Literature Essay Samples Page 759

In Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex, first performed sometime in the 430s B. C. E, the scene opens in front of the palace of Oedipus, King of Thebes. As Oedipus enters, he finds many children and priests praying to the gods. Oedipus questions the oldest of the priests as to why they are praying. The priest…

Things Fall Apart displays a multifaceted portrayal of a society undergoing significant change. Achebe’s narrative of the tumultuous interactions between one tribe and Christian missionaries and colonial rulers exposes the conflicts that communities faced due to European interference in Africa. The novel aims to challenge the depiction found in Western literature of African culture and…

Initiation is a story of group exclusivity, self exploration and personal transformation of a girl in Lansing High. It is the story of Millicent, who discovers that being an individual offers more opportunities than being part of a sorority. In Initiation, the author, Sylvia Plath expresses the hardships Millicent undergoes to become a member of…

Voltaire portrays an image of human suffering and cruelty in our world. He criticizes the philosopher Gottfried Leibniz’s optimism theory in the novel Candide. Candide was written by Voltaire and translated by John Butt in 1950. “Each particular contingent fact in the world has an explanation” (“God in Leibniz’s Theory” 1). In the novel, Candide’s…

A person will do anything and everything in their power to make one moment last as long as they possibly can. In the poem Porphyry’s Lover, the narrator kills Porphyry because he wants to preserve the perfect moment between them and feels as if he has granted Porphyry’s one wish. He so desperately wants to…

Defence Closing Statement Members of the Jury, you have now heard all of the evidence in this case which I would like to take this opportunity to remind you of. My client , Mr Chris Howells, is accused of ASSAULT OCCASIONING ACTUAL BODILY HARM contrary to section 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act…

Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, emphasizes the despair ordinary people must endure before they achieve self-knowledge, highlighting how Janie‘s zeal overcomes all of her initial misfortunes allowing for her to evolve into a character with a deeper understanding in regards to the woes of life. Janie is able to transform into…

The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a story of the wealthy Jay Gatsby and his romantic love for Daisy Buchanan. Although they both love each other, their love story ends terribly; Daisy involves in a big car accident, while Wilson, the husband of the car accident’s victim, tragically kills Gatsby. Throughout…

Persuasive Speech What do you think of when you see a person with a long beard and are wearing traditional Islamic clothing? You think that he his terrorist or have some what connections to terrorism. Well this is stereotyping and also discrimination towards a Muslim person, just because of his appearance. The first major point…

My three favorite things are music, basketball, and writing poetry. In this essay, I will write my reasons for choosing these things. Plus, how I feel about, and while I’m, doing these things. I will also mention certain memories from doing these things, and while listening to music. We all have our own preferences, and…