Essays on Literary Genres

2053

The Analysis of The Book "Isabella's Painting" by Ellen Butler

2 pages / 695 words

So, what would you do if you, while visiting the home of your boyfriend's family, saw a glimpse of something that made you think that the boyfriend's father is up to something shady, illegal, and possibly dangerous? Would you tell your boyfriend your concerns, or...

Book Review Fiction Literature Review

2054

The Analysis of The Alex Fayman’s Book "Superhighway"

1 page / 613 words

With the current state of the world and its economy, everybody could relate to the struggles Alex Fine faces living in his orphanage in LA. With multiple failed adoption attempts, some even ending in mental or physical abuse, Alex gave up on being adopted and...

Book Review Literature Review Science Fiction

2055

The Analysis of The Book "Mistress Suffragette" by Dianna Forbes

1 page / 476 words

Mistress Suffragette, written by Dianna Forbes, starts out set in 19th century New England during the panic of 1893. A time period where a womans reputation was absolutely everything. Penelope, the main character, is a very strong willed and spunky young woman. Her mother is...

Book Review Literature Review Novel

2056

Review of The Book "The Watchmaker's Doctor"

1 page / 526 words

How many times have this topic of discussion come up in your conversations? On too many occasions for me. A serious reflection would transport your thoughts to recollections of regrets and wrong decisions. Rarely would one prefer to think of the happier moments and relive...

Book Review Literature Review Science Fiction

2057

The Analysis of Dylan Thomas’ Poem "Do not Go Gentle into that Good Night"

1 page / 650 words

Fight for Your Life Dylan Thomas’ poem “Do not go gentle into that good night” the speaker is talking to a dying father. The speaker is comparing the fights of several man against the end, and it points out that even though death is inevitable...

Poetry

2058

Dramatic and Verbal Irony in The Story of an Hour

2 pages / 726 words

In the short story, “The Story of an Hour”, by Kate Chopin, the author provides two examples of the literary technique of irony to enrich and support the theme, “nothing is as it seems.” Kate Chopin uses both situational and verbal irony in different instances...

Kate Chopin Short Story The Story of An Hour

2059

Dehumanization in War Poetry: Owen, Sassoon, and Cheng

4 pages / 1840 words

Introduction My report explores the horrors of war across a range of war poems by examining the dehumanisation of the young soldiers in World War I and how war affects their families and society. The poems I chose to use were Anthem for Doomed Youth,...

Poetry Wilfred Owen

2060

Assessment of Rosalie Ham's Novel "The Dressmaker"

2 pages / 808 words

Rosalie Ham’s novel “The Dressmaker”, published in 2000, is set in the 1950’s in an Australian outback town called Dungatar. In the novel, Ham utilises genre conventions such as Gothic, romance, detective story, and revenge tragedy conventions to intrigue the reader’s expectations of the novel...

Book Review Literature Review Novel

2061

The Poem "Beowulf": Literary Analysis

3 pages / 1514 words

The power of the main character, Beowulf, is constantly emphasized in the text. The passage I have selected depicts a scene in which he is praised like a demigod and shows his ability to triumph in adverse circumstances while a suspenseful build up intentionally leaves...

Beowulf Literature Review Poetry

2062

The Problem of Dementia in Anne Carson’s Poem "Father’s Old Blue Cardigan"

1 page / 498 words

Cardigan Relationship lost (cold) (blue) Cardigan Decline in mental state (Cold) (blue) Cardigan Emptiness and loss (Cold) (blue) Dementia is a broad category of brain diseases that cause a long-term and often gradual decrease in the ability to think and remember that is great enough...

Book Review Literature Review Poetry

2063

Materialism in William Wordsworth’s Poem "The World is Too Much with Us"

2 pages / 884 words

In a rapidly developing and consumerist world, humanity has fallen deep into the rabbit hole of materialism. The root of man’s estrangement from nature stems from the ongoing issue of the wasteful trappings of society. Believe it or not it seems that the inevitable forces...

Literature Review Materialism Poetry

2064

Literary Analysis of Dunbar’s "We Wear The Mask"

2 pages / 977 words

Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem “We Wear the Mask” is a well-known work that highlights his ability to create emotionally moving standard English poems. In this fifteen-line poem, Dunbar points to the suffering of black individuals and the need to hold happy deminors in order to...

Book Review Literature Review Poetry

2065

Icb Style Analysis

2 pages / 758 words

Pages: 56-60: Diction:“I only remember Nancy’s Teddy bear staring at me” (Capote, 60). This quote was pronounced by two of Nancy Clutter’s dearest friends, Nancy Ewalt and Susan Kidwell after seeing Nancy’s corpse. This is an ideal example of diction from Truman Capote, however, is...

Book Review Literature Review Novel

2066

Speaker’s Transformation by Love in ‘a Nocturnal Upon St Lucy’s Day Being The Shortest Day’

6 pages / 2902 words

Introduction ‘A Nocturnal Upon St. Lucy’s Day, Being the Shortest Day’ is a metaphysical poem written by John Donne. In this poem the speaker struggles over the fact that his beloved is no more. The poet has used St Lucy as a metaphor to portray...

Book Review Literature Review Poetry

2067

We Walk by Faith: Stories from The 1947 Partition Archive

2 pages / 1105 words

“Open the door or we will set the room on fire. ” With a loud bang, the door was broken open, Ali and his brothers along with many other children and women were pulled out and made to stand under the tree. They started firing....

Book Review Literature Review Short Story

2068

The Tale of a Custard The Dragon

2 pages / 1012 words

The narrative poem I chose is “The Tale of a Custard the dragon” written by “Ogden Nash”. This is an imaginary poem written for children which also tells you a great story and gives you a great moral too. The poem tells a story about...

Book Review Literature Review Poetry

2069

"The Tragicall History of Romeus & Juliet" and "Romeo & Juliet"

2 pages / 780 words

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (1594-1596) is mostly based on Arthur brooke’s poem, “The Tragicall History of Romeus and Juliet”, published in 1562, which in itself was another translation from an Italian folklore which can be dated back many years. Shakespeare in turn, adapted brooke’s poem,...

Literature Review Poetry William Shakespeare

2070

The Analysis of The Poem "On St. Lucy’s Day"

3 pages / 1233 words

The speaker struggles over the fact that his beloved is no more. According to many critics the speaker is donne himself and ‘st lucy’ represents his beloved anne more. As his wife died in the year 1617 and the poem was published in 1627. But...

Book Review Literature Review Poetry

2071

Character Symbolization in The Short Story "The Lottery", by Shirley Jackson

2 pages / 1003 words

The Lottery Character Symbolization When one reads a story they often look for character development, traits, and symbolization to help them better understand the context. In the short story “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson, she helps the reader better understand the story by using vast...

Literature Review Short Story The Lottery