Literature Essay Samples Page 196

A Discussion of Paulits “Ambivalence in ‘Young Goodman Brown’”      In “Ambivalence in ‘Young Goodman Brown’” Walter J. Paulits offers a “discussion of ambivalence and of its concomitants of temptation and deception.” His reason for doing this is to provide “the still-missing clue to the interpretation of the intent” of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Young…

Humans are not seeking more technology and progress, but rather longing and time. They spend their lives searching for their purpose, often believing that it cannot be found in the present. Regardless of the era they belong to, individuals never consider their time period as the best in the world. Some individuals yearn to have…

All books have subjects and lessons in them that teach us something of import after reading them. Sometimes these lessons are learned from the characters of the books. In The Great Gatsby. Jay Gatsby teaches us lessons about success. hope. and moralss or ethical motives. Many of the characters in The Great Gatsby are used…

Scarlet Letter/Crucible EssayThe presence of guilt has been felt by all human beings. As guilt grows in a persons life it eventually begins to have a deteriorating effect on the individual. In both The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible more than one of the characters are experiencing some form of guilt and the effects of…

Discovering your inner strength often occurs when it becomes the only option. Life sometimes presents us with unavoidable situations that make us feel trapped. I distinctly remember my sister’s sorrowful and tearful moments without understanding the cause. Eventually, she confided in us, disclosing her pregnancy and her uncertainty about what to do. Until then, I…

Romance is a worldview in which lyrical and dramatic emotions, dreams, ideals and spiritual uplift play a leading role. A romantic view can be contrasted with a rational, pragmatic view. Romance or romantic relationships usually occur only in some situations, when the influence of the outside world in the minds of people is leveled, and…

Machiavelli and Hobbes When attempting to articulate the intricacies and paradoxes of the human political process in a clear, philosophical manner, every philosopher or thinker must establish a mode of political philosophy that necessarily prioritizes certain qualities of human nature over others. In fact, it is likely that political philosophy fundamentally involves evaluating and analyzing…

Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft were frequent correspondents while both – along with Clark Ashton Smith – were steady writers for Weird Tales. Lovecraft, of course, created the Cthulhu Mythos with its grotesque alien super-beings from beyond, often worshipped as gods by misguided or degenerate humans. Howard and Smith, also of course, added references…

The close relationship between freedom of speech and freedom of action complicates the distinction between the two. Therefore, it is not uncommon for us to perceive speech as a criminal act, either alongside or instead of the corresponding action. Despite my years of opposing censorship, it is a mistake to believe in the existence of…

Though A Tale of Two Cities was immensely popular with general readers, many of Dickens’s contemporary critics found fault with the novel. These critical attacks essentially focused on three fronts: that the novel is flawed as history, mechanical and unrealistic in its construction, and uncharacteristic of Dickens. It is perhaps upon this last point that…