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Construction of Black and White Masculinity in Beloved and Song of Solomon

8 Pages 3478 Words
In Morrison’s work, concerned as it is almost exclusively with the female locus, it might be easy to overlook issues of masculinity. Indeed, if these issues are to be found at all, they are found in the corners of her narratives, occupying a peripheral discourse that stands as a secondary concern to black femininity. Where Morrison does offer representations of...

Conflicts and Relationships in Oryx and Crake: Analytical Essay

3 Pages 1176 Words
Even from a young age Jimmy noticed that Crake seemed disinterested in girls and claimed that he received no signals telling him what kind of girls Crake was into (Atwood, 73). In fact, Crake thinks that sex is a messy and convoluted way of reproduction and sees it as a downfall of human engineering. Things such as jealousy, sexual assault,...

Conflict between Spiritual and Philosophical Ideas in Waiting for Godot

4 Pages 1822 Words
Worlds of Upheaval demonstrate not only the conflict between two ideas but that of social and political strife and allow readers into a world of multiple perspectives. Worlds of Upheaval offer many diverse perspectives on renewal while simultaneously challenging literary conventions this is demonstrated through texts such as the play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, the film Metropolis by...

Race, Beauty, and Purity in The Bluest Eye

3 Pages 1220 Words
According to Zlogar, “The Bluest Eye opens and closes with Claudia MacTeer’s reflection on the meaning and significance of a little girl’s suffering and her community’s responsibility and obligation to her” (“The Bluest Eye” 188). According to Zlogar, “Dark-skinned Claudia values herself more than the world does” (“The Bluest Eye” 188). According to Zlogar, “Using Marigold seeds as a metaphor...

Bulls, Bullfighters, and Death in The Sun Also Rises: Analysis

1 Page 577 Words
Fiesta de San Fermin, a historically rooted, a week-long festival celebrated annually in Spain, includes encierro or bull running and corrida or bullfighting. Hemingway systematically explores the art of bullfighting, developed a passion for it, and is described by aficionados as a master on the subject. He praised the lives of the bullfighters during his lifetime as full of adventures...

Concept of Truth in Oliver Twist: Analytical Essay

2 Pages 960 Words
The famous ​Oliver Twist​ originally written as a book by Charles Dickens now made into a film and directed by Roman Polanski released in 2005 demonstrates that people can make life-changing decisions that help affect their fate. Oliver has to overcome the struggles of living in London during the Victorian Era as an orphan with no one to protect him....

Concept of Suffering in Viktor Frankl 'Man's Search for Meaning'

2 Pages 769 Words
Summary In Viktor Frankl 'Man's Search for Meaning', he talks about suffering, he describes psychological methods, he often wonders why people who suffer from a multitude of torments did not commit suicide already, and how could they find life worth living. Viktor Frankl, a psychiatrist, and neurologist who was a long-time prisoner as he experiences real daily torture talks about...

Concept of Self-awareness in Song of Solomon

2 Pages 747 Words
One of the most fundamental characteristics of human beings is the ability to be self-aware. Essentially, self-awareness is the capacity to be introspective about one’s self. In this state, individuals are capable of actively identifying, storing and processing information about their personhood. While awareness of the self comprises an integral part of human thought, many individuals often find themselves being...

Concept of Power in Ozymandias: Analysis

2 Pages 731 Words
Power is presented in Ozymandias as one like a dictatorship. For example, important figures or people in power are usually celebrated through statues and monuments. In Ozymandias, the state of the statue can symbolise the change in power. For example, when Ozymandias was in power it is suggested that he was controlling and cruel. This is evident in the line,...

Masculinity Explored in Browning's My Last Duchess

2 Pages 931 Words
Introduction Robert Browning's poem "My Last Duchess" offers a profound exploration of the concept of masculinity, illustrating its implications through the character of the Duke of Ferrara. The poem, a dramatic monologue, unveils the Duke's domineering personality and his perception of power, control, and possession, which are often traditionally associated with masculine ideals. The narrative, set in Renaissance Italy, serves...

Concept of Lost Generation in The Sun Also Rises

3 Pages 1312 Words
The First World War decimated a generation, leaving behind a people disillusioned with the world. Jake Barnes, the protagonist in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises counts himself among this 'Lost Generation' because he became impotent as a result of an injury during the war. The wound, while a physical one, affected Jake in multiple ways, making him passive and...

