English Literature Essays

Two And A Half Men | Analysis
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Introduction: Can you imagine a household without a woman? Well this is the case in “Two and a Half Men”. It is an American television sitcom, with Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones as the mai...

Analysis Of 'Letter From Birmingham'
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Introduction: For writers, grabbing the reader’s attention within the first few lines of the text is as important as getting the message across to the reader. A major component of writing is making sure the t...

Two Tales Of Love And Tragedy
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Introduction: The story of Layla and Majnun, written one thousand years before Romeo and Juliet, has been repeatedly compared to William Shakespeare’s play because of the tragic love and death of the main cha...

The Importance Of Storytelling
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Introduction: In her insightful essay on the tradition of Pueblo Indian storytelling – “Language and Literature from a Pueblo Indian Perspective” – Leslie Silko displays the huge role that s...

As Good As It Gets | Analysis
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Introduction: In the 1997 film As Good As It Gets, Jack Nicholson gives an Academy Award-winning performance as Melvin Udall. Udall is a misanthropic romance writer who works at home as a best-selling novelist in N...

Oedipus The King And Greek Culture
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Introduction: If we had to make a critical decision upon which ancient civilization has greatly influenced our culture and ways of life today, I would defiantly have to choose the Greeks. In some aspect of our ever...

Heart Of Darkness and The Road | Analysis
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Introduction: The Heart of Darkness and The Road both reflect the hardships and struggle of a seemingly futile journey where the outcome remains predominately elusive to those characters with a feeble but defiant h...

'The Fault in Our Stars' | Book Analysis
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Introduction: Introduction “Some infinities are bigger than other infinities….There are days, many of them, when I resent the size of my unbounded set. I want more numbers that I’m likely to get….gave me a...

The Prioress And The Wife Of Bath
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Introduction: The physical appearance of the Prioress described her as anything but nun-like; rather, the portrayal of her beauty manifests how she was from her inside. As depicted, her smile was simple and coy, he...

Complacency Is Self Destructive
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Introduction: The alarm rings at 8 in the morning for Samrat everyday. He takes about an hour to get ready and another half an hour to reach his place of work. By 9:30 he is all set to start. The day proceeds with ...

A View from the Bridge | Analysis
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Introduction: Discuss How Arthur Miller uses Alfieri in ‘A View from the Bridge’ to add dramatic impact of the play Arthur Miller uses Alfieri as a dramatic impact of the play by the use of language, ro...

Ambivalence And Its Imagery In Heart
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Introduction: There have been various discourses about a literary world of Joseph Conrad who has been called as one of the great pioneers in 20th English literature. Since he was a Polish author and wrote in Englis...

Death Of A Salesman | Journal Entries
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Introduction: For such a long time you have been living under the impression that popularity and handsomeness gets you through life. Let me be the one to tell you that you need to wake up and realize that you are n...

Research Paper Into Acne
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Introduction: Acne is a common skin condition, inflammatory skin or disease characterized by pimples on the face, chest, and back. It occurs when the pores of the skin become clogged with oil, dead skin cells, and ...

Death And The Compass Jorge Luis Borges
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Introduction: Detective story is one of the oldest genres in Western literature. People are always captivated with stories that are full of intrigue and dastardly actions, the same as they are captivated with the d...

Individualism in 'The Scarlet Letter'
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Introduction: America and individualism are almost inextricably linked in our perception. From the early beginning with the Declaration of Independence to the strong propagation of liberty and freedom of thought Am...

The Speaker's Subconscious In 'Snake'
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Introduction: Facing up to, and attempting to understand and accept one’s own snakes that lie low in the darkness of one’s being, regardless of what is considered socially acceptable-this is the speaker...

The Theme Of War And War Poems
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Introduction: In this essay I would be explaining how six war poems explore the theme of war. Drummer Hodge was written by Thomas hardy in 1899. He wrote it after he read the death of a local drummer boy in the Boe...

'London' And 'The Chimney Sweeper' | Analysis
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Introduction: I am going to explain how two poems, London and The Chimney sweeper, both written by William Blake, are similar in the way they convey their views on London in the 1790’s/1800’s. London wa...

Hunger of Memory | Analysis
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Introduction: Hunger of Memory Richard Rodriguez in chapter 2 of his book “Hunger of Memory” speaks and analyses his own life. How from an early age he came to understand the changes that occurred inside him. H...

Guernica By Pablo Picasso
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Introduction: In 1937, the Spanish government commissioned Pablo Picasso to paint a mural for the 1937 World Fair in Paris, France. Picasso painted Guernica, a large, oil-based mural. Spain placed the 26’x1...

Role Of Women: Middlemarch and Jane Eyre
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Introduction: The purpose of this study is to explore the role or situation of women as it has been explained or portrayed in the two novels that the Middlemarch by George Eliot and Jane Eyre by Charlolte. The impl...

How Does Laura Change? 'The Glass Menagerie'
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Introduction: The author of the play, The Glass Menagerie, is Tennessee Williams. The main characters of this play are Jim, Tom, Amanda, and Laura. Laura, who is the sister of Tom and daughter of Amanda, “has...

Comparison: The Testing Of Beowulf And Sir Gawain
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Introduction: Within the epic poems Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, both eponymous heroes undergo three prominent trials that define their characters and ultimately shape the rest of their lives. An em...

Self Destruction In Dr Faustus And Macbeth
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Introduction: In the dangerous realms of Renaissance supernatural belief, ‘He who walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth’ (4 Cosin). During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Europe was ...