Essays On Books

The red-room, a spare chamber where Mr. Reed died nine years ago, is a Gothic setting designed to create a terrifying image of the place Jane is confined to. The environment was solemn because it was rarely entered, and the room was quiet because it was far from the nursery and kitchens. Within the room, […]

‘Mid-term break was written by Seamus Heaney , a poet born in 1939 in County Derry, in Ireland. The poem is about the death of Heaney’s younger brother who is unnamed.’Funeral blues’ was written by Wystan Hugh Auden, also a poet. Auden was born in 1907 in York, in England. The poem is about the […]

The title ”Follower ” intrigues curiosity for what the poem is about, and what is doing the following. This poem, the  ” Follower ”, is about the writer looking up to his father whilst he ploughs some land, and how the roles have changed. The title ‘ Digging ‘ is quite plain, and unusual for […]

The speaker in the poem “Follower” is the Son, who admires and idolizes his father. The poem commences with the description of the father who ploughed with a horse, with his muscular shoulders that resembled a sail in full bloom. The initial impression is of a sizable machine under the control of an immensely strong […]

The poem ‘The Night Of The Scorpion’ deals with many points of family relationship as does the other poem ‘Digging’. In ‘The Night Of The Scorpion the relationship is between the mother and the chidren. In ‘Digging ‘ the relationship is between the son and father. Straight away at the start of the poem ‘The […]

The sonnets have fourteen lines and are structured into three quatrains and an ending couplet. The rhyme pattern is abab, cdcd, efef, gg and the rhythm is iambic pentameter.Sonnet 18 is written to the poets loved one. The voice of the poem seems to be Shakespeare himself as in the beginning line he says ‘shall […]

A sonnet is a type of poem, which poets often use to express their feelings. The themes of most sonnets are subjects such as war and death or love and happiness. Sonnets are useful because the poet can tell the reader what they want to say in just fourteen short lines.The person who wrote the […]

Hardy portrays women in various ways in The Withered Arm, reflecting the societal norms of early Victorian England. A woman’s beauty, family status, and breeding determined the wealth and power of her husband. The story is set in a rural English West Country area around 1850 when women had to endure rough working conditions and […]

The death of Emma Gifford caught Thomas Hardy by surprise as the death of his wife was unexpected. This unfortunate event caused Hardy to go into a form of shock and despair which forced his mind to cast back to forty years before, when he first met Emma, and to all in love with her […]

Owen generates sympathy for the soldier in the poem by portraying him as a young, disabled character, which induces a sense of vulnerability in the reader. The title itself “Disabled” labels the soldier as merely handicapped, implying he has lost his identity as a man. The poem begins with an anonymous pronoun “He sat in […]

A poem that narrates a story is known as a ‘Ballad’. Ballads are typically intended for singing and have been transmitted through oral tradition from one generation to another. A prevalent topic in ballads, then and now, is unfaithful love. Because of its lack of attribution, the ‘Ballad’ is a poetless poem that has made […]

I have chosen to come the three poems ‘Valentine’ by Carol Anne Duffy and the two Shakespearean poems ‘My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun’ and ‘Sonnet XVIII,’ as I feel they are three poems that can be compared well together. There are a multitude of similarities and differences shared between the three poems. […]

Since the beginning of human existence, there has been once practice, one instinct, one single obsession that we cannot escape. Some may call it necessary; others say it’s a gift. It can be controlling, enlightening but it’s oh so powerful. It isn’t the need for food, safety or shelter. It isn’t love nor greed nor […]

If you have made all the mistakes in your relationship and realize that you have one final opportunity to make things right, it can be disheartening when you unintentionally let that chance slip away. It will cause pain, leading to anger and frustration, and you will protest its unfairness. However, you must remember that not […]

George Eliot’s “Silas Marner” centres around the protagonist, Silas Marner, and portrays life in Raveloe village during the Victorian era. The novel sheds light on societal and domestic practices during that period, which coincided with significant changes in the country’s economy. Previously, wealth was primarily concentrated in land and agriculture, but during the Victorian era, […]

Edith Wharton’s ‘The Age of Innocence’ was published in 1920 but is set in the 1870’s. Wharton uses this as a technique to contrast the old against the new. It also reveals how New York has long since changed.The opening paragraph begins by setting the scene. Wharton describes the new opera theatre that is going […]

As the introductory sponsors roll on, and the film opens, very quickly the atmosphere is set for the opening scene, this being an atmosphere of busy constant desperation. One of the contributing factors to this is the very careful and manipulative layout of sound in the first few seconds which build up to the entrance […]

CS Lewis otherwise known as ‘Jack’ wrote many children books based on Christianity and strengthened an argument that Christianity had largely forgotten – ‘The Freewill argument’. Jack argues that God wants the innocent to suffer, but many believers have lost faith because of this. Many people wonder why God wants us to suffer. In the […]

Since its initial rise in popularity in the 1940’s, the notion of the “noir mediascape” has been established due to the characteristics attributed to noir infiltrating into other forms of the media. Characteristics such as noir iconography, themes, narratives and character representations have been adopted by various media ventures, and these characteristics will be explored […]

Vladimir Propp, a Russian literary theorist and critic, carried out an analysis of one hundred Russian folk tales in the 1920s. Published in 1928, The Morphology of the Folk Tale by Propp revealed a standard set of character classifications applicable to characters in traditional fantasy stories. Propp’s theory accurately predicted the role of these characters […]

Terminator 2 was directed and produced by James Cameron; it was released in the US on the 3rd of July, 1991. It starred Arnold Schwarzenegger (the T-800), Linda Hamilton (Sarah Connor), Edward Furlong (John Connor), Robert Patrick (T-1000), and Earl Boen (Dr. Peter Silberman). Both groundbreaking and breathtaking in its day; it still stands up […]

Although the spring evening was unremarkable, it provided a slight chill that could be easily overcome by light sportswear. As most of us were about to graduate and potentially land high-paying dream jobs, it was effortless to gather everyone for drinks on a weekend night. To stay connected, my friends and I made an effort […]