Essays on Writers

When people get together, they love to talk. In fact, a language with respect to communication is a vital part of human culture. People can communicate in diverse ways, either by voice, body language or even sign language. Another form of communicating would be double speaking. There are multiple ways...

Introduction Perhaps even before Greeks writing scrolls of the poetic epics, the expedition of the hero which is popularly known currently as The Hero's Journey, or as it is termed as "monomyth" by Joseph Campbell has been an influential configuration for the plotline for protagonists. The expedition of the hero when...

The Plot The plot is the first element of drama, and it represents the events of the drama. The plot reveals the journey, quest and the desires of the characters and keeps the audience engaged in the entire play. The plot helps to build the relationships and develop trust with the...

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...

It is common to find that in literature, scholars present their views about prominent books and other works of interest. One such book that has attracted massive attention in the field of literature and has become a subject of high school and college literature studies is the Lottery that describes...

The Presentation of the Poem The presentation of the poem is in a simple form. The speaker decides to make a stop by some woods. The poem summarizes the information in four stanzas which are identical. The lines constituting the poem are iambic. They consist of four emphasized syllables. The Wood and...

Reading: A Worthy Exercise For a long period of time reading has been perceived to be a worthy exercise. It is probably one of the most valuable and wholesome activities that one can engage in. This is because it is through reading that one can is able to discover new concepts,...

In essence, this is a short story of two waiters in a caf having a conversation before closing for the night. Since they still have a customer, they cannot leave; while the older waiter sympathizes with the old man sitting at the table, the younger one is anxious to...

Banshee is a monster, famous in Ireland and Scottish Highlands; essentially, it is considered monstrous due to its appearance. The creature takes the form of a woman with and emits a shrill cry of lamentation. According to folktales, the supernatural being wails when an individual is about to die, alerting...

Justice and Corruption in The Crucible Arthur Miller’s dramatic trials in The Crucible depicts a period in history that is completely different from the contemporary policies and laws. The story paints a picture of a time in history where people live under a single over-riding system of belief that is blind...

Eileen Myles writes the poem Mad Pepper from a feminist point of view. The poem gives a symbolic meaning to the word pepper, which the poet equates to masculinity based on its hot nature. Mad pepper is about masculinity, which the poet feels desolated from. She uses the word itself...