Newest Literature Essays

As a novel of manner, ‘Sense and Sensibility’ perfectly encapsulated the paradoxically frivolous yet ruthless zeitgeist of Regency England. Austen periodically manipulates the aura of gossip and secrecy that pervades the novel not only to...

The poem, “A Complaint” by William Wordsworth presents the solitude and sorrow of the speaker after experiencing the loss of a loved one. The feelings of love and affection that the poet once felt for his friend is now leading him into reminiscing...

It is not the worst thing in the world to assume that a poem about an obvious subject is actually about that subject. In fact, it is not only perfectly natural, it is sometimes preferable. Sometimes, but not very often. And it is even worse is...

Like the gun that Scarecrow brings to a witch fight, one of the things that usually goes unnoticed about The Wizard of Oz is that out of all the major characters whom Dorothy encounters in the Technicolor dream world the only one without a...

Among the history of the greatest opening title sequences in film history, Sunset Boulevard is rarely even mentioned. Certainly it lacks the panache of L.A. Confidential, the understated elegance of Raging Bull, the typographical aesthetics of ...

The revelation of the climax in the book, ‘The Murder of Roger Ackroyd’ is jaw dropping- it is so subtle yet so clever. The manner in which Dr. Sheppard is shown as the Hastings-like figure and is so close to the detective makes it almost...

First, above all else keep in mind that the big unidentified creature whom Sam-I-Am is constantly pestering never says he does not like eggs and ham, only that he does not like eggs and ham that are colored green. Since he admits to enjoying the...

In “Small Island” Levy presents the complexity of being an immigrant in the British society after World War II. As a result of the Windrush scandal, many immigrants were tricked into the idea of the “Mother country” being the perfect country for...

One of the most famous quotes from a film directed by John Ford comes from a movie made in the twilight of his career, The Man Who Killed Liberty Valance: “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” Few quotes so comprehensively sum up the...

The Role of Women in The Wars Just as the First World War almost exclusively directly involved men, The Wars is primarily male focused novel. However, there are a select number of women who play significant roles in the plot. Women are used to...

Upon an initial reading, Mark Twain’s 1893 short story “The Californian’s Tale” seems to be nothing more ambitious than becoming another addition to what was at the time an ever-growing catalogue of characters collectively painting a portrait of...

To Jean Paul Sartre, if you haven’t ended your life, you have “chosen yourself”. While being physically born was not a choice, once existing in the world, one is actively choosing to be the continual “author” (Sartre, 323). Sartre is adamant that...

The devil is in the details! No matter the task, one must pay attention to every aspect of its completion to avoid being swayed by the devil’s tactics of distraction and procrastination. Stories meant to scare have a difficult and all-consuming...

‘Translations’ by Brian Friel is a play with an overriding purpose to raise awareness about the struggles faced by the Irish community, specifically what they had to endure?ensure with the British military’s attempts to eradicate of eradication of...

Women have always faced oppression. Society's patriarchal nature places women in positions where their power is limited. The governmental abuse of Native American women is evidence of a patriarchal society. Native American authors Sherman Alexie,...

Almost exactly three months to the day after a ranging band of marauders attacked the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overthrow the free and fair election of a new President in the 2020 election, Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto took to the airwaves as...

No one wants to take responsibility. This is the underlying premise of Gabriel García- Márquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold, a novella about twins Pedro and Pablo Vicario who murder Santiago Nasar. García-Márquez’s inspriation to write the...

Philosopher Karl Popper grew up graciously revering of the paramount thinkers and ideas of his time. He was attentive to the budding theories of Psychoanalysis and Marxism, by Freud and Marx, respectively. He attended lectures presented by...

Until Parasite came along, A Place in the Sun was the most persistent and comprehensive critique of capitalism to ever win one of the five major Academy Awards. Its brilliance lies in its disguise as being merely a doomed star-crossed romance....

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov is a controversial text, surrounded by a debate about whether or not it is literature, or merely the writing of a perverse man. Nabokov, himself realizes this, and in 1956, writes a journal article entitled, “On a Book...

Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men follows the story of a drug deal gone wrong. Four Mexican men are found dead at the scene of the crime but the money is nowhere to be found. The novel focuses on Llewelyn Moss, the Texan welder who stumbled...

Self-identity is the personal recognition of one’s individuality especially after a period of ignorance about one’s interests, abilities, weaknesses, characteristics, and motivations. In Malamud’s “The Magic Barrel” and Kincaid’s “At the Bottom of...

Ludwig Feuerbach and James Cone present ideologically different interpretations of religion and its purpose in society. Feuerbach originates his vision of God from a philosophical perspective surrounding materialism. Cone, a theologian,...

Jim Henson’s Labyrinth and Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber were the product of similar time periods that, although are presented as very different mediums, emphasize similar messages that are structured in non traditional ways. This defiance of...