Essays on Literary Genres

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Main Ideas in The Moths by Helena Maria Veramontes

3 pages / 1204 words

Helena Maria Veramontes composed her short story “The Moths” from her own perspective, where a fourteen year old protagonist female is used to display the evolution of spiritual rehabilitation. The young girl felt as though she owed it to her grandmother, one of the single...

Short Story The Moths

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Hate and Deception: Comparison of 1984 to Today’s Society

3 pages / 1233 words

When it comes to the topic of hate and deception in 1984 by George Orwell most of us will readily agree that is a totalitarian society run by the leader known as Big Brother. They monitor and control every aspect of its people from physical...

1984 Dystopia George Orwell

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Abuse of Power in The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

3 pages / 1236 words

Theme is defined as the main concepts or underlying meaning of a literary text, which may be stated directly or indirectly. The two types of themes that can appear in literary text are major and minor themes. Abusing power is when somebody in a position...

Novel The Book Thief

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Analysis of 'The Road not Taken' and 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'

3 pages / 1248 words

Robert Frost is admired not only for his world-renowned poem, “Road Not Taken,” but also for his incredible symbolism and deep interpretation of life through nature. Written in the 1920s, “Road Not Taken” and “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” focus on the images...

Poetry Robert Frost The Road Not Taken

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The Obstacles Faced by The Main Character in Paul’s Case

3 pages / 1318 words

Depression is when a person goes this phase of pure negativity. The feeling is so strong that sometimes depression leaves a mental scar. Depression can stem from a mental issue or from a traumatic event in one’s life. Depression is actually a common disease, some...

Character Short Story

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Analysis of Major Themes in Frankenstein by Marry Shelley

3 pages / 1335 words

Frankenstein is one such book that covers more than a few themes and important ones at that. Marry Shelley in her novel Frankenstein points towards a few themes that were already very popular during her time. She expresses her concern about how the invention of new...

Frankenstein Novel

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A Theme and Symbolism in The Short Story The Moths

3 pages / 1340 words

Helena Maria Viramontes’ “The Moths” recounts a story between a granddaughter and a grandmother who both offer an emblematic association between one another. The story is in a first individual account, told by the narrator, and her experience dealing with her ill grandmother while confronting...

Short Story The Moths

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Literary Analysis of The Poem Living in Sin by Adrienne Rich

3 pages / 1342 words

How does one, as an individual, cope with one’s life being completely different from what one, at one point, imagined? Especially when there is a pronounced yearning for more than what they can currently satisfy themselves with? This is the nature of the poem, “Living...

Poetry

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Individuality Versus Normality in 'Eleanor and Park', Dylan's Song and Magrelli's Poem

3 pages / 1382 words

 Society is designed to be one-size-fits-all, and people accept it because it is what they have been taught. In most people’s perspective, everyone under one race, religion or sexual orientation group follow one stereotype. Unfortunately, this strict mentality makes it difficult for people who choose...

Literature Review Novel Poetry

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Jane Austen’s Critique of Traditional Judgments in Pride and Prejudice

3 pages / 1384 words

Jane Austen was an ambitious writer who wanted to enlighten other people through her novels. She condemned pride, and this is best seen in Pride and Prejudice, where the basis of marriage in the 1800s is changed to maturity and education. The normal “capitalistic lens”...

Jane Austen Novel Pride and Prejudice

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Dehumanization in The Novels 'Night' and '1984'

3 pages / 1415 words

Society often finds people living a prosperous life, but there are also people living the polar opposite, perhaps even victims of dehumanization. The process of dehumanization is an attempt at making someone, or a group of people, feel or appear less human. This action is...

1984 Night Novel

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Analysis of The Meaning of Edgar Allan Poe's Poem The Raven

3 pages / 1420 words

On January 29th, in the year 1845, famous american poet and author Edgar Allan Poe wrote what may be his magnum opus, The Raven. This poem is synonymous with american literature, and has had a deep impact on pop culture. From The Simpsons adapting it...

Edgar Allan Poe Poetry The Raven

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Discovering Justice and Revenge in The Count of Monte Cristo

3 pages / 1459 words

As John Ford, an American film director, once said, ‘Revenge proves its own executioner.’ In other words, one who seeks revenge often entangles themself so deep they end up doing more harm than good. In Alexandre Dumas’s novel, The Count of Monte Cristo, Dantès is...

Character Novel The Count of Monte Cristo

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Jane Austen and Her Everlasting Writing

3 pages / 1466 words

Introduction to Jane Austen’s Literary Legacy Jane Austen is widely recognized as one of the most influential authors in English literature, whose works continue to captivate readers across generations. Living during the Regency era, a time when societal norms were heavily restrictive for women, Austen...

Jane Austen Novel Pride and Prejudice

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The Relation of Orwel’s 1984 to The Uighur Conflict in China

3 pages / 1517 words

The writing style of renowned English novelist George Orwell can be characterized as a critique of society that incorporates political culture and disagreement with totalitarianism. All of the things that characterize his writing shine through in his most famous literary work, 1984, published in 1949...

1984 Dystopia George Orwell

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Poe’s Use of Literary Techniques in The Tell-tale Heart

4 pages / 1608 words

The most unique and well distinguished American of the 19th century was writer Edgar Allan Poe. He was inspired by events that occurred in his life and decided to make a living by writing about them, he also became one of the first writers to...

Edgar Allan Poe Short Story The Tell Tale Heart

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The Essence of The 1920s in The Great Gatsby

4 pages / 1799 words

The 1920’s, also known as the “Roaring Twenties”, was a time for change, success, and traditional/cultural change. This was also known as the “Jazz Age”, or simply a time of youth, wealth, freedom, partying, and self-indulgence. During this time, people rejected trad. moral standards and...

Novel Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby

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A Reflection on Reading Scary Stories

4 pages / 1871 words

 A great scary and suspense story that engages you. The best ones build to that engagement and constantly, throughout the script, build that suspense. The main elements that people are looking for in a scary story are concept, suspense, atmosphere. They have to arouse readers’...

Book Review Fiction

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Comparison of The Poems Songs of Myself by Whitman and Howl by Ginsberg

4 pages / 1922 words

Two poems can sound so alike and mirror each other almost identically, but mean completely different when taken into account the context in which the respective poems were written in. When Walt Whitman wrote his poem “Songs of Myself” in 1852 at its earliest edition,...

Poetry Walt Whitman