Category: Literature

We Real Cool is a poem about disobedience and the consequences of doing so. A group of seven teens standing outside a pool hall recite the poem. These kids present themselves as rebels who skip school, stay out late, and party hard. On the one hand, these pool players represent everyone who has ever played…

Heroism is generally associated with qualities such as courage, determination, self-sacrifice and risks taking. Furthermore, a hero most of the time is seen as reflecting the ideas of the community or a country, and as a person who has performed things that other people have not achieved but they wish they had. Mostly, heroes are…

In the poem ‘Richard Cory’, Edwin Arlington Robinson depicts the theme of spiritual emptiness. The poet uses traditional form combined with lean modern language, a characteristic of American Literary Modernism. The poem is a simple and dramatic account of rich and famous Richard Cory who is adored and envied by the commoners. The poem artistically…

In the first play of Sophocles’ trilogy, Oedipus Rex, we are introduced to Oedipus. He is a very complex and very human character. We learn first that he is quite intelligent and clever, yet, we see, right away, his pride, which is often a fatal flaw that destroys the main characters. We see him at…

Time is one of the main realities of human existence which leads our life. The life of the mankind depends on time. Time may heal and time may destroy human fates. William Faulkner’s treatment and representation of time is considered to be revolutionary in the American literature. It is quite complicated for an ordinary reader…

Table of Contents Introduction Purpose of the book Conclusion Introduction Jonathan Swift wrote “Gulliver’s travels” in order to satirize European and British society and also to satirize human nature. Through the different tales, Gulliver illustrates just how man acts and thinks inconsistently. Sometimes these analyses dwell on different communities while in other instances they focus…

Among the topics that the book by Tolle offers, the forgetfulness of ego seems one of the most enticing issues to consider. Introducing the idea of life as a process with its stages floating from one into another, interchanging and intertwining with each other, the concept of human forgetfulness is one of the bases that…

Table of Contents Introduction The Role of Money Two Sets of Sibling Relationship Church and a Chapel Eppie’s Gifts to Silas The Value of Respectability Introduction Written by George Eliot, ‘Silas Marner’ is a captivating tale published in 1861 and set in the beginning of the 19th century. It depicts Eliot’s attitude towards religion. Employing…

Love is a concept that has been a center of humanity for a very long time. Ancient philosophers have stipulated on the significance and meaning of love for many years and it still stays the subject of much contemplation today. Lucius Apuleius describes love from several perspectives in “The Golden Ass” and shows how it…

Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Works Cited Introduction This novel, entitled “Leaving Home” provides the reader with a feeling of loneliness and devastation by portraying in detail the process of dream discouragement accompanied by desire deprivation. The protagonist of the novel – Emma Roberts is on the very edge of deciding to leave…