Literature Essays

Both poets, Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman, are writers of the same time; the Romantic one. Yet, even when they lived during the same era, the natures, as well as the looks of their poems are very much different. Emily Dickinson is a more private poet. When comparing “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking” and […]

“Knowledge is Power” one of the most famous educational quotes to this day. Three poems, “Crazy Courage” by Alma Villanueva, “Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes and “Much Madness is Divinest Sense” by Emily Dickinson, convey an idea or a certain knowledge that an individual possesses that is essential to a persons individual power. […]

The two literary works that I chose to compare and contrast for this paper are I Used to Live Here by Jean Rhys and The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. Symbolism of the journey is in both of these written works and I feel that it makes them both stronger and more appealing to […]

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken […]

Nick Joaquin’s celebrated short story, “Summer Solstice”, also known as Tatarin, has been highly acclaimed since its first publication in 1972. The narrative was later adapted into a film in 2001 and remains a significant subject of study and discussion across numerous academic courses. A thorough critique of the tale is available here. The critical […]

There are stories that cause the mind to think and others that catch the eye of curiosity. In Ursula LeGuin’s short story, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,” both of these impressions are well-satisfied though the usage of metaphorical and paradoxical language. This philosophical parable surrounding a seemingly ideal society was awarded the Locus […]

Stephenie Meyer is a renowned author who has seen millions of her books purchased across the globe. She’s well-known for her unique take on vampire romance, moving away from their traditional depiction as horrifying entities. Instead, she portrays vampires in a more humanized manner, capable of experiencing emotions like love. Notably, her vampires shimmer under […]

Singin’ in the Rain (MGM, 1952) is an American musical comedy directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen. The film comically emulates the transition from the production of silent movies to ‘talkies’ in Hollywood during the 1920s. The narrative follows a successful silent film star named Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) and his glamorous blonde on […]

India, since 300 B.C., has been renowned for its significant contributions to literature penned in numerous Indian languages, all originating from a shared root language known as Sanskrit. The earliest recorded Indian literature is an assembly of orally passed down traditions commonly called the Vedas. These primarily consist of hymns venerating different deities in Indian […]

Taking place from 1914 to 1918, the First World War was a period of tremendous hardship and turmoil for those involved. Characters who served in this war as expatriates were frequently referred to as “The Lost Generation,” signifying their loss of dignity and respect. Ernest Hemingway was the first to use this term, particularly in […]

The Garden is a mythological archetype that is well known as one of the famous four archetypes. The Garden is a representation of peace and sanctuary, because of its holy essence. This archetype has been portrayed for many years as a place of sanctuary and solitude for the fact that there was a place needed […]

With the advent of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s, strong black voices, writing with African-American rhythms and cadences, broke out all over the country. Of this remarkable creative outpouring, one voice rose among all of the rest. This was the voice of poet Langston Hughes. Langston Hughes was a well known poet, novelist, journalist, […]

Paper 2 about Literature Search reveals that nurses use an approach called evidence-based practice to make clinical decisions using the best available evidence. This method combines their clinical skills with the needs of patients. The goal of this approach is to achieve a viable outcome for the patient and improve nursing practices in the health […]

Contrary to autobiographical pieces such as those by St. Augustine and St. Teresa that primarily concentrated on spiritual and religious matters aimed at converting people to Christianity or other religions, Jean Jacques Rousseau’s “Confessions” adopted an alternative method (Cranston). His autobiography was largely influenced by his personal emotions, life events, and even episodes that caused […]

Many people know what their Personal Legend is and some have ahcieved it. But in the story The Alchemist a shepherd boy named Santiago achieves his Personal Legend with some help from three major characters who teach him many important things. The crystal merchant is one of the characters that helped Santiago by encouraging him […]

In the poem, “Never Give All the Heart” by William Butler Yeats, the speaker of the poem is a man with a broken heart. Literally, the poem speaks about a man blinded by love, who has given his whole heart to a woman just to have it broken. The speaker also belittles women in the […]

Throughout the novel Perfume by Patrick Suskind, there is an obvious use of literary devices used to describe the scents which Grenouille, the protagonist, smells, the way in which Grenouille smells aromas, as this is different to the ‘average’ persons scent capacity, and the relevance of the aroma, as he emphasizes those smells which have […]

Typically a friend, a confidant is a character whose purpose is to provide emotional support and understanding to the protagonist during moments of self-expression and introspection. This role is brilliantly portrayed in The Great Gatsby by Nick Carraway who not only serves as an empathetic confidant but also doubles up as the tale’s narrator. His […]

Throughout Lord of the Flies, William Golding implies many themes and symbols represented through the actions of the boys and the events taking place. Some of the themes are friendship, the need for social order, and loneliness and the need for companionship. A couple of the symbols are leadership (Ralph) and spirituality (Simon). Poems that […]

Sir Thomas More wrote “Utopia” in 1516, Daniel Defoe produced “Robinson Crusoe” in 1719, Jonathan Swift brought forth “Gulliver’s Travels” in 1726. The first coined the much used today word “utopia”, the second created the first English novel about reason and moral values, and the third fathered probably the best satiric masterpiece. Contemporaneity, a few […]

T. S. Eliot is a well-known critic, poet and writer who has done a great amount of literary work. Eliot has his own views for judging and analyzing poets and poetry. In “Tradition and The Individual Talent”, Eliot has given some significant ideas, which are essential to understand in order to understand Eliot’s perceptions regarding […]

Ever wished you had the talent to write a story with astonishing symbolism? In the novel, The Stone Angel (written by Margaret Laurence) there is plenty of symbolism. There are many symbols: stone angel, water, plaid pin, Mrs Currie’s shawl and the bird in the cannery. Firstly, there is the stone angel. Jason Currie put […]