English Literature Essays

Bilbo Baggins: Zero To Hero
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Introduction: What is this character we call a “hero?” A hero is being of abundant power, defiance, and intrepidity that conquer evil despite of impregnable obstacle to rescue the breath of inculpable l...

The Term South Asian Literature
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Introduction: The term South Asian literature refers to the literary works of writers from the Indian subcontinent and its surrounding areas. Countries to which South Asian literature writers are linked include Ind...

The Shawl By C Ozick
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Introduction: The narrator of this short story is a third person narrator. It is also an omniscient narrator as he knows everything about his characters. The story is told through Rosas eyes. The story gives an acc...

Living Between Two Worlds
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Introduction: Living in two different worlds may sound a better idea for people who have never found themselves in such a situation but for some of us who have tried that it is rather embarrassing. I was born and b...

The Comparison Of Poems On Death
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Introduction: Death is inevitable. The effect of death on different people can vary greatly. Some may choose to obtain pleasure from the nostalgic memories of a lost loved one, some may see death as a reminder to l...

Christine Linde And Nils Krogstad
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Introduction: There is no question that Christine Linde and Nils Krogstad are of vital importance to the play “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen, but what is it that makes them so significant? Ibsen...

The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe
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Introduction: The book begins as four children, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, are sent to live with an old Professor in the country because of the air raids in their hometown of London, England. One day, as the w...

Women Representations In Hedda Gabler
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Introduction: Women representation in literary texts seems to vary in different ways. Some female characters appear as “commodities” of men’s urges and desires, victims of marginalized oppression,...

Analysing Macbeth: The Tragic Hero
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Introduction: William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, from the play Macbeth is a classic example of a tragic hero. A character from an Elizabethan play will usually have to fulfil certain characteristics and realisati...

A Book Summary Of Mr March
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Introduction: Book Summary: Mr. March (the absent father in Louisa May Alcott’s novelLittle Women) almost destroys his marriage when he volunteers to serve in the Civil War as a Union chaplain, then almost de...

Themes In Odour Of Chrysanthemums
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Apr 2017
Introduction: In this story Elizabeth seems to have a distorted view of realty. It almost seems that the darkness has blocked her vision. Elizabeth’s anger has also changed her view of her husband and she has...

Analysis Of Romeo And Juliet Act
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Introduction: In Act III, Scene 1 of the play Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare so effectively uses timing, whereby the precise moment at which tragedy is born serves to transition and to end what has been an a...

Summary Of The Life Of Muriel Spark
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Introduction: Give a brief summary of the authors life. Consider any issue which relates to the particular era of colonialism and identify any aspects of language which reveal colonial mindest. Muriel Sarah Camberg...

Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol
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Introduction: Though popularized in childrens books and on stage, Dickens A Christmas Carol is far more than a simple vaudevillian ghost story. Indeed, A Christmas Carol is a severe and scathing attack on the socia...

'The House On Mango Street' Novel
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Introduction: The house on Mango Street is a novel created by Sandra Cisneros and it contains vignettes which are narrated by Esperanza. Esperanza has just relocated together with her family to Mango Street but she...

The Egyptian Tale Of Two Brothers
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Introduction: The story of “The Tale of Two Brothers” is full of themes of sexual dominance, deceit, and revenge whereby a fierce power struggle between sexes comes out clearly. When reading the story o...

Midsummer Night's Dream Shakespeare
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Introduction: A Midsummer Nights Dream, one of Shakespeare's best known and widely read comedies, delivers an enchanting, humorous comedy with a number of......

Explication Of Dana Gioias 'Planting A Sequoia'
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Introduction: Dana Gioia’s “Planting a Sequoia” is about a father who has lost his first son and in memory of him he plants a sequoia tree. The poem is separated into five stanzas each having five...

The Metamorphosis The Psychological Moderation Of Choice
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Introduction: Originating from the era of Socrates and Plato, mankind has been led to the presumption that moral perfection is universal, and that all human beings live their lives to serve an exclusive purpose. Du...

Letter From Birmingham Jail Martin Luther
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Introduction: The letter from Birhmingham jail explained a clear view and message of different aspect and concise racism to African-American people.Martin Luther King in his reply letter has focused issues related ...

Person Versus Society In Robinson Crusoe
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Introduction: Defoe managed to be successfully literally immortal when he published the book Robinson Crusoe in 18th century. He dared to challenge the social, economic as well as political status quo of his time. ...

Feminism And Nationalist Themes
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Introduction: The twentieth century Indian literature has drawn a considerable amount of its themes especially feminism and nationalist themes from two major epics: The Mahabharata and The Ramayana. Like Bible in E...

Angel In Tess Of The d'Urbervilles
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Introduction: The character of Angel Clare is portrayed by Hardy as an ideal character with even more idealistic views. Although he is the supposed hero of the novel, his actions say otherwise as he is shown to hav...

Frankenstein By Mary Shelley: Outline
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Introduction: In the novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein is retelling, to Walton, how his life was heading downhill. He explains that he is at the bottom pit of life and knows that he can’...

A Farewell To Arms | Essay
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Introduction: The story takes place during WWI, at which time Italy was fighting the Germans. This conflict later foreshadows event that take place with the main character Frederic Henry. Due to the use of war as t...