s...

Pushing Boundaries in Film and Literature
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Introduction: Assessment Task: Identify and discuss how literature and film are tools of transgression in Tropic of Cancer (novel), Lolita (novel) and Modern Times (film). To discover the complete horizon of a so...

Comparing Brave New World to Modern Day
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Introduction: Prediction to future technological warfare in Brave New World When thinking about the greater good and scientific advancement, most people believe that they are always beneficial to society but brav...

How Charles Dickens Depicts Women
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Introduction: Dickens and his view towards women- Is it really progress? The Victorian Age is a period of great progress in multiple fields such as industry, trade, literature and so on. The role of women in s...

Is Crime and Punishment a Realist Novel?
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Introduction: This essay will explore how the novel Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky does not adhere to the realism conventions we have come to know; it will explore the way in which the text is not realist bec...

How is Hamlet Character Influenced by Greek Philosophy?
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Introduction: Hamlet, protagonist of Shakespeare’s tragedy of the same name, is one of the most ambiguous and enigmatic characters of the history of literature. He is a thinker, and extremely philosophical,...

Short Story on the Afterlife
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Introduction: A Dream I Had About the Afterlife Last night I dreamed that I had died. It wasn’t the normal kind of dream. It wasn’t the kind of dream that you wake up enthralled, afraid, or tearful fr...

An Analysis of J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace
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Introduction: The novel Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee has attracted wide readership and analysis since its first publication. Set in the post-apartheid South Africa, the plot revolves around the main character David L...

Analysis of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
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Introduction: Modernist Disillusionment in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” Unlike the romantic period that preceded it, the modernist literary movement reflected the feelings of a Lost Generatio...

Analysis of Robert Frost and "Mending Wall"
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Introduction: Robert Frost was born Robert Lee Frost in San Francisco, California to Isabelle Moodie and William Prescott Frost Jr. After his father died, his mother moved them to Salem, New Hampshire. Frost̵...

Siddhartha's Stages Analysis
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Introduction: Siddhartha Tries to Learn Enlightenment Through Teachers Siddhartha started his life a Brahman, declared to be a ‘special’ gifted Brahman from birth, extremely eager to attend teacher...

Love and Marriage in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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Introduction: Love and Marriage Insanities Making sense out of love and marriage ideals is not an easy task, especially as human actions in emotional circumstances do not follow any logic. It is a fact that has b...

Henry James's The Turn of the Screw, An Analysis
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Introduction: The Turn of the Screw's characters contain the generic surface elements of a majority of other ghost stories, including the characterization of the......

Observations of The Joy Luck Club
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Introduction: Quotes Observation 1) p3 “On her journey she cooed to the swan: “In America I will have a daughter just like me. But over there nobody will say her worth is measured by the lou...

"Fern Hill": Literary Analysis
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Introduction: Time is a weary thing, but it is also a beautiful thing. It also slow, yet fast and moments and experiences sometimes are severely lacking in appreciation because of an inattentive and inpatient eye...

Modernity and Modernism in Literature
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Introduction: 1.2. Modernity and Modernism The first seeds to modernist literature were implanted with the emergence of modernity. Modernity is a post traditional or post-medieval historical period that character...

History of Gothic Literature
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Introduction: Composer’s representations of the Gothic genre haven’t significantly changed as Gothic characteristics can still be observed in modern texts and films, however, the depiction of these th...