English Literature Essays

Romance and danger in Romeo and Juliet
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Introduction: Act 1, scene 5 of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is essential in unfolding to us the paramount importance of the peak and nadir of love and danger. Act 1, scene 5 is an important scene in the play bec...

Hanif Kureishi's Inflection Of Postcolonial Identities
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Introduction: This Project will focus on the fiction of Hanif Kureishi, namely; The Buddha of suburbia, The Black Album, My Son the fanatic and Something to tell you. It will explore the ways in which Kureishi uses...

Indifferent Relationships In Fahrenheit 451
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Introduction: Can you imagine that one day you kick your mother’s butt hard but do not receive any rebuke, instead, she kicks you back? What would you say if citizens admit that they elect president Obama for...

Isolation In 'The Closing Down Of Summer'
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Introduction: Alistair Macleod, an unprolific short story writer of his native Nova Scotia, is renowned for the realistic manner in which he depicts the everyday life of closely-bound communities often through the ...

William Faulkner: The Postmodern Perspective
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Introduction: Many critics consider William Faulkner a modernist writer, citing the time period between the 1930s and 40s as the era in which he wrote himself......

Analyzing John Bunyan's The Pilgrims Progress
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Introduction: John Bunyan (28 November 1628 – 31 August 1688) is considered to be one of the important figures of the 17th century England. The idea of Puritanism being one of the major tenets of the century ...

Animals Intentional Literary Effects In Miss Julie
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Introduction: In Miss Julie, Julie’s dog, Diana, serves as an embodiment of Julie’s fate. Diana gets into an affair with a pug of lower standing, the “gatekeeper’s pug”. Through the us...

All Gods Children Need Travelling Shoes
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Introduction: Do you enjoy reading autobiographies? All God’s children need travelling shoes by Maya Angelou is an inspiring life story that will capture your attention. This autobiography was first published...

1984: A Dystopian Analysis
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Introduction: Scholarly Article: In the article “Bloom on Nineteen Eighty-Four” the author Harold Bloom criticizes the novel and shows admiration to it due to its bold nature. He compares it to differen...

Literary Style 'The House On Mango Street'
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Introduction: There have been many forms of writing throughout time, but the way Cisneros wrote her book was very unique. Cisneros showed a unique style in her book The House on Mango Street. This book is about a C...

Shakespeare's Imagery Analysis
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Introduction: Nature and love follows in the play everywhere. If we look at this passage carefully it show as great amount of imagery and metaphors Shakespeare used in this passage, like war, death, and sickness Ly...

How Does Patrick Suskind Develop Grenouille?
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Introduction: The novel Perfume by Patrick Süskind explores the issue of isolation and the effects it can bring on human beings. The novel is based on the main character Jean- Baptiste Grenouille who is an extrate...

Friendship In Fried Green Tomatoes
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Introduction: Friendship is the relationship between two or more more people who trust, have faith and are concerned with the welfare of each other.Relationship involves intimacy and mutual care for one another.A ...

Carnival And The Carnivalesque In Hamlet
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Introduction: Mikhail Bakhtin, a Marxist scholar, used the term carnivalesque to describe a dominant style or atmosphere through humor and chaos. The original word carnival is Latin for carne vale, meaning farewel...

Willy Loman In 'Death Of A Salesman'
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Introduction: The play, Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, an American dramatist is one such play written by Miller to embody the tragic force of traditional Greek plays. However, the primary aim of MillerR...

Uncle Toms Cabin And American Romanticism
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Introduction: In Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe emphasizes that the effects of slavery are just as tragic for the slave as they are for the slave-holder. American Romanticism was a time period of in...

The Betrayal Of Childhood Innocence
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Introduction: In this novel, I feel that one of the major themes is the loss of innocence and Leo is the character to whom the loss and betrayal of innocence, especially childhood innocence is referred to. I feel t...

Themes, Styles and Techniques of O.Henry
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Introduction: Themes, Styles and Techniques of O.Henry William Sidney Porter was born Thursday evening at Nine o’clock, September 11, 1862. He was born a few miles south of Greensboro, North Carolina, in Centre C...

The Tempest Presents The Theme Of Power
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Introduction: William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” is one of Shakespeare’s later plays, estimated to have been written in 1610, it is a play largely focussed on the theme of power. Power mani...

The Goblin Market Analysis
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Introduction: Goblin market is a poem that revolve around two young ladies-Laura and Lizzie who struggle with everyday temptation and sins. With Laura falling into temptation of sin we see Lizzie saving her sister ...

The American Dream in The Great Gatsby
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Introduction: The American dream is a term used to refry to the core elements of what Americans view as core values in life such as wealth, a good job and a life with value. The dream is basically about what many, ...

Short Stories Of D H Lawrence
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Introduction: The short stories of D. H. Lawrence are many and varied; he wrote them throughout of his working life and the complete edition fill three volumes. In many of his works, Lawrence uses identical situat...

Childrens Needs And Violence Against Children
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Introduction: „I do not believe in a child world… I believe that child should be taught from the very first that the whole world is his world, that adult and child should share one world…” P...

Examining The Fate Of Macbeth Plays
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Introduction: The idea of fate is recalled numerous times within Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth”. Fate was first introduced whenever Macbeth and Banquo came upon the three witches. The Witches predic...

Portrayal Of Women In Shakespearean Plays
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Introduction: Many adolescent females enrolled in the grade 12, university English course could well be discouraged by the representation of women displayed in the assigned literature. It is quite a culture shock a...