Essays on Literature

Magical Realism Magical Realism is the art of enthralling something that would be impossible to believe in today's world. It's not like the magical children's novel, where everything is shocking, extraordinary, and overdone. Instead, magical realism helps magic seem more otherworldly and commonplace. Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel One Hundred Years of...

Many writers have made heavy use of figurative vocabulary and imagery in their works. Persepolis author Marjane Satrapi used graphic novels as one of the visual forms to express a message about what a young girl child was seen in her life in a war-torn Iraq. A graphic novel contains...

The Ballad of the Sad Café is a haunting tale about a human triangle that falls full circle in an incredible battle. The novella introduces readers to Miss Amelia, an imposing southern lady whose bistro serves as the town's gathering spot. The Ballad of the Sad Cafe is a love...

Battle Royal: An Intriguing Tale of Social Conflict and Irony Battle Royal is an intriguing tale that has been written very well. The story tackles a number of concerns, including the social conflict that occurs between the characters, especially between whites and blacks. Social Conflict and Irony In terms of his life, the...

The dominant concept of freedom is the ability to act, write, and consider as one wishes. Human beings are wired to seek liberation by whatever means possible. When one gains liberation, they feel released from the shackles that have either personally or implicitly enslaved them. The theme of democracy is...

Family Relationships in HamletWhen it comes to the production of Hamlet's storyline, family relationships come in handy. Surprisingly, many parents in play have poor relationships with their children. There are two major families, for example, Hamlet-Hamlet Sr. and Claudius-Gertrude vs. Ophelia-Polonius-Laertes. The bond between parents and their children is portrayed...

Frank O'Connor has held places among Ireland's most illustrious academics. He has also been a well-known short-story writer. Fiction is described as writing as exposition, especially short stories and books, that depicts nonexistent events and people that are not entirely based on history or reality. O'Connor often employs naturalistic fiction...

In just 9 lines, Roo Borson's poem says a lot. The motif of bereavement is evident from the poem's title. It has an emptiness, despair, and depression tone that allows the reader to internalize and empathize with the narrator. The title often foreshadows the reader's fear of sorrow and grief....

The Westies: Inside New York s Irish MobEnglish s Inside New York s Irish Mob takes the reader through the past of the Westies, one of the gangs founded in the 1960s. The name was assigned to a gang of Irish mobsters operating in Hell s Kitchen from the 1960s...

Advice to the Youth: An Analysis of Mark Twain's Satirical EssayAdvice to the youth is a Mark Twain essay that aims to offer advice to young people or young readers on various topics of life. The reading, as the title implies, is supposed to be a constructive impact on the...

The Undeniably Boring Current in Young Adult Books The points of concern in Meghan Cox Gurdons' article "Obscurity Too Visible," which explored the undeniably boring current that goes through books designated YA, for Young Adult, went for the reader between the ages of 12 and 18 years old, have turned out...

Great literature resonates in a variety of important areas. For example, it allows mankind to focus on itself by offering metaphoric and literal allusions to real-world situations, highlighting both vices and commendable aspects of human life. Great literature, like great music, transcends time and is celebrated even today. It alters...