Essays on Literary Genres

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American Dream Interpretation Through The Prism of Time

2 pages / 1035 words

In E.L. Doctorow’s novel Ragtime, Tateh and Father avidly pursue the American Dream while possessing contrasting beliefs about their individual visions for freedom, wealth/opportunity, and social mobility. While Father’s nostalgia, archaic ideas for the family structure, and lavish, international explorations dictate his quest for mental...

American Dream Novel Ragtime

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Phillis Wheatley: a Voice Against Slavery

2 pages / 1120 words

Religion, specifically Christianity, gives Phillis Wheatley an avenue with which to connect and influence her readers. Wheatley appears to embrace Christianity without offering criticism or highlighting hypocrisies. However, a deeper reading of her poetry suggests that she uses her newfound religion to deliver a message...

Phillis Wheatley Poetry

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Duffy’s and Rossetti’s Poetry: The Importance of Structure and Form Representing The Concept of Love

2 pages / 1087 words

For both Christina Rossetti and Carol Ann Duffy, the continuation of love after death is seemingly instigated in part as narrators express their fondness for their partners, without addressing the fear that accompanies death. In “Remember” by Rossetti, which was written during the Victorian epoch,...

Novel

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Housekeeping and The Other: a Psychological Development of Characters

3 pages / 1474 words

In the novel Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson, two sisters are drawn and held together through traumatic shifts in their caregivers. They value the dependability and mutual benefit offered by each other. In The Other by David Guterson, two “blood brothers” come together over shared interests...

Novel

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Ambiguities in Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of Macbeth"

5 pages / 2323 words

Dramatic tragedies are by definition plays that enact the struggle and downfall of their main character or characters. “The Tragedy of Macbeth”, by William Shakespeare, is a perfect example of this; the entire play portrays the fatalistic misadventure of the Macbeths. This Shakespearean play is...

Literary Criticism Macbeth Tragedy

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The Role of Destiny and Inevitability in Shakespeare's Tragedies

8 pages / 3905 words

In Greek tragedy, inevitability plays an important role, portraying the protagonists as pawns of the fates, whose roles in the tragedy are distributed arbitrarily and without justice. The outcomes of these roles are decided before the play even begins, for example in Sophocles’ Antigone, and...

Macbeth Tragedy

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The Significance of Paradox and Equivocation in Shakespeare's Tragedy

4 pages / 1958 words

In the play Macbeth, some of the most significant characters rely upon their ability to equivocate, in order to hide their treacherously covetous, or purely malicious intentions. Most characters take part in these acts of subterfuge, but the three witches, the porter and above all,...

Macbeth Tragedy William Shakespeare

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Analysis of The "Harlem" Poem by Langston Hughes

3 pages / 1283 words

Why do we mourn humans, but not unrealized dreams? ‘Harlem’, a poem by Langston Hughes, is a lament for the lost dreams of African Americans living in the United States in the first half of the 20th century. Literally, the poem focuses on the decaying...

Langston Hughes Poetry

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Multiple Interpretation of Home in "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

4 pages / 1944 words

In the novel Kindred, by Octavia Butler, Dana, a modern day black woman, time travels between her present day and the time of slavery in the South. Between her various travels, Dana and her husband Kevin experience a series of both cruel and eye opening...

Novel Symbolism

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Mirror Dynamics Between Alice and Dana in The Novel "Kindred"

3 pages / 1252 words

As one may look into a mirror, the reflections that they see may vary. For Dana Franklin in Octavia Butler’s Kindred (1979), she sees her long lost ancestor Alice Greenwood. The story tells the tale of Dana, a young black woman in the 70’s, and...

Book Review Character Novel

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Alice Greenwood: an Individual Against Environment

1 page / 773 words

Octavia E. Butler’s novel Kindred details the harrowing journey of 26-year-old Dana Franklin. A modern black woman from 1970s Los Angeles, Dana is continuously jerked back through time to the land of her ancestors: early 1800s Maryland. Her task? Save her white ancestor, Rufus Weylin,...

Character Kindred Novel

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Critical Review of Donne's "Song: Go and Catch a Falling Star"

3 pages / 1494 words

This poem chiefly concerns the lack of constancy in women. The tone taken is one of gentle cynicism, and mocking. Donne asks the reader to do the impossible, which he compares with finding a constant woman, thus insinuating that such a woman does not exist....

John Donne Poetry

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A Comparison of Philip Sidney and John Donne Literary Styles

2 pages / 1145 words

Stating that poetry should ‘teach, delight, and move men to take that goodness in hand’[1], it becomes clear why both Philip Sidney in ‘Sonnet 90’ and John Donne’s ‘Triple Fool’ suggest that writing in regards to love is foolish. The poems contain nothing but a...

John Donne Poetry

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The Concept of Love in John Donne's The Flea and to His Mistress Going to Bed

2 pages / 1236 words

In order to truly grasp how John Donne (1572 – 1631) regards and treats the concept of love in his poems, one must be well aware of the fact that his love poems never refer to one single unchanging view of love. Instead, in Donne’s...

John Donne Poetry

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Biblical Symbolism in Batter My Heart

3 pages / 1286 words

John Donne’s “Holy Sonnet XIV” is filled with Biblical imagery and language suggestive of Psalmic platitude. 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 Batter my heart, three person’d...

John Donne Sonnet

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Controversial Genius of Donne's Poetry

4 pages / 1830 words

Donne is sick and his poetry is sick. 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 – Stanley Fish Fish’s comment, though extreme in its reductive appraisal, is nevertheless...

John Donne Poetry

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The Role of Truth and Justice in Jasper Jones

2 pages / 982 words

Craig Silvey’s Australian novel Jasper Jones stresses the importance of truth and justice in formulating human experiences, shaping understandings of oneself and world. It highlights that events aren’t always positive; justice isn’t dealt out fairly, and truth can be a burden. Made-to-order essay as fast...

Book Review Jasper Jones Novel

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The Role of The City in The Novel "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

3 pages / 1375 words

When Christopher Morley explains in Where the Blue Begins that “All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim,” he may not realize how closely he is describing the city illustrated in Jazz, a novel by...

Literature Review Novel

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From Facts to Fiction: Walter Scott's Ivanhoe

6 pages / 2925 words

Somewhere along the normally parallel lines of reality and fiction, the two opposing entities meet in what has proven to be a breeding ground of entertainment. Its own kind of uncanny valley, there is something infinitely fascinating about that which mimics reality, but remains fiction...

Fiction Novel