Essays on Literature

I still believe that I had made the right decision. At first, it haunted me, gave me weird feelings.It made my parents disown me. However, when I look back, I would have handled the matter same if it were to happen now. All this was because of Roy.             It was...

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...

Sarah Elliot is accusing women of being so apologetic and behaving in a manner that makes them appear less educated and powerful than they are meant. The author explains how she began realizing how the social expectation set by the male-dominated society have affected women’s’ opinions and positions. The idea...

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,...

Intertextuality I remember reading a quote once that said "good artists copy; great artists steal." The original author of this quote is shrouded in mystery, since all of the people that were quoted saying it probably stole this quote from someone else. Literary works draw insights and ideas from the real...

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...

Homer’s “The Odyssey” explores the theme of family especially through the main character, Odysseus and his family. The Odysseus family was a nuclear family consisting of Odysseus, Penelope, his wife and their son Telemachus. Imagine being born to a family whose head is a hero. It is obvious that you...

The Beauty of Nature and Its Role in Nurturing People The book, Walden, describes a chronological record of events when Thoreau was living in Walden Pond. In the book, Thoreau illustrates the various aspects of weather, the natural occurrences and thoughts regarding the different situations. Throughout the book, it is evident...

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...

If there is one childhood event that I wish to erase completely from my mind is the struggle that I went through to become the proficient reader and writer that I am today. My journey in writing and reading as a child had many ups than down. Nonetheless, since the...