Literature Essay Samples Page 126

Closest at lampfall Like children, like the moth-flame metaphor, The Coleman’s humming jet at the sea’s edge A tuning fork for our still family choir Like Joseph Wright of Derby’s astrological lecture Casts rings of benediction round the aged. I never tired of ocean’s quarrelling, Its silence, its raw voice, Nor of these half-lit, windy…

“My spirit takes journey, my spirit takes flight, could not have risen otherwise & I am not running… I am choosing.” Alike is an intelligent and poetically talented 17 year old girl. On the surface, Dee Rees’s Pariah (2011), is the coming of age story of African-American lesbian, Alike. Growing up in a traditional household…

1984 as an Anti-Utopian Novel A utopia is an ideal or perfect community. While some writers have created fictional places that embody their idealssocieties, other writers have written satires that ridicule existing conditions ofsociety, or anti-utopias, which show possible future societies that are anythingbut ideal. In 1984 , George Orwell presents a terrifying picture of…

Many twists and turns characterize the television soap operas of today. Subplots are a distinctive trait of these daylight dramas, for they keep audience on the edge of their seats. Subplots keep the material fresh and the audience wanting more. Shakespeare uses secondary plots as a literary device to greatly dramatize the action of the…

Romanticism, the Gothic novel, and Wuthering HeightsRomanticism:Romanticism refers to an artistic and intellectual movement that began in the late eighteenth century in Europe. Generally, Romanticism was a reaction against the dry rationality of the Enlightenment period, it focused on the sublimity of nature, it and stressed strong emotion as the source of beauty, art, and…

The fresh Sula, is a work which contrasts the lives of its two chief characters Nel and Sula. They appear, on the surface, to be the epidemy of binary antonyms but this is in actuality their implicit in bond. The differences in their personalities complement one another in a manner that forges an about unbreakable…

The word tragedy finds its origin in Greek spirit,theory and mythology in the word tragedia. Tragedy tends to bring to mind the thoughts of pity and sympathy. According to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher emotions of pity and fear are aroused while watching or listening to a tragedy. Tragedy is a play that represents a…

The specific root of Macbeth ’ s ruin is his unmanageable aspiration. His desires take control of his actions and this becomes his tragic defect. It prevents him from going aware of when to halt ; he is ne’er to the full satisfied as his desire for power grows. Macbeth ’ s judgement is impaired…

In The Tragedy of Othello, William Shakespeare explores the impact of the environment on the characters, particularly in relation to themes of jealousy and self-preservation. Through the use of contrasting settings, Shakespeare effectively enhances the emotions evoked by the characters’ actions. The civilized city of Venice and the secluded island of Cyprus serve as stark…

In a novel overflowing with misconstrued romance, “Emma” by Jane Austen succeeds in misleading the readers, as well as the actual characters on the matter of who is really in love with whom. Although it is teeming with romantic dialogue, the characters have a tendency to misunderstand confessions of love, as well as comments made…