Literature Essay Samples Page 86

The short story “Memento Mori” by Jonathan Nolan is the inspiration behind the film “Memento” by Christopher Nolan. Despite its unconventional reverse order, I am reading the short story for the first time as I have not seen the movie before. The story is initially narrated in a first person perspective with the narrator addressing…

After reading The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James, I was left with many unreciprocated inquiries. The two chief inquiries are, are the shades in the narrative existent, or are they merely figments of the storyteller s imaginativeness? When I read though the essays of unfavorable judgment, I took a base on one peculiar…

The author of the legendary poem “The Raven” is quite possibly one of America’s most famous writers. When you Google the very name Edgar, Edgar A. Poe’s name is the most searched for item and he shows up as the first person on the list. This is quite a feat for a man who has…

“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.” A quote from the 2005 historical novel by Australian author Markus Zusak. The Book Thief is a book that shows the value in books. It also shows how words are used to create goodness, comfort, and sanity in…

Dracula by Bram Stoker and The Black Cat by Edgar Allen Poe Any text that is composed is written to fit into the society that it is written for. A genre must evolve and modernise itself to remain relevant and interesting to the target audience. In “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allen Poe and “Dracula”…

The story takes place in South Africa. It is about what happens after a local farmer dies in an accident. From all over the nearby area, bachelors, divorces and widowers come to try if they have got a chance to fill out the dead man’s place. And there is many good reasons to try, because…

Guilt can affect people in many ways. In Robertson Davies book Fifth Business, the main character Dunstan Ramsay’s life is shaped by his guilt for an accident that was not really his fault. Dunstan’s guilt affects him in ways where he sometimes does not feel guilt where he should, or is sometimes completely consumed by…

Aristotle wrote his Poetics of storytelling over two thousand years ago, yet they still apply today. The Godfather is an epic masterpiece that demonstrates how applying the Poetics can ensure that a film’s story grabs the audience and keeps them captivated until the last frame. The best form of tragedy, Aristotle argues, has a plot…

Mary Reilly and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, both the movie and the book, exhibit similarities as well as differences. Despite being one among the numerous films based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s renowned novella, Mary Reilly stands apart. The theme and narrative of Mary Reilly deviate from those of the book….

John Steinbeck’s book titled The Grapes of Wrath is a story about the journey of an Oklahoma family on their way to California during the hardships of the Great Depression. The family had lost their crops due to a dust bowl, and set out to California after learning of potential work opportunities. The book is…