Category: Literature

“Gone Girl” is a novel illustrating multiple critical topics, one being the role that women take for them to appear as desirable. Needless to say, the book begins with the monologue of the main character, Amy, whose marriage is failing due to her husband’s cheating and who is willing to frame him for murdering her.…

The excerpt from Sinclair Ross’ “The Lamp at Noon” (Ross 162) captures the theme of the entire story. The writer describes the mood of desperation and hopelessness through imagery. Objects and concepts that are usually thought to be lifeless and indifferent are made to come to life and make people suffer. The whole excerpt is…

Antegone by Sophocles is a tragedy which states the problem of relationships between relatives, family traditions, and the duty of a governor. It may be really complicated to combine the responsibilities of those two social characters as being a governor may mean to betray some family traditions that leads to betrayal of government responsibilities and…

At least once in his or her life, everyone thinks of the role of reading. What is it? Is it a mere source of getting information about the world around? Is it a kind of entertainment and time for relaxation? Or, is it a way of expressing oneself? Being so seemingly simple in its sense,…

Table of Contents The Sword and The Stone Literature 2 References Literature 6 The Sword and The Stone The Once and Future King was a novel written by T.H. White that comprises four novels of the ascendancy of King Arthur. The books referred to were “book 1-The Sword in the Stone, book 2-The Queen of…

Table of Contents Introduction Main body Works Cited Introduction Elizabeth Bishop’s “The Fish” is a narrative poem, told in the first person revealing the thoughts and feelings that course through the poet’s mind on catching a fish, staring into its eyes and reflecting. The event encapsulated by the narrative is a very simple one that…

In Susan Sontag’s Notes on Camp, the main idea that she discusses is the distinct idea of sensibility that is taken as modern, sophisticated fashion in the world, that is close to cultism hardly identical and varying. The natural situation of sensibility in various matters such as love for the unnatural phenomena or exaggerated aspects…

Table of Contents Introduction Mother vs. daughters and America vs. Chinese Culture Personal Liberty and Autonomy Point of View Narration Conclusion Introduction In both stories, the writers have used a series of parallel symbols and conflicts, which have resulted in the stories resembling each other, although the plots are quite distinct. The predominant theme is…

Short stories have the ability to convey a great deal of information in a short space of time through the careful use of literary tools such as imagery, narration, and contrast. By using these tools to deliver a consistent message, writers are able to question many of our assumed knowledge and force us to take…

Michael Cunningham’s “The Hours” is arguably one of the greatest works of the American novelist. The author takes a daunting task of reworking Virginia Woolf’s “Mrs. Dalloway”, one of the greatest literal works of twentieth century (Young 33). Mrs. Dalloway follows the life of Clarissa, Dalloway’s wife through a day spent in London. The story…