Literature Analysis

Tom Buchanan, the incredibly wealthy husband to Daisy, is undoubtedly portrayed as a selfish and violent man in the novel and comes to represent the immorality and materialism of the ‘Jazz Age’. Tom had great sporting success at college, but now, having stopped, everything else feels like an “anti-climax”. Tom is prejudiced and not very […]

A few of the main characters from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby have much in common with T. S. Eliot’s “The Hollow Men. ” Many of the characters Fitzgerald introduces in the first few chapters bear strong connections to many parts of Eliot’s work. These characters are Tom and Daisy Buchanan, as well as […]

“The Great Gatsby” is not only a depiction of American glamour but also an embodiment of the entire American dream. It encompasses various genres and themes, serving as a social commentary, ironic satire, dark prediction, and romantic drama. This novel explores both individual and collective aspects, offering perspectives of America from within and without. Within […]

In passage A the reader is introduced to the heat of the novel “Already it was deep summer” this heightens the tension by the imagery of a “deep summer” because deep and summer is not usually words that are associated with each other. This is perhaps to prepare the readers for the entrance of Gatsby. […]

The concept of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, as emphasized by Martin Luther King Jr., is a significant topic in the novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The character of Jay Gatsby embodies the American dream in particular. During the study of literature, we often seek out an exceptional character. One […]

Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby is set in post-war America and portrays a multitude of important themes surrounding the American Dream, which is personified by Gatsby himself. The novel investigates the validity of the American Dream “in the pursuit of happiness” (1). Fitzgerald creates a world in which society places an immeasurable importance on […]

“Gatsby is said to be not quite credible for Gatsby, divided between power and dream, comes to inevitability to stand for America itself.” This statement is true, but only from the viewpoint that its basic premise is correct. Gatsby isn’t credible as a character if he comes to stand “for America itself”, true, but I […]

Comparing Half Caste and No Problem   In the poem “half cast” John Agard explores the theme of racism through vernacular dialect in the repeated refrain “explain yuself” the word “yuself” uses Caribbean dialect to demonstrate Agard’s origins, the use of Caribbean dialect portrays Agard being proud of his mother country. The effect of this […]

The three poems explored in this essay each different explore ideas and views towards identity. In ‘Half Caste,’ John Agard writes as a representative for biracial people and addresses the problem of racism. In ‘Search for My Tongue,’ Sujata Bhatt explores who she has become after moving countries and questions her ethnicity while Grace Nichols’ […]

Love, hatred, and lies are prevalent emotions in Romeo and Juliet, The Hero, and The Soldier. This analysis explores the presentation of emotions by writers and their relation to the context of their works. Love, a commonly portrayed negative emotion in texts, is depicted as causing pain and negative feelings among characters by the writers […]

The story of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ unfolds in Verona, Northern Italy, where a civil war between the Capulets and Montagues has torn the city apart. The origin of this age-old grudge remains unknown, resulting in pure hatred. However, amidst this animosity emerges a pair of lovers destined for tragedy. Right from the start, it is […]

Judging Lines Between Reality and Imagination in Atonement As I read Atonement, by Ian McEwan, on the beach in Long Beach Island I was confronted with a somewhat new style of writing that I did not recognize. The splitting of the novel into three main parts only made sense to me after I had finished […]

Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a small book that can be interpreted in many ways in terms of its overall purpose. In this discussion, I will delve into two different interpretations. The first interpretation by Isabel Alvarez-Borland examines why a senseless murder was permitted to happen. The second interpretation by Carlos […]

Commentary on the poem- ‘My Grandmother’ by Elizabeth Jennings The poem ‘My Grandmother,’ is a recount of a childhood memory of the poets’ grandmother who “kept an antique shop”, and there are many underlying meaning and thoughts in the poem, which illustrate the strong attachment of the grandmother towards her shop and the relationship between […]

The LeRoy Butler Story, written by J. Keller in 2003, is an extraordinary nonfiction book that chronicles the life of LeRoy from his birth to his time with the Green Bay Packers. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, LeRoy grew up alongside his mother, brother, and sister. Unfortunately, he was born with severely bad clubfeet which affected […]

“The Murders in the Rue Morgue” is widely acknowledged as the first detective fiction story, establishing Edgar Allan Poe as the creator of the crime genre. Poe’s exceptional writing skills in horror may be attributed to his troubled life from an early age (online literature). Poe possessed a talent for crafting intriguing and innovative stories, […]

Shakespeare sees ambitious dominant women as evil, unnatural, and destructive as many other men in the 16th and 17th centuries. He feels they must be punished and this is what we see throughout this play. Today we see ambitious dominant women as normal human beings. They are respected just as other people are and even […]

Macbeth was written in 1605/6, by William Shakespeare. By this time, he had already established himself as one of the countries leading playwrights. Shakespeare was known for his series of historical plays, looking at the Kings from Richard II to Richard III. He had already written Hamlet, another play about the problems that arise in […]

This Shakespearean tragedy displays the collapse of a central protagonist, Macbeth. The enhancement of his secret ambition by the illusions and manipulative Lady Macbeth enables him to murder King Duncan, Banquo and the innocent wife and children of Macduff. Hence, his ‘overriding’ ambition leads him to break all moral boundaries. The famous ‘floating dagger’ soliloquy […]

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 […]

Macbeth is a tragic play written by Shakespeare to entertain King James. As the play is a tragedy the play must have a downfall. There are different themes that are shown throughout the play such as murder, ambition, and events that involve the supernatural. Supernatural is presented in the play, because in 1606 when it […]

Macbeth is a famous Shakespearean tragedy written around 1606. It is based on a true story but is generally interpreted as a moral tragedy rather than a history. It traces Macbeth’s fall from ‘prosperity to adversity’1 after his encounter with the witches. Macbeth was extremely ambitious and this characteristic is what made him Thane of […]