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Need some tips for writing essays on literature? How about you check our free samples of literature essay topics or order an essay today and leave the hard task for us? Like all academic papers, literature essay topics require you to think critically and produce strong arguments. The outline is similar to most types of essays but what makes it unique is the language style in addition to the contextual analysis. We have tips we would like to share with you concerning every section of literary essays from the introduction to the conclusion. First, avoid giving a plot summary because readers are already familiar with it and focus on advancing an argument. However, you can mention some plot details and extra information to support your arguments.
“All that glitters is not gold,” wise words considering they were written over four-hundred years ago. The Bard of Stratford-upon-Avon, otherwise known as William Shakespeare is considered by many to be the one of if not the greatest English writers in all of English literature....
Heart of Darkness (1899), written by Joseph Conrad, follows the journey of Charles Marlow upstream the Congo River, which at first starts off as an adventure but soon becomes one man’s exploration of the damaging effects of imperialism and colonization. Marlow will throughout his travel,...
The Scarlet Letter, a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story of Puritan society and the significant impact it had on people’s lives. It takes place in a New England city during the 17th century. The protagonist, Hester Prynne commits adultery with Reverend Arthur...
The position of a tragic hero is not unusual in many of Shakespeare’s works. The individual of Macbeth is a classic instance of a Shakespearean tragic hero. There are a multitude of things that contribute to Macbeth being labelled as a sad hero. Before these...
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens qualifies as a classic as it presents everlasting messages related to justice and sacrifice that can be implemented in modern day society. Justice is interwoven throughout the story, including through trials and court systems, as well as...
There is no doubt that Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is a novel on morals. The way society judges Hester Prynne and the actions of Arthur Dimmesdale, speaks to Hawthorne’s views of Puritanism and religion as well as the treatment of women. However, there is...
The story of King Lear is about a king who decides to step down from his throne and evenly divide the kingdom among his daughters. But before that happens he will put them through a test, asking each daughter how much she loves him. Goneril...
Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill Mockingbird has attracted a lot of controversy and many analyses about its main theme of prejudice and racism. However, the novel also depicts gender bias and stereotypes of the era. Set in the 1930s in the small, southern town of...
Published in 1960, and written by critically acclaimed author Harper Lee, “To kill a Mockingbird” observes the life of Scout Finch, an innocent American child subjected to the horrors and ruthless segregation that existed in the Southern United States. The novel itself addresses multiple universal...
George Orwell wrote his novel 1984 and showed what the world will become if the government is taken by totalitarian leaders. In 1984 there is demonstrated the government’s attempts, used to control people. In the novel, Oceanians, who were in the Party, had only one...
The poem “My Father, in Heaven, Is Reading Out Loud” is written by Li-Young Lee. In the poem there is a father figure who is viewed as religious and has passed away. The son has different opinions on this father and misses him after he...
In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Shakespeare goes against traditional feminist theories by giving his female characters many characteristics that are both masculine and feminine. In traditional ideas, females are seen as “inferior” to men and only have the purpose of listening to their husbands and taking care...
“There are friends, there is a family, and then there are friends that become family.”(unknown) In Of Mice and Men, a novel, John Steinbeck wrote a story set in the 1930s about two freelancing ranch workers, George Milton and Lennie Small, who share the American...
Introduction: Elie Wiesel, a Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Boston University Professor, spoke during Millenium Reading Series in the White House on April, 12 1999. The speech, “The Perils of Indifference”, was given by Elie Wiesel. Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor, addresses the problems of the...
Jane Austen’s 1813 classic novel, Pride and Prejudice made its way to the silver screen in Joe Wright’s 2005 adaptation. The film is filled with romance, sprinkled with humour and intelligent dialogue, keeping the audience continually engaged. Despite the entertaining plot and well developed characters,...
Believed to have been first written and played in 1603, Shakespeare’s Othello is a play which revolves around the societal issues of racial discrimination. The main narrative revolves around an African general in the army who is married to a daughter of a senator. The...
Over time, the use of the English language as a form of expression has evolved, albeit not in the right direction. Consequently, it has altered the way audience interprets texts, which forces us to recognise George Orwell’s concerns about the current state of English language....
The tragedy of Othello, written by William Shakespeare, introduces the central character Othello, as a very honorable, and dignified person who has enthralled adventures and has very good military accomplishments. Although, his insecurities make him Othello easy to be taken advantage of and manipulated by...
William Golding’s 1954 novel, “Lord Of The Flies”, conveys the unimaginable journey that a collection of vulnerable British schoolboys experience. After being neglected on a deserted island are left to establish their own civilisation. Golding convinces the reader that humans are inherently evil, through the...