Newest Literature Essays

Madness is central to the plot of Lady Audley’s Secret. It remains in the forefront of both Lucy and Robert’s minds as the plot progresses, with Lucy believing she is mad and Robert fearing that he may become so. But Lucy Audley’s madness, the “...

The English writer William Collins is rightfully considered the founder of the so-called “sensational novel,” which later split into adventure and detective genres. Collins is an acknowledged master of intrigue and captivating plot. It should be...

Mansfield Park is widely regarded as Austen’s least popular novel. Both the novel’s more serious and didactic tone, as well as the timid personality of its heroine, differ considerably from those of Austen’s other works. However, the main problem...

In the novels Sula by Toni Morrison and The Vegetarian by Han Kang, the main characters, Sula and Yeong-hye, are presented as extreme forces of nature grasping desperately for freedom in surroundings attempting to stifle these attempts. Resulting...

While Emily St John Mandel presents survival as an inert desire for humanity in the event of cataclysmic crisis, her elegiac novel Station Eleven ultimately exposes the lack of fulfillment or agency many individuals may experience in the absence...

In the Underground Railroad, author Colson Whitehead uses the metaphorical instrument of the railroad to the North to portray the deep, systematic roots of the struggles that many still face today. While Cora’s story shows us how far we have come...

In his novel Dispatches, Michael Herr narrates his experiences in the Vietnam War as a correspondent. The lack of plot, characters, and chronological ordering of his stories epitomizes the disorder and chaos surrounding the war, allowing his...

In the short story, “The Interlopers,” Saki describes that feuds are never really worth it, and people should just get along. Many people don’t understand how ridiculous it is to fight with another person for reasons almost unknown to both. These...

Gods and goddesses played significant roles within the literature in the everyday lives of the ancient Greeks. Homer's The Odyssey was certainly no different. Divine figures appear throughout the epic, interacting with characters on both physical...

The aim of this paper is to write an analysis of The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald which was published in 1925. The first part of this essay is written based on a close reading. In the second part the feminist theory is applied to the...

Philip Levine is one of the renowned poets who take up a momentous, noteworthy, and substantial spot in the realm of global literature. Philip Levine is an American of Jewish descent applauded and celebrated for his portrayal, in realistic terms,...

Arguably one of Plath’s more joyous poems, You’re can be considered a celebration of a child growing inside a mother’s womb. Particularly noteworthy is its affirming outlook on life, albeit that of Plath’s new child rather than her own existence....

Immersion. Immersion is to become completely and irreconcilably involved in a subject. A person experiencing immersion is someone who has a deep-seated passion for a topic and who has extensive knowledge on it as well. For an author, immersion is...

“There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.” - Montesquieu

“Corruption is inevitable under a system of society which only survives through the exploitation of one class by...

Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of his advice. In Kindred, Octavia Butler depicts similarities and differences to the characterization between Rufus, and his father Tom Weylin, because they were...

Oppression can come in many forms; the one people identify least is the one that could harm people the most. Audrey Lorde speaks with a personal level of reflection as she states how silence is a version of oppression that many confuse for...

The beast fable is a staple of world literature. In such tales, talking animals learn a lesson from their dealings with each other, and the listener is urged to draw parallels between human and animal behaviour. This essay looks at how Mary Botham...

A dangerous woman is one who poses a challenge or threat not only to the people around her but to society and its norms as well. Whether it is challenging the gender stereotypes of the woman’s time, or asserting her beliefs about the...

Written and published as “Ode” by Arthur William O’Shaughnessy, “We are the Music Makers” is fashioned around the central idea that artists are the real inspirers of men, and their deeds the true shapers of history and society. The ode is divided...

When one imagines the season of spring, images of fluffy chicks hatching, tulips blooming in every flowerbed, or lambs lying in meadows of daisies may come to mind. Spring is widely considered to be a cheerful season, filled with sunshine and a...

In her novel, Wise Blood, Flannery O’Connor employs the use of many themes, motifs, and symbols in order to weave structure into the often confusing and seemingly distorted story. One of the most prominent themes illustrated throughout this book...

Willa Cather’s romanticism shines through in all of her works highlighted in Great Books of the British and American Tradition. Readers today still credit her for helping a seemingly ordinary American landscape come to life in her short stories....

The phenomenon of age has its special place in the literary texts, as the chosen scope mirrors writers’ view of the world, and provokes certain psychological aspects for consideration. For example, romantics preferred a young character, as they...