English Literature Essays

Beowulf's Boasting
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Feb 2017
Introduction: Beowulf’s Boasting Beowulf’s boasting is not merely to show how great he is but rather to keep true to his word and honor as a man. Beowulf does not boast for the sake of making himself lo...

Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange
Example essay. Last modified: 23rd Feb 2017
Introduction: Good vs. Evil has become the central theme for hundreds of different stories throughout history and for this; its interpretation has become one of the most controversial themes in literature. The inte...

The Art Of The Deal
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Sep 2016
Introduction: The Art Of The Deal Introduction “Trump – The Art Of The Deal” written by Donald J. Trump with Tony Schwartz published by the Random House Publishing Group in 1987. This book is not ...

The Harp Of India Summary
Example essay. Last modified: 21st Jun 2016
Introduction: A marble plaque on the wall of the porter’s lodge next to the gates of an old house on one of the busiest thoroughfares of Kolkata announces in Bengali that this was where Derozio lived, ‘...

Life Changing Experience Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 14th Jun 2016
Introduction: As we entered my grandmother’s house one evening, usually greeted by a joyous “hello” from my grandmother, that evening we were greeted only by an Erie silence. As we cautiously proc...

Personal Helicon - Seamus Heaneys Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 10th Jun 2016
Introduction: Springing Forth: An Analysis of Seamus Heaney’s Poem “Personal Helicon” Seamus Heaney’s title choice for his poem “Personal Helicon” is rooted in ancient Greek myth...

One Thousand Dollars Summary
Example essay. Last modified: 9th Jun 2016
Introduction: The short story One Thousand Dollars by O. Henry is about a young Gillian that must be providing the report how to use money one thousand dollars. Gillian has a rich uncle but her uncle died. From thi...

English Literature - The Nun's Priest's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Mar 2016
Introduction: The Nun’s Priest’s Tale’ by Geoffrey Chaucer The use of animals in the narratives ‘The Nun’s Priest’s Tale’ by Geoffrey Chaucer and ‘The Company of Wolves’ by Angela Cart...

English Literature Essays - Witchcraft Goodman Brown
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Mar 2016
Introduction: Witchcraft Goodman Brown Young Goodman Brown The setting of the story is in the 17th century in Salem, Massachusetts where the center of witchcraft occurred in history. As a backgrounder, during...

English Literature - Allegory of the Cave
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Mar 2016
Introduction: Allegory of the Cave Plato’s representation of the cave in “Allegory of the Cave” Republic Book VII is shown as an analogy for the condition of mankind–for their being educated...

English Literature - Polanski's interpretation of Shakespeare's Macbeth
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Mar 2016
Introduction: Polanski’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth Critical Study: Macbeth Roman Polanski- 1971 What is the context of this film? Who is the intended audience? Polanski’s interpretation ...

English Literature - Abstract Expressionism Movement
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Mar 2016
Introduction: While it was generally conceded that Abstract Expressionism was spent, superseded by the rise of minimalism and Pop art in the early 1960s, Gustan's work after 1968 signaled...

English Literature - Antigone Characters Ismene
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Mar 2016
Introduction: Antigone Characters Ismene Antigone Antigone by Sophocles is theatrical work that reflects upon Greek mythology and culture. Antigone has several themes and circumstantial settings that can be indirec...

English Literature Essays - Beauty Truth Art
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Mar 2016
Introduction: Beauty Truth Art In his famous apostrophe to the “Grecian Urn”, the immortal poet, John Keats, wrote: “Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou ...

English Literature Essays - Orient Opium Drug
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Mar 2016
Introduction: Orient Opium Drug Why do you think any two or more of De Quincey, Coleridge and Doyle were so interested in the Orient in their drug writing? Throughout the nineteenth century, persisting throug...

English Literature - Antigone Ismene Thebes
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Mar 2016
Introduction: Antigone Ismene Thebes Inductive essay of Antigone In the play Antigone, written by Sophocels, there are many complications. The most important event is the killing of Antigone’s two brothers, Eteoc...

English Literature Essays - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Mar 2016
Introduction: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby has become such a classic of American fiction that its literary merits easily obscure those qualities that also made it a favorite among reade...

Match Point
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Jun 2015
Introduction: Match Point A tragedy, primarily a dramatic component that tends to occur in many plays and movies, can be defined as serious or solemn theme that typically deals with a great person destined through ...

Heart Of Darkness And Hollow Men English Literature Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Jun 2015
Introduction: Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, and “Hollow Men,” by T.S. Eliot have several comparative themes, though each author has an entirely separate way of conveying them. Each work displays ...

Analysis of literary elements in Harlem
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Jun 2015
Introduction: What is a deferred dream that is not pursued? Published in 1951 by Langston Hughes, “Harlem” poses several questions using similes, imagery and culturally aimed words of the 1951 time per...

A Christmas Carol
Example essay. Last modified: 9th Jun 2015
Introduction: Who or what is responsible for Scrooge’s change of character in ‘A Christmas Carol’, and what techniques does Dickens use to show this change? Charles Dickens wrote ‘A Christma...

Themes In The Novel The Tortilla Curtain English Literature Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Boyle’s “The Tortilla Curtain” is a well woven literary piece that proves to be the best and the most successful of all his novels in history. Looking at his style of writing, he kni...

Naturalism A Movement In The European Drama English Literature Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: On the other hand, parallel to Naturalism, another movement was born; Realism. It was a general movement in the 19th century theatre that developed a set of dramatical and theatrical agreements, in or...

Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried English Literature Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Loss of A Loved One. Amy Hempel’s short story, “In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried” is a semi autobiography heartrending story dedicated to her beloved......

Film Review Of Trevor Nunns Twelfth Night English Literature Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Shakespeares Twelfth Night is a play overflowing with ambiguity in terms of tone, character portrayal, dialogue and meaning which gives directors of both screen and stage an immense amount of flexibil...