Essays on Literary Genres

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Another Glimpse on Courtly Love from The Tempest by Shakespeare

2 pages / 1133 words

William Shakespeare’s usage of the trope of courtly love in The Tempest is not what it seems. In The Tempest, a man trained in the art of magic, Prospero, causes a shipwreck on his island. On this ship is his brother, Antonio, who usurped Prospero's...

Courtly Love The Tempest William Shakespeare

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The Past and The Present in Kingston's and Plath's Works

4 pages / 1901 words

It is important to acknowledge that the past and the present can coexist in a single work to remarkable effect. In Maxine Hong Kingston’s “Woman Warrior”, memories are so closely associated with the present and with legends that it becomes difficult to distinguish reality from...

Poetry The Bell Jar The Woman Warrior

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The Tragic Plot in Johnny Panic and The Bible of Dreams by Sylvia Plath

2 pages / 1021 words

Considered to be blueprint for the mechanics of tragedy, Aristotle’s Poetics revolves around the assumption that great works of tragedy must include a generous number of mimetic elements, or elements which readily imitate human life. In addition, well-organized tragic plots combine both reversal of fate...

Short Story Sylvia Plath

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Literary Analysis of Sylvia Plath's Two Campers in Cloud Country

2 pages / 902 words

Although raised near the ocean and fascinated by the power of nature, Sylvia Plath spent most of her life in the suburbs and the city. In July 1960, however, she and Ted Hughes went camping for a week in Rock Lake, Canada. Not only was...

Poetry Sylvia Plath

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How The Horror is Constructed in Plath's Poetry

4 pages / 1951 words

Any true representation of horror, the sickening realization of the hideous or unbelievably ghastly, seems something of an impossibility. How can one speak the unspeakable? How can unimaginable terror and revulsion ever be recreated? Yet writers of Modernist literature, reflecting on the anxiety of the...

Literature Review Poetry Sylvia Plath

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Delia's Path to Bee Free in Zora Neale Hurston's Sweat

2 pages / 1220 words

Introduction Zora Neale Hurston’s short story, “Sweat,” is a profound exploration of the challenges faced by women in a racially divided and patriarchal society. Through the character of Delia, Hurston vividly portrays the intersectionality of race and gender, offering a narrative that uplifts women in...

Short Story Zora Neale Hurston

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Sylvia Plath: Discovering Identity and What It Means to Be

7 pages / 3374 words

I am, I am, I am. Sylvia Plath’s heart beat, and she translated it the best way she knew how. To a woman who was self-aware to an uncommon degree, what else could the sound be but a relentless reminder of her own existence? Many...

Poetry Sylvia Plath

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Theme of Gender Inequality in Sweat by Zora Neale Hurston

3 pages / 1403 words

Introduction In Zora Neale Hurston’s compelling short story “Sweat,” the theme of gender inequality takes center stage, shedding light on the multifaceted struggles faced by women in a society dominated by patriarchy. Published in 1926, during a time of significant social and political change in...

Short Story Zora Neale Hurston

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The Dualities of Emotion in Sylvia Plath's Poetry

2 pages / 863 words

Introduction Sylvia Plath’s poetry is a profound exploration of human emotion, showcasing a range of themes that captivate readers. Within her verses, the poet grapples with her own insecurities, mental anguish, and inner turmoil. While her work is often associated with themes of inadequacy and...

Poetry Sylvia Plath

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Modernist Tradition in How It Feels to Be Colored Me and Sweat

3 pages / 1655 words

In “Sweat” and the accounts of Zora Neale Hurston in, “How It Feels To Be Colored Me”, there are many elements of the modernist period in play. The most important being the welfare state of African Americans in America at that point in time. However,...

How It Feels to Be Colored Me Short Story Zora Neale Hurston

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Power and Identity in Toni Morrison's Sula

7 pages / 3276 words

Toni Morrison novels famously give voice to a black political, social, and moral conscience. Her novels deal primarily with the issues and concerns of black heritage and future and all the triumphs and tragedies of power and identity in between. Morrison uses the very processes...

Novel Sula

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Birds Symbolism in Laurie Halse Anderson's Novel Speak

2 pages / 948 words

Anguish, hope, and forgiveness may not be the first connections a person makes to the idea of birds. In her novel, Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson is able to transform ordinary birds into powerful symbols. Heavy/controversial topics are discussed in Anderson’s work, and not all of...

Novel Symbolism

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Speak: How People's Negative Experiences Do not Have to Define Them

2 pages / 829 words

Sometimes, ignoring reality is easier than facing it. When traumatizing events occur, repression is a common coping mechanism used to deal with one’s feelings and thoughts. As an unknown person once said, however, “When something bad happens you have three choices. You can let it...

Novel

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Analyzing Silence from Literary and Theological Perspectives

4 pages / 1750 words

Shusaku Endo’s Silence follows the experience of the young Catholic missionary Father Rodrigues and his companion Father Garrpe in their attempt to help the brutally oppressed Christians of 17th century Japan. As a 20th-century novel, Silence presents readers with a historically accurate yet captivating account...

Novel

3435

A Sense of Manhood in Rudyard Kipling's "If"

1 page / 767 words

Rudyard Kipling’s “If-” explores the themes of manhood, hard work, and discipline. The speaker feels that one should have humility, confidence, and several other virtues in order to be a man. Kipling uses literary techniques including anaphora, juxtaposition, and personification to persuade his son to...

Poetry Rudyard Kipling

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The Victorian Conceptualization of Gender in Tennyson's The Princess

5 pages / 2357 words

The Victorian concept of masculinity is one caught up a series of interrelated metaphors relating to the empire and national identity. Throughout the Victorian corpus there are a number of texts that create a metaphorical relationship between femininity and the colonised. In Lord Alfred Tennyson’s...

Poetry

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Discovering The Theme of Death in ‘out, Out’

3 pages / 1323 words

Death is all around, yet very few people notice it. The poem “Out, Out–”, by Robert Frost, is about a boy that is cutting wood and due to a momentary concentration lapse, chops off his hand and bleeds to death. The people around him are...

Poetry Robert Frost

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Construction and Representation of Identity in Dead Poets Society and Frost’s Poetry

2 pages / 1065 words

Discovery is the process of unveiling a fresh or renewed understanding of the world which may be the result of an unexpected journey or experience. While relinquishing societal norms can result in the most profound revelations which may be unforeseen yet wonderful, this experience may...

Dead Poets Society Poetry Robert Frost

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The Themes of Sanity and Insanity in Regeneration

3 pages / 1357 words

In Regeneration, Barker presents the idea that there is a fine line between madness and sanity, in terms of the lack of differentiation between doctor and patient. The narrative, moreover, emphasizes the subjective nature of the word ‘madness’ itself. In this way, not only is...

Novel