Newest Literature Essays

William Wordsworth and other Romantic poets expressed concern for the commercialisation of England spurred by the Industrial Revolution and the desire for material wealth. In “William Wordsworth: Poems collected by Seamus Heaney” (2007) the notion...

What is worse than losing a loved one? Many people would agree that losing someone you hold dear is one of the most painful processes to undergo. However, the people of Southie, in Massachusetts, had to deal with this pain continuously. Whether it...

As a ‘psychological’ dramatist, Tennessee Williams uses Carl Jung’s archetypes of “collective unconsciousness” that mankind possesses to deliver powerful messages. As such, most of his popular plays - including ‘Sweet Bird of Youth’- all encompass...

”How I hate a world which wears us down until we scream for salvation! But I shan’t kneel.” (Martha)

First published in 1943, Camus’ Le Malentendu (or The Misunderstanding, or Cross-Purpose) is a pessimistic dramatization of the absurdity of human...

Brian Friel’s political play ‘Translations’ set in 1833, Baile Beag, is about: British Imperial rule over Ireland in the 1830s; how the British Military enforced 'translations' of the ancient Gaelic language into English to subjugate the Irish;...

It is not well-known that Dr. Seuss wrote a sequel to one of his most popular books of all time, Green Eggs and Ham. It is not well known for two reasons. Reason number one: the sequel was not a particularly popular entry into the Seuss canon....

"Living is a process of developing oneself. Without experiencing pain from disconcerting periods of our lives, we would be a different person, perhaps a lesser person."― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

Visually driven imagery, subtle in...

Virgil’s Jupiter and Homer’s Zeus are analogous to each other in the sense that they are both the most powerful being, tasked with ensuring that the fate of the protagonist comes true, in each of their respective epics. In the Iliad, there many...

Contrary to the hegemonic belief that fairytales solely consist of a plot that includes niceties and happy endings, violence exists as one of the universal themes which characterize children’s literature. From a literal interpretation, fairytales...

Dylan Thomas's "And death shall have no dominion" provides a comforting and encouraging reminder that death is not an all-powerful force that holds every aspect of the living world in its clutches. It, too, is finite and pales in comparison to the...

Religion by definition is a strong belief in a supernatural power that controls human destiny.In the modern world, there are various diverse faiths to practice and follow. Such is not the case in the futuristic dystopian world that hosts the novel...

King Leopold was one of history’s most despicable characters; his acquirement of the Congo, management of the Congo, and the amount of wealth that he took from the Congo is revolting. As reported by Major Charles C. Liebrechts under Leopold’s...

The conflict in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is rooted in the appearance of the creature. While he learns to speak eloquently, no one is willing to talk to him because of his inhuman appearance. In her thesis on the culture of bodies, Courtney...

The clash of cultures is an integral part of the human experience. Since the emergence of civilization, humans have interacted with different cultures through migration, conquest, and trade. The symbiosis of different cultures has led to both...

Some audiences have trouble with There will be Blood because they are not entirely certain of the stakes. What is really at stake in the portrait of Daniel Plainview’s single-minded devotion to ambition? There will be some occasions—among the...

Based on a Stephen King novel, The Shining is a film directed by Stanley Kubrick surrounding the Torrance family. Jack Torrance gets a job caretaking at the Overlook Hotel for one winter and moves there with his wife, Wendy, and young child,...

In Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, the characters around Hareton treat him like a background character, even though he is a main character in the book. From his family to people he just met, everyone pushes Hareton around, making him mold to...

In Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo creatively controls the non-fictional narrative of the society and culture of the Annawadians. Combining fiction with fact, her representation of the Annawadian people comes to life expressing...

Animal imagery dominates the history of film. Sometimes the imagery is subtle while in many cases it is awkward and overdone. Sometimes, the imagery is so essential to the film that it would be impossible to imagine it otherwise. Ironically,...

In A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, Hemingway explores the inner personal struggles that arose from a war that killed over twenty million people. Hemingway illustrates how the war affects people from various walks of life and specifies the...

Milton’s Paradise Lost was written in the 17th century as a result of political unrest and Milton’s disdain for the interpretations of the bible in that period, believing that God’s ways were in need of justification. Paradise Lost has remained a...

Both William Peter Blatty’s “The Exorcist,” and John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” were written with the intention of demonstrating the importance of religion; Milton wrote Paradise Lost with the intention of “justifying the ways of God to Man,” while...

In 1970, William Goldman received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. That film tells the story of two real-life historical figures whose legendary status is enhanced partly by Goldman’s...