Essays on Literature

Introduction: Mr. Pip - A Novel Set in Bougainville during the Civil War It is not a straightforward affair to decide which movie to watch or a book to read in normal circumstances. U.K, U.S.A and the other parts of the world has recently received a new and famous novel known...

Moulin Rouge is a French play which tells the story of a young author who falls in love with a movie star featured in the Moulin Rouge. The young poets defy his father's order and join the colorfully diverse clique inhabiting the dark, fantasy world in France. In the dingy...

Silvia Plath s Effective Use of Imagery Silvia Plath effectively uses imagery in The baby gives out a bald cry. (Plath, S. 1966). The cry, as the poet states, takes its place among the elements. The predictability of the cry is seen to be cold and non-living. It...

Introduction Monster is not a friendly term especially among children, irrespective of the context in which it is mentioned. Essentially, a monster is a subject that should only exist in fairytales but ask a quarterback regarding the 500-pound man rushing at him, or even a mother whose child was killed by...

The Mind of the South: A Critical Analysis The mind of the South offers investigations of the Southern class system and assessments of the Southern legacies of racism, romance, and religion. The book offers millions of readers with information on how the Southern region of America for decades to come. The...

Using the ‘Marxist ways of reading’ section of the Critical Anthology, explore the view that ‘Betjeman is the Licensed Fool of the wealthy; he points out the foibles but in no way, advocates a change to the system’             It is clear that Betjeman is advocating for a change to the...

Throughout life, individuals have the inevitable role of making choices that influence their actions. The Swimmer’s Moment, is an open form of poetry which had been written by Margaret Avison and published in 2003. The persona in the poem asserts that there is a “whirlpool” that every person must face...

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, then it’s time to pause and reflect. Samuel Clemens commonly known as Mark Twain developed this quote. The quote depicts the notion that the majority is not always right. The quote, however, doesn’t mean the majority is always wrong. The...

establishes a story of superheroes during the cold war period. The superheroes consist a group of people aiming to tackle the task of saving humanity from potential war caused by tensions in the powers of the government. Moore and Gibbons’ Watchmen has a tale of a hero’s response to the...

Shakespeare prominently used recurring themes throughout his work, particularly those of love, betrayal, hate, revenge, jealousy, deceit, politics and race.  The play, “the Tragedy of Othello” is mostly about love and hate. These are two great themes in literature.  Although the two are opposites, in the play, they are closely...

The two stories, ‘Rocking-Horse Winner’ and ‘The Lottery’ both uses themes, symbols, and the underlying moral lanes to illustrate how greediness is depicted in today’s families effectively. Nevertheless, the setting of the two short stories and their main themes seem to be unequivocally different as portrayed in the stories. Similarities                  The...

The book Childhood in a Global Perspective is a compelling new book that talks about a unique worldview perception about the lives of children across the world. The book focusses on explaining how the perspective of childhood is being fundamentally reshaped. The author notes that the reshaping of the notions...