Genre Essays

Published in 1899, Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” is a satirical portrayal of Victorian society. It is known as the writer’s greatest achievement and is highly regarded for its brilliance, inventiveness, and extreme humor. In the play, Wilde effectively depicts the characteristics of Victorian individuals through every character, particularly the two leading female […]

In this essay, I will compare and contrast the presentation of the supernatural in three 19th-century short stories: “Napoleon and the Spectre” by Charlotte Bronte, “An Arrest” by Ambrose Bierce, and “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” by author Conan Doyle. These stories were written during the Victorian era, a time when people were fascinated […]

In this assignment, I will be discussing two stories: “The Withered Arm” by Thomas Hardy and “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs. The focus of my analysis will be on the characters Rhoda Brooks and Gertrude Lodge from “The Withered Arm,” as well as Sergeant Major and Mr. White from “The Monkey’s Paw.” These characters […]

In the novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses colours to emphasize different aspects of life or the personalities of characters. He uses yellow to portray Gatsby’s and Myrtle Wilson’s death. Green signifies Gatsby’s hopes and dreams of a life with Daisy. Blue represents George Wilson’s hopes for a better life and the people who live […]

To adequately answer the first question, we must assess how Shylock treats Antonio, how Antonio treats Shylock, Jessica’s treatment of her father, and Shylock’s response to Jessica’s actions. To answer the second question, we need to analyze Act 4 Scene 1 (the courtroom scene) where Shakespeare incorporates dramatic techniques to depict the varying fortunes encountered […]

Throughout the story Silas Marner character seems to change but inside he is still the same person. At the beginning of ‘Silas Marner’ Marner comes across as a lonely, greedy old man that is unsociable and the only point he is still alive is to work so he can get even more rich. As the […]

The story is about a typical family living in a typical house living a typical life. In the Jordan’s there is Mr. Jordan, Mrs. Jordan and their son Dickie Jordan. It is Dickie’s 12th birthday and he has huge expectations for his day of celebration but when he comes to the breakfast table there is […]

The Monkey’s Paw, written by W. W. Jacobs in the pre-20th century, is a chilling and eerie story. It revolves around a family of three who acquire a peculiar and enchanted item – a monkey’s paw. This paw, believed to possess the ability to grant three wishes, originates from India. However, its granting comes at […]

‘The Red Room’ by HG Wells and ‘Farthing House’ by Susan Hill explore themes of fear and the supernatural. ‘The Red Room’ was written in pre twentieth Century, when there were no televisions, so books and newspapers were the most common forms of entertainment. ‘The Red Room’ involves a young, sceptical twenty-eight year old man […]

The forces involved in story one is fear of entering the red room and the darkness in the room. Also the candles and haunting’s in the story are the forces which make the story effective. The ‘grotesque custodians’ also bring strangeness to this story. The forces involved in story two are the possessions of evil […]

Both ‘The Red Room’ and ‘Examination Day’ share similarities and differences. They both incorporate suspense, but differ in terms of their time period. ‘The Red Room’, set and written in the late 19th Century, exhibits clues to its era through the use of words like ‘askance’ and ‘apoplexy’, suggesting Victorian influence. Moreover, the author opts […]

`The Red Room’ by HG Wells and `Farthing House’ by Susan Hill are two ghost stories exploiting the cultural, social and historical aspects of the gothic ghost story genre. Cleverly, both writers create tension, to generate a sense of thrill and frission that engages the reader emotionally. Coleridge called this the `willing suspension of our […]

This assessment has asked me to compare and contrast the stories of The Time Machine by H.G. Wells and The Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury. In this assignment the differences in language and characters will be compared and contrasted. The genre of the short story will be contrasted with the short novel. The different […]

The reader learns some important things about Maycomb Society which are relevant later on in the novel during the court case. In the very first chapter of the novel we learn that everyone in the town knows about everyone else’s business. Nearly the whole town gossip, we learn this when Scout is describing the Radley […]

Have you ever seen someone strange? Strange enough, in fact, to chill you to your bones, and boil your blood all at once? I haven’t seen someone like this, but I have read about someone like this. In the fantastic story “The Ratcatcher” by Roald Dahl I will ‘travel’ down into the depths of the […]

This essay aims to analyze the film Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994) from a stylistic perspective, focusing on elements like sound, editing, cinematography, and mise en scene. The goal is to explore how these cinematic techniques impact the spectator’s perception of themes, characters, and the overall story, with a particular emphasis on redemption. As a cult […]

In order to study genre of any kind, it is important to be able to define exactly what genre is. There are various explanations for the meaning of genre. Brainy Media (2003) defines genre as: “Kind; genus; class; form; style, esp. in literature. ” Interapple Inc (2003) defines genre as: “Kind, sort, form, variety – […]

The novel and the film aren’t much different but there are some changes being made and some scenes added in or aren’t shown in the film from the book. What make the film better are the way it has been structured and also the fact that it is a film, so you could watch how […]

The passage is taken from the book “A Fine Balance” written by Rohinton Mistry. The passage is written as a flashback. It starts with the introduction of the main characters Ishvar and Ashraf and how they are living presently. There is an introduction of all the members of the family before the author starts with […]

Lawrence Norfolk, when asked about his novels, has two distinct ways of answering. When promoting his debut novel, Lempriere’s Dictionary, he famously summarized it as “a 500-page book about a dead dictionary writer with no sex in it.” Similarly, his second novel, The Pope’s Rhinoceros, can be succinctly described as “It’s got the Pope at […]

The title of the book I am doing a report on is ‘Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants’ written by Louise Rennison. This is the last book in a series of 4. It comes under the genre of teenage love and friendship. It is written in a diary style throughout and therefore is in the 1st person. […]

The protagonists in Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye are portrayed as social misfits in their respective settings. In The Metamorphosis, we see Gregor, a traveling salesman who provides for his family yet lacks personal satisfaction. In Kafka’s Metamorphosis, the protagonist, Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find […]