Essays on Literary Genres

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Hilda Doolittle as a Modernist Poet

1 page / 618 words

Hilda Doolittle, (September 10, 1886 – September 27, 1961) was an avant-garde American poet, novelist, a translator, and a memoirist, who took an active part in the imagist and the feminist movements and eventually in the psychoanalytical areas. She came to be popularly known as...

Poetry

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Craving for Freedom in The Lady Chatterley's Lover

6 pages / 2860 words

“Lady Chatterley’s Lover” is an infamous novel written by D. H. Lawrence, which was banned in the United States until 1959 and in England until 1960 because it said that the novel contains pornography. Lawrence indeed uses a lot of sexual words in his book...

Freedom Novel

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Review on The Relationship Between Poetic Form and Political Significance

6 pages / 2943 words

The Romantic literary period that covered the end of the eighteenth century and the start of the nineteenth century saw a poetic revolution of form spurred by poets such as William Wordsworth and Percy Bysshe Shelley. Whilst the content of these authors poetry is in...

Poetry Romanticism

3994

Television Dramas About Schools and Schooling Are More than Entertainment

7 pages / 3309 words

The question I am setting out to answer the question of why ‘television dramas about schools and schooling are more than entertainment. Discuss, using examples’ and so this essay will set out to analyze the number of programmes and movies that are shown regularly on...

Drama

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The Fragility of The Human Psyche and Other Issues in "The Birthmark"

3 pages / 1202 words

Laden with allegories, dualisms, and symbolism, Hawthorne’s “The Birth-Mark” makes light of a variety of multi-faceted and complex issues, foremost among them those of sexuality and humanity. While the character of Aylmer seems both emotionally and intellectually secure, his obsession with perfection when applied to...

Nathaniel Hawthorne Short Story

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Artist's Struggle to Transcend The Material World in The Artist of The Beautiful

4 pages / 1759 words

Much as his name suggests, Owen Warland wages a battle on society in The Artist of the Beautiful by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Throughout the story, he strives to create the Beautiful, a lifelike butterfly, and overcomes many setbacks to succeed briefly, only to have it destroyed...

Nathaniel Hawthorne Short Story

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Symbols and Flaws in Short Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne

2 pages / 853 words

Throughout his works Young Goodman Brown, The Minister’s Black Veil, and The Birth-Mark, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses symbolism to show that all humans are inherently flawed and are sinful by nature, and teaches the lesson that you can not obsess over it or try to defeat...

Short Story Young Goodman Brown

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The Main Ideas in The "Roger Malvin's Burial" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

2 pages / 1085 words

In his short story, “Roger Malvin’s Burial,” Nathaniel Hawthorne explores such fundamental themes as good, evil , sin, family, pride, and penance. However ,from the onset he warns us, “my tale is not of love”(Hawthorne 25). This is instead a tale of the depths of...

Nathaniel Hawthorne Short Story

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Lies and Deceptions of Our World in "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"

3 pages / 1341 words

There exists an entirely different dimension, where illusion and deception form people’s personalities and rule their lives, and that dimension is exists here, everyday of our own entire lives. We all live lives only according to what is in our own heads. Whether it be...

Nathaniel Hawthorne Short Story

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Through The Minds of Characters: Ideas and Problems in Hawthorne's Works

5 pages / 2100 words

Hawthorne marks his characters as potential usurpers of God who are undermined by an inability to negotiate with human chaos. Confronted with examples of imperfection or fragmentation, the scientific minds of “The Birthmark,” “Rappaccini¹s Daughter,” and “Ethan Brand” attempt to efface or fuse flaws as...

Nathaniel Hawthorne Short Story

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The Idea of Youth in "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"

2 pages / 774 words

Introduction On the surface, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment is a story about several troubled adults who are given the chance to relive their youth and enjoy their former, more beautiful selves. However, the idea of youth in this story goes much deeper. Youth is...

Nathaniel Hawthorne Short Story

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Meaning of Race and Whiteness in "The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

11 pages / 4962 words

Critical readings of Hawthorne’s “The Birth-Mark” tend to focus mainly on Aylmer’s attempt to overpower the hand of God, and the boundaries between science and nature. In the vast array of scholarship on the story, however, little has been said of its racial undercurrent. Written...

Nathaniel Hawthorne Short Story

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Depiction of The Corrupted Nature of City Life in My Kinsman, Major Molineux

2 pages / 848 words

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “My Kinsman, Major Molineux” is a tale of opposites and upset expectations. The ideal of the country or rural life is met by the overpowering, even corrupted nature of city life. Robin, the protagonist, the country boy striving to make it...

Nathaniel Hawthorne Short Story

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The Presence of Laughter in Hawthorne's Works

5 pages / 2439 words

Within Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short stories “My Kinsman, Major Molineux” and “Young Goodman Brown,” the presence of laughter is used repeatedly across both narratives, often for dramatic effect, showcasing the act’s many facets and qualities. Most typically, laughter is associated with cheer or general happiness. It...

Nathaniel Hawthorne Short Story Young Goodman Brown

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Glass in Shakespeare’s Sonnet #3

2 pages / 1067 words

The careful craft and design of poetry condenses the amount of text needed to convey information. This is true of all art, in that pieces are often qualitatively judged by how much they “say.” Good works may carry one or two levels of meaning hidden...

Sonnet William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare's Sonnet 147: Analysis

3 pages / 1537 words

Introduction: Sonnet 147 by W. Shakespeare is a poem that is often analyzed for its distinctive style, making it a popular choice for a sonnet 147 analysis essay. The poem follows a specific pattern of metrical structure and verse composition, utilizing extended metaphors throughout. Background:...

Sonnet William Shakespeare

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"The Vegetarian" and "The Tree": a Comparison Characteristics of Death

5 pages / 2464 words

Both Han Kang and Anne Finch present the idea of impending death that cannot be avoided, however, both authors present the ideas in different ways as they are using different forms of writing to do so. In addition, both Kang and Finch use death as...

Novel Poetry

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William Shakespeare and The Fair Youth: Theme and Relations in Sonnet 35

3 pages / 1224 words

In Shakespeare’s Sonnet 35 we delve deeply into Shakespeare’s thoughts, emotions and frustrations with his lover, the young man (the Fair Youth), which was brought about by an apparent betrayal through infidelity. Within this sonnet and those preceding it, we see the progression of a...

Sonnet William Shakespeare

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A Refreshing View of Love in Shakespeare's Sonnet Cxvi

2 pages / 752 words

Shakespeare’s Sonnet CXVI offers a unique and nuanced exploration of love that transcends the typical binary of romantic idealism and cynicism. This sonnet, often celebrated for its eloquent expression of love’s constancy, reveals a deeper complexity when examined closely. By employing various poetic devices and...

Sonnet William Shakespeare