Essays on Literature

Metamorphosis is a story by Franz Kafka that was published in 1915 and is based on the main character Gregor Samsa. Gregor is a young businessman who is always on the run but still leaves with his parents and her sister, to whom he gives financial assistance. When he wakes...

Forbidden Joy of Independence and the Oppressiveness of Marriage Kate Chopin's The Tale of an Hour is a reflection of late-nineteenth-century customs in which most of American society retained the profoundly rooted norm that women are inferior and should therefore remain dependent on their husbands. Women were essentially supposed to cook,...

Gulliver's Travel is considered to be the masterpiece of Jonathan Swift. This novel consists of four sections detailing Gulliver's four travels to imaginary tropical destinations. His first journey is to the world of diminutive people called the Lilliputians. Then his quest begins to the world of Brobdingnag, the land of...

Ethical Problems Ethical problems are circumstances where a person or an organization judges to be either right or wrong. Religion in the workplace is a moral dilemma that is on the rise in many countries, especially in the United States. Many people have complained of religious discrimination, particularly among Muslims in...

The Cuban Swimmer is a one-act play in the tradition of magical realism. The drama depicts the trials and tribulations of a Cuban family in America. The main character, Margarita Suarez, is competing in the Women's Swim to Catalina. Eduardo Suarez, Margarita's father, Aida, her mum, Simon, Margarita's brother, and...

All the Light We Can't See begins in the media res, a Latin term that means "pop" in the center of things. The story blends the depiction of the bombing of Saint-Malo with the protagonists of the stories to depict the city's chaos and uncertainty when the bombing starts. While...

Man's Desire to Travel and the Theme of Flying Man has always desired to travel. He longs to fly into the skies like the birds to go anywhere his wings can take him. He creates contraptions that allow him to fly. For him, flying means being alive, being able to escape...

Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" and the Use of Satire Jonathan Swift, the author of "A Modest Proposal," analyzes the extent of suffering as a significant subject. In his fiction, the author employs humor to highlight some of the facets of Ireland's low living standards. In doing so, he employs the...

Characters from both "The Glass Menagerie" and "A Doll's House" can be used to contrast and compare the two plays. Amanda Winfield and Nora Helmer are characters from "A Doll's House" and "The Glass Menagerie," respectively. While Amanda and Nora come from separate plays, when their characteristics are compared, they...

The play opens with Tom saying the play as a memory of his past with all the play-cation taking place in his head. The movements in his head are therefore sentimental, emotional and dramatic, not realistic. The Glass Menagerie as a Memory of the Past The play fits as a reminiscence of...

Modernism in Hemingway’s masterpieces is evident thru the two texts in the Soldiers home and the two big hearted river. In the two big hearted river, Hemingway makes use of Nick as the man character who comes back from the war to locate the burnt down and even there are...

In Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird, he highlights several examples of bravery and heroism in the small Alabama town that is mocked for its social tensions and suffering. Throughout the two years that they spent in Alabama, the novel focuses on Finch's family. Scout, Jem, Atticus, and Tom...