English Literature Essays

The Subordination Of Women In Marriage
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Introduction: In “The Yellow Wallpaper,” Gilman uses the conventions of the psychological horror tale to critique the position of women within the institution of marriage, especially as practiced by the...

Personal Conflict And Resolution
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Introduction: For almost a decade now, my father and I have had conflicts on and off. These conflicts relate to his parenting style and my nature to rebel when given unreasonable orders. My father grew up with an I...

The Classic Tragic Hero Of John Proctor
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Introduction: A noble person believes in a system of righteousness and does not just help himself, but rather helps others all around him. John Proctor believed in “nobleman” ethics such as when Hale in...

The Horror Story Of Domestic Evil
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Introduction: Sredni Vashtar is a short and a horror story that is written by Hector Hugh Munro (Saki). When a reader reads this story a feeling of horror and fear comes to mind. The words that Saki’s used in...

Role Of Women: Jane Austen
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Introduction: Some decades ago women in this world had little to no power. During the 1600s inferiority was a synonym of women in the society and Jane Austen was the writer that presented the role of women as self-...

Dr Faustus | Close Analysis
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Introduction: The set text is the final soliloquy in Christopher Marlowe’s tragedy Dr Faustus, based on the A text. The following textual analysis will be looking at tone, structure, and sentence length and t...

Christopher Marlowe In The Renaissance Literary World
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Introduction: The father of English tragedy was a leader among English poets. The place and value of Christopher Marlowe in the Renaissance literary world cannot be overstated. The Elizabethan poet and dramatist ha...

Plot Summary Of 'The Storm'
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Introduction: Trailing back on the history line, adultery which can be referred as sex between a woman who was married and a person other than her spouse (Dictionary.com, 2010) has been regarded as an offense by ma...

The Boy In The Sriped Pyjamas
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Introduction: I think the story is round 1943, because that’s the time about the Second Worldwar. Also the birth of Bruno is 15 April 1934, but in the story he 9 years old, so it must be in 1943. In the quote...

The Secret Life Of Bees | Analysis
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Introduction: The Secret Life of Bees takes place around 1964, a time of strong racism as the African-Americans fight for civil rights. The story begins in Sylvan, South Carolina where Lily lives with her father. H...

Poems About The Father-Child Relationship
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Introduction: A father-child relationship can be a beautiful thing for some, and complicated for others. There are different kinds of fathers. There are fathers who are always around for their children, who provide...

Critical Analysis: The Grapes Of Wrath
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Introduction: In 1939, John Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath, an epic novel that follows the Joad family through their dispossessed plight from Oklahoma to California (Steinbeck). The novel has had many trials o...

Entrances In 'An Inspector Calls'
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Introduction: J.B Priestly was born on 13th September 1894 in Bradford, West riding of Yorkshire and he passed away on the 14th August 1984 in Warwickshire. He was a dramatist English writer and was well known for ...

Katherine Mansfield's 'Miss Brill'
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Introduction: Miss Brill can be characterized as an idealist. Throughout the story she envisions the lives people around her based on their attire. By doing this, Miss Brill then characterizes them on what they oug...

The Characteristics Of 'The Mayor Of Casterbridge'
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Introduction: What characteristics justify one who is viewed as a perfect and morally profound man by society? In the novel The Mayor of Casterbridge: A Story of a Man of Character by Thomas Hardy, one who is seemi...

The Romantic Movement Of Nature Poetry
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Introduction: This work reflects how the younger generation of Romantic poets who viewed nature as a source of beauty and aesthetic experience. In this poem, Shelley explicitly links nature with art by finding pow...

Theme Of The Tragedy Of Macbeth
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Introduction: The Tragedy of Macbeth was written by Shakespeare around 1606. It’s one of his darkest and most powerful tragedies. It’s about Macbeth, a Scottish nobleman, who is tempted to follow the pa...

'The Heart Of Darkness' Black Versus White
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Introduction: Joseph Conrad, the author of the novel “Heart of Darkness”, uses the opposition of black and white to reflect the darkness that is present in all humans. This psychological aspect contrast...

Character Analysis: The Importance Of Being Earnest
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Introduction: Portrayal of a character in a play or a film is very important to the characters identity. The way a character acts throughout either work is the way an audience will recognize them. In The Importance...

A Walk To Remember Film Scene Story
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Introduction: You’ve just seen the begin scene of A Walk To Remember. The guy of in the red car is Landon Carter, who is one of two main characters in this movie. He’s a “bad guy”, one of th...

Of Mice And Men Themes
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Introduction: In John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men there are a lot of themes. The themes consist of friendship, loneliness, discrimination and dreams. All of these themes are important, and play immense ...

The Villains In The Oliver Twist
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Introduction: Oliver Twist was written in 1838 by Charles Dickens; his second and one of his most famous novels he ever wrote in his lifetime. It was about a young orphaned boy called Oliver Twist, who becomes part...

Feminist Literature: 'Sweat' and 'Strong Tea Horse'
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Introduction: Feminist literature is greatly represented in the two stories, Sweat, by Zora Neale Hurston and Strong Horse Tea by Alice Walker. Females in society have it much harder than men, in reality; females s...

Hamlet And The Duchess Of Malfi
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Introduction: At the latter part of the sixteenth century toward the beginning of the seventeenth century, playwrights ‘transformed English popular drama from a crude folk art to a sophisticated literary syst...

Hamlet: A Women Hater | Analysis
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Introduction: In the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, the protagonist claims women to be treacherous, heartless, untrustworthy creatures. All of Hamlet’s hatred for women began with his mother, Gertrude, ...