Literature Essay Samples

Lord Alfred Tennyson, born on August 6, 1809 in Somersby, Lincolnshire, England, was a celebrated writer during the Victorian Era and a beloved poet. He was the fourth child among twelve children and displayed his talent for writing from an early age. By twelve years old, he had already written a poem comprising of 6,000…

Terrorism and organized crime have always been considered two separate entities of consideration in the addressing of government securities issues either locally or internationally. In fact, in the 1960s, during the humble beginnings of the Federal Bureau of investigation, the United States government considered terrorism and organized crime so separate that while there were hundreds…

In Kim Addonizio’s poem “31-Year Old Lover”, Addonizio introduces two characters, a 31-year old man, and an older woman. Through these characters, Addonizio attempts to portray youthfulness as a godlike state, by contrasting it with the process of becoming old and weary. At the start of Addonizio’s poem, the main character, or the man, is…

“It is dangerous to isolate oneself; dangerous for an individual and for a nation.” – Jawaharlal Nehru. The quotation suggests that isolating oneself can be dangerous, as demonstrated in the case of Bartleby, a character in Herman Melville’s novella “Bartleby.” Bartleby’s isolation was dangerous; it led to his depression and eventual death. The motif of…

As the publication date of El Borak and Other Desert Adventures draws closer each day, a companion volume titled  The Early Adventures of El Borak is also looming on the horizon. This hardcover edition from The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press not only contains all the El Borak juvenilia, but related material such as the early…

”Sympathy” and “We Wear the Mask” are without doubt two of the best crafts that a beleaguered poet, who struggled against the norms of his time, would inevitably come up.  Though “Sympathy” and “We Wear the Mask” both speak of Dunbar’s regret for being imprisoned in his own situation, condemning the slavery of blacks and…

When rain clouds gather written by Bessie Head is set in Botswana. The protagonist, Makhaya Maseko is escaping from South Africa as he does not want to be part of the apartheid system, he just wants peace and equality. The aims of the author are to show the horrible living conditions due to the same…

Entry Journal The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde Page #| Quotation| Insights, Questions, Analysis, Connections| 4| “You do anything in the world to gain a reputation. As soon as you have one you seem to throw it away. ”| I think this is human nature. We always want things we may not have…

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was more than merely an writer. He was a knight, a soldier, a medium, a whaler, a physician, a journalist, and most of all, he was adventuresome. He was non the quiet type of individual, so he enjoyed showing himself. Arthur Conan Doyle was born on the 22nd of May 1859…

The theme in the poem “Homecoming”, by Bruce Dawe, is the feeling and belonging of home and how you can die for your country, yet receive inhumane like treatment. The theme in “Beach Burial”, by Kenneth Slessor, is the pointlessness of war. The two poems are very similar, yet very different, in meaning and tone,…