Category: Literature

Compare and Contrast Essay Every person has his own goal in life and decides by himself what the best is for him. Richard Armstrong writes about a person who is fearless and creative and is willing to assume risk both in life and in the sea. Edgar Lee Masters, however, writes about the man who…

Table of Contents Introduction Analysis of sonnet 20 Conclusion References A rough translation of the sonnet Introduction Shakespeare remains the undisputed monarch in the history of English Literature due to his unparalleled contribution in the various genres. Perhaps the area where he has been diversely interpreted is in his Sonnets – a fourteen-line lyric with…

Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion Reference Introduction All people are familiar with the problem of finding gifts for loved ones on the eve of Christmas. This problem can only become more serious if money is needed. This is precisely the situation in which Della found herself in O. Henry. The Gift of the Magi…

Table of Contents Introduction The importance of being earnest References Introduction Oscar wide has been depicted as having been one of the most successful, poets/playwrights of late Victorian era England. The Victorian era was a period in time of the height of the industrial revolution as well as being the climax of the British Empire.…

Table of Contents Introduction The character of Tarrou Role of Tarrou Conclusion Work Cited Introduction Renown novelists plan their works and often have a vision of how the readers would react to certain characters they encounter in the readings. For instance, Jean Tarrou in Camus Albert’s book The Plague happens to be a mysterious visitor…

Langston Hughes wrote the poem “I, Too” to express his concern about how African Americans are racially discriminated against and excluded from the essential matters concerning the society despite being Americans like the white population. He says, “They send me to eat in the kitchen when the company comes” (Line 3 and 4). This poem…

In his short story The Hajji Ahmed Essop explores the destructive impact of the apartheid policies on individuals and families. This literary work shows that at the time of social upheavals, a person may either decide to go into exile or be forced into exile by others. Very often such a decision can undermine the…

Table of Contents Nourbese Philip Computer generated poetry Metaphor use The poem seems to suggest a search. Apparently, the persona is looking for something without much success. Repetition here suggests that the search is continuous and maybe even frantic. Additionally, the object that is for is not being found and therefore the search continues repeatedly.…

The play She Stoops to Conquer by the Irish author Oliver Goldsmith is a complicated plot based on mistaken identities and ridiculous life situations. She Stoops to Conquer tends to deride the traditions of the upper class of the eighteenth century. It is fun to watch people getting imprisoned with their own social customs and…

Virginia Wolf”s Orlando runs through three centuries from 1588 to 1928. The story is a fantasy with Orlando changing gender from male to female. Orlando is a youth born in a noble family imagining that he is beheading the Moors like his ancestors. He walks into the forests to pen down poetry and then succumbs…