Essays On Books

Niccolo Machiavelli lived during the later 15th and early 16th centuries during a time when Italy suffered from much political instability. In early sixteenth century, after the fall of the Florentine Republic and the return of the Medici in 1512, instability was the norm, filled with external threats and internal dissension. Machiavelli’s book The Prince […]

The Prince by Machiavelli offers guidance for contemporary organizations, such as the Department of Division of Youth and Family Services in New Jersey (DYFS). DYFS has embraced The Prince’s principles and effectively implemented them, leading to growth and achievements. Machiavelli wrote The Prince with the intention of providing practical advice on leadership and governance, including […]

“Man is a political animal”1. This, indeed, is true because in the modern world we live in, every single person is a part of a society. A society is a political object, so from this results the idea of a man being dependant upon political acts. All men are special and unique members of the […]

John Locke Vs. Bernard Williams In this essay, I will be explaining John Locke’s case of the prince and the cobbler and Bernard Williams’s second description of the A-body person and the B-body person. Bernard Williams has the correct analysis of the situation where the body is part of self-identity since it is inevitable for […]

Book analysis and understanding is very important, because it helps in making satisfactory comments and arguments about the dominant themes in any presented literary work. In this essay analysis out of many themes reflected in these two novels: The Apology by Socrates and The Prince by Machiavelli, the discussion highlights and focuses on the major […]

Niccolo Machiavelli was born in 1469 into a wealthy family in Florentine, amidst the political turmoil that engulfed Italy. The ruling Medici family had held power for 35 years, but fear, instability, and invasion plagued Italy due to war and rivalry with other European powers like Spain and France. Machiavelli witnessed the fall of Medici […]

Biography of Niccolo Machiavelli Niccolo Machiavelli was born in Florence on 3 May 1469 during a time of great political activity in Italy. His first role in political affairs came at the young age of twenty-nine when the ruling regime of Savonrola fell from power in his native city. Though he had no previous administrative […]

Nevertheless, there are some cases when this line of thought may be justified: not in the way of mindlessly attributing every physical event of a book to the life of its author, but in the sense of parallels and the personal, social and ethical circumstances under which the literary work was created. Oscar Wilde’s The […]

The face is a useful subject within the study of sociology as it helps us look at such issues as the self, social acceptance and participation, relationships between individuals, illusions of the self intended to deceive, stigma, embellishment and even character and emotions. For Goffman the term face refers to the social value someone believes […]

In the controversial novel. “The Picture of Dorian Gray. ” the merely published novel written by Oscar Wilde. the supporter Dorian Gray begins to indulge the thought of hedonism from fellow friend Lord Henry. Dorian adores his beauty so much that he wishes the picture Basil Hallward is painting of him to turn old in […]

The Picture of Dorian Gray is an American horror-drama film centered on Dorian Gray, a handsome wealthy young man living in the nineteenth century in London. Even though Dorian is a very intelligent person, he often finds himself easily manipulated and this fault will ultimately lead him to failure. Dorian has his picture painted by […]

‘The locals will now tell you that when they visited the old man’s glasshouse, they discovered the most beautiful rose that anyone could ever dream of. It was twice the size of a man’s fist and was almost black in colour, with just the faintest hint of red in its velvety petals.’ Fragrance of Roses […]

A key mistake established by the main characters in The Picture of Dorian Gray, is that their focus is always set on one another’s outer beauty rather than their moral backbone. In Oscar Wilde’s time era the society that he lived in was significantly influenced by the way people looked and dressed rather than the […]

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde’s only novel, tells us the tale of a person’s journey towards doom through moral decadence. It can be observed that from the supernatural events to the delineation of murder, a great number of gothic elements can be found in this dark novel. Among these elements, three stand out […]

With the emphasis on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and with wider reference to The Picture of Dorian Gray, explore the concept of monstrosity in both novels. In your answer make reference to critical opinions and the contexts in which Shelley and Wilde were writing. Often the idea of being a monster comprises two categories – firstly […]

The Hero with a Thousand Faces is a non-fiction novel written by Joseph Campbell. The book explains Campbell’s 17 steps of a hero. Campbell believed that all heroes went through these steps through out there journey. Many books emphasize and prove his theory correct, but these were some pieces that came to mind were the […]

In the essay “The Step Not Taken” by Paul D’Angelo, the narrator takes the reader on his personal journey to find a satisfactory way to respond to another’s suffering. This story follows the basic plot structure of a monomyth: the separation, the struggle and initiation and the return and reintegration. In the beginning of the […]

Not all literature that consists of an adventure brands the protagonist as a hero; however, Yann Martell’s Life of Picontains many patterns of a monomyth quest. The Heroic Monomyth, also known as the hero’s journey, explains the common stages of a quest in many classic stories. The novel is split into three sections, each with […]

Joseph Campbell, a renowned mythologist, states that a hero is someone who sacrifices their life for a cause greater than themselves (Campbell 151). He further divides heroic acts into two categories. The first category encompasses physical bravery like engaging in courageous battles or saving lives (Campbell 151). The second category involves spiritual accomplishments where the […]

The Hero’s Journey is an important concept, it is the template upon which a vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbuster are based upon. Being able to analyze, understand and deconstruct the different capacities undertaken by the Hero is essential. The Hero’s Journey is a cycle made of super structures/steps which consists of both […]

The Hero with a Thousand Faces, by Joseph Campbell, explains the characteristics of the hero’s journey. This journey consists of a hero leaving his or her ordinary world on an adventure to later return as a changed person. The movie Django Unchained tells the story of a newly freed slave, Django, in the world of […]

“The Step Not Taken” by Paul D’Angelo is an essay that follows the story of a man on personal quest to discover how to rightly respond to others’ suffering. The essay can easily demonstrate the monomyth and the steps in the monomyth also known as “the hero’s journey” are separation, struggle and reintegration. The narrator […]