Newest Literature Essays

Authors write in the genre of magical realism every day. Magical realism is the use of surreal elements in the midst of a realistic situation. The authors utilize the surrealistic aspects to convey messages in ways specific to that genre. In the...

Historically, women have been characterized by their apparent weakness, their subservience and their dependence on men. Exploring literature from the past, writing often reflects the degradation of females that has marred society for centuries....

It is often said that the morality of an act is shown by the intention of the subject, not its consequences. In the film, The Big Short directed by Adam McKay, characters are faced with a moral dilemma that is so unbearable, the only thing they...

In Shakespeare, followers will often surround central characters, sometimes remaining nameless, or seeming superfluous to the play’s development. However, such characters serve a more integral role than being ‘silent servants’ or providing comic...

Greed can lead to the corruption of ones morals and inner self; in fact, greed has caused constant struggles throughout human history and usually results in one’s own downfall. The Brothers Grimm redesigned the central concepts of the tale of The...

Both Renfield and his subplot in the novel Dracula serve as both a contrast and a parallel to the vampiric characteristics of Count Dracula. While Count Dracula, his three brides, and his victims are shown to be the only true, physical vampires...

Breakfast at Tiffany’s, by Truman Capote, was published in 1958. Paper Towns, by John Green, was published in 2008. The authors do not have much in common―except both being white American males: they did not write or publish at the same time;...

The 1960s were greatly characterized by the second-wave feminist movement, inspired by the Civil Rights movement and led by women who were once submissive to men but turned into empowered figures who attempted to further combat social and cultural...

In her novel, Beloved, set in the post- Civil War United States, Toni Morrison creates a story of “rememory” from Sethe, a woman who escaped slavery and kills her newborn daughter to free her from such fate. As the freed - by escaping or buying...

The 1930’s novel by American writer William Faulkner constructs a tragedy out of a family journey to keep a promise and bury Addie, the matriarch of the Bundren family. From the trip, and more than 20 points of view Faulkner implements, the...

The sublime, which was once a part of popular culture itself during its heyday in the Romantic period, has receded in popularity and, consequently, in the prevalence of contemporary analysis and understanding. Nevertheless, the concept of the...

This essay will examine Vonnegut’s presentation of gender identity in relation to the postmodernism, concluding that Vonnegut uses conventions of postmodernist literature, such as a suspicion of metanarratives, intertextuality and a fragmented...

Larkin and Duffy are well renowned for their respective styles and have frequently been compared due to the overlap of themes to which they explore and the huge contrast in the ways in which they do so. This can be seen through their exploration...

Powerful stories connect audience across cultures and communities by providing context-specific approaches to universal values; the effective use of form, symbols, and techniques allow the audience, in examining the text, to explore the values and...

“No Name Woman,” (1989) by Maxine Hong Kingston is a short story of the book The Woman Warrior about an American-Chinese narrator. She speaks for an immigrant culture with two traditions, two names, and which actions often carry double meanings....

Though every generation experiences a different variation of life that is specific to the time period within which they live, the overall human experience has been the same since ancient times. Human existence is a repetitive cycle, beginning with...

In Saint Augustine’s Confessions, Augustine displays remarkable rhetoric in his attempt to elucidate his relationship with God. Augustine’s prowess in prose suggests that language is an esteemed value for him and a vital tool that complements the...

In discussions of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, one major controversial issue has been the representation of women. This issue has been debated by many critics in light of gender and feminist theories, in an attempt to decipher Nora’s subversion of...

In Anne Mellor's feminist critique of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Mellor conflates sex, gender, and desire. She maintains that all males in the novel are killers and rapists, whereas the females are victims and naïve. To be a male, according to...

Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem, The Sundays of Satin-Legs Smith, refers to, alludes to, and shares many commonalities with T.S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Through analysis, it has become apparent that Brooks' poem embodies many of the...

An enemy of the people vs 12 angry men When an individual desires something so strongly, this individual will vigorously invest him/herself into achieving this desire that they begin to lose their moral compass. This desire will take over their...

Recurring physiological manifestations of sin and madness as illness are crucial in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. They frame the state of Denmark as a sick body, with Hamlet chasing a virus, attempting to eradicate it before the body keels over. As the...

Sam Shepard’s play, ‘Buried Child’ presents a subversive view of the American dream and the nuclear family. A Midwestern family from the 1970s hold a corrosive secret that eats away at their sanity, as well as their relationships. The fragmented...

The sonnet is unique among poetic forms. Its appeal has spanned five centuries and has managed to keep up with dramatic shifts in literary and philosophical movements during this time. There is a common perception that the sonnet has a requirement...