Essays on Literature

In his novel, Why Fairy Tales Stick Jack Zipes claims that fairy tales are memes or units of knowledge that are culturally repeated and that these tales have coevolved with humans' increasing ability to distinguish. He claims that fairy tales are polygenic natural artifacts, which means that they are a set...

The initial style of sound is alliteration, where Hopkins uses more than two or three alliterating phrases, where he follows the form of medieval English poetry, in a sonnet, where the core patterning development is based on rhyme. Hopkins has defined the use of alliterations in each line, so anyone...

Gulliver in Jonathan Swift s Gulliver s Travel is a Yahoo, not a Houyhnhnm. He does, however, reflect a compromise between absolute animalism (Yahoos) and pure reason (Houyhnhnms). He possesses traits from both the Yahoos and the Houyhnhnms. He is a normal man, but when it comes to logic, he...

Dante's Divine Comedy Dante's Divine Comedy is divided into three major "cantiche": inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise). Each cantica is organized in multiples of three, with hell containing nine rings, equivalent to Purgatory's nine terraces and paradise's nine heavens. The number three represents the Holy Trinity, on which he...

Since the dawn of time, gangs have dominated the streets. Ideally, gangs are still synonymous with brutality because of the competition for dominance over other gangs that might attempt to dethrone them, which has always culminated in the loss of lives. Young children who were meant to live a long...

It was only later that I realized it was all a huge lie. For all those years, I thought he was gone for good. I knew at the back of my mind that we would never see each other again. As a result, I spent those months weeping alone in my...

The novel "Emma" by Jane Austen is one of her final six novels. She wrote it while in Chawton and had it written in 1815. (McCrum). It narrates the perils of misconstrued romance when reflecting on the heroine Emma Woodstone's life. The protagonist is a young woman who wields influence...

To Build a Fire, by Jack London, describes a man's trip through a brutal winter in the snow, facing many problems along the way. The author employs characters, themes, and a blunt tone in the narrative to expose man's battle against nature. Similarly, in general, human beings do not trust...

Musical Tradition and the Impact of Frank Sinatra and Michael Buble Introduction Musical tradition has been characterized by how maestros best represented their artistic skills in historical times through their music. Because of their vastly excellent performances, most music icons are celebrated even in the contemporary sense. Frank Sinatra and Michael Buble...

Peter de Vries wrote the poem "To His Importunate Mistress" in 1681. It's essentially a parody of Andrew Marvel's "To His Coy Mistress." To convey his message, the author employs a range of styles such as hyperbole, sarcasm, and diction. This poem reflects on myths such as valuing wealth above...

According to Stuart, The Floating Signifier is a title that describes the essence of bigotry. Racial disparities fluctuate from time to time, hence the word "floating" (Hay, Hall it is never static (Hay, Hall an aspect that can be analyzed and various perspectives drawn from it....

A rhetorical question A rhetorical question is a figure of speech in which a speaker asks questions without intending to be answered. When addressing an audience, a speaker will phrase these questions in a variety of ways. A speaker's intentions to the listeners can vary depending on the rhetorical strategy used...