English Literature Essays

The Selfish Giant By Oscar Wilde
Example essay. Last modified: 12th Jun 2017
Introduction: The story, ‘The Selfish Giant’ by Oscar Wilde, was introduced in the taught module, demonstrated the kind of art and drama activities that a powerful story can stimulate and engage the aud...

Oliver Twist Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 12th Jun 2017
Introduction: Explain and discuss the main problem or obstacle that is introduced. Discuss how the protagonist or any other significant characters deal with this problem. Describe how this problem escalates, who is...

Literary Analysis of Romeo and Juliet
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Jun 2017
Introduction: Passage one is the prologue to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The prologue to Romeo and Juliet is a significant piece of text in the play as both its form and content introduces and gives a rat...

Bridget Jones Diary Analysis
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Introduction: Bridget Jones is a single woman who tries to find herself a nice man, because she doesn’t want to stay single for the rest of her life. Write a summary in your own words of about 400-600 words. ...

The White Man's Burden, Rudyard Kipling | Analysis
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Introduction: I aim to evaluate the use of irony and symbol in the poems “The White Man’s Burden” and the “Real White Man’s Burden” to see how effective both writers were in usi...

Literature Comparison: The Great Gatsby and The Motorcycle Diaries
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Jun 2017
Introduction: What it makes us unique, is our way of being; no one is equal to other, all of us are different in every single way, and this is the most important characteristic of the human beings, but sometimes ou...

Great Expectations Book Review
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Jun 2017
Introduction: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, first published in 1860, is a classic fictional novel. The novel doesn’t really have a genre, possibly a drama or adventure, but it’s more like just ...

The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
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Introduction: But shes cooped up in the house all day with nothing to do, and her days are marked with boredom beyond belief. Her only way out of dealing with it is to live in a fantasy world of glamour, wealth, an...

Maiden Name Philip Larkin Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Jun 2017
Introduction: In a pocket diary note, Philip Larkin stated: “At 1.45 am let me remember that the only married state I know (i.e. that of my parents) is bloody hell. Never must it be forgotten.” Larkin e...

An Analysis of Poetic Justice in Macbeth
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Jun 2017
Introduction: The play Macbeth written by William Shakespeare is a story about a man named Macbeth and his quest for power. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth is a brave and noble soldier, who is crowned as Tha...

The Story of an Hour - Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Jun 2017
Introduction: The short-story under consideration by Kate Chopin, the American short-story writer known for her works about strong women in terms of liberation debate, is entitled “The Story of an Hour”...

Lord of the Flies Symbolism Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Jun 2017
Introduction: The conch shell is a shell that means a lot more than just a beautiful white shell. It has great power and it symbolizes civilization and order. The boys on the island look to this conch as holding or...

Great Gatsby Research Paper
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Jun 2017
Introduction: The Great Gatsby is a prime example of traditional American Literature. Explaining the life in one of the most roaring cities of the 1920’s, New York, the novel is a great interpretation of Amer...

Oedipus The King Vs Hamlet - Analysis
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Introduction: What is the different between Oedipus the King and Hamlet. Oedipus the King was written by Sophocles in 430-425 BCE. Oedipus the King is about King Oedipus finding out his true origins and him fulfill...

The Elephant Vanishes Haruki Murakami - Analysis
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Introduction: One of the major themes in this story is the idea of things being out of balance. This theme is established when the narrator tells the editor about the importance of unison in kitchen design, as he e...

Song of Lawino Poem by Okot p'Bitek
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Introduction: In Song of Lawino, by Okot p’bitek, the main theme revolves around Lawino attacking Ocol, her husband who had left her for a “modern” woman, and his ways while praising her own cultu...

All My Sons as a Tragedy
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Introduction: All My Sons is an American play, set in a typical, suburban town in the backyard of a family home. The Keller’s are a family who live a life of tension and un-realistic aspirations after losing ...

The Kite Runner And Hamlet Tragedy
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Introduction: In the novel The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini and in the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare the characters suffer tragedy as a result of the world that they have created for themselves. Despite the ...

Jane Eyre Childhood
Example essay. Last modified: 6th Jun 2017
Introduction: Jane Eyre’s childhood is a reflection of the Victorian era, children were to come across as innocent, virtuous and ignorant of intellectual opinion. However Jane’s early years lacked norma...

Courtly Love in The Canterbury Tales
Example essay. Last modified: 6th Jun 2017
Introduction: In all periods, in all forms of literature, love has always found its place within the words of its authors. The ideas and meanings readers create about love can change drastically from one reading of...

Atmosphere in Macbeth, by Shakespeare
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Introduction: The word atmosphere usually means the air around us. When using the word in the sense of a play it means a certain mood around a certain area at a certain time. Tension usually means emotional or ment...

The Fat Girl, Andre Dubus
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Introduction: To accept the others, first we have to accept ourselves and accept who we are “The Fat Girl” is a short story about a girl that tries to fit in today’s standards and satisfies her p...

Finding Forrester Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 6th Jun 2017
Introduction: The film Finding Forrester is a movie about a young boy, Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown) that lives in the Bronx. He has an intellectual talent for writing, quite contrary to his stereotypical ghetto frien...

The Bonesetter's Daughter Summary
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Introduction: LuLing: Ruth’s mother. She immigrated to United States from China through her sister, Gao Ling. She shows how her life had changed through her writings in part 2. She is very emotional character...

No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre | Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 6th Jun 2017
Introduction: Analysis of No Exit No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre is a play that symbolizes the German occupation of France. He was a soldier in the French Army during World War II and had to face the humiliation of de...