Newest Literature Essays

Initially, animation wasn’t meant to undertake deeply philosophical issues, especially ones that are inherently pessimistic. However, there are animations that have shown a great promise in taking on issues in society, both local and global...

A meditative poem, “Mont Blanc” begins with Shelley inspecting the mountain and the sublime attained by such power. The unique perspective weaves environmentalism and romanticism and concludes the sublime’s impact and the power of nature. Through...

The mirror’s cracked world was safe no longer; was perilous with broken glass, teeming with ghosts; was now the world where Paco waited for the strange-hold and dear good Mary told lies and cautious Rita was dazzled by dragons and Tony hid in a...

During the Elizabethan era of England, there were many concerns regarding the authority of England and why certain public figures possessed power and others did not. Through historical documents from the Elizabethan era we are able to determine...

As far back as Plato’s theory of imitation it has been asserted that “the poet always copies an earlier act of creation from reality or from other literary representations” (Carter 49). When Shakespeare wrote A Midsummer Night’s Dream around 1595...

In Twelfth Night, Shakespeare emphasizes the importance of the roles we play in the lives of those around us through elaborate love triangles and complex characters. Whether we are romantically involved, tied by familial bonds, share a common...

Anthony Burgess’s Clockwork Orange is a 1960’s novel of the modern era that deals with horrific depictions of violence and rape conducted by the novel’s protagonist, Alex. With Burgess’s elaboration on the themes of humanity and freewill in the...

An emerging feature in all penitential romances is the concern with social reintegration, healing and peaceful resolution, at the end of a long sequence of highly disturbing events. (RADULESCU)

Middle English popular romances, such as Sir Gowther...

While its title would suggest it serves as a documentation of actual events, Herodotus’s Histories is far more occupied with exploring the intricacies of human thought and emotions through time and varying cultures than providing a survey of...

In Calvino’s masterful collection of short stories, Marcovaldo, he explores the creation of urban restrictions and the freedom which is created by nature. In “the city lost in snow”, Calvino explores the restrictions which are posed by cities and...

To be a great leader, one must first understand the people that they are leading. Human nature is complex. It is crucial for a leader to understand what the people desire and how they act in order to lead them. However, the elaborate complexities...

“When we make a decision we are ‘killing’ our options[...]We are choosing to decide and this feels like a loss.” Business coach Andrew Cussons gave this explanation for “Why People Struggle to Make Decisions.” Shakespeare’s Hamlet heavily preys on...

In “Television”, Roald Dahl contends that children should not be permitted to watch television, despite the fact that it is in most houses. Another alternative, according to Roald Dahl, would be not to install the TV at all. The children should be...

In Roxane Gay’s “ The Mark of Cain”, the narrator sacrifices her emotional needs to mollify her husband. She remains in the marriage even after her husband deceives her and subjects her to physical violence and emotional tribulations. The title of...

It is notable that within the medieval period, attitudes towards women were notoriously polarised, particularly within Middle English literature; and thus it is no surprise that when a poet opts to focus upon women within their works, their...

In Richard Selzer’s “Whither Thou Goest”, Sam’s organs ,“The kidney, liver, lungs, cornea and heart”, are donated to seven people after his death. His widow, Hannah Owen, finds it difficult to come to terms with the fact that her husband is alive...

In Cather’s Nebraskan novel My Antonia, written in 1918, she touches on the ideals of freedom and opportunity that pervade American literature. In My Antonia some characters are given freedom and opportunity, fulfilling the mythical ‘American...

Some dreams can be “too good to be true”; nevertheless, they depict unconscious wish that can be attained in real life. In her dream, Sultana figures out that life in Ladyland is vastly different from life in her land (India) where the women...

When examining testimony from Holocaust survivors, there are common struggles such as deprivation from food, forced labor, the loss of family and friends but also sustainability. Surviving the Holocaust required people to develop coping strategies...

One of the themes that is dominant in Richard Selzer’s “The Consultation” is cancer.The story shows how both the doctor and the prostitute react to cancer; the reactions to cancer can be analyzed psychoanalytically. A doctor’s long experience in...

Though Agamemnon has no shortage of tragedy, perhaps the most tragic figure is none other than a character who appears only briefly, pushed to the sidelines—Cassandra, the prophetess never to be believed. She serves as a foil to Clytemnestra,...

The themes Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick explore in the story of the Torrance family at the Overlook Hotel in The Shining reflect the cultural values and concerns prevalent in the late 1970s and early 1980s society. These issues are so deeply...

Patricia Highsmith’s classic novel The Talented Mr. Ripley tells a psychologically thrilling tale of murder, obsession, and identity theft through the lens of Tom Ripley, a manipulative and disturbed young man with a gift for fraud and deceit....