English Literature Essays

The Accrington Pals and Strange Meeting
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Apr 2017
Introduction: Compare and contrast the lack of understanding of the realities of war by the women in The Accrington Pals and Strange Meeting. To what extent do these misapprehensions affect the relationships betwe...

Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Apr 2017
Introduction: Identity Crisis of Post- 9/11 Pakistani-American Immigrants: A Study of Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist “Home is...

Walt Whitman and Dostoyevsky: The human identity
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Introduction: The portrayal of the human identity in the poems of Walt Whitman and Dostoyevsky: Literature plays an important role in the society that is not only related to the level of entertainment. Through the...

Iron Orchid, by Stuart Woods: An analysis
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Introduction: Iron Orchid Introduction: Iron Orchid is fast-paced suspense novel with an ongoing theme of never judging a book by its cover. The novel was written by popular suspense author Stuart Woods. The novel...

The symbolism of rain in literature
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Introduction: It has been seen that almost all authors use symbol within their works of literature in order to pull the attention of their readers. Using such symbolic concept it helps the poets in creating a seco...

Feminism Voice in Male Indian Authors
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Introduction: Feminism Voice in Male Indian Authors Literary works present avant-garde constructs which often become the basis of revolutionary social transformations. They not only embrace in t...

Jealousy vs faith in literature: The Faerie Queen
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Introduction: Jealousy vs. Faith Dreams play a central role in Book I, Canto I of The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser and in Genesis from the King James Bible. They function as a way of causing jealousy in the cha...

The act of dying in literature: Symbolism and themes
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Introduction: Death from Different Views in Poetry The act of dying has been a fact of life since we have become into existence. Death by human nature is something most individuals do not look for with anticipati...

The Jacobean and Victorian age of literature
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Introduction: Chapter -1 INTRODUCTION The first thing we should know that why we study about literature and its history. We study literature because it has two features, one of simple pleasure and cherishing, the ...

Racial discrimination and colonization in literature
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Introduction: Frantz Fanon once wrote, “Colonialism hardly ever exploits the whole country. It contents itself with bringing to light the natural resources, which it extracts and exports to meet the needs o...

An analysis of “The Flea” by John Donne
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Introduction: Close Reading This close reading, is an analysis of “The Flea” by John Donne. “The Flea” is a love sonnet that uses a flea as a reason for the writer and the woman to get together. The flea...

Last Standing Woman by Winona DaLuke: Analysis
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Introduction: Last Standing Woman by Winona DaLuke Winona LaDuke is a famous social activist who majorly fights for indigenous rights. Born in California and mainly raised in Oregon, she did not move to White Eart...

An analysis of Wilfred Edward Owen's literature
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Introduction: Wilfred Edward Owen, 1893-1918 Wilfred Owen was a soldier and was extremely passionate about the poems that he wrote, as they were based on his personal experiences at the warfront. He wrote about th...

Social criticism through science fiction literature
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Introduction: Science fiction frequently involves social criticism. The use of social criticism is an author’s interest in addressing specific political, social, cultural, economic or religious issues in their w...

The Possibility of Evil, by Shirley Jackson
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Introduction: “The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson Shirley Jackson is known for her wicked short stories and novels. “A master of modern gothic fiction, Shirley Jackson wrote of the essentially evil ...

English Literature - Appreciation of the Beauties of Nature
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Mar 2017
Introduction: Appreciation of the Beauties of Nature There is appreciation for the beauties of nature in almost every Romantic work that we have read. The two works that I saw it the most in were “Nutting” and ...

The Village Schoolmaster, by Oliver Goldsmith
Example essay. Last modified: 15th Mar 2017
Introduction: Oliver Goldsmith’s “The Village Schoolmaster” depicts the memory of an educated schoolmaster who occupies a position of reverence and awe in a rural village. The poem was written as part of a ...

To Kill a Mocking Bird
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Introduction: Significance of the Study This book, To Kill a Mocking Bird, not only does it entertain us but it gives us a brief understanding about the issues in our society such as racial and social discriminati...

Similarities in Shakespeare's work
Example essay. Last modified: 9th Mar 2017
Introduction: Write an essay which profitably compares and/or contrasts ONE of the following (a-d) with a scene or dramatic sequence (a ‘sequence’ means that it must consist of a consecutive series of ...

Symbolism in Yeats’ Easter 1916
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Introduction: Symbolism in Yeats’ Easter 1916 William Butler Yeats, in his essay, ‘The Symbolism of Poetry’ wrote “All sounds, all colours, all forms, either because of their preordained energies or becaus...

The Merchant of Venice
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Feb 2017
Introduction: In the play ‘The Merchant of Venice’ written by William Shakespeare, the character Shylock is a Jewish money lender who lives in a ghetto with his daughter Jessica. He strongly believes in...

Naipaul's The Mimic Men: Mimicking Decultivation
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Feb 2017
Introduction: Naipaul’s The Mimic Men: Mimicking Decultivation The Mimic Men sets the tone of Naipaulian malaise of the New World conditions and their deep impact on one’s psyche...

Life on Other Planets
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Feb 2017
Introduction: It has been centuries now since humankind looked up to the sky and wondered, is there any other life out there apart from our own? Ever since that question has been asked, it’s been a mystery an...

Mark Twain's Influence on Realism
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Feb 2017
Introduction: Realism brought about events and characters with-in stories that could be easily imagined and related too. The main contributor during the period of realism was Mark Twain with his novel The Adventure...

The Pros and Cons of Abortion
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Feb 2017
Introduction: Abortion is one of the most controver­sial and debated topics today. There have been many court cases that have decided the legality of abortion. However, it will continue to be a hot topic for many ...