Essays on Literature

"Goddamn! Bigger whispered fiercely, whirling and kicking out his leg with all the strength of his body. The force of his movement shook the rat loose and it sailed through the air and struck a wall. Instantly, it rolled over and leaped...

Literature and Politics Literature and politics have enjoyed a mutually influential relationship throughout history. Keen observation and analysis of any literary work would reveal the sociological and political factors that affected the writer’s personality in creating the work. Individual impact aside, literary movements have had tremendous effect on society by establishing...

For popular culture to have a meaning in the modern society, a lot of things have been borrowed from the classical literature (Lee 154). For example, various themes, plots and communication styles that were used in the past are still being portrayed in today’s literature, indicating that although classic literature...

What is your aim? What theme / concept are you exploring? What big question are you trying to answer? In this text my aim is to explore and compare how language is used in the house of silk to present the theme of murder and mystery. I am going...

The Evils of Society The evils of the society have been growing each day. The literary works of Akutagawa were precise to address these evils. They determined how and why this evil is persistently being progressively toxic to the society and how difficult it is to determine the truth. Rashomon (Akutagawa 212) This...

The lightbulb jokes were innovated by Daniel Harries to highlight political problems that affected the society in the twentieth century. The humors involve factors such as immigration, bureaucracy in governments, and other elements that affect the social wellbeing. The jokes make use of electric equipment and this approach translates to...

Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” is a mockery of the Victorian age. He mocks the Victorian ideals by showing a sarcastic attention on the Victorian age. The idea of earnestness was so much loved by the Victorian society. The society held the virtue of earnestness as sublime. People became...

Jo Shapcott's Poems About Bees Jo Shapcott is a poet well-known for her different works over the centuries. She has over the years written and published many works, won competitions and awards for them and in this case, we look at six of her poems; I Tell the Bees, The Threshold,...

The Use of Jargon in Literature The use of language was undoubtedly meant to enhance communication between two parties in a way that could be easy to comprehend what was being said. However, over time, the rapid improvements that language undergoes results in a scenario where people get confused about the...

In the two stories, authors do thereby express a relationship with their parents and more so to their fathers during their childhood passage and as they grow up eventually. Both fathers had strong appealing love towards the child. The content will discuss and compare the fathers love to their young...

In his poem Song of Songs, Michael V. Fox describes a warrior who worships the woman whom he adores, using natural elements in order to express his love towards her. So, he expresses his love towards her, comparing her hair with one kingdom, the forehead with a flight of flowers,...

My understanding of the function of humanities is that they are used to teach us more about our cultural values which are quite essential in our ordinary life, for example, how to respect the norms that exist within our cultures for better relationships with others to be custodians of our...