Category: Literature

Technological innovations and enlightenment have significantly altered how people interact and socialize. These days, it is relatively easy to communicate and keep in touch with individuals. However, most human values and morals have been eroded in the process as people have developed settled for a casual lifestyle that does not acknowledge the societal attributes of…

Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats are outstanding representatives of the Romantic age of poetry who developed the ideas expressed by their predecessors. Both writers advocated for freedom of expression and claimed reason, facts, or objective laws should not shackle a true poet. For Shelley and Keats, poetry is a product of a free and…

Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Elizabeth Bishop’s “The Fish” and Pablo Neruda’s “Ode to a Large Tuna in the Market” use various literary devices to communicate their ideas. The use of literary devices, such as imagery, similes, and metaphors, contribute to both poems’ meaning and tone. In this regard, both…

Shakespeare used very colorful and eloquent language; however, many ordinary words had different meaning in the author’s time. The word “habit” that appeared in the sonnet 138 and in the Elizabethan time had several determinations that are not popular today. Nowadays, the word “habit” is used in order to indicate an action or emphasize the…

Table of Contents Introduction Popularity of the Book Bibliography Introduction Dale Carnegie’s “How to win friends and influence people” was one of the earliest books based on interpersonal skills. It became a huge hit as soon as it was published in 1937 and sold over 15 million copies. Many famous and successful people have attributed…

Eugene O’Neill’s play Long Day’s Journey into Night ties itself back to Aristotle through the philosopher’s understanding of tragedy. O’Neill was interested in the Greeks, and Aristotle’s works greatly influenced the playwright. In particular, Long Day’s Journey into Night is connected to Aristotle’s concept of unity of action, an essential element of tragedy. Unity of…

Table of Contents Introduction Emily Dickinson Langston Hughes Conclusion Work Cited Introduction Poems by Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes differ greatly based on the source of inspiration that the poets used when creating their works. They both used poetry to express their revolutionary thoughts concerning various issues concerning life and society. This paper highlights the…

Table of Contents Narrative review Assessment of major character Trend/issue Conclusion Works Cited/Bibliography The story There are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz focuses on Western Chicago that has become veritable minefields resting on volatile issues like race, human values, responsibilities of the community. The subject is the urban underclass. There is a rampant crime;…

Poetry has been known to capture not only people’s feelings, but also certain events, social issues, concerns, et cetera. In an insightful conversation for Lehigh University, Trinidadian American poet Lauren K. Alleyne reads her works, talks about the specific context behind them and depicts her experiences. In the following statement, I will depict my thoughts…

The novel, ”One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Shukhov” by Alexander Solzhenitsyn is set in one of Soviet’s labor camps in the 1950s, and it illustrates a single day of a prisoner the author calls Ivan Denisovich Shukhov. The author of the book is remembered as a strong antagonist of Communism and the…