English Literature Essays

Durga Puja Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Jul 2017
Introduction: Kolkata, the city of joy, as it is known, has been celebrating the Durga Puja since ages. Durga Puja, the biggest festival of the Bengalis, is the worship of ‘Shakti’ or the Divine Power. ...

How Do You See the World?
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Introduction: I was taught early on in life that God is the center of all creation and we should fear Him; for one day we must account for our life. I knew the bible existed, but I never read it. I was told stories...

Sin and Redemption in Dr Faustus
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Introduction: Marlowe’s play “The tragic story of Doctor Faustus” is an interpretations of a popular German legend, about a historical person, a man who called himself Dr. Johann Faust. Marlowe wr...

Evil in King Lear
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Introduction: Google definition has several definitions for “evil” that essentially encompass the same idea. According to Google, evil is “the quality of being morally wrong”. Although this ...

The Pearl by John Steinbeck
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Introduction: Kino, Juana, and their baby Coyotito live in a humble brush house by the sea in the village of La Paz. On one morning, a scorpion stings Coyotito....

Mother Courage Epic Theatre
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Introduction: Mother Courage is an example of Brecht’s concepts of Epic Theatre and Verfremdungseffekt or “estrangement effect”. Verfremdungseffekt is achieved through the use of placards which re...

The Lost Phoebe Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 17th Jul 2017
Introduction: In the story of The Lost Phoebe, Theodore Dreiser writes a story about a man and his wife. Dreiser tells so much about the man’s childhood and early adulthood because he was showing the reader h...

Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close Analysis
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Introduction: While writing about Oscar, Foer drew upon the emotions Oskar faces after his father’s death. He writes about an anger, fear, confusion, love, grief, hope, and uncertainty with unflinching clarit...

Religion in Crime and Punishment
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Introduction: Dostoevsky was a very religious an after he got out of jail. Because of this, when he wrote Crime and Punishment he incorporated teachings and symbolism from his own religion to help the characters pr...

All The Pretty Horses Themes
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Introduction: Cormac McCarthy’s novel All the Pretty Horses is considered to be a national bestseller not only because it has won the National Book Award but also because the author could touch upon a number ...

In Search of Shakespeare Summary
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Introduction: This document’s first episode begins while looking at the London Gate Bridge and London as a whole. The narrator begins by describing William Shakespeare as the greatest author of all time and h...

Perfume by Patrick Suskind - Analysis
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Introduction: The novel Perfume by Patrick Suskind explores deep into raw human emotions, such as love, hate, and death. By doing so, the novel purposes a universal question that supports numerous themes in the nov...

Is Othello a Victim or Villain?
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Introduction: This is a play about Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army. He is the ultimate villain in this play as opposed to Iago, the high ranking soldier. Most would agree as a matter of fact that Ia...

Science Fiction Characteristics
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Introduction: Introduction Science fiction is one of the most popular branches in the modern literature. At the same time, the origin of science fiction literature dates back to ancient times, when ancient writer a...

Those Winter Sundays Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 14th Jul 2017
Introduction: The poem, which I selected for analyzing and interpreting, is “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden. The question raised by the author has been attracting the readers for a long time, si...

Grendel, John Gardner - Analysis
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Introduction: In John Gardner’s Grendel, he presents Grendel as a truly unique character. Gardner portrays Grendel as a misunderstood, confused yet a complex creature. Whom he humanizes. I feel that by portra...

Fate in Death of a Salesman
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Introduction: Abstract Death of a Salesman is a tragedy written by American playwright Arthur Miller. It describes a story about Willy Loman whose American dreams shattered and eventually he lost his life for it. W...

Feminism in Fifth Business
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Introduction: The role of women in the novel Fifth Business is essential and fundamental to the character development and spiritual meaning that Dunny seeks throughout the novel and whether they shape and influence...

The Adventure of the German Student
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Introduction: There are multiple ways to analyze a literary work, through the basis of the critical approaches. The reader can select any of them in order to analyze his or her piece of work. Particularly in order ...

The Great Gatsby Bibliography
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Introduction: Barret, Laura. "From Wonderland to Wasteland: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Great Gatsby and the New American Fairy Tale." Papers on Language and Literature. 42.2. 2006; 150 153. Fitzgerald uses Ga...

The Lottery and Young Goodman Brown
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Introduction: Thesis sentence: Jackson encourages her readers to question their beliefs, their actions, and the world by creating inner struggle with a barbaric act that is accepted by the townspeople in “The...

Charles Dickens Hard Times Analysis
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Introduction: Charles Dickens’ Hard Times focuses on the numerous relationships and interactions between characters, and the impact that people have on the behaviour of others. It is evident throughout the no...

Duality in Waiting For Godot
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Introduction: Beckett is known to have commented, “I had little talent for happiness.”- This sentence in itself is absurd, like the most famous drama of Beckett: Waiting for Godot. But what exactly absu...

An Outpost of Progress Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 13th Jul 2017
Introduction: Joseph Conrad whose original name was Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, born in Berdichev, Poland (currently Ukraine) on the 3 December, 1857 to a writer and a translator, Apollo Korzeniowski ,...

Mr Rochester Character Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 13th Jul 2017
Introduction: Edward Rochester does not resemble a hero portrayed in fairy tales, characters who remain static throughout the plot. He is rather a dynamic and round character that changes notably. He has values tha...