Essays on Literature

The Frogs by Aristophanes: Tradition vs. Innovation The play The Frogs by Aristophanes portrays the subject matter that traditions are valuable and important whereas innovations are meaningless. In the Greek comedy play, which was written around 406 BC the god Dionysus, is dissatisfied with the current state of the Athens and...

Throughout history, gender roles portrayed discrimination against women in a male-dominated society. The quest for gender equality saw the emergence of the feminists. Shakespeare in his plays such as Much Ado about Nothing and Hamlet focuses on the poignant ideas of gender roles in the society. The battles in the...

Theater reflects and influences the society in various ways. One significant way, through which theater reflects the community, is by showing the challenges facing a changing society. Changes can be inevitable from time to time. A society like Reading, where most of the people have been depending on their work...

A Midsummer Night’s Dream play explores various aspects of friendship and love. Through the main characters such as Lysander, Hermia, and Helena, the author endeavors that the path of love is one that is full of struggles and obstacles. However, Shakespeare noted that if a person is faithful and committed,...

Upon surprising her co-workers by stating she played hockey as a child, Shema Khan displays why one should not judge a book by its cover in her excerpt "I Was A Teenage Hijabe Hockey Player." Khan begins to negate these assumptions by using her past experiences growing up as both...

The picture of Dorian Gray is a Gothic and philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde, first published complete in   July 1980 issue of Lippincott's monthly magazine. Fearing the story was indecent, the magazine’s editor without Wilde’s knowledge deleted roughly five hundred words before publication. Despite the censorship, The Picture of Dorian Gray...

Walt Whitman (1819-1892) is one of the most prolific American Poets (Hampson Foundation 1). He supported the dignity and people’s freedom and composed songs of man’s brotherhood and democracy. Also, the central goal in writings was to make readers across the world change their perspectives. Walt’s elements of his life...

The Story: "I Only Came to Use the Phone" The story, "I Only Came to Use the Phone" covers the narration of Maria by Marquez and how the spread of sanity is led by poor judgment of the society. Maria goes through issues and because of the situation at hand; she...

In the article in question, the author presents several soldier characters to portray the situation in which they usually experience or find themselves when out of the country for war. Notably, O'Brien, the author offers a description of the several things that are carried by these men as they head...

Eveline is a critical person because she takes time to analyze an action and its side effects before making a decision. For example, she has to judge the effects of either leaving or staying in her home. Besides, “She had hard work to keep the house together and to see...

Use of offensive language in books for teenagers has been associated with the potential of corrupting their minds. There have been protests against Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis: The story of a return because of claims of offensive language and its unsuitability for teenagers. Cuss words are believed to be offensive and...

Introduction Written by George Orwell, "A Hanging" is a short essay about a prisoner's execution. The story was set in the 1920's in Burma, a time when Orwell was working in the Indian Imperial Police. The Cruelty and Inhumanity of Execution In the story, Orwell narrates about the hanging of a man and...