In a writers essay, one can cover a specific piece of literature or the entire creation of a given writer. In such essays, students identify themes, motifs, symbols, key messages, stylistic devices, describe or compare characters, their traits and personal conflicts, reveal personal reactions, their interpretation and attitude towards the ...Read More
In a writers essay, one can cover a specific piece of literature or the entire creation of a given writer. In such essays, students identify themes, motifs, symbols, key messages, stylistic devices, describe or compare characters, their traits and personal conflicts, reveal personal reactions, their interpretation and attitude towards the written piece. When focusing on the entire creation of chosen writers, the typical characteristics of their style are uncovered along with the unique and original elements that set it apart. Additionally, the sources of inspiration, the influences, the evolution in time are analyzed. Review the essay samples below on certain writers and their works – pay attention to the topics, content organization, approaches to writing, etc.
Jane Austen voiced the contextual issues of her time through literary techniques in her book Pride and Prejudice, written during England’s Regency period. Austen was a writer who lived from 1775 to 1817, and wrote six major novels, to appraise and observe society as she...
In Thomas Hardy’s poem, “The Man He Killed,” the unnamed narrator depicts a time of when he killed a man during The Boer War of 1899 to 1902. The speaker is conflicted with the idea of fighting on the battefield and he even discovers the...
In 19th Century Victorian England, class structures and rigid hierarchies alongside societal mores defined the social landscape. A wide and unfeeling chasm separated the wealthy from the poor while long-standing customs solidified both perennial prosperity and generational destitution. Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre is critical in...
Edgar Allan Poe’s, The Tell-Tale Heart, presents an unsettling mediation on individual hubris through the Narrator’s moral ambiguity and inability to perceive the horror within his own “hideous heart”. As Poe strips the harrowing tale of extraneous details, his use of dramatic irony facilitates an...
Othello by William Shakespeare centres around the themes of prejudice, manipulation and deception that are driven by envy. These consisting themes misguide peoples perceptions and actions that result into the ultimate unfortunate death of Desdemona. Iago being a cunning man, he has no problem in...
Since medieval times to the present day of the twenty-first century, women have been considered to be inferior to men. Virginia Woolf uses her essay to demonstrate the social acceptance of male dominance. Inside the two diverse account entries of the two suppers, one at...
William Shakespeare has unquestionably changed my personal understanding and appreciation of the value of drama as his works has given me the ability to interpret the representations of humanity. As a teenager myself, I believe that the value of Shakespeare’s works is highly relevant for...
“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...
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...
“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...
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....