Essays on Literature Review

J.K. Rowling's works of literature have profoundly inspired and informed many people's opinions and ambitions. Her best-selling "Harry Potter" series has helped young readers develop emotional and social skills. Heilman contends that, aside from the Bible, "The “Harry Potter” novels have hit more people around the world than any other...

"Love" and its Many Expressions "Love" seems to be a very small or little word; one syllable, four letters that barely encompasses its many expressions. Clive Staples Lewis described "heart" as affection, philia, eros, and Caritas in his Four Loves, but there are several levels of love even beyond these four...

The Divide between Assimilated American Children and Indian Migrants Jhumpa Lahiri's first book, The Namesake, focuses on the divide between assimilated American children and Indian migrants. The author examines the Ganguli tribe, starting with Ashoke's near encounter with death as he survives a train accident in his native India (Lahiri 50). This...

Twelfth Night is a comedy written by William Shakespeare during 1601–02 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment at the end of the Christmas season. Twelfth Night by Shakespeare is a play on subjects or subjects that are relevant to today's culture. The main plot delves into various topics around sexual identity...

Beloved by Toni Morrison Beloved by Toni Morrison is a fictional novel that discusses the oppressive essence of slavery. In the fact that most of the characters seem to have lost their sense of self-worth, Sethe stands out. Sethe's Battle with the Past When staying with Denver, she is...

Authors and their Mediums of Communication Authors of various works of literature use various mediums to communicate their work with the aim of eliciting a specific response from the target audience. As a consequence, others may use the same means to accomplish different goals, resulting in parallels and variations in the...

Margaret Atwood, a Canadian resident, wrote the novel. This was written and published in 1995. This story is set in New England after an authoritarian and Christian theocracy that overthrew the United States government (Atwood, pg. 6). The book follows the journey of the handmaid Offred, stressing Fred's possessive character...

The motif of vengeance runs throughout the poem Beowulf. The poet expresses the theme through numerous characters by intertwining current and past incidents. Notably, he interrupts the main plot with contextual digressions that relate to what is happening in the main story both explicitly and implicitly. Any of the characters...

Othello's Dying Words "Loved not wisely, but too well" reflect the fated General's demise in the Venetian military (Shakespeare 148). Othello's Weak Judgment of Character From the start of the play, Shakespeare portrays Othello as a weak judge of character. The tragic hero is unable to distinguish between fact and fantasy, which heightens...

Students are expected to understand how to express themselves clearly while maintaining intellectual credibility. Because of human nature's need to take the easier route, the challenge is enormous. Our century has been gifted with a plethora of information-gathering materials. However, the students are forced to choose between simply copying the...

A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift is a satirized literary work that delves into the deplorable circumstances in Ireland in the early eighteenth century. The publishing of the novel coincided with the arrival of the New World and the slave trade, in which people were commodified into commodities. Furthermore, Ireland,...

Great Gatsby is one of Scott Fitzgerald's novels that focuses on the gaiety of specific characters. The car and driving are two of the book's main themes. The automobile was becoming important at the time the book was first written. This seems to be a pivotal point in the book....