Category: Literature 5177
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Popular Ballad: Bonnie George Campbell
Table of Contents The World of People’s Sorrows Themes Discussed The Striking Details Wisdom of Centuries Works Cited The World of People’s Sorrows It goes without saying that ballads speak to each individual’s heart as they address archetypal points. Thus, Bonny George Campbell focuses on the idea of war and death. People contemplate these two…
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“American Born Chinese”: Theme of religion
Table of Contents Introduction Religious Experiences Monkeys Story Jing Wang Danny Conclusion Work Cited Introduction Religion is a contemporary issue influencing civilization, morals, laws, and cultural societies globally. The American Born Chinese written by Gene Luen Yang’s narrates the experiences of immigrants in America using three different tales. This book conveys three major morals, which…
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The Theme of Nature in Mary Oliver’s “August”
The “August” is a poem included in Oliver’s third collection, American Primitive. In this collection, we see the author entering the perspective of an “Other”, following the Native American beliefs. In this collection, Oliver can be seen doing the narration by transforming into other life forms, usually an animal. This paper is an analysis of…
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“David Copperfield” by Charles Dickens
The novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens is the narration about the hard experiences of the main hero, David Copperfield the Younger. David is a naïve village boy and half orphan whose father dies six months before his birth. The novel is also the account of a gradual transformation of the main hero from an…
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Character Sketch of Dr. Jekyll
“Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” is a classic gothic novel depicting the complexities of life when people exhibit distinct personalities. The novel gives us a tour into an admired life of an England- based physician Dr. Jekyll. The protagonist Henry Jekyll is a composite that strengthens the theme of good versus evil by depicting a…
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Poetic Devices in Jane Kenyon’s “Happiness”
Jane Kenyon’s poem “Happiness” briefly describes how she views happiness and how it occurs most unexpectedly. She provides different scenarios in which happiness can occur to an individual. The poetic uses several poetic devices to structure her poem to give meaning to her ideas. The most notable poetic devices identified in the poem include metaphor,…
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“Pamphilia to Amphilanthus” by Lady Mary Wroth
Table of Contents Introduction Character Analysis Thematic Analysis Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Pamphilia to Amphilanthus is a sonnet sequence by Lady Mary Wroth, written in the seventeenth century. The 105 sonnets can be divided into four unequal parts, during which the author addresses various issues. While traditionally, the poems are considered to discuss the hardships…
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“The Lesson” by Maya Angelou: A Poem Analysis
I keep on dying again. Veins collapse, opening like the Small fists of sleeping Children. Memory of old tombs, Rotting flesh and worms do Not convince me against The challenge. The years And cold defeat live deep in Lines along my face. They dull my eyes, yet I keep on dying, Because I love to…
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“Pierre; or; The Ambiguities” by Herman Melville
Table of Contents Books 1-5 Books 6-11 Books 12-20 Books 21-26 Work Cited Books 1-5 The story told by Herman Melville in his book titled Pierre; or; The Ambiguities that was first published in the middle of the nineteenth century attracts the attention of the readers to a network of conflicts and troubled relationships between…
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Madness in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea
Table of Contents Introduction/Thesis Analytical part Conclusion Works Cited: Introduction/Thesis Ever since Jean Rhys’s novel Wide Sargasso Sea has been published for the first time in 1966, it had instantly gained fame as a prequel to Charlotte Bronte’s Victorian novel Jane Eyre – a classical work of British literature. This does not represent much of…