English Literature Essays

The Beast, The Lord Of The Flies - Essay
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Introduction: In “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, the use of symbolism is revealed through thoughts and feelings the boys have while being marooned on the island. The use of symbols such as the p...

Search For My Tongue - Essay
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Introduction: The autobiographical poem is about the conflict of identity, of two tongues. The poet, living in a foreign country, speaking a foreign language, is afraid of losing her mother tongue. She fears it mig...

The Joys Of Motherhood, Buchi Emecheta
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Introduction: During the colonization process, many changes have occurred in Africa and the indigenous populations were forced to adopt and adhere to the western values and lifestyle. The effects were felt on all l...

The Merchant Of Venice Anti Semitic - Essay
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Introduction: Many texts are classed as racist purely because they contain some element of racism, whether or not this is intended to be taken literally. Specifically, The Merchant of Venice is often viewed as anti...

Introduction to Vampires
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Introduction: A vampire is a mythological or folkloric creature that is famous in their blood sucking ability in order to prolong their life and their super strength. The term vampires was not popularized until 18t...

My Favourite Holidays
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Introduction: This is a pretty difficult topic to write on, since I tend to love all of the holidays! As soon as it hits October, I am floored for every holiday between Halloween and New Years. Growing up, it was a...

The Metamorphosis Symbolism
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Introduction: The opening line of the story is shocking and bizarre. “One morning, upon awakening from agitated dreams, Gregor Samsa found himself, in his bed, transformed into a monstrous vermin.” In o...

Poetry: History And Origins Of
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Introduction: Literature is as old as history of the man itself. Over the past few decades, the role of literature in language learning & teaching has been subject to variations. However, literature was exclud...

The Virgin And The Gypsy, D.H. Lawrence
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Introduction: The novel “The Virgin and the Gypsy” was found in France after David Herbert Lawrence’s death in 1930. Immediately recognized as a masterpiece in which Lawrence had distilled and pur...

The Abuse Of Power In Night And The Pearl
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Introduction: In the story Night by Elie Wiesel and The Pearl by John Steinback, I will be explaining, action,reasons, and the consequences of abuse of power in an excessive or unreasonable way. In Night I will be ...

Virginia Woolf's The Death Of The Moth
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Introduction: In Virginia Woolf’s The Death of the Moth, she wrote about a pathetic moth’s death process. Although its struggling and fighting against death moved her, the moth died in the end. The Deat...

The Yellow Wallpaper Symbolism
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Introduction: “The Yellow Wallpaper” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in 1892 is a collection of journal entries written by a woman who suffers from the mental disorder, namely temporary nervous depr...

Fantomina by Eliza Haywood | Analysis
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Introduction: The actions the young lady in Eliza Haywoods Fantomina in her desire to find a sexually and emotionally stimulating relationship demonstrates the difficulty of relationships between men and woman in t...

Looking For Alibrandi, Analysis
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Introduction: However, the Italian adolescents, and in Josie’s case, have guidelines and family expectations they have to live up to, for example, after school she has to visit her Nonna, dress, friends and t...

Soldiers Home And How to Tell a True War Story Analysis
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Introduction: War can be defined as a situation in which competing enemies are involved in an active struggle. Different authors have over time written war stories and their effects on individuals. Tim O’Brie...

Symbolism in Shakespeare's Works
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Introduction: Friar Lawrence remarks that every plant, herb, and stone has its own special properties, and that nothing exists in nature that cannot be put to both good and bad uses(Shmoop Editorial Team, 2008). La...

Death of a Salesman Analysis | American Dream
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Introduction: The American dream is a term that was first coined by James Adams in his book The Epic of America written in 1931. The American dream is a dream of a land where life is better and richer for everyone...

Eden Robinson's Monkey Beach
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Introduction: Gothic literature began due to the Romanticism movement, which became popular during the late 18th and 19th centuries. The word “Gothic” refers to ” An architectural style in Norther...

Gothic in Wuthering Heights and Dorian Gray
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Introduction: The duplicity or sometimes called the Doppelganger is a common theme in gothic fiction works such as “The Picture of Dorian Gray” or “Wuthering Heights”. While in the first no...

Buying a Whore by Anne Sexton
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Introduction: Feminism is a movement that opposes women inferiority and promotes equality among men and women. It moves away from logo centrism and phallocentrism or seeing the world and it’s people from pat...

The Tragedy By Pablo Picasso
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Introduction: The Tragedy by Pablo Picasso was painted in 1903 in Barcelona, Spain (nga.gov). The piece was constructed by oil on wood. It stands at 41 7/16 x 27 3/16 inches (nga.gov). The time at which The Trag...

Literature Comparative Analysis
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Introduction: "An Encounter" by James Joyce deals with the theme of a persons yearn for escapism from the monotonous routine of day-to-day life through the tale of a day in which two young boys are "miching" from s...

Woman At Point Zero Analysis
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Introduction: Symbolism has seeped into the arts and became an essential part of literary works and general communication. Since the concept of symbolism is effective in the construction of a novel, both works; The...

The Great Gatsby Analysis
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Introduction: As a profound commentary on the American dream and a reflection of the period in which it was written, F. Scott Fitzgeralds American classic, The Great Gatsby, remains an enduring work in the American...

Tragedy in Romeo and Juliet Analysis
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Introduction: At the heart of the play’s themes of feuding families, ill-timing, and misfortune lies the true agent that defines Romeo and Juliet as a tragedy; the impulsive and reckless decisions of the youn...