Essays on Literature

The novel ‘A Christmas Carol' was written during the Victorian period when a great division existed between the poor and the rich. In chapter one Dickens applies personification and rule of three to define Scrooge’s attitudes towards the poor people. The phrase,” cold, bleak, biting weather” has been used to...

Bram Stoker and "Dracula" Bram Stoker, an Irish novelist, wrote the gothic horror novel "Dracula" in 1897. This book was the first leading piece of vampire fiction, and it set the standard for all vampire-centric novels. The novel is written in epistolary style, which means that it is told from the...

In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, Holden is both the primary character and one of the characters. He comes from a wealthy family in New York City, so he was admitted to one of the finest boarding schools in the city. However, he was unable to maintain his...

Afghanistan women Afghanistan women have been viewed as passive casualties of the Middle East's ongoing brutality and conflict. A Thousand Glorious Suns, a popular novel by Khalid Hosseini, is a Bormannian fantasy-themed book that conveys the positivity of women in the sense of Afghanistan culture. Mariam and Laila are two women...

The Temptation and Probing in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight The poem's main subject is temptation and probing. This article's criticism will begin with a synopsis of the story. Visitation and Challenge During the New Year, a strange figure pays an unwelcome visit to King Arthur's courtyard. The Green Knight figure dares...

Sex is a major theme in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer approaches the subject by vividly explaining who has sex, who does not, how people continue to get it, and the consequences. Given the age gap between Alison and John, the story implies that a young person is an...

In the novel The Outsider, the main character Meursault "opened himself to the gentle ignorance of the world," he uses his unusually optimistic time to discover his surroundings; he has no respect for women and judges them based on their looks. When we look at the friendship between Marie Cardona...

You are content writer. You have to add headings with html tags h2 or h3 for any of paragraphs in original text. The Significance of Faith in "Young Goodman Brown" Young Goodman Brown is a Nathaniel Hawthorne short story that is engaging to its readers because it provides a...

The Themes Explored in Candide The basic and common concepts that the author discusses in a literary work are referred to as themes. Voltaire satirizes many facets of European life in his book Candide to illustrate the shortcomings and corruption of the 18th century. The novella has multiple themes, but one...

Susan Glaspell s play Trifles focuses on the plight of women in society during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Women were seen as housekeepers and not as significant as men in society at the time. In this way, they were helpless within a patriarchal system, making them vulnerable...

The irony of the protagonist's life is reflected in Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis." An Irrational Case In an irrational case, Kafka transforms Gregor into an insect. This indicates the supernatural; however, Kafka does not explain the explanation for Gregor's transformation. Kafka's Goal It is clear that Kafka's goal in the story is to show...

Welty’s story, A Worn Path Affords to be a distinguishable work of fiction. Through the use of the simple tone and the scope, Welty structures the story incorporating a creamy and prosperous texture of symbolic meaning making it sound real. The story remarkably describes the journey of Phoenix, an ancient woman...