English Literature Essays

Life Of Pi | Analysis
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Introduction: The book “Life of Pi” shows the Freud’s theory on the unconscious mind in one’s personality. According to Freud’s theory, the mind can be divided into two main parts, whi...

Robert Browning's Poetry | Analysis
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Introduction: Compare the examination of abnormal psychology in Robert Browning’s poetry, and in Iain Banks’ novel, ‘The Wasp Factory’. Make illuminating connection......

Reflective Essay: Growing Up in Poverty
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Introduction: “We make a living by what we get – but we make a life by what we give ” (Sir Winston Churchill). When I heard this quote for the first time, it was from one of my high school teacher...

Postmodern Literature | The Harry Potter Series
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Introduction: The Study of Postmodern literature has always been very interesting because of its contemporary relevance to us. Literature of postmodernism emphasizes the subjectivity of a work of art than the objec...

Dennis Rader: The BTK Killer
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Introduction: When you hear the words SERIAL KILLER, you instantly think about people like Jeffrey Dahmer, Ed Gein, Ted Bundy, or Charles Manson. You don’t think about a family man with a wife and two childr...

The Scarlet Letter | Character Analysis
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Introduction: Dimmesdale is the main male character in the world famous novel The Scarlet Letter, which is the masterpiece of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Although Dimmesdale commits adultery, it is not until the final par...

The Horse Dealer's Daughter
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Introduction: D.H. Lawrence’s, “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter”, tells a timeless love story of Mabel and Jack, two people of totally different social standings, falling in love. After the deat...

Analysis Of Arden Of Faversham
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Introduction: As Arden of Faversham opens the audience is aware that the crime dramatised is a fait accompli; thus the bulk of the play is suspended between the perspicacity of Arden’s murder and its inevitab...

Carol Ann Duffy and Sharon Olds | Marginalised Voices In Poetry
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Introduction: Marginalisation can be understood as being outside or on the edge of the rest of society. A person can be considered marginalised because of factors such as race, social class or gender, which make th...

The Death of Alan Turing
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Introduction: Alan was left with no choice but to subject himself to doses of the female hormone Estrogen in order to check his libido by rendering him impotent. This form of treatment involving chemical castration...

A Doll's House and A Street Car Named Desire
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Introduction: A Doll’s House focus is on woman’s function in society, particularly in the of marriage and motherhood context. In particular, Helmer has a very clear definition of the role of a woman. He...

William Langland's Poem Piers Plowman
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Introduction: The vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman is an allegorical poem written in alliterative verse in the form of a dream vision, which depicts in great detail the structure and moral values of t...

Siddhartha: Book Analysis
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Introduction: One utilizes a potter’s wheel to mold and shape a piece of clay. As the wheel continues to spin, the clay transforms into a beautiful shape of art. This tool, however exists as more than just a ...

The Rape Of The Lock | Feminist Analysis
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Introduction: In Canto III of Alexander Pope’s “The Rape of the Lock,” Pope describes Belinda’s overseeing of a battle of not-so-epic proportions: “Belinda now, whom thirst of fame inv...

The Life Of King Henry VIII
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Introduction: King Henry VIII was born in 1491. Henry was the third child of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. He was seen as a promising young prince due to his outgoing personality, and intelligence. Traditionally...

Gravity By Sara Bareilles | Review
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Introduction: Sara Bareilles is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. She grew up in Eureka, CA, and at the age of 18 she moved to Los Angeles, CA to pursue her career (Sara Bareilles). According to She is a...

Character Exploration Of Fifth Business
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Introduction: Robertson Davies’ “Fifth Business” portrays the progress of a lost man, Dunstan Ramsay. A snowball thrown by Percy Staunton misses Dunstan and hits Mary Dempster, forces Dunstan to c...

The Laugher Of The Medusa | Analysis
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Introduction: Throughout history, women have been excluded from any kind of writing that could allow them the participation in the making of history and culture. Being considered as creatures of lesser rank in ment...

The School For Wives and Ghosts | Analysis
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Introduction: In Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts and Moliere’s The School for Wives, the playwrights portray the concept of male domination with the help of the relationships between the characters. Ibsen depicts...

Jean Valjean | Les Misérables | Character Analysis
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Introduction: The character I have chosen for study from Bille August’s film, Les Misérables, is Jean Valjean. As the main protagonist of the story, Valjean starts out as an ex-convict who went to prison for...

The Haunting Of Hill House | Analysis
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Introduction: Eleanor life is characterized by numerous challenges that happen because of her mother. She has a difficult responsibility of taking care of her ailing mother without any help from the society. She le...

The Renaissance Period Of English Literature
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Introduction: The Renaissance Period injected English literature with a new and innovative life; it was a time for rediscovering classical texts, coining new words, and both translating and imitating classical form...

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief | Analysis
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Introduction: Percy Jackson the Olympians book 1 The Lightning Thief is an interesting novel which becomes the foundation of this study. The demigod Percy who is created from author’s imagination becomes the ...

Virginia Woolf | A Modernist Perspective
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Introduction: Virginia Woolf’s novels incorporate the quintessential elements of the modern experience. I will explore the literary expression of these characteristics in relation to three of Woolf’s no...

The Analysis Of The Crimson Shadow
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Introduction: The “Crimson Shadow,” by Walter Mosley, is a short story that depicts a lengthy morning encounter between two disparate, yet similar souls. It is a twining of events that connect and captu...