Newest Literature Essays

This scene occurs directly before the marriage Katherina and Petruchio in act three, it marks the climax of the play. No exact setting is given, that is down to the interpretation of the director. It takes place in Pachua but whether outside the...

Hardy explores the loss of identity in a society that pursues the horrors of war, in “Drummer Hodge”, which considers callousness of the Boer war in its denial of individual humanity and identity. Hardy uses a foreign landscape to contrast the...

One detail critics seem unable to agree on a conclusion regarding in Charles Dickens’s masterpiece novel Bleak House is the author’s decision to tell his story from the perspective of both a seemingly-omniscient third-person narrator and the...

The purpose of this essay is to discuss Shakespeare’s intention in using medical detail within his plays. The use of medical allusion is a frequent occurrence in Shakespeare’s works, touching upon a wide variety of topics in the sphere of physic;...

In the unseen poem, ‘The New Bride’, the poem depicts the attitude of a deceased wife towards her ‘faithless husband’ who has moved on after her death. ‘Eat Me’ tells the story of a dysfunctional and controlling relationship which ultimately end...

“My name is Dorothy”, said the girl, “and I am going to the Emerald City, to ask the Great Oz to send my back to Kansas” (Baum 25). Worldwide readers could immediately relate the quote above to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) by L. Frank Baum....

The main character in “The Drover’s Wife” by Henry Lawson is the drover’s wife, whose perspective dominates the entire story. The play is centered around the hardships that she encounters at the time she is solely responsible for raising her four...

Two tablespoons of midsummer’s heat, one cup of magic, a dash of moonshine, and five cups of young love, are the makings of a perfect, steaming plate of chaos. This recipe for disaster is exactly what William Shakespeare depicts in his comedy, A...

As John Ames prepares for his inevitable death, he reflects back on the life he's lived and those he’s impacted. John’s reflection established several thematic elements that developed throughout his lifetime: mortality and preparation for a good...

The gothic influence is still undeniably present on contemporary fiction. Although this influence is rather obvious in most of cases, it is more complex that it seems in some works, specifically in the creation of certain atmospheres or the...

A key element in Shakespearian comedy is the use of parallel characters; Shakespeare invites the audience to compare and contrast, often using characterization and language to highlight the similarities and differences between the characters in...

J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring, and Homer’s Odyssey are what many consider to be the greatest fantastical stories of their times. While the heroes differ in many ways, their circumstances bear multiple similarities. Both characters...

In Julia Alvarez’s novel, In the Time of the Butterflies, the four Mirabal sisters are caught up in the political revolution of the Dominican Republic. The book focuses on how their lives are changed by this involvement, and the impact the sisters...

Morally ambiguous characters are defined as characters who cannot be identified as wholly evil or good. Both Hally, from “Master Harold” …and the boys, and Troy Maxson, from Fences, exhibit qualities of morally ambiguous characters. In Fences, by...

Manipulation is an indirect mechanism utilized to influence an individual's thoughts or beliefs. The portrayal of manipulation is not necessarily explicit but through meaningful speeches and conversations. This can be viewed from a combination of...

Across the world of English literature, there are several eras of literary hallmarks. From the Elizabethan period with its fantastical scenes to the 18th century with its Augustan characteristics, the United Kingdom has provided a colorful...

In the eyes of the various lodgers of To the Lighthouse, the image of Mrs. Ramsay often evokes a sense of portraiture, art in movement. Mr. Bankes observes Lily painting Mrs. Ramsay reading to her son James, musing, “Mother and child then—objects...

“What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate,” Strother Martin stated in the 1967 film, Cool Hand Luke. This line could have easily been used in Thomas Pynchon’s novella published a year earlier, The Crying of Lot 49. The often convoluted...

Throughout Shakespeare’s Othello, the notion of monsters, monstrosities and the unnatural is a prominent theme. Often brought to light within the context of the villain Iago, the words “monster” and “monstrous” are used a combined 12 times...

Following its publication in 1899, Kate Chopin’s novel ‘The Awakening’ endured strong criticism due to its controversial portrayal of a female protagonist who openly expels the norms of maternity and monogamy. Diedre Stuffer notes how the...

As an audience, we crave comfort and reassurance that characters in the play, who we pity (ie. Lear) will not be harmed or the harming of them will be able to be prevented. Moreover as the tragedy in the play is unrelenting, Shakespeare uses...

Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment explores the inner turmoil of the protagonist, Raskolnikov, through his murder of an old pawn broker. Raskolnikov’s internal divide is displayed throughout the novel through his bipolar behavior and his...

For Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville, obsession is a central theme for their short stories. In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart,” the narrator expresses a negative obsession for the pale-blue eye “with film over it” of an elderly man, but also...