English Literature Essays

T.S Eliot as a Modernist Poet
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd Jul 2021
Introduction: T.S Eliot is considered as one of the most important modernist poets. The content of his poem as well as his poetic style give elements of the modern movement that was famous during his time....

Characteristics of Victorian Age Literature
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Introduction: Victorian Era is seen as the link between Romanticism of the 18th century and the realism of the 20th century. The novel as a genre rose to entertain the rising middle class and to depict the contemporary life in a changing society...

Analysis of Satire in 'Gulliver's Travels' by Jonathan Swift
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd Jul 2021
Introduction: Abstract: this thesis provides a possible insight into Gulliver’s Travels by analyzing Jonathan Swift’s satires rather than reading it as a children’s book. Swiftian satires about humanity in the four books are to the fullest...

Analysis of Marge Piercy's 'The Barbie Doll' Poem
Example essay. Last modified: 21st Jul 2021
Introduction: In the poem Barbie Doll, the author Marge Piercy suggests that an American Barbie Doll typically presents herself as being the “perfect” woman and this leads to people being jeered at for their appearance and expected to have a Barbie-doll-like figure. ...

Mother Tongue by Amy Tan
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Introduction: In her essay, “Mother Tongue” Amy Tan contemplates how her background shaped her life, her education, and brought her shame, but ultimately, she learns to embrace her background. Tan describes the way that she was stuck between two worlds...

The Selfishness of Victor Frankenstein
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Introduction: In Frankenstein, both the film and novel portray Victor as a selfish character who is only concerned about his own well-being. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor is completely focused on creating human life and does not care that he is hurting his family, Elizabeth and the monster....

Gender Stereotypes in 'To Kill A Mockingbird'
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Introduction: Scout Finch, the narrator, holds the first complex gender role found in To Kill a Mockingbird. Scout is a tomboy with feminine expectations pressured upon her. She often rejects and rebels against the proper teachings taught by her Aunt Alexandra, Mrs. Dubose, and the other white, upper-class, southern ladies of Maycomb County....

The Symbolism of Fire in Fahrenheit 451
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Introduction: “Fire represents many things to many people and cultures. It is recognized as a purifier, a destroyer and as the generative power of life, energy and change. It represents illumination and enlightenment, destruction and renewal, spirituality and damnation” (Varner)....

Analysis of President John F. Kennedy's Inauguration Speech
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Introduction: This paper provides a rhetorical analysis of President John F. Kennedy’s inauguration speech. Included is the type of text it is, where it was first spoken, and the main objective....

Analysis of 'The Stolen Party' and 'The Fall of the City'
Example essay. Last modified: 21st Jul 2021
Introduction: In the story ‘The Stolen Party’, Rosaura, the protagonist, is a young naive girl who believes and trusts that all people are good. Her mother believes that all rich people are liars and they are inferior to them. She feels that her daughter will not be looked upon as equals...

Roberta is White and Twyla is Black
Example essay. Last modified: 21st Jul 2021
Introduction: Conclution: By skillfully using ambiguous signs in the beginning to make her reader want to fill in the void of the races of Twyla and Roberta, Morrison makes her readers very susceptible to her stronger signs of wealth and class stereotypes, and racial attitude stereotypes to make her reader decide on the race of Twyla and Roberta....

Why Does John Proctor Choose to Die in 'The Crucible'
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Introduction: In conclusion, relating back to the question “Why does John Proctor choose to die rather than to lose his “name”?”, John Proctor was a good man who considered his name and his reputation to be his most priceless assets. He knew he had sinned when he committed adultery and he believed that he should serve a punishment for his sin...

Analysis of 'The Sniper' by Liam O Flaherty
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Introduction: In the anti-war short story “The Sniper” written by Liam O Flaherty, a Republican sniper embraces his rifle and conceals on the roof top without a sound, waiting to kill his enemies. The sniper accidentally gives away his location when he lights up a cigarette and exposes himself to the enemy sniper on the opposite roof....

Racism in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee
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Introduction: Racism is one theme which is hugely illustrated in “To Kill A Mockingbird”. Harper Lee has been very successful in being able to elicit racism. The most unique and significant approach she uses to reveal racism is that she tells the story through the point of view of a child. ...

Analysis of 'The Wife’s Story' by Ursula Le Guin
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Introduction: Ursula Le Guin tells us in The Wife’s Story, about a woman who meets a man who would later become her husband and father to her children. This story has a great twist on what the werewolf and human perspective. Told from the wife’s view, it shows her love for her husband and children...

Elements of Irony in Poe's 'The Cask of Amontillado'
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Introduction: This paper aims at presenting some irony from the work of Edgar Allan Poe The Cask of Amontillado. It will present three types of irony from the work of Edgar Allan Poe “The Cask of Amontillado”. The three types of irony approached in this text are verbal irony, situational irony and dramatic irony....

Symbolism in 'The Handmaids Tale'
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Introduction: In the dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale, the author Margaret Atwood searches for the results of the situation in which women have no rights. All their rights are seized. She wants to know the consequences of a women-right-less society....

Satirical Elements in Swift's 'A Modest Proposal'
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Introduction: In “A Modest Proposal,” satire is one of the main elements Jonathan Swift uses to explain how Protestants abused Irish Catholics in the 1700s. A satire is a literary work that blasts or nudges fun at corruption or any additional error or imperfection. Satire may make the reader express amusement at, or experience hatred for, the individual or object satirized....

The Importance of Honesty
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Introduction: Honesty has its advantages and disadvantages. This is normal it is like resembling to fact that if white exists; black must also exist in order to contrast. The good thing about being honest is that people keep it's ideals they show who they are. They do not lie because of the fear of being judged....

Political Messages behind ‘An Inspector Calls’
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Introduction: J.B Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’ is a condemnation of capitalism, an examination of greed and the lust for power, and a genuine plea to care and take responsibility for every member of our society, including its dispossessed ‘We are members of one body’. ...

Analysis of 'Blindness' by José Saramago
Example essay. Last modified: 21st Jul 2021
Introduction: Blindness, a novel by Portuguese author José Saramago, depicts the dystopian outcome of a plague of white blindness, (clunky) a mysterious disease that eventually becomes known among the novel’s characters as the “white evil.” Saramago quickly introduces the malady, recounting the first infection within the first few pages of the novel....

The Foils in Shakespeare's Hamlet
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Introduction: Foils are minor characters that have similarities or differences with a major character and serve to highlight major characteristics of that character.  Sometime the minor character is in the play so the major character has someone to speak with.  The foils in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet are the Fortinbras, Laertes, and Ophelia....

Sheila Birling in J.B. Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls'
Example essay. Last modified: 21st Jul 2021
Introduction: It is immediately apparent that Sheila and Gerald’s relationship is not based on love; it is more arranged and convenient. For example, Sheila’s engagement to Gerald means a step up the social ladder for the Birlings as Gerald 'might have done better for [himself] socially'...

Relationship Between Celie and Shug in ‘The Color Purple’
Example essay. Last modified: 21st Jul 2021
Introduction: Walker in writing this novel uses an epistolary style, which is a novel that is written as a series of documents which is usually in the form of letters or diary entries. This allows her main charact...

An Analysis of Sandra Cisneros’s 'Woman Hollering Creek'
Example essay. Last modified: 21st Jul 2021
Introduction: An analysis of Sandra Cisneros’s Woman Hollering Creek is not often that a person is given an assignment that reflects many similar inadequacies of their own families. After reading Woman Hollering Creek it was instantly clear that this would be an interesting story to write about....