Essays on Literature Review

The Inferno and Beowulf The Inferno and Beowulf are two classical texts of literature that were written in different cultural contexts. For this reason, the two poems have striking differences between them. Dante the Pilgrim and Beowulf In Dante's poem, Dante the pilgrim character changes as he travels through his journey. The...

The Barn Burning: A Moral Dilemma The Barn Burning is one of the most dramatic short stories by William Faulkner, describing a story of a young boy who is remarkably trapped in a moral dilemma. The primary subject of the Barn Burning regards a father-son relationship between Sarty Snopes and his...

The Life of Eveline and Her Decision to Stay The life of everyone encompasses the daily challenges of making crucial decisions which affect both friends and the family. The Eveline is one of the exciting short stories by James Joyce, describing a story of the protagonist Eveline, whose life’s decisions are...

Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock": An Exploration of Modernist Poems Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is termed as a pioneer of the Modernist poems, owing to its awakening of the literary world to an entirely new world. The poem is centered on the...

The book dubbed 1984 by George Orwell is not only popular but has been referenced numerously in popular culture in the modern world. The fact that the book was written in 1949 yet still manages to have an influence on today’s world shows how the ideas it contains were relevant...

Fan Fiction Community Fan fiction community involves textual realization of intensive emotional attachment of the fans the aim to cult popular culture’s products. Initially, fan fiction incorporated local practices such as fandoms of football teams as well as local bands, but it currently involves discourses and writing styles that include flows...

The Bluest Eye: Racism Symbolized through Color The novel The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison provides the readers with an insight into the life of an African American girl in a community that lived under the standards of the white people. The main character, Pecola, sees herself as ugly because she...

Authored by Lorraine Hansberry, ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ focuses on a young man, Walter Lee who evolves through character changes. He is the dynamic character and the unconventional hero of the story, living with his wife, mother, sister and son in the southern side of Chicago. They live at...

William Shakespeare and His Plays William Shakespeare was a great author during his time. He was one of the pioneers of playwriting since he came up with incredible plays, which were completely unique from anything the world had seen before. One of the primary focuses in most of Shakespeare's plays was...

Equus is an exciting play about a young boy who blinds several horses using a metal spike and his psychiatrist Martin Dysart. The play contains complex relationships and themes that affect the boy’s behavior. Additionally, Peter Shaffer tries to explore the relationship and conflict between personal desire and social responsibility....

In our world today: The importance of conducting a gender analysis In our world today, an essential first step for ensuring gender equality in any project is to conduct a gender analysis of the issue being addressed by the project. The analysis may be described as an analysis of gender relations...

It is reasonable to believe that “Battle Royal” is a good depiction of Jim Craw era.  Since the central focus of the story is the recurring incidences of racial inequality in America, it is justifiable to claim that the theme of this tale mirrors on the racial segregation against the...