Newest Literature Essays

The clash of cultures is an integral part of the human experience. Since the emergence of civilization, humans have interacted with different cultures through migration, conquest, and trade. The symbiosis of different cultures has led to both...

Some audiences have trouble with There will be Blood because they are not entirely certain of the stakes. What is really at stake in the portrait of Daniel Plainview’s single-minded devotion to ambition? There will be some occasions—among the...

Based on a Stephen King novel, The Shining is a film directed by Stanley Kubrick surrounding the Torrance family. Jack Torrance gets a job caretaking at the Overlook Hotel for one winter and moves there with his wife, Wendy, and young child,...

In Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, the characters around Hareton treat him like a background character, even though he is a main character in the book. From his family to people he just met, everyone pushes Hareton around, making him mold to...

In Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo creatively controls the non-fictional narrative of the society and culture of the Annawadians. Combining fiction with fact, her representation of the Annawadian people comes to life expressing...

Animal imagery dominates the history of film. Sometimes the imagery is subtle while in many cases it is awkward and overdone. Sometimes, the imagery is so essential to the film that it would be impossible to imagine it otherwise. Ironically,...

In A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, Hemingway explores the inner personal struggles that arose from a war that killed over twenty million people. Hemingway illustrates how the war affects people from various walks of life and specifies the...

Milton’s Paradise Lost was written in the 17th century as a result of political unrest and Milton’s disdain for the interpretations of the bible in that period, believing that God’s ways were in need of justification. Paradise Lost has remained a...

Both William Peter Blatty’s “The Exorcist,” and John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” were written with the intention of demonstrating the importance of religion; Milton wrote Paradise Lost with the intention of “justifying the ways of God to Man,” while...

In 1970, William Goldman received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. That film tells the story of two real-life historical figures whose legendary status is enhanced partly by Goldman’s...

In “Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference”, Audre Lorde begins this essay by acknowledging the fact that there have been systems instituted to make people inferior in order to uplift others. Lorde then proceeds to argue that in...

In The Iliad and The Odyssey, there are numerous minor and major female characters who are depicted in varying forms in terms of femininity and ideality. Most of the female characters in both epics are depicted as feeble, delicate, manipulative,...

Immediately after learning of her husband’s imminent deposement, the Queen likens the abdication of King Richard II to the exile of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. “What Eve, what serpent hath suggested thee / [t]o make a second fall of...

The Art of Taxidermy (2018), written by Sharon Kernot, and Looking for Alaska, (2005) written by John Green both delve into the themes of escapism and guilt by developing them through characterisation. The Art of Taxidermy follows Lottie as she...

Milton portrays Satan as a composed character who has sexual undertones. His composure is demonstrated through his description as “sleek,” while “enameled” demonstrates his self protection. The sexual subtext to his character is shown through the...

The cultivation of community is a fundamental concept of Christianity and Judaism. A certain set of values, beliefs and traditions are held by the groups who practice each religion in a shared journey toward salvation or an experience with God....

Søren Kierkegaard and Paul Tillich developed religious philosophies at vastly different periods in history. Kierkegaard emerged in 19th century Denmark as an existential thinker who emphasized the ethics of individuality while Tillich grappled...

The expansive genre of film noir works to construct and deconstruct borders. Film noir both establishes and complicatesborders of identity within race, class, ethnicity, and gender. Neo-noir emulates the visual style of film noir as well as...

The Forever War, written by Joe Haldeman, is a modern classic shaped by the Vietnam War during the Golden Age of science fiction. This book shaped by the Vietnam War discusses human soldiers fighting a war against an alien civilization called the...

Although each historical fiction story based on war has different characters, settings, and sub-plots, certain elements are common among other stories and those of Timothy Findley’s The Wars. The elements make Findley’s fictional tale seem more...

The novel July’s People was written by the well-known South African author Nadine Gordimer. This is a futuristic novel in which the author envisions a political situation that would arise in South Africa. She envisions a situation where the...

The value of art is timeless to a great extent, with the exception of subtle nuances which can be attributed to the progressiveness of modern society. John Keats’ artistic style embraces the worship of nature and the exploration of the individual...