Essays on Literature

A hero is a real person who is always willing to put his or her life on the line for the protection of others. The author of "The Epic of Gilgamesh" introduces two heroic heroes who lived in Uruk, Sumer, in the Middle East, between 2700 and 2500 B.C.E. (Dalley)....

Claude McKay: A Harlem Renaissance Poet Claude McKay, a Harlem Renaissance poet, was a strong believer in equality and utilized his poetry to address issues of discrimination and inequality in American culture. McKay's writings, including "If We Must Die," "Harlem Shadows," and "America," all depict the hardship of African people in...

Do we know who we are if we don't have our distinct and various cultures? Every person has a culture in which they believe that gives them a sense of belonging and identity. People from many cultures connect on various occasions in the industrialized world. Although some people use culture...

John Milton, an English poet, delivered a poem about the biblical tale of man's fall. Paradise Lost is a narrative poem about Adam and Eve's creation and how they lost their place in the Garden of Eden, also known as Paradise. The sin resulted from Satan's rebellion against God, which...

Langston Hughes' poem I, Too has been quoted and referenced by many scholars not only in American literature but also in other literary disciplines. The title of the poem causes a lot of worry among those who read it, and the author primarily relates African American history from time immemorial...

Dracula is a story written by Bram Stoker about a woman and a small number of men commanded by Professor Abraham Van Helsing who oppose Count Dracula. Count Dracula arrives from Transylvania to London to transform humans into "foul monsters of the night like him, without heart or conscience, preying...

J. D. Vance's book Hillbilly Elegy is a composition written to highlight the culture and diversity of Appalachian People and how that uniqueness is being devalued in today's society. Vance tells the narrative of compassionate, yet rebellious, underclass folks who became accountable for change and maybe making the civilization in...

Dante's novel "Inferno" and John Milton's epic "Paradise Lost" both contain themes about sin, Satan, and the biblical hell. Notwithstanding the disparities in chronology, the two authors' approaches to viewing and criticizing the concept of sin are extremely similar. A critical examination, on the other hand, exposes a few discrepancies...

David Wagner, a high school student in the film, is dependent on the classic sitcom "Pleasantville" on television. He watches the show to escape the realities of the present world, which indicates that his mentality is trapped in the 1950s. The residents of the Pleasantville society have straightforward lives. They...

Introduction Many literature capture the theme of travel in different ways. Some books make reference to physical travel, while others emphasize the idea of metaphysical journey. Physical travel is movement of the body from one location to another, but metaphysical travel is movement of the spirit or mind from one location...

Many significant women are mentioned in the book of Genesis. Some of them are named after the first woman, Eve, as well as Sarah, Rebecca, Leah, Rachael, and Hagar, among others. Other ladies, such as Noah's wife, were not identified. The fact that some of the ladies were not named...

Mara Ruiz de Burton's novel "The Squatter and the Don" Mara Ruiz de Burton's novel "The Squatter and the Don" is based on a true event about Spanish squatters and a Hispanic settler named Don Mariano who lived in San Diego County. Don is wealthy and appears to have more influence...