Newest Literature Essays

The repressed nature of both Victorian society and modern day American Wall Street societare reflected in both the The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and American Psycho. The characters of Dr. Jekyll and Patrick Bateman are alike in the...

Good intentions with horrible consequences is a thread which ties the classical story of Prometheus, the Greek Titan, to Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, a 19th century Romantic novel by Mary Shelley. The ancient story of Prometheus goes as...

An exegetical essay on the following passage:

Iliad. III.442-524: From “Then off she went herself to summon Helen...” all the way to “irresistible longing lays me low”.

Lines before this passage, Paris was in combat with Menelaus on the verge of...

Change is something inevitable that we see happen to everyone and everything on a daily basis. There is no narrative that doesn’t go through some form of change. Whether the characters go through different stages or the plot itself does,...

Nobody with any literary merit would deny that the title character of Charlotte Bronte’s novel, Jane Eyre and Vivie Warren of George Bernard Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession are groundbreaking feminist characters of Victorian Literature....

Few would likely disagree with Emily Sloan-Pace’s claim about the practically non-existent role of women in Shakespeare’s history plays: “Though women regularly assume starring roles in the comedies and tragedies, the history plays remain largely...

The mythological figure of Medea and her story has been told throughout the centuries, her deeds encouraging many moral and ethical debates. However, writers from different periods represent her in different ways, no retelling quite the same as...

Nostos is a theme in Greek Literature where an epic hero returns home from sea after shipwrecks, adventures, and trials. When the hero returns home, the hardest part is retaining their identity. While Huck is not an epic greek hero, he does return...

John Steinbeck’s The Pearl is set in a largely patriarchal society, that is rather gorged and brimming with irrational and impulsive people, it is ambrosial to have individuals who embody impeccable judgments and propose practical answers,...

John Steinbeck, in The Pearl, employs creative use of language and style, carefully creating a story that registers vividly in the mind of the reader. Through his artistic and slightly varied, cautious choice of words, Steinbeck brings into...

Symbolism is significant within every film, it is used to enhance emotion and tone. Farrelly uses symbolism in many ways within Green Book, both subtly and prominently. Everything from the film title, to the furniture and the food consumed act as...

“The Aspern Papers” by Henry James is about a nameless man who is willing to do anything in order to achieve his goal concerning an obsession with a writer. In the story, this nameless character who is both the narrator and the main character,...

Both Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg reimagine what America could be in their poetical and literary endeavors, and Whitman’s influence on Ginsberg runs infinitely through our culture, shaping the fabric of America. Whitman wrote, “I celebrate...

Disability studies helps to construct and present disabled people within literature and bring them to the center of public discussion. Educating people through literature is a popular form of teaching. There are many types of disabilities such as...

Language as a symbol of culture brings tremendous and irreplaceable power. Specifically, a new identity could be seen as a product of learning a second language. Its elements are speaking habits, means of expression, and individual attitudes and...

Asian-American writers’ personal experience has deeply influenced their literary works, with some of them focusing on the traumatic topics, and using fragmented writing style. Vietnamese-American writer Le Thi Diem Thuy and Korean-American writer...

Composed by Oscar Wilde to be first played at the St. James Theatre of London in the year of 1895, The Importance of Being Ernest has since named itself one notable satire among the blooming era of comedies that dwell on the hypocrisy of the upper...

Alan Paton, in his novel Cry, The Beloved Country, reflects on the institutionalized ruling of the white colonizers over South Africa before the years of Apartheid. However, rather than being pessimistic and outrageous about the torments of his...

“Well, … listen, you don’t have to worry about getting rid of that stuff in the next room. It’s all been taken care of” (503). With indifference and a sigh of relief, the charwoman marked an official resignation of Gregor Samsa from his own life—a...

Why is history an essential core class in the American school curriculum? The phrase ‘those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it’ is a surface-level answer to such question. The past formulates the ingredients for the future,...

Martin Luther King stated the following: “One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws” (King 259). Laws are meant to protect citizens and ensure order within society; however, when a law degrades human personality, the obligation to...

The 20th century saw the rise of totalitarian governments worldwide. Naturally, writers turned to their craft to express the horrors of their regimes. This expression not only encompassed social issues and political views, but also provided a...

After a series of chapters were first published in an American magazine, Horatio Alger’s novel Ragged Dick was met with a fanatic readership and widespread critical acclaim. In March 1868, advertisements of the forthcoming full-length novel raved,...