Newest Literature Essays

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...

We, as individuals, seek greatness. It is a fundamental and irresistible pull that allows us to continue to move through life and seek out a greater purpose or experience. This thread, while often proving valuable, can cause us to act in ways that...

The English filmmaker, Alex Garland, has written and directed the movie Ex Machina, which is a science fiction film which talks about artificial intelligence and how humans are interested or even obsessed in creating something in their own...

Emily Dickinson’s poem, numbered 622, opens with the line, “To know just how He suffered—would be dear—” (Dickinson 1). The speaker in this poem addresses the subject of death, forming fragmented thoughts and questions about the passing of a loved...

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”. This is a quote directly from Dr. Martin Luther King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ of 1963. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an African American minister and Civil Rights Activist fond of...

In Jessica Hagedorn’s Dogeaters, stories of characters from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds give readers a taste of life in 1950s Manila, Philippines under a dictatorship. For much of the text, it seems that Hagedorn’s female characters are able...

Lillian Hellman is not a self-identified feminist. In fact, she has been cited multiple times stating that she is a skeptic of feminism, and thus does not write “feminist theater.” However, although Hellman did not necessarily believe that her...

“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it” (Roald Dahl). At a young age, we stop believing in magic. As we grow up and move through the mundanity of our lives, magic exists exclusively in the nostalgia of our childhood. However, in this...

In an often harsh and unfair world, there is no love as genuine and sincere as the one existing between a mother and daughter. A mother is one of the most important people a child’s life who will shape them with their care and support to become...

The House That Jack Built (2018) is the latest thriller piece by Danish director Lars Von Trier, notorious for his never-ending greed for controversy and shocked audience. Eric Kohn describes the film as “often-horrifying, sadistic dive into a...

Happiness is thought to be linked to fulfilled expectations and living according to other people’s expectations. Expectations usually cause more harm than good, as demonstrated in Svava Jakobsdottir’s short story “Party Under a Stone Wall”. In...

Max Ehrmann’s “Desiderata” is a didactic poem that deals with improvement of the self and outlines a simple, positive credo to achieve happiness in relationships and hence in life. “Desiderata” is Latin for “desired things,” and the poet sees...

This essay provides an analysis of Henry V[1] and the use of staging throughout the years. Of particular interest are the 2007 Royal Shakespeare Company production directed by Michael Boyd[2], the 2015 Royal Shakespeare Company production directed...

The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen is a novel which follows a complicated, puzzling story taking place in the midst of Second World War time London. In a time, full of secrets and suspense, the main character Stella finds herself stuck in a...

Within ‘In the Drear-Nighted December’ and ‘On the Sea’ Keats displays the formidable, eternal power that nature holds over man both physically and emotionally. Whilst being stationed in the unrelieved, mundane city to train as an apothecary as a...