Literature Analysis

Throughout the play, ‘Journey’s End’, R. C. Sherriff provides a range of characters portraying different personalities and backgrounds. One of these characters is a boy called Raleigh. The dramatic intention of this character is to symbolise the youth and naivety of the many young officers who died during trench warfare. In addition he is used […]

In act one scene three of Julius Caesar, there are many things that help to create tension and really help the reader to understand the immediate danger that is to follow. For example, the scene itself uses pathetic fallacy to set the scene and create a sense of tension. The ‘thunder and lightning’ effect our […]

The idea of honour entails displaying immense respect for others, irrespective of their social status, and carrying out selfless deeds for the betterment of others. Marcus Brutus serves as a model of an honourable person, whereas Caius Cassius lacks this characteristic. In the opening scene of the play, there are two senators and plebeians in […]

Introduction Present essay provides a comparative analysis of Shakespeare’s Othello and Abu-Jaber’s Crescent in footings of turn uping similar and opposite subjects. The subject that was chosen is representation of Arabness as societal. single and cultural class. There is no denying the importance of the fact that both plants depict the destiny of Arab people […]

Wordsworth’s Attitude Towards Nature”Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey” was written in July of 1798 and published as the last verse form of Lyrical Ballads. besides in 1798. This verse form is a statement of Wordsworth complete doctrine of nature. TheThe first portion gives a graphic description of the scene visited by the […]

The tale “The Half Brothers” is a creation of Elizabeth Gaskell and takes place in the 1850s in Cumberland, a rural region. The story “One Wednesday Afternoon” was written by Stan Barstow in the 1950s. It is set in the imaginary industrial town of Cressley in the Midlands. The language used in the story reflects […]

I have chosen two poems by Sylvia Plath called ‘Blackberrying’ and ‘Mirror’. Plath was a manic depressive most of her life, she was married to Ted Hughes who later became poet laureate, but despite this marriage she claimed never to feel truly loved nor that she could give all her love to one person. She […]

August bank holiday by Dylan Thomas is a prose set on a beach built with an unusual metaphorical language to portrait a prose that I believe is a happy childhood memory of a family day out at the beach on an August bank holiday. He uses a very uncommon use of words and uses a […]

In Sylvia Plath’s novel, The Bell Jar, the main character Esther, a nineteen-year-old girl starting out in life, is anxious about the unknown and the possible consequences of being independent. She struggles with herself because she doesn’t have a clear sense of identity or direction. While visiting New York briefly, Esther’s boss asked about her […]

As people grow older, they feel less confident about the matter of ageing. Fear sometimes overcomes them and with it, drives them to a feeling of frustration and hatred. There are poets that describe what they think about ageing; with or without going through such an experience.In Sylvia Plath’s poem “Mirror”, the matter of ageing […]

Sylvia Plath initially wrote ‘The Rabbit Catcher’ in 1962. It detailed the events of a daytrip to the country and her feelings towards some rabbit traps she found. The subtext of the poem was that of the marital strife she was going through with her husband Ted Hughes. Ted Hughes wrote a series of poems […]

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 […]

In this essay, I will explore the works of Sylvia Plath, a renowned confessional poet, and demonstrate how her poems showcase notable connections and allusions to her family. I have selected three poems- “Morning Song,” “You’re,” and “Metaphors”- which I will compare and contrast, analyzing both their resemblances and disparities. Plath’s Morning Song reveals her […]

“Ariel”, a poem written by Sylvia Plath, describes the narrator’s transition from a state of complete stillness to a state of rapid movement whilst she is riding a horse into the dawn. Throughout this poem, Plath conveys a sense of freedom both in the physical and mental state through the use of natural imagery and […]

At the beginning of the poem, there is a childlike repetition of the phrase “You do not do, you do not do”. This creates incongruity reminiscent of a child’s tantrum and their failure to recognize “you”. However, it also generates interest in the meaning of “do” and the connection between the two. The title further […]

‘East is East’ is a play written by Ayub Khan din. It is an autobiographical play based on Ayub Khan-Din’s experiences growing up as a mixed-raced family in 1970’s Salford. He conveys to us that there were difficulties and conflicts growing up as an Anglo – Pakistani. The play’s main characters consist of the father […]

Seamus Heaney and Sylvia Plath both approach death and ageing in their poems. Seamus Heaney wrote a poem about blackberry picking. It has a meaning to it. It explains in his words how things age and die. I shall refer another Seamus Heaney poem and two of Sylvia Plath’s poems to “Blackberry Picking. ” Seamus […]

By the end of ‘Henry V’, Henry seems to be a transformed person. From a king who is being manipulated from all sides, he leads his country to win a seemingly impossible war against France. On the other hand, this does not mean that he is a model king because there are many instances in […]

Seamus Heaney was born in the townland of Tamnairn at Mossbawn, county Derry, Northern Ireland on 13th April 1939. Heany was the eldest of nine children one of whom died in a road accident. Heaney’s father was a farmer therefore, he lived his life on a farm. Most of his experiences came from the farm. […]

One of the most moving and the most emotional works by Seamus Heaney is ‘Clearances’. A brilliant sonnet sequence published in ‘The Haw Lantern’ collection (1987) written in memoriam to Heaney’s mother, Margaret Kathleen, who died in 1984. These sonnets are not only infused with the still lively and vivid memoirs but also depict the […]

In order to write a critical appreciation of this shocking poem by Seamus Heaney, I will make use of language choices, use of structure and subject matter. This poem is about a boy, that tells his experience when he as picked up from school because of the death of his baby brother. This poem is […]

Technique Analysis of ‘Shooting an elephant’ Written by George Orwell Essay by Arthur Diennet In 1936, George Orwell published his short story ‘Shooting an elephant’ in an English magazine. Since then, it has been republished dozens of times and holds a place as a definitive anti-colonial piece of literature, in an era where the British […]