Category: Literature 5177

  • Poems Explication: Works by Rita Wong

    Canola Queasy It is not easy to create an educative and interesting eco-poem to support the chosen position and help the reader to understand how unfair or unpleasant human activities may be. In her Canola Queasy, Wong underlines the importance of environmental pollution and human direct participation in it and makes it the main theme…

  • Unreliable Narratives in Nabokov’s “Lolita” Novel

    Some novels are quite easily comprehended by the readers. The reader may distinguish the narrator’s point of view and objective descriptions of the plot (Blahuskova, 2011). There are different methods used by the narrators to pass the main ideas to the reader. Sometimes this narrator is identified with the implied author and sometimes it is…

  • Wilkie Collins’ “The Moonstone”

    Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The character of Franklin Blake is depicted as a reliable narrator as he can explain some events of the party and can prove his innocence. Now it is certainly tempting to interpret this silence on Gabriel Betteredge’s birthday part simply as generosity and compassion. Thesis…

  • Villanelle in Poetry: “The House on the Hill” by Robinson

    Poetry utilizes many different tools related to its rhythm, style, structure, and composition to achieve a variety of effects it may apply to the reader. Some of those, specifically different composition types, contribute to the internal typology that has formed throughout the evolution of poetry as a literary form. Villanelle is one of these types,…

  • Nathaniel Hawthorne Short Stories Analysis

    In Hawthorne’s stories, men of supposed decency sometimes do very unpleasant things, and these often affect the women in their lives. The gentlemen in these tales demonstrate is a willingness to take risks with or abuse the good will of women that today would be considered thoughtless at best, or at least, inhumane. This tendency…

  • Modern and Traditional Love in Literature

    Table of Contents Love in Literature Every Love Story Has Its Scenario Not Every Relationship Tells True Feelings Love According to the Authors of Different Eras The Imperfection of a Beloved Woman Works Cited Love in Literature Love is an obsession: everyone wants it, everyone is looking for it, but few will ever achieve it.…

  • Marjane Satrapi’s “Persepolis” Autobiographical Novel

    Introduction Marjane Satrapis autobiographical novel “Persepolis” explores such complicated issues as culture shock and the loss of cultural identity. The book is a unique combination of autobiographical prose and comics. The author successfully shows the world through the eyes of a young girl, the task, which is very difficult to perform, because adults are often…

  • The Role of Friendship in Nel and Sula’s Lives

    Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The theme of friendship is central to Toni Morrison’s novel Sula. The writer exposes two sides of such a relationship – uplifting and supportive on the one hand and complicated and painful on the other. As girls, Sula and Nel structure their own rules and…

  • The Fight between Good and Evil in Harry Potter Series

    Table of Contents Introduction Good and Evil within the Harry Potter series Sirius Black Remus Lupine Dobby Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The peculiarity of Rowling’s books is that, as in life’s reality, good and evil tend to penetrate each other, replace one another and intertwine so closely that it is challenging for the hero to…

  • Theme of Judgement in the “To Kill a Mocking Bird” by Harper Lee

    Introduction To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee is one of the most vehement novels that break the tradition of ‘ part pour l’art’ and proceeds to provide some strong lessons. Racism and classism are one of its major themes, and in course of exploration of such a theme, it teaches sternly that ”you…