Essays on Literary Genres

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Important Lessons in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

2 pages / 688 words

In the start of the novel, "Little Women," the four March sisters struggle to understand that having very little could mean so much more. For instance, when Meg talks about how dreadful it is to be poor, it seems as if she has no positive...

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The Deconstruction of Traditional Gender Roles in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women

7 pages / 3229 words

Louisa May Alcott’s best-known classic Little Women was published in 1869 and read and loved by a wide audience, consisting mostly of children and young adults, over the years, yet after more than almost 150 years it still retains its place among the most popular...

Little Women Novel

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Analysis of 'Little Women' as a Feminist Novel

3 pages / 1523 words

Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott composed soon after the Civil War in light of a publisher’s interest for a novel, which was initially distributed in two volumes in 1868 and 1869, as two books. Little Women transcends many of...

Little Women Novel

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Little Women: Deconstructing Gender Roles and Expectations

2 pages / 779 words

While on the surface a straightforward story about the four March girls’ journeys from childhood to adulthood, Little Women, directed by Greta Gerwig, centers on the conflict between two phases in a young woman’s life — that which she places on herself, which she places...

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The Themes, Styles, and Techniques of John Keats 

7 pages / 3111 words

When examining the works of John Keats, one can take notice of the several themes, styles, and techniques he makes use of. These elements include the importance of friendship, the characteristics of human nature, contemplation of life and death, as well as the effects of...

John Keats Poetry

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Analysis of The Poem "Bright Star" by John Keats

2 pages / 854 words

Romantic ideals are or less evident in the modern world when there is a visible connection between the human world and the natural world. The connection should be in line with birthing of new set of ideas, approximately a changed mindset towards the natural world....

John Keats Poetry

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John Keats and His Romantic Poetry

2 pages / 1018 words

Romantic Poets reject worldliness and the vulgar material world. Unlike the neoclassical poets, one striking feature of the romantic poets, for example, John Keats, was his belief in the importance of imagination. Keats said, ‘I am certain of nothing but of the holiness of the...

John Keats Poetry

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John Keats: The Significance of Dreams

3 pages / 1293 words

The presence of dreams/imagination was a popular rhetoric in the Romanticism era. Dream sequences helped tap into emotions and fears of readers/poets by transmitting them to the lives of fictional characters. In this regard, Keats was known for employing this trope in many Odes and...

John Keats Poetry

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The Mythological Attempt in John Keats’ Romanticism

4 pages / 1826 words

Although the Romantics are seen as breaking away from the classists and previous notions of idealism, Keats, however, amalgamated the very beginning ideas of the Greeks with the Romantic Philosophy. It is as if Keats united the two phenomenas- one of the past, and the...

John Keats Poetry Romantic Era

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The Stylistic Analysis of The Poetic Botany of John Keats

4 pages / 1819 words

Abstract Poetry is the realm of emotions. This is especially true for the works of the Romantic poets. During this literary period, love was presented as the paramount consideration for life. They distinguish this period from others by the employment of several literary devices to...

John Keats Poetry

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Romanticism in John Keats' Ode on Melancholy

2 pages / 982 words

The Romantic period was about the beautiful things in life. How nature was beautiful and people should notest and take that into consideration more. To be able to appreciate nature and what it has to offer. John Keats captures that in Ode on Melancholy. How...

John Keats Poetry Romantic Era

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John Keats: One of The Staple Artists of The Romantic Era

2 pages / 927 words

The romantic era was a movement which consisted of artistic, literary, musical and intellectual pieces of art that lasted from 1770 till the 1850’s in most parts of Europe. This movement included pieces like “Fur Elise” by Ludwig Van Beethoven and “To Autumn” by John...

John Keats Poetry Romantic Era

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Reimagination of John Keats' Love Story in The Film 'Bright Star'

2 pages / 774 words

Jane Campion’s postmodernist framing of John Keats poetry in her film ‘Bright Star’ gives new understanding and awareness into Keat’s work and personal life. While the romantic era provided a background for Keats poetry, Campion reframes the romantic ideals of the creative mind as the...

John Keats Poetry

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Literary Analysis of John Keats’ Sonnet 'On Fame'

2 pages / 801 words

John Keats sonnet written in April of 1819, titled ‘On Fame’, on first reading appears to be a love poem. Upon closer reading, it becomes clear that Keats is using women as a simile for the nature of fame, by contrasting the two against each...

John Keats Poetry Sonnet

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Similarities in James Joyce’s Short Stories

6 pages / 2612 words

James Joyce’s Dubliners is a collection of short stories that aims to portray Ireland, its people, and its issues. With the use of three short stories written by Joyce “Araby”, “Eveline” and “After the Race”, and the help of five secondary sources from Blake G.Hobby...

Dubliners James Joyce Short Story

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Realism in James Joyce's Poems 'Araby' and 'Counterparts'

2 pages / 1048 words

James Joyce observed that ‘in realism you get down to facts on which the world is based; that sudden reality that smashes romanticism into a pulp’. James Joyce clearly conveys this prominently in his two poems ‘Counterparts’ and ‘Araby’. Made-to-order essay as fast as you...

Araby James Joyce Poetry

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The Effects of Class and Morality in 'The Boarding House' by James Joyce

2 pages / 693 words

James Joyce’s short story “The Boarding House” is a story that largely examines the nature of identity and perception. More specifically, the text examines the lack of autonomous identity as a self-defining idea in favour of a means of contextualizing oneself within society. Joyce is...

James Joyce Short Story

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Darkness in The Short Stories of James Joyce

1 page / 559 words

Introduction As readers, we pore over words and words and words. While the earliest reviewers of James Joyce’s Dubliners tended to see the work as a collection of completely unconnected short stories, more recent commentators have pointed out that there is a definite structure to...

Dubliners James Joyce Short Story

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Racism and Fear in 'If Beale Street Could Talk'

4 pages / 1615 words

In the novel If Beale Street Could Talk written by a world-renowned author named James Baldwin, the story begins with Clementine (Tish) bringing the news of her pregnancy to her husband Alonzo (Fonny). Tish becomes worried about his reaction to the pregnancy, and that of...

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