Essays on Literary Genres

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Good Intentions Gone Wrong: The Connecting Factor of "Best Worst American"

4 pages / 1626 words

Across generations, language barriers, and cultures, there is one question that has stood the test of time: does the intent of our actions really matter if our actions have the impact of furthering the marginalization or oppression of those around us? Jamie Utt addresses this...

Science Fiction

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Robert Frost and Ted Hughes: Journeys in "Out, Out," "Daffodils," and "Red"

2 pages / 1067 words

By embracing the concept of a journey, we frequently reach our destination with a greater understanding of ourselves and current surroundings. After scrutinizing the concept of journeys it has become self evident that our lives can be quite capricious so it is crucial to value...

Daffodils Poetry Robert Frost

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Dorothy Allison’s Creation of The Post-modern Appalachian Woman

3 pages / 1440 words

Dorothy Allison’s novel Bastard Out of Carolina tells the story of ‘white-trash’ girl Bone Boatwright and her “no-good, lazy, shiftless” family (3). The novel explores some of the most common myths and realities plaguing the Appalachian region such as poverty, incest, and domestic abuse. Specifically,...

Literature Review Novel

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The Art of Acting: Character and Social Class in Behind a Mask

2 pages / 1047 words

Louisa May Alcott’s novella “Behind a Mask” portrays a protagonist who uses her acting skills to move up in society from a governess to a lady of British aristocracy. An article written by Elizabeth Schewe titled, “Domestic Conspiracy: Class Conflict and Performance in Louisa May...

Novel

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Love and Alcohol in Raymond Carver's Beginners

2 pages / 876 words

In Raymond Carver’s short story “Beginners,” the use of alcohol is the most apparent and important image and helps show the characters’ true feelings about their love life. Through the characters’ consumption of alcohol, we are able to see their eventual confusion and simplification of...

American Literature Poetry

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Dai Sijie’s Creation of Beauty

2 pages / 799 words

Beauty is a central theme in Dai Sijie’s novel Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, where it manifests in various forms through the characters, their surroundings, and the intricate literary techniques employed by the author. Sijie’s exploration of beauty is multifaceted, revealing the deep human...

Beauty Literature Review Novel

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Healing Humanity and Other Recipes

2 pages / 907 words

Pope Francis said, “He -Jesus- does not stand a safe distance and does not act by delegating, but places himself in direct contact with out contagion”. In this quote, Pope Francis notes how Jesus selflessly gets directly involved in the earthly turmoil. Many literary figures...

Fairy Tale

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George F. Babbitt and Women: a Vicious Cycle of Dissatisfaction

8 pages / 3423 words

In his book Babbitt (1922), Sinclair Lewis presents George F. Babbitt, a tormented man anchored in the Roaring Twenties. Firstly described as an active citizen who is pleased with his job, his Club and all the thriving technological developments of his time, the protagonist of...

American Culture Novel

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Two-faced: Characterization in Bad Haircut

2 pages / 944 words

Tom Perrotta’s Bad Haircut is a collection of short stories about Buddy, a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1970s. In these stories, Perrotta often introduces characters who bear false facades that do not resemble their true selves. Later on in the book,...

Literature Review Short Story

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Lorde and Master: Confrontation, Context, and Scholarship for "Power"

4 pages / 2000 words

In 1973, a 10-year-old African American boy named Clifford Glover was shot and killed by Thomas Shea, a policeman for the NYPD. In the days that followed, riots and protests tore through the surrounding area in Queens. Then, a year later, Shea became the first...

Poetry

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The Man and God in The Atonement

4 pages / 1676 words

“I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High”-Psalms 82:6 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 It is an impossible...

Atonement Novel

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Parallel Experiences Shape Atonement

4 pages / 1635 words

In a very meta fashion, Atonement repeatedly places emphasis and raises questions about the significance and the role of the writer in literature. By eventually revealing that Briony has been the one penning the story all along, readers are left doubting nearly everything they have...

Atonement Character Fiction

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The Dangers of The Imagination in Atonement

4 pages / 1605 words

In Atonement, Ian McEwan suggests the dangers of confusing our fantasies with reality; that we have become so accustomed to choosing to see what we wish to see rather than reality and this leads to destruction in our lives. Our refusal to accept or want...

Fantastic Novel

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The Meanings of Atonement

5 pages / 2158 words

“I put it all there as a matter of historical record… We will all only exist as my inventions. No one will care what events and which individuals were misinterpreted to make a novel… How can a novelist achieve atonement when… she is also God?...

Narrator Novel

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Landscape and Growing Up in Atonement and The Go-between

3 pages / 1277 words

Both Briony Tallis, of Atonement, and Leo Colston, of The Go-Between, spend significant periods of their adolescence in large country homes, both of which are surrounded by large estates. Hartley and McEwan use the landscapes which are present throughout much of these books to explore...

Book Review Novel

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The Nature of Dalit Literature and "The Life We Live" by Arun Kamble

2 pages / 740 words

Dalit literature, to which “The Life We Live” belongs, is essentially a type of Indian literature that voices the angst of the subaltern in India. The works of Dalit Literature are known for their stark portrayal of reality. They depart from the romantic notions of...

Poetry

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The Discipline of Love: a Critical Commentary on Sir Philip Sidney`s "Astrophyl and Stella"

2 pages / 1106 words

Sir Philip Sidney produced the primary Elizabethan sonnet cycle “Astrophyl and Stella”, which was published posthumously in 1591. The stylistic elements of the sonnet with which he introduces this cycle — including overlap of phrase, sensory detail, imagery, and personification — culminate to portray a...

Poetry

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The Unraveling of Courtly Love: Responses to Petrarchan Form in Wyatt, Sidney, and Shakespeare

4 pages / 1916 words

When Sir Thomas Wyatt decided to introduce the sonnet to England, the result was unexpected to say the least. While Wyatt had been known for lighter riddles, songs and satires, he nevertheless made the surprising choice to focus on a brooding genre so far from...

Poetry

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Head Vs. Heart: The Legitimacy of Moral Truths in The Works of Philip Sidney

2 pages / 933 words

Since the Greek philosopher Plato banned them from his ideal commonwealth, poets such as Sir Philip Sidney have attempted to defend their work by arguing that poetry and its use of language combine the liveliness of history and the ethical focus of philosophy while simultaneously...

Poetry