Genre Essays

Liberation and freedom are exquisite possessions. The possible attainment or loss of it can both cause equal amount of anxiety as revealed by lead characters in the two short stories we shall now discuss. Eveline in James Joyce’s short story Eveline and Mrs. Mallard in Kate Chopin’s ‘The story of an Hour’ are standing at […]

John Oakhurst lived a very fulfilling life even though it was ended too early by his own hand. John was a under cover western hero. Although he may have looked like a gambling outcast to those who didn’t know him, he was much more than that. He had compassion for those who deserved it and […]

The story “Lamb to the Slaughter” explores human perversity, cruelty, and violence. It begins with Mary Maloney, a devoted wife who is expecting a child, eagerly waiting for her policeman husband to return from work. However, when he does return, he delivers an unexpected and vague statement to Mary: he intends to leave her. This […]

The story of a woman who comes from the worst circumstances to grow and prosper by breaking the rules set for her is relevant in many different works of literature. Jane, the endearing heroine in Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, breaks through barriers set for women during the Victorian Era. Throughout the novel, Jane shows incredible […]

“The Story of an Hour” depicts an idea of forbidden independence that can only be fantasized privately. Upon learning of Brently’s death, Louise expresses her grief visibly, which although intense, is deemed acceptable. Once alone, Louise starts recognizing her newfound autonomy, which invigorates and exhilarates her. Despite these thoughts being personal, she initially tries to […]

Frankenstein is the story of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant Swiss scientist who discovers the secret of bringing inanimate things to life, eventually creating a human- like monster which proceeds to ruin his life. Victor created the monster with dead body parts that he got through grave robbing. Once he got all of the parts, it […]

The “Story of an Hour” is about a character, Ms. Mallard, finding out that her husband is dead and what she is going to do next now that she has out lived her husband. Then she figure out that her husband is still alive but she ends up dying because of the “joy that kills” […]

In Albert Camus’ novel, The Stranger, the protagonist grapples with the existential question of his purpose on Earth. Through the course of the story, Meursault’s experiences shed light on his unique perspective and contrasting realities compared to those around him. The loss of his mother serves as a catalyst for Meursault’s exploration of his conflicting […]

This narration begins with a phone call. A phone call many people make after the death of a family member-the call to Social Security. As the narrator of this essay goes on hold she thinks about her mother’s life, starting from the time she graduated high school-she worked. Her first Job was at general store […]

Out of the many main characters of Angela Carter’s ‘Wise Children’, Peregrine Hazard is perhaps the most intriguing. At a glance, Peregrine appears to be the most noble and moralistic of the Hazard family, being the only one to acknowledge the Chance sisters as part of this family, and more importantly, Peregrine is the closest […]

Tennyson had a rough ride with love or at least you would have thought so by reading the two poems he wrote. Both of the poems are loosely based around love. The poem also takes on widely discussed and debated issues such as the role of women. As well as taking on widely discussed and […]

During the last six workshops we have been studying the play ‘Shakers’ By John Godber and Jane Thorton. The play is primarily centered on four working class females who work in a cocktail bar/restaurant “Shakers” But multi-role-play and cross cutting are used frequently within the play to allow the audience to meet a wide range […]

Scenes structure the play. The scenes are quite long and the play doesn’t have Acts. The play lasts around two and a half hours and has six scenes. The first scene, the prologue, is short at around 15 minutes long and the rest are around a 25 minutes. The play is episodic which means it […]

In Part 2 of ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’ pages 96-98. Antoinette visits Christophine hoping that she will give her a love potion to make Mr Rochester fall in love with her. Antoinette attempts to control Mr Rochester’s feelings, which is deceitful. She is also deceiving herself by thinking that their love can be rekindled by a […]

In the nineteenth century, pomes such as ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci, written by Keats, and ‘The Lady of Shalott’ written by Lord Tennyson, were created in a golden age of manners and formality. Camelot attracted many authors, poets, and painters to a place of great romance and mystique. The theme of Camelot was to […]

In Latin American literature, the disintegration of time is frequently portrayed as a significant characteristic. This trait can be observed in Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold and Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits where time considerably impacts their narrative structure. Unlike traditional linear storytelling, these novels revolve around recurring themes due […]

I enjoyed To Kill a Mockingbird more than Ghosts of Mississippi. I liked To Kill a Mockingbird more because its characters were better described and grew throughout the story. Jem’s personality and growth, Scout’s character and change in the novel, and the lack of character description in Ghosts of Mississippi led me to this conclusion. […]

World War One has often been described as the destruction of a generation; indeed for those who lived through the first large-scale war that Europe had ever seen, life would never be the same again. Of the sixty five million men that fought in World War One over thirty seven million died, were captured or […]

For this assignment I will be looking at three of Ambrose Bierce’s short stories, ‘An Arrest’, ‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’ and ‘The Affair at Coulters Notch’. In ‘An Arrest’ a man escapes from jail only to be captured and taken back to his cell by a ghost, In ‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek […]

The crime-fiction genre is a longstanding genre which deals with the thrill and suspicion of ensnaring a villain, often by means of a fascinating process of thoughtful deduction. The perennial interest generated by villains and their associated crimes means that the genre is still very popular, though it has undergone development to make it more […]

In both The Tell-tale heart and Stone Cold the rules of murder mystery are not applied. In a murder mystery you would expect to find out who the murderer is at the end of the book and you also expect a detective to be carrying out an investigation. Murder mysteries also normally use a ‘Red […]

I have studied three short stories during this half-term period. The three stories are “The Signalman” by Charles Dickens; “The Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs and “The Withered Arm” by Thomas Hardy. These writers create a sense of suspense and atmosphere through using a variety of techniques, one of which is their description of […]