Essays On Books

During two important periods in literature, poetry and prose were both considered art forms and occupations for the educated. These periods are known as the Victorian era or Romantic Poetry and modern poetry. The selected poems for analysis are T.S Eliot’s The Waste Land and Robert Browning’s Memorabilia. The article compares two poems, giving a […]

In poetry, readers often find themselves in other worlds and other dimensions – either through the poet’s conscious evocation of these worlds through the images employed in the poem, or through the reader who creates a world out of the melding of what the poem says and what he thinks the poem means. Poetry consists […]

One of the indications of T. S Elliot’s bleak and pessimistic approach to “The Wasteland” is the brief citation he opted to use to initiate the poem. To underline the decayed and diminished state of a formerly thriving world, Elliot borrowed a quotation from Petronius Arbiter’s “Satyricon”. This sets the poem’s tone when Elliot selects […]

Metonymy doesn’t substitute like metaphor something like the thing that is meant for the thing itself, but substitutes some attribute or cause or effect of the thing for the thing itself. As an elaborate and repetitive device, it fulfils two functions in modernist poems. It depicts a fragmentation of perception – which it in part […]

Guy De Maupassant’s “The Necklace” employs materialism, conflict, and character to demonstrate how certain individuals are perpetually dissatisfied with their circumstances, greedily seeking more at any expense. In this story, we encounter two main characters: Mathilde, portrayed as a very materialistic individual, and her husband, a clerk who lives modestly. While Mathilde is quite self-centered […]

New Historicism in short story “The Diamond Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant I will analyze the short story “The Diamond Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant. We can read and learn the story to make a clear about the new historicism which can be seen from author life and what he was trying to invent from […]

Of all the stories read so far only one has had an epiphany, James Joyce’s ‘Araby’, is a great story in which the main protagonist, a young boy, just starting to come into his own sexual identity, experiences that moment of climax that sees him going from being a romantic, imaginative idealist to an embarrassing […]

Many people are told to follow their dreams, but this advice should be taken cautiously. We all have within ourselves goals and dreams, yet, as optimists, we sometimes tend to vision only the bright side of the future. The cons are not taken much into consideration or even noticed until it is too late. Both […]

The purpose of this essay is to examine and draw comparisons between two fictional short stories: ‘The Necklace’ by Guy de Maupassant and ‘The Red Room’ by H. Our analysis will delve into the commonalities and distinctions present in these literary works. G. Wells narrates the events of Guy de Maupassant’s short story ‘The Necklace’, […]

Throughout life, hardships and misfortunes can lead to one’s self – improvement. Guy de Maupassant’s story “The Necklace” presents many symbols which illustrate the works major idea of greed. The protagonist, Mathilde Loisel is the wife of an insignificant clerk, who is unhappy with her life because of her social economic status. She dreams of […]

Human Nature in Relation to The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant Why does man lust for human material things? Why does man want things far from his grasp? What does man get from this? Does wanting or chasing things lead to the loss of things we hold very dear to us. In the story of […]

In the story “The Necklace”, by Guy de Maupassant, all the characters are the same, they present the same behavior by showing that they think only of themselves rather than of others. When we take a close look to the story, especially to the main character, Ms. Loisel, we reveal that she does not only […]

During the 19th century in Paris, people were trying to improve their status in order to gain more respect and superiority. Guy de Maupassant’s short story, The Necklace, follows the unfortunate life of a vain middle-class woman named Mathilde Loisel. Maupassant maintains the reader’s interest by applying irony, an engrossing theme and ordinary human characters […]

The plot of most short stories is condensed in length and of a more simplistic nature relative to novels. Guy de Maupassant’s, “The Necklace” is no exception. Starting with the exposition, the story has only three main characters, Madame and Monsieur Loisel––both very simple, “economical” characters that are among the lower-rank of society’s hierarchal ladder, […]

The paper concerns a novel, The Dark Knight Returns. In the dissertation, there is the provision of brief background concerning the book to give the idea to the people on what the individual is talking about. Moreover, there is the picking of ten frames from the graphic novel and doing of a narrative description of […]

In the short story, A Good Man is Hard to Find, by Flannery O’Connor, every object including the characters are symbols. The Grandmother, who is the one and only dynamic character, represents all of us who have repented. The story is, as Flannery O’Connor has suggested a spiritual journey because of the Grandmother’s Plight. In […]

Published in 1955 as part of her short story anthology of the same name, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor quickly gained recognition for showcasing the author’s unique characteristics and traits. These include violent action, skillfully crafted characters, and a devout Roman Catholic ethos. Critics appreciate how O’Connor injects her Catholic […]

Psychoanalytical Criticism of “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” A seemingly innocent family vacation can turn into a disaster if the members of the family only care about themselves. In the story “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” by Flannery O’Connor, a self-absorbed Grandmother, too consumed with her own opinions, fails to address […]

Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” and Alice Munro’s “Boys and Girls” both use symbols to highlight significant meanings in the characters’ lives. This essay will examine two differences and one similarity in the authors’ use of symbols: * O’Connor uses a gun to symbolize fear, whereas Munro uses a gun to […]

“Violence in a good man is hard to find, the faces of marginality” Begins by talking about how humans live their lives without morals and ethics, they compare people in today’s world to the characters of o Connors short story. The misfits are considered the dark side of society and the grandmother is the good. […]

I was particularly fond of the opening quote, “The dragon is by the side of the road, watching those who pass. Beware lest he devour you,” in the story “A Good Man Is Hard To Find.” Initially, the quote “We go to the Father of Souls, but it is necessary to pass by the dragon” […]

In the Kite Runner, Amir is faced by many challenges as he grows up. However, he manages to conquer all, and towards the end of the book, he redeems himself. Towards the end of the story, he learns to stand for himself and face his challenges. Initially, his father had advised him that that a […]