Newest Literature Essays

In T.S. Elliot’s poem The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock, the author utilizes the structure of the Victorian dramatic monologue to give voice to Prufrock, a man who spends his allotted lines questioning both himself and the world around him. In...

A seemingly innocent spark of aspiration can spiral into an ignited wildfire of vengeance. The play written by William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth, is set in a kingdom in Scotland during the eleventh century; once peaceful and filled to...

The term archetypal deriving from the Greek words of “arkhe (primitive) + tupos (model) = arkhetupon: something moulded first as a model” (Stevenson 81), refers to the universal symbols, images, patterns that exist in the memory of the entire...

The choice between conformity and independence is one that every person must make at one point or another in his or her life. This truth has been explored in many novels and is frequently exhibited in the lives of the characters. In almost any...

Modernist Literature, having its roots in the industrial revolution, is an influential and artistic movement that emerged from the accumulation of other movements and works their artists produced. “In prose, Modernism is associated with attempts...

Although Plato does not specifically mention the Sirens in Homer’s The Odyssey, it is clear from his writing in Republic, Book X, that his negative perception of poetry would extend to these mythical creatures. Plato states that the “whole genre...

‘Trauma’ is a loaded word, as there is such a range of events which can cause a trauma, and also such a range of possible reactions to the trauma. Naomi Morgenstern wrote that “[t]rauma…is a theoretical figure for the insistence of history (its...

The concept of estrangement is important in categorizing science fiction writings as part of this genre, as Darko Suvin coined science fiction the “literature of cognitive estrangement” in 1979. This theory of estrangement was influenced by the...

Taking as a departure point Pierre Bourdieu’s well-established analysis on the forms of individual capital, Catherine Hakim theorises the existence of a fourth personal asset—erotic capital. She contends that women “generally have more erotic...

‘The Werewolf’ is a short fiction belonging to a collection of stories entitled ‘The Bloody Chamber’. Written by Angela Carter, ‘The werewolf’ is spin-off of the famous fable ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ depicting a scene between three characters: The...

“In all great works of fiction, regardless of the grim reality they present, there is an affirmation of life against the transience of that life, an essential defiance. [...] Every great work of art [...] is a celebration, an act of...

All different parts of the world speak in their own unique way. Dialect can change based off the region you are in, the family you are a part of, the way you were taught, and the society you were brought up in. Many authors write with a certain...

Alcoholism is a serious mental disease that affects a tremendous amount of families in the United States. Not only do the ones with the mental illness suffer, those around them are impacted too. When loved ones are addicted to alcohol, they can...

Ghostbusters was released in 2016, starring Kate McKinnon, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, and Leslie Jones. The film challenged typical stereotypes in the first place by placing women in the center, while also depicting men in ways that are...

The Jazz Singer (Alan Crosland), the first feature length film with synchronous sound, was released in 1927 spurring many debates and arguments as to whether the addition of sound would have a positive or negative impact on film as an art form....

Art cinema is a highly contested term that is often associated with ‘taste’ and ‘decorum’ in contrast to more classical cinema (Neale, 2002, p103). The films associated with this mode owe their routes to a variety of artistic movements such as the...

In the novels To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee and A Time to Kill by John Grisham, the towns of Maycomb and Clanton Mississippi have two men accused and most people already know who they are voting guilty. Their outlooks on each other...

"Australians are the most beach conscious people on earth. The beach has become our defining experience" (NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE OF AUSTRALIA, n.d.).

Coastal living has become an integral part of surviving the harsh and arid climate of...

In her poems Legend and Australia 1970, Judith Wright condemns and criticises land usage as well as destructive agricultural and industrial practices. She uses literary devices, colloquial symbolism and structural elements to shed light on the...

The exploration of how our language (or lack thereof) can impact our perceptions of ourselves and one another has been extremely prevalent throughout a variety of literary works. Silence’s interaction with individual characters impacts each of...

Love is something that takes many forms. However, the single word that we use to describe it tends to be rather inadequate considering the many aspects that love constitutes. The best way to describe love is to divide it as the Greeks did into...

Although Sicilia is introduced in the first scene of the play as a country of opulence and wealth, Bohemia’s full-fledged appearance in Act 4 Scene 4 of the play easily enchants and fascinates the audience more. Unlike Sicilia, Bohemia is full of...