Category: Literature

“A Jury of Her Peers”, written by Susan Glaspell, is a beautiful story in which the writer proves that the female intelligence is not in any way inferior. Where man is blind, woman is capable of understanding things. Gaspell wrote the story based on an actual murder. This story is treated as one of the…

Richard Cory is the work of Edwin Arlington Robinson. It is a poem with four stanzas; with each stanza having four lines. Three of the four stanzas have a rhyme scheme that takes the pattern a, b, a, b. The other stanza, which is the second stanza has uniform rhyme with each line in the…

The content of any literary work is from society. These works describe the various aspects of the community like economics, politics, and culture via the various genres of literature. Literature gives us a reflection of history but in a form that is both educative and entertaining. Literature is the mirror of society. Through various works…

The play “A Street Named Desire”, written by Tennessee Williams, a famous American playwright is considered a landmark example of American dramaturgy. It should be taken into account that much of the pathos explored in this play, like for instance, depression, loneliness, alcoholism, thwarted desire was derived from the author’s life (Gross, 33). Overall it…

Table of Contents Preface Gothic themes Gothic tone Conclusion Works Cited Preface Gothic literature is a genre that is built on horror and romance. In this regard, gothic themes border on love, dreams and grim aspects of life, notably death. Although it was initially a feature of novels, gothic themes are evident in both old…

Table of Contents Introduction Emma’s Character Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Emma by Jane Austen is a masterpiece exploring dangers of misconceived romance. The main character is Emma Woodhouse, a beautiful, ingenious, moneyed young woman (Aiken para. 2). The story opens with Emma attending a wedding of Miss Taylor after which she introduces Mr. Weston; her…

This very short story should be read out loud and listened to because the sound is very important. This is a monologue that would have been quite a funny dramatization of how a parent in Jamaica would teach her child. It is written in the form of one huge run-on sentence composed of phrases separated…

The belief that the order of things is already decided and that people’s lives are determined by some “greater power” is called fate. Many people, called fatalists, believe this and that they have no power in determining their futures. Others, on the contrary, believe that coincidence is the only explanation to the way human lives…

Table of Contents Introduction Love at the time of revolution and dramatic social change The conflict between love and ideals Conclusion Works Cited Introduction This paper is aimed at examining how the themes of love and revolution are examined in Chinese literature. This is one of the themes which attract the attention of many writers.…

A novel is a narrative, fictional piece of literature that is usually written in prose. A novel gives stories that are presented in a serial or sequential manner and has been part of human culture since the medieval and the early romance periods when the novella tradition was in vogue. The novel is the most…