Literature Essays

The statement also incorporates the word ‘we.’ In as much as the word has helped with rhyming couplets, it is also an important instance of imagery. The rhyming words ‘we’ and ‘thee’ in the statement show the narrator's marriage with her husband—the word ‘we’ is also collectively representing a union between two people.

The poet dissects the young man’s abilities and weak points to defame him as an adult. Even though he is good-looking and enjoying his youthful look, abusing this would place cost him later. On many occasions, the speaker seems to be impressed by the young man’s beauty but is highly disappointed by the way, and he abuses it.

The Road Not Taken is one of the greatest poems written and was published in 1916 (Gale, 1). The poem referred to the tendency of an individual to regret each past decision that they make even the ones that were inconsequential. The poem describes individuals always worried that they would have taken another route other than the one they currently hold.

Women such as Sita and Kausaya demonstrate the characteristics and behaviour of those good in society. Sita tries to prove to her husband, Rama that she was faithful the entire time she was kidnapped. Even after she is banished following her own people's doubts, Sita comes back to her home when Rama calls for her.

The growth of this music and poetry can be traced back to Western Africa where call music and drum rhythms similar to those of early African American music can be found.  Music and poetry have been used as a form of expression and have given African Americans the opportunity to vent their frustrations.

When human rights are involved there are however various entities around the world who have the necessary authority to do things in the correct manner. Any cause must be rightfully supported. The main argument that the speaker presents not only is improper to support the case, but they position her as wishing to start a conflict.

We all need thistles in our lives, every now and then.  While they are unwanted and appear to just be bothersome and harmful, they teach us some of life’s best lessons.  They remind us to stop when it is no longer our place and to fight when the purpose is yet to be fulfilled.  It is truly about faith—in oneself, in others—and patience. 

The girl’s nervous visit captures the weirdness of old age in the eyes of the young, who escape from her presence as quickly as the Campfire Girl does, back into the heedless world of normal life”. In a sense, there is an inevitable gap between the young and the old, which makes the old grumpy and the young extremely selfish and uncaring.

The author has been very skillful in pitching moral codes of political correctness against the different values of Romantic poetry in his suggestion of personal relationships. The personal dilemmas of father and daughter can be seen as an understated metaphor for the historical unaccountability of one culture to another. 

Kierkegaard describes faith as a paradox of conflicting regulations. While the term absolute might be referring to the state of either being good or bad without a middle ground, there are instances where the two might require coexisting or interchanging in the name of ethics. Faith can be a tricky subject as it differs from one person to the other.

The situation greatly disturbed the Malcolm X, who was then only six years old. His mother developed a nervous breakdown and was put in a mental care facility. The children were sent off to live in foster homes. Malcolm X excelled in school but dropped out when his teacher told him that his career of practising law was unrealistic for a black man.

Rose provides emotional support to her husband, Troy as he undergoes inner turmoil. Therefore, Troy’s wife demonstrates the strengths of perseverance and resilience, a trait that was common among women of color. Wilson attempts to demonstrate that while power consistently eludes men such as Troy and Gabriel, women will always offer support.

Most of the narratives found in the book are fables. Kipling uses animals in the form of anthropomorphic creatures to give perfect moral lessons to the readers. The book has received positive critical acclaim owing to the level of creativity exhibited throughout the book. Movie directors and producers have initiated a lot of creative and interesting movies.

Reading and writing about literature creates joy and the culture of extensive reading about what goes on around man within the society. Most people engage in the literature to get more information because of the exposure of many ideas including the familiarity with the implemented concepts. Literature also reflects the way people think and judge.

The writer has done effective work in bringing out cultural practices, traditions, and values of this society by using different literally devices. As readers navigate through this story, they develop an attachment to the Scottish society, learning important traditional values, while effectively relating and applying them to their current lives.

Most of the human blood was capable of curing their son of any tuberculosis cases. All these cases were capable of changing human perception about the region. At such a stage, an essential thing pertained to how the freedom of association was employed in the said regions was courtesy of immense pressure from the communities in question.

Indeed, even the understudies who, from the start, were appalled by Charlie's defiance, ended up mishandling Ted Jones to return him in a pleasant place. Presently, I see a character piece about a scornful, frightful, broken little man. He's alluring and powerful, and he some way or another tricks a class similarly as naive as he.

