Essays on Literature

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 Lottery is a story that shows the human capacity for violence particularly when the violence is due to appeal for tradition. The lottery further shows details of a contemporary town in America where life is embroidered with description of a ritual. (The lottery). It is done to ensure that...

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...

"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...

Billy Collins: An Introduction Billy Collins is an influential, famous poet based in the United States. His work is known to be humorous, witty, and can encourage people to love poetry. Collins published the poem "Introduction to Poetry" in 1988 in a book called "The Apple that Astonished Paris". In his...

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...