Literature Analysis

It could be seen that it is a valid interpretation that Petruchio’s methods of “taming” Kate are comic. Petruchio’s methods of “taming” Kate may have been appropriate comedy material for the 16th Century audience, but most modern audiences find Petruchio’s “taming” methods to be neither amusing nor acceptable. A contemporary audience would have found Kate […]

Zen is emphasizing the value of meditation and intuition rather than ritual worship or study of scriptures. Or the togetherness of mind and body. Zen is one of the major themes of the novel Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger. The novel starts off with Franny Glass going to meet her boyfriend, Lane. As they […]

James Joyce’s Dubliners is a collection of short stories developed chronologically from his youth to adulthood. Joyce attempts to tell a coming of age story through Dubliners. In particular, Araby is about a young boy who is separated from his youth by realizing the falsity of love. James Joyce’s Araby is a tale of a […]

Poetry is a distinctive form of artistic expression that stands out for its ability to convey intensity, beauty, and emotions derived from the poet’s original concept. Its purpose is to captivate and evoke passionate responses by presenting experiences, ideas, and emotions in a vivid and imaginative manner. One poet who effectively utilizes the power of […]

The poem ‘Not Waving But Drowning’, by Stevie Smith, is a poem in which there is a drowning man at sea. In this poem, the poet is talking about the difficulty of communication and the fundamental isolation of the individual in modern society. The title of the poem gives us an immediate indication that the […]

In 1951 at Johns Hopkins Hospital, a black woman was diagnosed with cervical cancer. She underwent treatment there as it was one of the limited number of hospitals that accepted black patients. Without her knowledge or consent, cells were extracted from her cervix during an examination. These cells, referred to as HeLa cells after her […]

Disabled women in society are doubly marginalized; they are neither understood or accepted by mainstream heterosexual society or by feminist theorists. Indeed, according to Susan Wendell, their embodied social reality has been ignored by philosophers and feminist theorists. The main focus of Susan Wendell’s article on “Towards a Feminist Theory of Disability”is to use the […]

Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel is an amazingly emotional, and completely original book. It is a books with a unique plot, complex characters, and a variety of themes and ideas. This books stands apart from others the second you open it. Told from the point of view of the son of two scientists, Ben’s totally […]

The novel, Persepolis, tells the tale of young Marjane Satrapi, who is a young girl growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In my essay I will examine how the author, Marjane Satrapi, tells her own story of growing up during the Islamic revolution through pictures. Satrapi uses pictures to depict her life as […]

In the essay “The Embalming of Mr. Jones,” (1963), Jessica Mitford is describing a procedure of embalming of a corpse. She writes that people pay a ton of money each year, but “not one in ten thousand has any idea of what actually takes place,” and it is extremely hard to find books and any […]

Symbolism plays a crucial role in many books, including Lord of the Flies by William Golding. This novel is full of significant symbolism. Although some may overlook the symbols at first, a closer look reveals how they depict different situations within this miniature world on the island. As time passes on the island, the symbols […]

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” Georgiana’s identity is constructed through gender roles and spiritual aspects. Aylmer, her husband, perception of her physical beauty is almost perfect except the birthmark on her left cheek which he believes to look like a tiny crimson hand. Some believed the birthmark to be a hand print from a fairy […]

“Theme” is commonly described as the central idea for literary work or ideas explored within a piece of literature. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines theme as: “a subject or topic of discourse; an artistic representation; a written composition; a melodic subject of a musical movement. ” However, theme can also serve to convey a “moral” of […]

An interesting aspect of this poem is that it can be read in couplets; though a few of the lines can be dissected separately, to understand the full meaning, the reader must look at the lines in groups of two’s. “I’m out here a thousand miles from my home” is the opening line of the […]

“The Gift of the Magi” is a wonderful short story. It is the brilliant story that shows the true meaning of selfless love that the author tries to let the readers to know from the Christmas gifts. It is not what the gifts are , but the meaning behind the gifts is more important. This […]

Writer Steve Maraboli once wrote, “Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient. ” This quote shows the understanding this writer has for the human spirit and all the amazing things it is capable of. Throughout the book A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, Ishmael’s life that was once […]

Whitman’s greatest legacy is his invention of a truly American free verse. His groundbreaking, open, inclusive, and optimistic poems are written in long, sprawling lines and span an astonishing variety of subject matter and points of view—embodying the democratic spirit of his new America. He uses a number of literary devices to accomplish his work. […]

Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” and Alice Munro’s “Boys and Girls” both use symbols to highlight significant meanings in the characters’ lives. This essay will examine two differences and one similarity in the authors’ use of symbols: * O’Connor uses a gun to symbolize fear, whereas Munro uses a gun to […]

The poem “I died for Beauty- but was scarce” is a short poem, but has a powerful underlying tone that gives the reader chills. In the poem, the narrator states she died for Beauty. In stating this, she implies that perhaps that’s also what she loved for. In the adjoining room to hers, another person […]

Most people go into the marriage in the hope that everything will go as planned, and that they will always get along, especially in the field of responsibilities division between both spouses. Eric Bartels, a feature writer for the Portland Tribune in Portland, Oregon, in his article “My Problem with Her Anger”, seems to encounter […]

In the Novel, “Chronicle of a Death Foretold,” by Gabriel Garcia, a nameless narrator describes a murder that had happened twenty-seven years ago in his village in Columbia. The story starts with the victim, Santiago Nasar leaving his front door early on a rainy Monday morning to see the Bishop at the docks. Only an […]

“You live and learn. At any rate, you live,” said Douglas Adams. In other words, he is saying that you are going to live anyway, so make life worth it by learning. Most people learn how to do things or how to act in certain situations by direct experiences, but given a human’s short lifespan, […]