Literature Essay Samples Page 12

In the novel Crime and Punishment, the Russian author Feodor Dostoevsky implements certain narrative techniques which aid greatly in accurately portraying the lives, surroundings, physical characteristics and hardships of protagonist Rodya Raskolnikov, as well as the rest of the lower class in St. Petersburg where the story is set. In addition to simply depicting the…

            A quality piece of literature engages the reader through sharp writing, imagery that makes an impact, memorable vocabulary and often, the use of a particular literary device.  While Lucille Clifton could justifiably be accused of using several literary devices, elements or techniques in her works, in considering her short, but powerful poem “homage to…

The complex issues arising from the developing social hierarchy that existed in Britain at the turn of the 19th century are the subjects of many of the great novels of this era. As the literacy rates in Britain improved in the early 1800s, novels became an important form of social commentary with novelists including Jane…

In August Wilson’s “Fences”, Troy is a father and husband who make’s the worse decision from human imperfection, to commit adultery and become mixed up in another relationship. By noticing the racial tension in the late nineteen fifties, in combination with Troy’s past life experiences and the events that play out in each act, one…

Cloud Atlas consists of six different narratives which are not in order in the book which made the novel having intersections and synchronized. The first parts of the stories were partially written. The story beginning of the story was all about an America notary’s journal in the South Seas voyage times. The first story was…

William Butler Yeats, one of the modern poets, influences his contemporaries as well as successors, such as T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound and W. B. Aden. Though three common themes in Yeats’ poetry are love, Irish Nationalism and mysticism, but modernism is the overriding theme in his writings. Yeats started his long literary career as…

The Best of Saki, edited by Martin Stephen, is a collection of short stories by famed 20th century writer Hector Hugh Munro. Saki is the pen name that Munro wrote his short stories under. Most of these stories were originally published in newspapers, which Saki did most of his writing for. After reading this collection…

Title: Cain and Abel of East of Eden John Steinbeck’s East of Eden is considered one of his best novels. It is well-written and ambitious, with the author drawing parallels from none other than the Bible – the most popular, most read, and best-selling book of all time. East of Eden specifically alludes to the…

The title of the book I am reading is The Reptile Room. The author is Lemony Snicket. The point of view is first person. The main idea of The Reptile Room is that the Baudelaire parents die in a house fire and the orphans are sent to live with a distant relative named Count Olaf,…

            Oedipus and Othello are considered as tragic heroes who were ruled with pride, power, and the inability to discern facts from lies. They are also impulsive in bestowing judgment unfortunately mostly to the people they care most about. Oedipus blinded himself after learning that he killed his own birth father, King Laius in self…