Essays on Literary Genres

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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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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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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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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

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Gothic Aesthetic in The Romantic Period

10 pages / 4681 words

From the late-eighteenth to the early-nineteenth century, known as the Romantic period, there existed a shift in some cultural and artistic elements that leaned towards a revival of the Gothic. As well as a revival of the Gothic through architectural adaptations in England, writers in...

Gothic Fiction Romantic Era

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Knut Hamsun and His Way of Describing Unconsciousness

2 pages / 1100 words

Knut Hamsun’s fin de siècle novel Hunger sets the reader up for a journey with its opening sentence when Hamsun writes, “Christiania, singular city, from which no man departs without carrying away traces of his sojourn there.” (Hunger 1). Here, Hamsun puts into place the...

Narrator Novel Protagonist

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The Secret Sharer as The British Literary Canon

3 pages / 1394 words

Joseph Conrad’s work is an apparent staple of the 20th century British canon. Few literature students manage to weave their way toward a degree without being exposed to his iconic novella Heart of Darkness. While it is undeniably a powerful piece of writing, the analysis...

Joseph Conrad Short Story

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"Going to Meet The Man": African-american Sexualization

4 pages / 1748 words

The Sexualization of the African-American in “Going to Meet the Man” James Baldwin’s short story “Going to Meet the Man” explores the interweaving of racism with the sexual violence against the African-American in 1965 southern America. Baldwin portrays this by investigating the violent sexual compulsions...

African American Short Story

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Rays of Personal Glory, Selfishness and The Persecution for Immortality

4 pages / 1898 words

The desire to make history ­ to discover what remains undiscovered, or to know what remains unknown ­ is a timeless human goal. Although many have failed to realize this dream, a very few have been wildly successful in its pursuit. The immortality afforded these...

Frankenstein Literature Review Novel

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An Example of a Personality Transformation in Alexie's Novel Flight

2 pages / 957 words

Throughout the book Flight by Sherman Alexie, the main character Zits is in search of where he belongs and why people have mistreated him throughout his life. In the midst of the action in the novel, Zits begins to experience character jumps, where he is...

Novel Sherman Alexie

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Dracula: Representation of Gothic Tropes in The Novel and The Film

3 pages / 1411 words

This chapter from the novel ‘Dracula’ by Bram Stoker includes an abundance of conventions typical of the Gothic genre, primarily employed here through Stoker’s characterisation of Johnathan Harker, Count Dracula and the three seductive women. Published in the late 19th Century, at a time when...

Dracula Film Analysis Gothic Literature

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Redefinition of a Tragic Character in The Death of a Salesman

2 pages / 1120 words

The definition of a tragic character is something that has been considered set in since the times of ancient Greece. Aristotle’s Poetics defined what makes up a comedy and tragedy, and that definition has been widely accepted since then. However, Arthur Miller believes that Aristotle’s...

Arthur Miller Death of a Salesman Tragedy

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Dead Poets Society: The Power of Individual Thoughts

1 page / 724 words

There is a balance to ideals in individuality and truth, both at positive and negative extremes. The movie Dead Poets Society by Peter Weir captures the incredible role romanticism and embracement of truth on an individual’s life, separating the ability to enjoy life from the...

Dead Poets Society Poetry