The British characters are in Burma to exploit the natural resources without fear of resistance because they view Asians as inferior. The British characters are aware the natives lack necessary unity to stage a rebellion against the British rule. A native-like U Po Kyin is expected to fight for the nation's independence.

One other real social issue is seen when he is amongst the protesters towards the state capital for one of the sentenced to life in jail for a rape accusation towards a white woman. The victim is black. He then happens to be amongst those that are arrest in the protests. These are representations of the evil nature of American society.

The poet seems to be responding to is the issue of misrepresentation of Africans by the western media. The western media focuses on the failures of the continent, such as focusing too much on the African slums and not on the positive stories. The western media notoriously continues to propagate negative stereotypes about the continent,

Thus, despite the story expressing the gender transition the narrator and Isaac went through, they still had the freedom to choose where their happiness led. It enables the audience to learn about Keller's unique storytelling style how he gave the marginalized individuals vast freedom and choices on the standard literary language they do not get.

He says, “Sometimes to keep him awake, and I pinched him as well”. Larry is cruel towards his younger brother Sonny, and he shows the cruelty that he had been shown by his father before. The two stories show that children can be innocent as unconsciously be cruel, but as they come of age, they change their perspective.

Knight also suggests that the blessing of the snakes symbolizes the return of man’s natural instincts and unforced forgiveness from God. His return home symbolizes the embrace of Christian love. According to Knight, the lesson learned is “total acceptance of God and His universe through humanity and love of man towards beast”.

For Tolstoy’s readers, such struggle translates into what life means too for them. The same subject matter is handled by Walt Whitman in his poem, “Song of Myself” as his speculation of life here and now, and after death. Both authors point to the inevitability of death, but their percepts of life, as well as the difference between the physical and the spiritual, are contrasting.

Through magical realism, the chief theme of struggles for character identity is strengthened. Magical realism promotes the expose of the feelings of the characters and the relationships as a combination. Throughout the story, Tita struggles to get her will to marry Pedro because of her mother’s dominion over her.

They are chosen to represent the large number of people in society who are ignorantly exploited by the rich and those in authority. I agree that the children innocently think that the Whites are crazy. Indeed, the world is crazy with people who take advantage of the disadvantaged members of society.

Thus, Torvald says Nora, “You talk like a child. You don't understand the society in which you live”. By doing so, he wants to keep her in a position beneficial for him and his reputation established by him in accordance with the ideals of the patriarchal society. However, Nora is already out of his illusion, she is in the real-life where she decides what she wants to do and what she does not.

The stories show that this form of perception has the capacity to cause fear not only in the people witnessing a particular phenomenon or threat but also in people that inadvertently cause an unpopular phenomenon or pose an apparent threat. Individuals should therefore take time to examine perceived threats and evaluate whether they are indeed what they at first appear to be.

In the case of Browning’s poem, he assured the presence of an increasing rate of concern due to the industrial revolution and always maintained differences from other literature by developing a high rate of historical view. This helps the audience to develop a connection with the environment or the scenario of the poems more effectively. Frost’s poem focused more on love and nature-related aspects.

To meet a character that has s semblance of both the devil and Brown, he learns details about himself, his wife, and other people he knew that set him off on a path of suspicion and hopelessness, and eventually death. The journey that Goodman undertakes symbolizes life. According to the story, Hawthorne depicts that human nature is filled with wickedness that is hidden from others.

It is clearly established that in the three discussed cases, women are entirely responsible for their position in society. In all three cases, it is evident that women have an opportunity and freedom to make their own decision but choose to do the unreasonable as a means to please men. It has also been established that men take advantage of such weakness and exploit women sexually.

            Although not all non-human animals have evolved to the point that they have complex thought processes, many mammals have. Granted, the spider or the termite might not be able to reason out its next action or plan a series of behaviors, but dogs, cats, primates, whales, dolphins, and others can. If one pays attention and keeps an open mind, it is possible to observe this thinking behavior.

Faulkner is able to reveal much about how the Compson family has declined to a very low state, illustrating his concept of what a low state means as well as telling the tale of the absent Caddy.  The book itself is broken into four different parts, each part being told by a different character.  It opens in the voice of Benjamin, Caddy’s youngest brother who is also mentally handicapped. 

