Essays on Literary Genres

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Plot Summary and Review of Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

4 pages / 1735 words

In this novel, we learn a lot about Emma on how she really feels and what she really wants. From what I have read, I personally think she is extremely selfish, inconsiderate and definitely crazy. Emma’s need for stimulation which may include sex or maybe...

Novel Plot

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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls: The Character of Father

2 pages / 901 words

In the memoir, The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, she reflects back on her indigent and malnourished life. Due to unfortunate circumstances, Jeannette never had a real childhood and was forced to mature at a very young age. Constantly moving from city to city because...

Character Drama Literature Review

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The Use of Metaphors and Imagery in When You Are Old by William Butler Yeats

1 page / 674 words

William Butler Yeats, “When You are Old”, is a three-stanza poem, that consists of a constant rhyming scheme. Yeats uses of metaphors paired sometimes with sets of poetic imagery. He exercises them well in the poem. They are significant, detailed, and well understood. Yeats illustrates...

Poetry William Butler Yeats

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Literary Analysis of The Poem Borrowed Time by Ruth Fainlight

2 pages / 985 words

Most poems always have a pretty vague underlying story line leaving the direction of the mood up to the readers discretion. Hardly ever can a person actually relate to a poem in the context that is meant. In the poem Borrowed Time by Ruth Fainlight,...

Literature Review Poetry

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The Importance of Poets in Society

3 pages / 1313 words

Poets have remarked on the affairs of the contemporary world, advocated for the victims of tyranny and even became the pioneers of social change. Plato, a philosopher in Classical Greece, while responding to the complexity of poets, concludes that they are impersonators of the world:...

Muslim Poetry

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Analysis of Methaphors Usage in Poetry by Seamus Heaney

3 pages / 1290 words

Metaphors are commonly used in poetry to enhance deeper meanings underneath the text. Authors employ these literary devices as a way to convey overarching messages by making comparisons to simple ideas that readers can comprehend. Often times, poets incorporate extended metaphors throughout an entire poem...

Literature Review Poetry

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In Between Perfect and Imperfect: Review of Alexander Pope's Poem

1 page / 514 words

“An Essay on Man A” Alexander Pope A Understand yourself as god will be able to accept you and begin to study you. Humans tend to believe they are the best but not quite. A man is just worthless, not understanding how much that impacts...

Alexander Pope Poetry

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Analysis of Rudyard Kipling's Novel Kim: Plot and Themes

5 pages / 2443 words

Kim by Rudyard Kipling There are many literary works that are entirely centred around the Empire and its’ colonies. One of the most notable is Rudyard Kipling’s Kim, the novel set within the British Empire, therefore highlighting how some books were highly representative of it....

Novel Plot Rudyard Kipling

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Crossing by Mark Slouka: Rebuilding Relationships

1 page / 424 words

Broken relationships, trust, joy, fear – these are all aspects of life that everyone can relate to in some shape or form. They are all emotions we all have to deal with at some point in life. Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it...

Short Story

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The Issue of Friendship in "The Yellow Birds" by Kevin Powers

2 pages / 1009 words

Kevin Powers’ ‘The Yellow Birds’ is a novel concerning modern warfare and the pressures soldiers undergo during and after the war. It is also a novel about the friendship between two men: John Bartle and Daniel Murphy. They both come from Virginia, and despite not...

Friendship Novel

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Michael Avenatti – a Legal Mercenary of America

2 pages / 1042 words

The best way to describe Michael Avenatti would be with the phrase “legal mercenary”. The California native is an attorney who always seems to be embroiled in some of the hottest legal squabbles of the past decade or so. The controversial attorney has lent his...

Short Story

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The Characters of Father and Son in "Powder" by Tobias Wolff

2 pages / 1120 words

Powder by Tobias Wolff: summary Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff is best known because of his short stories and memoirs based on his own life. The famous author was born on June 14, 1945 in Birmingham, Alabama from Rosemary Loftus and Arthur Samuel Wolff, when Wolff’s...

Character Literature Review Short Story

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No More Clichés Poem by Octavio Paz: a Note of Love for Women

1 page / 668 words

Paz starts the poem with the phrase “Beautiful face” because he wanted to begin the poem by mentioning what a man usually sees first in a woman, his face. In the second stanza, he says “Enchanting smile” “Oh beauty of a magazine” implanting a stereotype...

Beauty Poetry Woman

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Antigone by Sophocles: The Themes of Tragedy, Rebelliousness, and Free Will

3 pages / 1138 words

Introduction The concept of “free will” in Greek philosophy lacks a precise definition, yet its implications can be both positive and negative. Essentially, free will entails the ability to make choices based on one’s own understanding of what is morally right or appropriate. It empowers...

Antigone Sophocles Tragedy

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House Taken Over by Julio Cortazar: Transformation in Gothic Literature

1 page / 591 words

The idea that you could transform into something evil scares us all, therefore gothic literature uses this as a common tactic to induce greater fear. In “House Taken Over” by Julio Cortazar we can see the transformation of fear in the siblings daily lives, which...

Gothic Literature

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Analysis of The Passage "Where I Lived" from Walden by Henry David Thoreau

2 pages / 794 words

In this excerpt of Walden, Henry David Thoreau addresses the millions of people that “are awake enough for physical labor” and tries to explain to them to properly open their eyes and appreciate nature more. He justifies nature’s importance through rhetorical questions, then through symbolism,...

Short Story

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The Ideas of Time, Memory and History in The Story "Let’s Go to Golgotha!"

4 pages / 1855 words

This essay looks at how the interlinked concepts of time, memory and history feature in the short story “Let’s Go to Golgotha!”. The definition of the three concepts and the direct interlink is stated using refences from the novel itself. At the end its shown...

Change Short Story

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The Link Between Time, Memory and History in The Story "Let's Go to Golgotha"

3 pages / 1474 words

The following essay will be based on the short story ‘Let’s go to Golgotha’ by Gary Kilworth (1979). The story is about a family from the future that travels back in time to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Before the family went on a trip,...

Change Short Story

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The Interlinked Concepts of Time, Memory and History in "Let’s Go Golgotha"

3 pages / 1395 words

In the story ‘Let’s go to Golgotha’ by Gary Kilworth, the themes of time, memory and history are connected in one way or another. Firstly, I will protray how, Simon Falk linked history to time when the time-travellers travelled back in time to relive the...

Change Short Story