Essays on Literary Genres

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Rhetorical Analysis of Gwendolyn Brooks' 'The Mother'

3 pages / 1171 words

During this time in the United States of America, the freedom of choice is available to all. For the country to be at this state of freedom, there have been many laws revised and movements initiated by those who are passionate for the freedom. Concerning...

Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry The Mother

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Theme of Life and Death in 'The Mother' by Gwendolyn Brooks

2 pages / 712 words

Gwendolyn Brooks was an African poet and teacher and who was most famous for her famous writings such as “The Mother’. The story is about a moither who has to cope the decisions shes made with the many abortions she’s had where she claims it...

Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry The Mother

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The Mother by Gwendolyn Brooks: My Body, My Forever Choice

2 pages / 966 words

Gwendolyn Brooks was a 20th century American poet born in Kansas but grew up in Chicago. She was a kind, loving, and supportive role model to all colored poets in her time. She was often known to be in the front row engaged in poetry...

Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry The Mother

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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...

Little Women Novel

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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...

Little Women Novel

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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