This is right in line with the theory of Rosenblatt that reading which we read not for information, but for experience is different each time any reader, even the same reader, reads it because the reader is different and brings something different to the story each time. After reading the story several times and trying to separate all the different possible realities.

Every play of Shakespeare is a reflection of his fascination with language – its use, power and limitations. His characters use forceful language to achieve their goals and in the process, reveal themselves through it. For example, Juliet uses it to lament the fact that family honour does not consider the feelings of family members.

Much of Greek tragedy follows a consistent pattern that was once identified specifically by one eloquent orator.  According to Aristotle, every tragedy is structured around three key events.  These include hamartia, anagnorisis and peripeteia.  Hamartia is commonly referred to today as a tragic flaw (“Aristotle”, 1998). 

When the light falls on a prism it splits into different colours. The existence of these colours, till the time the light has not entered the prism, is not known to naked eye. But they do exist in white light. Moreover, the quality of the colours seen after the light passes through the prism is on the eminence of the prism and the medium in which it is placed.

The monster of Frankenstein’s creation has a similar reaction to nature, first finding refuge and support in it and later finding comfort from it even in the midst of his vengeful turmoil.  His first impression of nature is one of enlightenment as the moon rises above the forest in which he first takes refuge.

The sutras instruct that devotion is the nature of supreme love which is also the nature of immortality. Through being able to devote himself to a deep love such as what he felt for his son, Siddhartha finally “attains perfection and immortality and becomes extremely satisfied” (Narada Bhakti Sutras 2008).

Thebes is punished by the gods mainly, as it was mentioned, due to the arrogance shown towards the gods by the city’s rulers. Morality is not a central issue in either play.  It is ironic that Oedipus, despite taking earnest steps to avert the evil acts he was prophesied to do, still ended up fulfilling the very prophesy he tried to avoid.

With “How America was Discovered” focusing more on European imagery than “The Woman Who Fell from the Sky” which focuses on the environmental beliefs of the untouched Seneca. The Seneca culture is rich in its heritage and spiritual beliefs and both of these myths capture the passion and honor of their people.

This particular book portrays one of the top spies in Italian history during the 17th century. Walker uses this story not only to identify the concepts of the master spy but also to show a different perspective on this historical time period.  The ways that Walker crafts this particular book works to show insight and depth into Venice, Italy during the 1600s. 

The American dream is often exaggerated to draw the attention of the masses and to appeal to their emotions and in the process, they have to encounter bitter realities of life. Families are the building blocks of society. When the values that blend the family into a cohesive unit are lost disintegration begins.

The novel was helpful in evoking the emotional side of racial discrimination as it was from the point of view of women of those times both black and white. Through the various characters in the novel, Kathryn Stockett helps in the portrayal of the problem of racial discrimination in a very lucid and sentimental way.

The chapter title itself is a metaphor that represents an aspect of Primo Levi’s life. The main importance of the metaphors used in this chapter is that they explain the author's experience in a simplified and more understandable manner. Levi uses metaphors to explain the experience he had from his first day at work.

The characters applied in these types of stories react in the very same manner that those who were in the actual events did. Realistic Fictions are stories that children of all ages will enjoy, since they help such children to understand human relationships, thus preparing them for a life in the future.

Midaq Alley is one of the most famous novels in Arab literature. It is a symbol of the struggles of the common Egyptian as they trudge through life. Many people say that it is quite a microcosm of the real world and it is very realistic. It won the Nobel Prize. It is set in a street called Midaq Alley and reflects the life of the various characters, giving the readers vicarious experiences from the book.

Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House narrates the struggles of a young wife, Nora, who only wants a perfect family in a perfect house. At first, she thinks that money is enough to have a happy life until she realizes that she cannot be happy until she loves herself and she cannot love someone she does not know at all.

In the recent past, there lived a man whose wife had recently passed away. This man had only one daughter who was very beautiful, kind, and intelligent. This young girl was called Cinderella (Perrault 602). Cinderella had inherited her good looks, brains, and personality after her mother whose kindness was known by all the neighbors.

The stories in Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway talk of human situations during the First and Second World War. The book gives an account of people’s lives and their historical encounters of losing young people, broken families, and destroying human consciousness and the soul. The novel presents the disenchantment in a society that otherwise embraced optimistic civilization.