Literature Essay Samples Page 30

Abstract The ancient mariner told his tale to a wedding-guest about the penance that he endured during his solitude in the sea. Shooting an albatross, he did not expect what would happen to him and the crew after. He knew that he did something wrong as the crew cursed him for shooting a bird of…

Within Robert Louis Stevenson’s renowned novella “The Strange Case of DR Jekyll and MR Hyde” published in 1886, duality is a key factor in building the basics for the ideas and concepts that make up both the majority of the plot and Stevenson’s personal beliefs. Duality can be seen in the portrayal of the characters,…

Charles Martin’s poem, “Victoria’s Secret,” presents a witty dichotomy between bedroom values in Victorian times and in the present. Martin first paints for his readers a picture of women’s sexuality in the Victorian times: Women were to lie perfectly flat when their husbands were “getting it off on them” (line 2). They were even urged…

Usage The word shit (or sometimes shite in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Northern England and Wales) is used by English speakers, but it is usually avoided in formal speech. Minced oath substitutes for the word shit in English include sugar and shoot. In the word’s literal sense, it has a rather small range of common…

In Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel The Namesake, Indian parents bestow a Russian name to their first born baby boy; the name is Gogol Ganguli which is after the famous Russian writer, Nikolai V. Gogol. In Lahiri’s novel, the main character fights an identity crisis because of his highly unusual name. Gogol carries uncertainty about himself throughout…

Shakespeare hid facts about his real life in his most famous writings: Macbeth, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet. The famous humor, the many double entendres, and the mysterious Rosaline all go far beyond what is written on the page. These aspects of Romeo and Juliet, among others, contribute to the mystery of the way Shakespeare…

Though the story conveyed much of man’s imperfection, wickedness and evil existence that lie within each and one of us living on the planet Earth, the story was neither set as a guideline nor an instruction manual to teach us how to become one.  Rather, the story tried to bring out the best of us…

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of The Ancient Mariner in Seven Parts” is a romantic phantasy lay written in 1817. The rubric states the escapades and journeys of a curst crewman. The narrative is told by an all-knowing storyteller with the usage of the iambic tetrameter and trimeter. Within the all-knowing storyteller there is another…

John Donne wrote the poem “Song: Go and catch a falling star” to express his thoughts on the faithfulness of women. Through imagery, diction, allusion, sound effects, and tone, Donne creates a captivating language that adds depth to the poem. In line 5, the use of the word “mermaid” refers to a mythical creature, representing…

I could hardly contain my delight when I received an invitation to a “Horror Party” which has held in honour of Countess Dracula’s birthday. The Countess was actually my best friend, Sandra, and she wanted a special party to celebrate her fourteenth birthday. The day before the party, some of us went to Sandra’s house…