Essays on Literary Genres

2870

Mari’s Character and Use of Language in Scene Seven of "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice"

3 pages / 1352 words

Throughout The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Cartwright presents the character of Mari Hoff as irresponsible and vulgar, especially through his use of colloquial language. Scene Seven certainly supports this view, but also introduces her vulnerability: a trait that the audience must understand before...

Comedy Voice

2871

A Boy and His Horse: The Oedipal Complex at Work

7 pages / 2992 words

“[H]e would sit on his big rocking horse, charging madly into space, with a frenzy that made the little girls peer at him uneasily.” This passage, from D.H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking-Horse Winner,” describes the “mad little journey” of Paul as he searches for the luck...

Short Story

2872

The Portrayal of ‘the Other’ and Its Relationship to The City in The Roaring Girl and The Witch of Edmonton.

5 pages / 2411 words

“By its nature, the metropolis provides what otherwise could only be given to traveling: namely, the strange” – Jane Jacobs. 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 In...

Comedy

2873

Professionalism and Englishness in The Remains of The Day

2 pages / 915 words

In The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro exemplifies English identity from the perspective of the butler of a prominent estate, Mr. Stevens of Darlington Hall. Ishiguro uses Mr. Stevens’s account to establish English identity, allowing Mr. Stevens’s conservative perspective to be a commentary on...

Novel Professionalism

2874

Personality, Class, and Culture in The Remains of The Day

5 pages / 2318 words

“A profound and heart-rending study of personality, class and culture” To what extent do you agree with this assessment of the novel? Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your unique preferences + experts online Get my...

Culture and Communication Novel

2875

Presentation of Stevens in The Remains of The Day

5 pages / 2080 words

Stevens believes that to be a great butler, one must maintain their professional facade at all times in order to remain dignified (or at least, the ability to maintain a professional facade regardless of one’s circumstances is Stevens’ definition of dignity). This results in him...

Novel Professionalism

2876

Appearance and Staging of The Relapse; Or Virtue in Danger

5 pages / 2164 words

In John Vanbrugh’s The Relapse; or Virtue in Danger, Act I, scene i. plays a crucial role in establishing the theme of appearance versus reality. Because this play is a continuation of Colley Cibber’s Love’s Last Shift, it is imperative that the first scene of...

Literature Review Tragedy

2877

The Quiet American - Greene and The Cold War Mindset

2 pages / 863 words

Set during the throws of the Cold War offensive and the threat of the domino theory in Asia, Graham Greene’s fiction annexes his experiences as a war correspondent in Indochina during the years 1951 – 1954 into his works, impart reasoning and voice into a...

American Literature Novel

2878

Speech, Silences and Bodily Manifestations in Madame De Lafayette’s The Princess De Cleves and Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko

4 pages / 1979 words

In her essay, “Origins of the Novel”, Marthe Robert characterises the novel as knowing “neither rule nor restraint. Open to every possibility, its boundaries fluctuate in all directions”. Indeed, both Madame de Lafayette’s The Princess de Cleves and Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko are often claimed to...

Novel Oroonoko The Prince

2879

Romantic Poets & The Poetic Problem of Representing London

5 pages / 2195 words

Writing on nineteenth-century London poetry, William Sharpe comments that ‘Regardless of shared reference to sublimity, fog, of Babylonian blindness, each poet’s London is different. Each time we read ‘London’ we have to begin again.’ For poets in the late eighteenth, and early nineteenth centuries, London...

Poetry Romantic Era Romanticism

2880

A Woman’s Journey from North America to Europe in The Portrait of a Lady

4 pages / 1593 words

In psychology, one of the most frequently debated topics deals with the issue of environmental and societal impact on one’s upbringing. It is commonly believed that society plays a tremendous role in how one behaves and how one readily conforms to the environment he is...

Novel Woman

2881

Imaginative Architectures in "The Portrait of a Lady"

3 pages / 1253 words

“On her long journey from Rome her mind had been given up to vagueness; she was unable to question the future. She performed this journey with sightless eyes and took little pleasure in the countries she traversed, decked out though they were in the richest...

Novel

2882

The Heart of Glory: Children, Humanism, and Character in Greene’s Novel

5 pages / 2310 words

In Graham Greene’s dynamic novel The Power and the Glory, we follow the Whiskey Priest throughout his harrowing journey as he runs for his life, avoiding capture and death at the hands of the Lieutenant. This novel shows the development of the priest as he...

Humanism Literature Review Novel

2883

Narrator’s Reaction to Erskine's Death in "The Portrait of Mr. W.h."

4 pages / 1828 words

The long, antepenultimate paragraph of “The Portrait of Mr. W.H.” neatly interrupts the dialogue that has just revealed the true nature of the death of Erskine, a friend of the narrator. The narrator is taking in the shocking news that Erskine had died naturally of...

Oscar Wilde Short Story

2884

Hoppie's Heroism in The Power of One

2 pages / 985 words

In The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay, Hoppie Groenewald is a train guard, conductor and star welter-weight boxer. While reading the book, the reader will notice Hoppie does not have as extensive of a role as some other characters but is undoubtably the strongest...

Heroism Novel

2885

Mocking The Sonnet

2 pages / 924 words

When it comes to literature, individual stylistic preferences can differ radically. Some people like long, flowery, detailed pieces of elaborate writing, while others prefer short and simple ones. As a poet himself, Billy Collins is at times quite blunt about his tastes. In “Sonnet “,...

Poetry

2886

Nissim Ezekiel as a Poet

2 pages / 776 words

Nissim Ezekiel is generally known as a poet who has written in only language, and his example is often cited in contrast to the careers of other Indian poets who are often bilingually accomplished (for instance, Arun Kolatkar, Kamla Markandaya, Dilip Chitre and Kamla Das)....

Poetry

2887

The Presentation of The Queen’s Emotions in ‘i Grieve, and Dare not Show My Discontent’

3 pages / 1362 words

“I Grieve, and Dare Not Show My Discontent” is a three-stanza poem written by Queen Elizabeth I that allegedly features Francis, the French Duke of Anjou as her beloved. Throughout her reign, Queen Elizabeth I entertained many suitors to get what England needed, including English...

Poetry

2888

Between Nature and Earth: a Comparison of "The Long Tunnel Ceiling" and "The Burnt-out Spa"

4 pages / 1734 words

“As a species, we are most animated when our days and nights on Earth are touched by the natural world” – Richard Louv Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your unique preferences + experts online Get...

Poetry