Essays on Literary Genres

Through A Rose for Emily, Faulkner illustrates the fight that is brought about from an effort of maintaining culture and tradition when there is prevalent radical change. Characters such as Jefferson is seen to be at crossroads absorbing everything modern, hoping for a more commercial future while at the same...

1. In the book Desert Solitaire, on page 26, Abbey finds himself at snake's-eye-level again. Why? In Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey, the author finds himself at snake’s eye level again when viewing the lower part of the flowers in the chapter titled, Cliffrose and Bayonets. The...

A Man for All Seasons: The Immoral Choices of Henry, Rich, and Cromwell A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt is an exciting play with several unique characters who lead their lives in different ways. For instance, there is Thomas More who lives a moral life and Richard Rich who...

Sonnet 33 is one of William Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets, and it represents one of the most outstanding lyrical expressions from English poetry. The poem is about a young girl’s declaration of love for a man, and it displays the power of applying natural beauty as a human emotional symbol. The...

Guy de Maupassant was a prolific French writer in literature. He wrote poetry, novels, and newspaper articles. He also knowledgeably compiled short stories like “The Necklace” and “BelAmim”. The narratives have made him famous due to their use in schools to enrich literature learning. In “The Necklace” story for instance,...

Stanville Women's Prison and Life Inside Stanville is a story that highlights life at women’s prison and focuses on the inmates and Gordon, a man who teaches G.E.D classes to the prisoners. Being at the jail was challenging, particularly when teaching people who showed no interest in improving their lives. Gordon...

Introduction Jo Shapcott is a prolific poet who had won national poetry more than once. He was trained both in Britain and America, Shapcott writes about Smells, Identity, Sexual politics, Myths, Language as well as Bodies. He uses both surrealist and feminist wit to create poetic themes, styles, powerful imaginative and...

Literary works are guided by the author’s pre-determined audience and the message that ought to be passed. The choice of literary style is bound to the provisions of the conventions of the given genres as seen in the case of real of fiction, drama, romance, real life, and short stories....

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...

E. Butler has played a considerable role in explaining her views on race, gender and sexual violence in the novel “Kindred.” The book is based on a black independent woman Dana who later turned into a slave. However, the ability of time travel assists her to make changes on the...

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...

The Poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight The poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight features a narration where a knight is challenged and thereafter proceeds to encounter the trial. He then returns home to give an account of the experience that he had in the unknown land. The event...