Essays on Literature

Happy Endings written by Margaret Atwood discusses the cruel stereotyping of females, the double standards practiced by the community, and the roles of men and women in society. The writer has employed the use of short anecdotes to denote the different possibilities that may arise from a commitment between a...

Gender Norms and Sexual Desires Gender is an essential determinant of sexual risk-taking behaviors. Gender attitudes force people into doing things that they would not want to do. The film Moonlight is a movie that shows various gender norms and sexual desires amongst people. Similarly, the text, Guadalupe the Sex Goddess...

Robert Frost: A Reckoned Author of Literature One of the most reckoned authors of literature in the poetry genre is Robert Frost who was born in San Francisco in 1874. He is a four-time receiver of the Pulitzer Prize and he has been a key player in the development of American...

The first problem: Should college athletes be paid salaries? The first problem is whether college athletes need to be paid salaries on not. One side may argue that college athletes are in campuses to pursue academics rather than sports, and therefore should not receive payments for taking part in competitive sports....

The Use of Imagery The writer has used the word "putty" (Line 17) to generate a mental image of a glue. The conversations between the man and woman that the persona have an impression that he hopes his two friends do not use the excuse of conversation to connect to their...

There are two primary concepts of the ancient Greek; Isegoria and Parrhesia, which influence the common aspect of free speech. Isegoria refers to the freedom of all the citizens to participate in public debates while parrhesia is a license for them to say whatever, whenever and to whoever they would...

Victor begins by narrating his childhood memories, curious about science and its wonders. He is a fifteen-year old boy who lives with his parents and two brothers, William and Ernest, and an adopted sister, Elizabeth(who he later marries), in Geneva, Switzerland. At seventeen years, his interests in science grow deeper...

The “Story of an Hour” by Chopin traces its setting back in 1890s and was told by an unknown third person narrator. It is a short story characterized by an arrangement of short paragraphs which enable readers understand the intention of the author easily.  Additionally, the narration employs different structural...

The idea of literary concepts being expressed in a theoretical format is what constitutes the practical expression of a boy of ideas in literature. It has thus been a significant area because of the interest to examine what literature means. The use of critical theory in the interaction of literature...

The Film Memento The act of using a reverse-chronological structure in telling a story shows gimmickry; it looks like the film in the show in real-time and its shot in a single take. The fact that film Memento narrative is non-linear fits Leonard Shelby's character (Schmidt). Even though he benefits from...

Fiction is simply that book or story that authors write about the events recounted being imaginary and necessarily tied to real facts. It entails a creative imagination that writers breathe life into. Essentially, fiction it is less expected that people will want a work of fiction to present real characters...

Disney animated material, films and books, are famous for the depiction of various characteristics as is desired or considered the norm in their subjects. Usually, the characters have varying features which they rarely deflect from. For instance, males are considered brave and fearless while the females are depicted as immensely...