Essays on Literary Genres

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"The Tragicall History of Romeus & Juliet" and "Romeo & Juliet"

2 pages / 780 words

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (1594-1596) is mostly based on Arthur brooke’s poem, “The Tragicall History of Romeus and Juliet”, published in 1562, which in itself was another translation from an Italian folklore which can be dated back many years. Shakespeare in turn, adapted brooke’s poem,...

Literature Review Poetry William Shakespeare

1769

The Analysis of The Poem "On St. Lucy’s Day"

3 pages / 1233 words

The speaker struggles over the fact that his beloved is no more. According to many critics the speaker is donne himself and ‘st lucy’ represents his beloved anne more. As his wife died in the year 1617 and the poem was published in 1627. But...

Book Review Literature Review Poetry

1770

Character Symbolization in The Short Story "The Lottery", by Shirley Jackson

2 pages / 1003 words

The Lottery Character Symbolization When one reads a story they often look for character development, traits, and symbolization to help them better understand the context. In the short story “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson, she helps the reader better understand the story by using vast...

Literature Review Short Story The Lottery

1771

The Meaning of True Sight in "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver

7 pages / 1801 words

The only thing worse than being blind is to have sight but no vision. To truly see something isn’t done alone with just the gift of sight it is done within your own mental capacity on how you view the world. You can have the...

Character Short Story

1772

First Encounter Between Lancelot & Guenivere in "The Legend of King Arthur"

3 pages / 1199 words

Introduction Arthurian Legend refers to a group of tales in numerous languages recounting the escapades of King Arthur of Britain, his kingdom, and the knights in his inner circle. The legend has been told over centuries, and remains popular in modern times, brought to life...

King Arthur Legend

1773

The Story of Bernadette Reeves About Black People in St. Augustine, Florida

2 pages / 698 words

“Moving on for peace and coming back for bliss” Bernadette Reeves seemed modest and friendly, with the personality of a fourth grade teacher from the first impression. However, when she talks about the history of St, Augustine, her tone and her overall personality would be...

Literature Review Reading Books Short Story

1774

The Analysis of The Philip Larkin’s Poem "This Be The Verse"

2 pages / 980 words

In Philip Larkin’s “This Be The Verse,” readers see a swing of three different emotions and opinions from Larkin, in just a short three stanzas: finger pointing, acceptance, and a suggestion. By instantly roping readers in with a risky first line, the poem “goes on...

Literary Devices Poetry Reading Books

1775

The Analysis of The Poem "In a Station of The Metro" by Ezra Pound

1 page / 447 words

Ezra pound or what I would call him the influencer. Ezra is one of the guys who left his touch throughout his poetic in the twentieth-century literature. With no doubt when we mention Ezra two things come into our mind his art, and his poetic....

Literature Review Poetry

1776

The Analysis of George Cukor’s Romantic Comedy "The Philadelphia Story"

3 pages / 1210 words

Ask someone when they last admitted their feelings to someone, and they will probably give a recent recount. Ask someone what that feeling of love means, and they go silent.Throughout our lives, molded by romantic literature and professor interpretations, we visualize, through rose-colored glasses, the...

Book Review Comedy

1777

Culture and Change in "St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves"

2 pages / 907 words

When we hear the word family, most of us picture love, compassion and an unbreakable bond. But sometimes the word family can mean betrayal, heartbreak and lies. It can be conceivable that we must change our lives at one point of another, we can’t choose...

Book Review Novel

1778

Analysis of The Novel "Iman Umeed Aur Mohabbat" Written by Umaira Ahmad

2 pages / 896 words

Introduction:After reading Jannat Key Patty, I have read a novel which covered many genres. The title of the novel is “Iman Umeed Aur Mohabbat” written by a well-known Pakistani writer Umaira Ahmad. Iman Umeed Aur Mohabbat was published in monthly Digest in December 1999. Made-to-order...

Book Review Novel

1779

Analysis F The Character of Kurtz in Heart of Darkness

1 page / 677 words

From his introduction in the beginning of the novel, the character Kurtz presented himself as a robust personality. In the words of the author, Kurtz is a man of “sombre pride,” (Conrad 2.29) and his undying will “consumed his flesh,” (Conrad 3.24). Most of Kurtz’s...

Book Review Heart of Darkness Novel

1780

Analysis of The Poem "Love is not All: It is not Meat Or Drink"

4 pages / 1893 words

Introduction Poetry uses forms and conventions to suggest different interpretation to words, or to evoke intense responses. Poem is a piece of writing that partakes the nature of speech that is rhythmical usually metaphorical, and often exhibits such formal elements as meter, rhyme, and stanzaic...

Literature Review Poetry

1781

Theme of Love in Arms and The Man

1 page / 500 words

Raina and Sergius, the young aristrocratic couple in the play, seem to be very much in love. They talk and they behave like characters in a heroic romance. the gallant young hero, much like a knight in a romance, dedicates his millitary achievements to his...

Drama Literature Review

1782

Bank's Orhpanhood in "When We Were Orphans"

2 pages / 942 words

Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2000 novel When We Were Orphans, the first-person narrator, Christopher Banks, having established himself in London as a prominent detective in the Holmesian mold who solves crimes no one else can, sets out in 1937 to recover his own past by solving the...

Book Review Novel

1783

Rhetorical Analysis of "The Money"

2 pages / 802 words

America is said to be a melting pot of different cultures and ethnicities, and this unique aspect of American society has a large impact in many people’s childhoods. One such person, author Junot Díaz, wrote the short story The Money, published in 2011 in the...

Fiction

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The Protagonist’s Conflict in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace

2 pages / 1060 words

Disgrace is a novel written by John M. Coetzee, a novelist born in South Africa, which greatly influenced both his worldview and his creative activities. The fame brought by that particular literary work, Disgrace, is rather contradictory, though. On the one hand, it is the...

Book Review Character Novel

1785

The Gift of The Magi

1 page / 551 words

The Gift of the Magi is a short story written by O. Henry is a story about a wife and her husband buying Christmas gifts for each other with just a little money that they have. I greatly admire the character, Della. Della is a...

Books Short Story

1786

Arnold Friend as a Devil Character in Where Are You Going Where Have You Been

3 pages / 1418 words

People don’t reveal they’re true self until its too late. When time goes by people finally show their true colors. In the short story by Joyce Carol Oates,” Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” Arnold Friend is portrayed as something like the devil...

Character Short Story Where Are You Going Where Have You Been