English Literature Essays

Karen Newman Othello Criticism
Example essay. Last modified: 26th May 2017
Introduction: In her 1987 article “‘And wash the Ethiop white’: femininity and the monstrous in Othello,”1 Karen Newman sets out re-examine prior critical analysis of Shakespeare’s Oth...

Manliness in Macbeth, Shakespeare
Example essay. Last modified: 26th May 2017
Introduction: Manliness should not be considered a quality that can be possessed only by men. It is a set of values which can be possessed by anyone who’s determined to live as a strong, moral and free person...

The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison
Example essay. Last modified: 26th May 2017
Introduction: There are many beautiful things in this world. There are beautiful people, beautiful places, and beautiful things. When telling a story there are ways to portray beauty. Then, on the other h...

The Scarlet Letter Book Report
Example essay. Last modified: 25th May 2017
Introduction: 1. What is the book about? This book is about a woman named Hester Prynne, who committed adultery with a successful clergyman named Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. Hester Prynne was already married to an ...

Murder Of Duncan In Macbeth
Example essay. Last modified: 25th May 2017
Introduction: Duncan’s murder, in the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, was a complete disaster. This deed, performed by Macbeth, but this cannot be totally blamed on him. The three witches are to blame. T...

The Motivation Of The Journey Themes
Example essay. Last modified: 25th May 2017
Introduction: In literature the theme of a journey is a common one but the motivation for the journey changes considerably. The goal of each journey was directly influenced by the values of the specific time period...

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka | Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd May 2017
Introduction: “The Metamorphosis” written by a German man by the name of Franz Kafka is a prime example of a modernist story. The writing takes on many different aspects of the modern era, with topics o...

The Wretched Of The Earth, Franz Fanon
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd May 2017
Introduction: Frantz Fanon was a black psychiatrist and author from Martinique who also led a life as a philosopher and revolutionary (Micklin 1). He was from a middle-class family, but soon started supporting ver...

The Tragedy of Macbeth | Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd May 2017
Introduction: The initial act of play opens in the amidst lighting and thunder when the present three witches came into decision of meeting with Macbeth in their next meeting....

Inception, 2010 Film Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd May 2017
Introduction: Released in 2010, Inception in an American science fiction movie. Written, directed and produced by Christopher Nolan, the movie is a block buster. Star cast of the movie includes Leonardo Di Caprio, ...

Kate Chopin's"The Story of an Hour and Guy de Maupassant's The Necklace
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd May 2017
Introduction: In recent years, feminism has a profound impact not only on the family’s sociology, but also on other areas of social cognition. Feminists now analyze the patriarchy’s origin – a sys...

Bertolt Brecht's View on the Function of Theatre
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd May 2017
Introduction: Bertolt Brecht’s view on the function of theatre was that it should provoke its audience to change. The epic theatre, Karl Marx and German directors Max Reinhardt and Erwin Piscator were all ins...

Othello: Character Analysis of Iago
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd May 2017
Introduction: In order to understand the personal motivations of Iago we need to consider not only the personal actions of the character but also the society in which he lived. Many examples of Iago’s maligni...

Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley | Alienation
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd May 2017
Introduction: In the story of Frankenstein, Victor, a scientific genius, created a monster known as Frankenstein. He abandons the monster as soon as he creates it. Frankenstein, the monster, experienced bad parenti...

Humanism in the Renaissance Period
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd May 2017
Introduction: Humanism of the renaissance period has manifested a new and developed courtier that is different from earlier courtiers of the medieval age. Courts, during the Renaissance, were the center of social a...

My Hospital Experience | Short Story
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd May 2017
Introduction: I know youre always thinking on the good side, and youre thinking everyone good should be treated well, and everyone bad, like criminals, shouldn’t be here. But, sometimes, good people have bad ...

A More Perfect Union Speech | Barack Obama
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd May 2017
Introduction: The speech titled “A More Perfect Union” was delivered by Senator Barack Obama on March 18, 2008 at the National Constitution Centerin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The speech responds to th...

The Imitation of Life, Sarah Jane Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd May 2017
Introduction: The Imitation of Life is one of the most powerful cinematic displays of racial passing in movie history. Passing, a commonly used term especially in the African American community, “occurs when...

Seamus Heaney's North Collection | Postcolonial analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd May 2017
Introduction: Introduction The field of postcolonial theory is of increasing primacy within critical theory and literary theory. Postcolonial studies emphasise the re-emergence of cultural strengths and identities...

Analyzing Realism Of 18th Century Authors
Example essay. Last modified: 19th May 2017
Introduction: In this essay I will be focusing on two very interesting texts which depict realism in their own ways. I will be analysing Daniel Defoe’s Moll Flanders and Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko. “â...

Love And Marriage In Restoration Comedy
Example essay. Last modified: 19th May 2017
Introduction: A comedy is usually a light, rather amusing, play that deals with contemporary life and manners. Such a drama often has a satirical slant, but ends happily. Among the many sub-genres under comedy, one...

William Blake | Critique Of Organized Religion
Example essay. Last modified: 19th May 2017
Introduction: William Blake is known to be a ‘lunatic’ of his time, from 1757 to 1827, for producing imaginative engravings and mystical poems with radical opinions regarding society and fundamental bel...

A Camping Trip By Bridget Andersen | Short Story
Example essay. Last modified: 19th May 2017
Introduction: When I say the words “breakfast burrito,” I bet that an outdoor camping trip in the wilderness doesn’t come to mind. My story begins with three friends trying to spend more time toge...

Masculinity In Shakespeare
Example essay. Last modified: 19th May 2017
Introduction: Masculinity used to be a political question in the times of early modern England. Such expressions as ”courage-masculine” and ”manly virtue” had some peculiar meanings and show...

Toni Morison Analysis | Feminist Postcolonial Approach
Example essay. Last modified: 19th May 2017
Introduction: Although Toni Morrison is known for her epic themes, vivid dialogue and richly detailed characters but this essay focuses on her approach towards feminist post colonialism. At first I will give a brie...