English Literature Essays

Fate And Prophecy In The Aeneid
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Introduction: As I have previously discussed, there are three overriding factors that contribute to the sense of pathos that pervades the Aeneid. Firstly the level of personal detail that Vergil gives to his chara...

Irony In 'A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man'
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Introduction: James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man portrays the life of Stephen Dedalus who is a young artist that is pure and idealistic. As he matures, Stephen recognizes how the world fill...

'The Fall Of The House Of Usher': Analysis
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Introduction: In “The Fall of the House of Usher” Poe explores such topics as incest, terminal illness, mental breakdown, and death. As is typical of the gothic genre, the story is set in a dark, mediev...

A Story Of The Tell Tale Heart
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Introduction: Everybody loves a good story! We have been told stories since a young age; also as we grow up; we continue to be surrounded by them. However, what makes a good and interesting story? For me in order t...

Features Of Epic Form In The Theatre
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Introduction: The very concept of epic theatre would infuriate Aristotle, for whom theatre and epic were two distinct genres (The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism, 2001, p. 88), with their own laws of being...

The paintings American Gothic and Rhythm
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Introduction: The two paintings that took the nation for a quick surprise are American Gothic by: Grant Wood and Jack Pollock’s autumn Rhythm. Jack Pollock painting was created during the year of 1950. This p...

Analysis Of The Crucible By Arthur Miller
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Introduction: Topic: “The Magistrate sits in your heart that judges you.” How does Miller treat the theme of judgment (by society and by individuals) in his play? Arthur Miller, the author of The Crucib...

Rhetorical Analysis Of Personal Narratives
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Introduction: Rhetorical analysis of text or any literary work can help to understand better the message conveyed by the author and assess the style and technique used by the author. At the same time, the rhetorica...

The reflection paper
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Introduction: Abstract Today, most of us perform the same activities over and over again such as work, eat and sleep. You might say that is how life cycles. However, this lack of relaxation and enjoyment can cause ...

The Writing Of Holy Sonnet 10
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Introduction: John Donne’s “Holy Sonnet 10” is very touching sonnet. Donne’s writes in his sonnet that death is not “Mighty and dreadful” (2) that we all believe. Donne in his so...

Shakespeare's Plays: A Tale Of Betrayal
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Introduction: Literary works; be they plays, short stories, or novels, usually describe events with a view to presenting various themes to audiences. Such works build on their respective themes based on the individ...

The Gay Lesbian And Queer Theory
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Introduction: Gay and Lesbian studies focus its inquiries into two categories: the natural and unnatural behavior with respect to homosexual behavior, whereas Queer theory expands its focus to encompass any kind of...

Frankenstein And The Enlightenment
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Introduction: The Age of Enlightenment occurred during the 18th century in France, Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands, with France being the center. The Enlightenment affected the way of thi...

Good And Evil In Moby Dick
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Introduction: In Herman Melville’s classic tale Moby Dick the author paints a clear picture concerning good and evil. These two forces are depicted everywhere in the story and are the back bone of all novels ...

Literary Psychoanalytic And Feminist Criticism
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Introduction: Psychoanalytic criticism is highly regarded by literary critics even after a century of literary interpretations achieved by means of methods belonging to this critical perspective. This type of liter...

Compare And Contrast Frankenstein And Blade Runner
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Introduction: Compare and Contrast Frankenstein and Blade Runner Various perspectives of which some are spiritual and others are scientific guide human identity. Frankenstein and Blade Runner are two literature pie...

The Ministers Black Veil
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Introduction: Divinity, humanity/mankind, nature coupled with overriding pessimism are the fundamental tenets which comprise Dark Romanticism. This literary subgenre is an offspring of the popular transcendental...

Analysis Of Water For Elephant
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Introduction: The day to day struggling that Jacob faces is a true picture in which the older man is abandoned at a nursing facility by his family members. This is in direct opposite to the life that Jacob undergoe...

The Tragedy Of Macbeth By Shakespeare
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Introduction: First impressions are similar to the cliché ‘never judge a book by its cover’. In The Tragedy of Macbeth by Shakespeare, a first impression may not actually reveal a person’s true i...

Studying The Narration Of The Lesson Story
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Introduction: “The Lesson” is narrated in first person from the point of view of the protagonist, Sylvia, and the African-American vernacular is used throughout the narration and dialogue of the story. ...

Traditional Chinese Marriage Rituals
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Introduction: Marriage has always been the most affecting story in human life. Each marriage is special and celebrates the marriage bond of the newlyweds. The wide variety of marriage customs represents the differe...

Summary Of Several Short Stories
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Introduction: .Teen sniper is an interesting science fiction. Unlike most sci-fi’s it doesn’t incorporate really out of the ordinary concepts, other than a robot that actually has feelings. Instead, the...

Indirect Action In The Cherry Orchard And The Ghosts
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Introduction: Actions or events do not necessarily have to be physically shown to the audiences because there are variety of ways of informing and portraying an image or an action that becomes the basis of a play. ...

The Revolt Of Mother By Freeman
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Introduction: The realist movement in literature and film has always had a tendency to include or incorporate previously underrepresented characters. George Becker......

Children In William Wordsworth Poems
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Introduction: Romanism is a phenomenon of European culture of the 18th-19th centuries that stimulated writers to scientific and technological progress, the ideological and artistic trend in European and American cu...