Essays on Literary Genres

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The Ride of His Life

3 pages / 1221 words

Horseracing has always been a magical sport and referred to as "The Sport of Kings". The excitement and drama has always caused new fans to flock to the sport. In "The Rocking Horse Winner" by D. H. Lawrence it is no different. The racetracks and...

Short Story

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Essentialist Feminism in "The Sandman" by E.t.a. Hoffmann

2 pages / 1129 words

E.T.A. Hoffman’s “The Sandman” could easily be read as a satire that rails against meek, docile women. However, when looking at the form of feminism in this story, one finds that the protagonist Nathaniel seems to struggle with an abstract mind, while the women who...

Fantasy

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Symbolism of Eyes in "The Sandman" by E.t.a. Hoffmann

2 pages / 882 words

In “The Sandman” by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Nathanael composes a letter to his fiancée’s brother Lothar recalling the terror of the legendary Sandman who would steal the eyes of children who wouldn’t go to bed and feed them to his own children in the moon. From...

Fantasy Literature Review Symbolism

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Embodied Fear in "The Sandman" by E.t.a. Hoffmann

6 pages / 2689 words

Introduction E.T.A. Hoffmann never reveals the true nature of his protagonist Nathanael’s childhood incident, and thus by design creates ambiguity within The Sandman. This ambiguity leads to two possible interpretations of the story, one of reality and one of fantasy. Neither of the interpretations dominates...

Fantasy

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In Pursuit of Desire: a Study of The Stendhalian Protagonist Julien Sorel in Scarlet and Black

4 pages / 1630 words

Scarlet and Black also titled as The Red and the Black (Le Rouge et le Noir) is a 19th Century French novel by Marie Henri Beyle popularly known as Stendhal, which explores the life of a young man whose ambitious and passionate nature leads to...

Novel

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The Remains of The Day: Examining Lost Identity and Dignity Through Stevens

5 pages / 2171 words

Introduction The novel “The Remains of the Day” by Kazuo Ishiguro offers a profound exploration of the multifaceted concept of dignity. The central character, a fastidious butler named Stevens, is resolute in his pursuit of becoming an exemplary and dignified servant, a pursuit he believes...

Feeling Novel

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A Quest for Closure: Stevens’s Journey in Ishiguro’s Remains of The Day

5 pages / 2166 words

“The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.” Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your unique preferences + experts...

Journey Novel The End of The Affair

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True to a Lie: Two Perspectives on Moral Responsibility in "Return of The Soldier"

4 pages / 2022 words

In two of the concluding paragraphs of “Return of the Soldier”, both Jenny and Margaret grapple with the moral dilemma of whether to or not to “cure” Chris. Although the women, while looking over Oliver’s toys in the nursery, convince one another that it is...

Novel

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Transforming The Presentation of Gender: Epicene and The Roaring Girl

3 pages / 1501 words

‘Oh London…. Thou hast all things in thee to make thee fairest, and all things in thee to make thee foulest: for thou art attir’de like a Bride, drawing all that looke upon thee, to be in love with thee but there is much harlot...

Comedy

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Reality and Appearance: a Comparison of Hamlet and The Revenger"s Tragedy

3 pages / 1322 words

Throughout both Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Middleton’s The Revenger’s Tragedy, the disparity between how things seem and how they really are is a constant underlying motif; the depth in which both plays examine the concept of appearance and reality justifies the claim that they are a...

Hamlet Revenge Tragedy

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Middleton’s Parosy on a Revenge Tragedy in "The Revenger’s Tragedy"

6 pages / 2561 words

A revenge tragedy is a genre of play, popularized in the seventeenth century, in which the protagonist pursues revenge for real or perceived abuses. Thee tragedies typically employ a number of the same conventions, such as escalating causes for revenge, interrupted trials, botched executions, and...

Revenge Tragedy William Shakespeare

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Treatment of The Independant Female in The Portrait of a Lady and Jane Eyre

7 pages / 3365 words

Introduction Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, and The Portrait of a Lady, by Henry James, both utilise the Victorian convention of the orphaned heroine that is forced to find her own way in the world. Treatment of female independence and the independent heroine in Jane...

Jane Eyre Novel

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The Ideas of Maturity in Sense and Sensibiity and Two Part Prelude

3 pages / 1566 words

“In what sense is a child of that age a philosopher?” – Coleridge Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your unique preferences + experts online Get my essay If philosophy is defined as ‘advanced knowledge or...

Jane Austen Novel

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The Professor’s Release in Cather’s The Professor’s House

2 pages / 796 words

The 1920s is an era somewhat paradoxically described as an anachronistic one rife with social upheaval. Willa Cather’s The Professor’s House sheds light on this awkward time as she details the life of Godfrey St. Peter, an academic caught between the past and the future,...

American Literature Novel

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The Influence of The Arts in The Playmaker

3 pages / 1193 words

Thomas Keneally’s 1987 novel The Playmaker follows the career and personal life of Ralph Clark, a British lieutenant (and prospective playmaker) recently relocated to penal Australia. The storyline is based loosely on true events of the late eighteenth century, when colonial Australia was still something...

Novel

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The Cinder Path: Andrew Motion’s Shift from Royal to Public

6 pages / 2716 words

‘I want my writing to be as clear as water. No ornate language; very few obvious tricks. I want readers to be able to see all the way down through its surfaces into the swamp. I want them to feel they’re in a world they...

Poetry

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Fulfillment on The Susquehanna: Billy Collins’s Message

3 pages / 1478 words

There comes a time for many people when the gruffness and chaos of the real world becomes too much and they crave a break from it all. Throughout the poem “Fishing on the Susquehanna in July,” Billy Collins is able to convey this desire to...

Poetry

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Ted Hughes’ Presentation of Animals

4 pages / 1722 words

Hughes is well-known for his nature poetry and use of animal symbolism. In both “The Jaguar” and “Hawk Roosting”, the animals symbolize different human characteristics while remaining, on the surface, an in-depth, fantastic poem about the animal itself. Made-to-order essay as fast as you need...

Poetry

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Capitalism Kills: an Analysis of The Military Industrial Complex in "The Physicists"

4 pages / 1726 words

In the satirical play The Physicists, screenwriter Friedrich Dürrenmatt explores the morality of nuclear science and the true intentions behind the creation of nuclear weapons against the backdrop of three physicists in a sanatorium run by head psychiatrist Doctor Mathilde von Zahnd. After the physicist...

Satire