Essays on Literary Genres

Oedipus the King is part of a trilogy by Sophocles that is full of tragedies which are deeply rooted in a battle between fate and free will. The tragedies to the common eye seem to be caused by free will but on further examination and as revealed by the prophecies...

The paper discusses how “The Dilemma in the Long Poem”, “The Homecoming”, and “Why Literature Matters” relate to today’s society. In “The Dilemma of the Long Poem” the author is conflicted by the briefness of today’s American poetry. In “The Homecoming” the author shows the negative side effects of foster...

Moulin Rouge is a French play which tells the story of a young author who falls in love with a movie star featured in the Moulin Rouge. The young poets defy his father's order and join the colorfully diverse clique inhabiting the dark, fantasy world in France. In the dingy...

Silvia Plath s Effective Use of Imagery Silvia Plath effectively uses imagery in The baby gives out a bald cry. (Plath, S. 1966). The cry, as the poet states, takes its place among the elements. The predictability of the cry is seen to be cold and non-living. It...

The Mind of the South: A Critical Analysis The mind of the South offers investigations of the Southern class system and assessments of the Southern legacies of racism, romance, and religion. The book offers millions of readers with information on how the Southern region of America for decades to come. The...

Using the ‘Marxist ways of reading’ section of the Critical Anthology, explore the view that ‘Betjeman is the Licensed Fool of the wealthy; he points out the foibles but in no way, advocates a change to the system’             It is clear that Betjeman is advocating for a change to the...

Throughout life, individuals have the inevitable role of making choices that influence their actions. The Swimmer’s Moment, is an open form of poetry which had been written by Margaret Avison and published in 2003. The persona in the poem asserts that there is a “whirlpool” that every person must face...

What is your aim? What theme / concept are you exploring? What big question are you trying to answer? In this text my aim is to explore and compare how language is used in the house of silk to present the theme of murder and mystery. I am going...

The Evils of Society The evils of the society have been growing each day. The literary works of Akutagawa were precise to address these evils. They determined how and why this evil is persistently being progressively toxic to the society and how difficult it is to determine the truth. Rashomon (Akutagawa 212) This...

Jo Shapcott's Poems About Bees Jo Shapcott is a poet well-known for her different works over the centuries. She has over the years written and published many works, won competitions and awards for them and in this case, we look at six of her poems; I Tell the Bees, The Threshold,...

In his poem Song of Songs, Michael V. Fox describes a warrior who worships the woman whom he adores, using natural elements in order to express his love towards her. So, he expresses his love towards her, comparing her hair with one kingdom, the forehead with a flight of flowers,...

Divine Beings in Religion and Belief Divine beings in religion or belief are the things believed to originate from the supernatural deity like supreme human beings, gods, celestial beings and the spirits which are termed as holy and sacred. Likewise, the world often regards the godly perception as the divine literally....