Category: Literature 5177
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Franz Kafka’s Novel “The Trial”
Some time ago I reread one of the most famous novels of the 20th century, Franz Kafka’s The Trial (Kafka, 1925). Unlike my first experience of reading it, this occasion of reading, along with some other information I run across soon after, has driven me to many conclusions about the state and its system of…
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The Poems “Bougainvillea Ringplay” by Marion Bethel and “Fat Black Woman Remembers” by Grace Nichols
Imagery has a solid appeal to readers and is often used in poems to construct a sensual experience for readers. Poets seek to spark off the readers’ senses using figurative language that involves vivid and vibrant descriptions. According to DeGuzman, the aim is to enhance the reader’s experience of the writing by engrossing them more…
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Wordsworth’s “I Wandered Lonely…” vs. Arnold’s “Dover Beach”
In I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, Wordsworth describes a persona traipsing and discovering daffodils by a lake only to reminisce over and derive great pleasure and comfort from the experience when loneliness, boredom, and restlessness later strike. Conversely, Arnold’s Dover Beach dissects the reality of a new world detached from faith, arguing that the…
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Complex Claim: “Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare
Sonnet 18 is one of Shakespeare’s most famous and best-known works. Some people like this poem because of the opening romantic phrase: ”Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” (Shakespeare line 1). Every avid romanticist knows by heart this comparative metaphor and uses this literary comparison towards their beloved. Many of Shakespeare’s followers wanted…
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Cultures in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss
Table of Contents Introduction Article overview Article’s point of interest Literature analysis Conclusion Works Cited Introduction This paper is a review of the article, Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss: Elements of American Dream and Globalization by Andhra Chandramani and Bala Reddy, which bases its discussion on the book, The Inheritance of Loss, by Kiran…
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An Overview of Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays”
In her work, Johnson analyzes the poem by Hayden in detail and resorts to evaluating both the general idea and individual thoughts expressed in specific language constructs. According to the critic, the text in question cannot be considered complete since it lacks both a univocal introduction and ending (Johnson). In support of this, the assessment…
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David and Lucy in “Disgrace” by John Coetzee
Introduction ‘Disgrace’ is a contended fictional book by J. M. Coetzee that is dedicated to several common issues of post-apartheid South Africa. What makes this novel compelling and exceptional is presenting the existing problems of the society through the prism of perception of the book’s protagonist David Lure and his daughter Lucy. As for proceeding…
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“Don Quixote” Novel by Miguel de Cervantes
Table of Contents Introduction Body Summary Conclusion Introduction Don Quixote is a fictional book written by Miguel de Cervantes (Saavedra) and later translated by John Ormsby. The main character builds on imaginary things and works to accomplish what he reads in books. The article analyses how far a person’s imagination can drive someone to do…
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“This Boy’s Life” a Story by Tobias Wolff
‘This boy’s life ‘written by Tobias Wolf is a story about Toby Wolf a young man who is left to live life on his own as the people around him are too preoccupied or too self-centered to pay any attention to him. His mother is a self-centered woman who gets involved with men with violent…
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“Epilogue” Poem by Robert Lowell
Table of Contents Analysis General Points Author’s Failure of Vision Diction and Imagery Memory and Imagination Conclusion Analysis It is worth noting that Robert Lowell was a poet who did not use rhyme and rhythmic units to give his writings traditional sounding. Many of his works can be regarded as experimental poetry, and the author…