Category: Literature

  • The Confessional Poetry by Robert Lowell

    M. L. Rosenthal ‘first applied the term confession to Robert Lowell’s work’ (1).

  • The Sociological Criticism of “The Masque of the Red Death”

    From inside the abbey’s sturdy walls and its maze-like suite of seven rooms specially decorated according to a theme color, come the sounds of laugher and enjoyment.

  • Examination of the Book of Ezekiel: Apocalyptic or Not?

    Many readers of Ezekiel feel compelled to categorize the book as part of Apocalyptic Old Testament.

  • Literary Devices in “Pride and Prejudice”

    The novel Pride and Prejudice is a satirical tale about courtship in 19th century England that ends in the fulfillment of this proverb. The protagonist of the novel, Elizabeth, and the antagonist of the novel, Mr. Darcy, are unlike in multiple ways, and, although faces with many obstacle and challenges, find that they love each…

  • The Scarlet Letter – Dimmesdale’s Dilemma

    Adultery was one of the worst sinful acts in Puritan times. As one of the Ten Commandments, this sin was punishable by death at extremes. Puritans believed that marriage was sacred and believed that illicit fornication would lead to corruption, and believed that these actions should be punished severely. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial…

  • A Room of One’s Own: The Unending Search

    In A Room of One’s Own, a novel written by Virginia Woolf, the female main character strives to find a way to unlock her creativity. She is constantly bombarded with limitations placed upon her by the male dominant society of the 1920s. The main character feels trapped in this society at “Oxbridge” (a university designed…

  • Young Goodman Brown-Allegory and Symbolism

    Allegory and Symbolism Nathaniel Hawthorne is a nineteenth-century American writer of the Romantic Movement. Hawthorne was born is Salem, Massachusetts, and this is the place he used as the setting for some of his works: such as “The Scarlett Letter”, “the Blithedale Romance” and “Young Goodman Brown”. In writing, Hawthorne was known for his use…

  • Edgar Allan Poe’s life and Work

    Edgar Allan Poe’s life experiences had a major impact on the topics and themes of his writing. Edgar Allan Poe lived a very heartbroken, dejected, short life compared by today’s standards. One theme that Edgar wrote about often in his stories and poems was death. He wrote about that topic because most everyone he loved…

  • The American Dream Essay

    What is the American Dream? There has always been a dream in the hearts of man that the American Dream is the one goal in life that all must pursue in order to achieve something in their lives. Although the American dream has always been present, the one time that the American dream had its…

  • Hsiang Yu the Tragic Hero

    Hsiang Yu: The Tragic Hero Confucius once said, “Study the past if you would divine the future”. The emphasis traditional Chinese culture has for centuries placed on history as an educational and guiding source is reflected in Ssu-ma Chien’s historical work, Shi Ji. Split into five categories – basic annals, chronological tables, treatises, hereditary houses…

  • Invisible Man by Ralph Waldo Ellison

    The narrator of Invisible Man is telling more a story of self-discovery. A lot of times self narration comes with self-reflection and the Narrator later comes to realizes that all his roles have been created by the environment and culture around him. Throughout the story the narrator has no sense of self worth. Only the…

  • The Major Events and Breakthroughs of the Nineteen Seventies

    The nineteen seventies was a decade that experienced economic crisis, political struggle, feminism, and a rise of subcultures such as the hippies. These events reflected the rising power of baby boomers, which are babies who were born during the post WWII years, who have become adults and made up the majority of the population. Because…

  • Eliot in Modernism

    In “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” Prufrock questions, “Do I dare disturb the universe?” which epitomizes the disillusionment of Prufrock. Though modernism reflects new ideas of human possibilities, Prufrock displays a pessimistic attitude toward his life. The poem contains numerous thematic features of Modernism such as its form and use of literary elements.…

  • The Crucible Act 3

    The well known novel, The crucible , is based off true events during the Salem witch trials, which took place in the early 1900’s. Many people were accused of being a witch and/or causing harm to the colonist in the Americas. In the acts that have led up to act III, many women have been…

  • “The Sorrows of Young Werther” and the effect it had on people of that time.

    “The Sorrows of Young Werther” by Johann Goethe was first published in 1774, and very quickly spread across Europe in the 18th century. The novel and the “Werther Fever” it unleashed show us that Germany during that time was a very cultural, but easily persuaded place. Many people took hold of the story and related…

  • Symbols in “The Yellow Wallpaper”

    Symbols in “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a story about a woman who just gave a birth to a child and by her husband who is a doctor; she has to take a bed rest in a house that the woman feels not comfortable in it. She has to…

  • Love’s Parallel Universe

    Love’s Parallel Universe: a study of Szymborska’s The Onion and Neruda’s Leaning into the Afternoons Love has many paradoxical dimensions. It is simple yet complex, glorified yet vilified, powerful yet weak, constructive yet disastrous. Each one of us has experienced love in some way or the other and has attained our own slant on it.…

  • Jay Gatsby – Victimized by the American Dream

    The American Dream is a dream about possibilities, and a desire for success. In the eyes of the dreamer, the goal is to work hard to attain the end prize. Sometimes the prize is money, sometimes it is love; regardless of what the prize, the dreamer works hard to reach this goal. In the novel…

  • TANG Dynasty

    How should one interpret one of China’s most memorable dynasties? The Tang dynasty is one of China’s most remarkable and glistening historic periods known today. The Tang dynasty established a strong centralized state system, starting in 618 after the fall of the Sui dynasty in the early seventeenth century. Although the early Tang monarchs were…

  • Euphemistic Expressions in Kurdish

    Euphemistic Expressions in Kurdish By: Karwan Omer Siddiq 1. Introduction: This study is designed to analyze a collection of Kurdish euphemistic expressions for death using the framework of Conceptual Metaphor Theory propounded by George Lakoff. Nevertheless, this is not the only purpose of the study as it examines the corpus items to find out the…

  • Macbeth Character Analysis

    The play Macbeth is about the character Macbeth, but not just because it is his name, he is an interesting person. Macbeth is the thane of Glamis and Scottish general who is told that he will be king by three witches. He kills King Duncan to bring the prophecy to fruition. He deals with a…

  • The Challenge of Spelling Bee in English: A Critique

    “The challenge of Spelling Bee in English” is an article written by Eran Williams, in which he discusses about the importance of spelling in learning English language. He takes American culture as an example but talks in a much broader perspective about the problems associated with learning the language. He addresses the academic community, especially…

  • The History Behind a Novel

    Even though many people think history is boring, most classic novels take place during a historical time. The Prince and the Pauper takes place during the fifteen thirties of England during the reign of the House of Tudors. Through the use of historical facts Mark Twain demonstrates historical significance of the novel by using the…

  • Macbeth’s Change of Character Throughout the Play

    Throughout the play, Macbeth changes from a noble man to a merciless tyrant thirsting for power, due to the influences of those around him. From the overt sway of the Three Witches’ supernatural precognition of the future, to the subtle persuation of Lady Macbeth, his honorable disposition is slowly corrupted to that of a barbarous…

  • Ender’s Game: Depiction of Society’s Greatest Flaw Essay

    Picture being only six years old and having the fate of humanity and all life on earth rest in your hands. This is one of the obstacles in Orson Scott Card’s novel Ender’s Game, which main character, Ender faces. Because of his high intelligence and strong will power and fight, Ender is chosen to command…