Concept of Happiness in Ethan Frome

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His concerns about money further emphasize his complete helplessness when taking chances; unlike him, Mattie’s father escaped rural Massachusetts although “he had died too soon to prove that the end justifies the means”, yet Ethan’s typical New England rigid code of ethics restrains him from looking after his own interests. After all, he agreed to marry Zeena only because of...

Concept of Biotechnology in Divergent and Oryx and Crake

2 Pages 998 Words
Contrary to Jeanine, Crake wants to liberate humanity as a whole via his biotechnological inventions. Being frustrated with the entire humanity and its unwillingness to think and act responsibly in using the resources, Crake thinks of the new and ‘improved’ human race. In order to pause the horrible end of the pillaged and polluted world, he structures the Paradice project....

Comparative Essay: Mathilda by Shelley vs The Bluest Eye by Morrison

7 Pages 3127 Words
In the novels Mathilda, by Mary Shelley and The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison; both writers convey ideas around the effects of traumatic events caused by deep desires. In Mathilda, the majority of trauma faced is based around the incestuous love and desire Mathilda’s father feels for her which ultimately leads to his suicide and Mathilda’s lonely death. However, in...

Comparative Essay on Frankenstein’s Monster and Dracula

6 Pages 2901 Words
“Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone.” Compare and contrast the presentation of Frankenstein’s monster and Dracula as outcasts in society in light of this statement. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) and Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897), Frankenstein’s creature and Dracula are both presented as outcasts in society. They are...

Comparative Analysis of the Characters of Blanche and Ethan

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Desire in both texts are found in most characters in both texts, particularly in the characters of Blanche and Ethan. Their desires can be seen as immoral in our times and in the context of the times the texts were written. Blanche desires her appearance to be youthful and beautiful, whilst Ethan desires Mattie who has youth and beauty. Blancher...

‘How to Tame a Wild Tongue’ & ‘The Joy of Reading and Writing’

2 Pages 872 Words
Authors have different motivations to write either a poem or a novel. Writers display similarities and differences when developing their work. The differences among authors may be established on different grounds, including inspiration to write, challenges when developing content for different works as well as factors contributing to their success. However, authors may also exhibit a number of differences in...

Chronicle of the Great American Depression in Hard Times

2 Pages 732 Words
Studs Terkel's Hard Times is a panoramic chronicle of the great American depression of the nineteen-thirties. The book is entirely comprised of interviews and provides the vision of the great recession from top to bottom. From the administration that muddled through the crisis to the hobos and hustlers that scrambled through it. Written towards the late 60s, Hard Times also...

Comparative Analysis of Faith in Two Works

1 Page 538 Words
The depictions of true Christian faith in “The Three Hermits” and “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” resemble one another in that God will accept all regardless of who they are and how they choose or choose not to worship. In the three hermits, the hermits pray to God and worship him in the only way they know, with their simple...

Comparing Chaucer's and Milton's Works: Merchant's Tale and Paradise Lost

8 Pages 3578 Words
'The female is nothing but the body.' Following your study of Chaucer's The Merchant's Tale and Milton's Paradise Lost, how far do you think that women are presented as inferior to men in each text? The texts examined in this essay, Chaucer's The Merchant's Tale1 All references are from Hussey M ed., 1975, The Merchant's Prologue and Tale, Cambridge, CUP....

Chastisement of Humanity in Gulliver’s Travels: Critical Analysis

4 Pages 1902 Words
Johnathan Swift is known as the greatest satiric writer in all of English literary history. Born m, without a father and his mom abandoning him to return to England, he was raised by his relatives. Swift’s childhood was impaired with Meniere's disease which caused vertigo, nausea, and hearing loss. In 1688, Swift migrated to Leicester, England, after the Glorious Revolution...

Charles Dickens’s Interpretation of the Workhouse Life in Oliver Twist

3 Pages 1561 Words
During the late eighteenth and mid nineteenth century oversaw the birth and fast-paced growth of the Industrial Revolution in Britain. (Baker, 2019) Factories overtook the role of previously played by agriculture in the economy and the working-class citizen quickly made his way out of the village and into the workhouse. (Barrow, 2013) Though the economy was thriving, there was a...

Character of Boo Radley: Reader's Review

5 Pages 2054 Words
Ch. 1: According to Chapter 1, what main event changed Boo Radley’s early life? Predict: What kind of a man do you think he might have become because of this? According to Chapter 1, the main event that changed Boo Radley’s early life was when he was arrested and sent to court. The neighborhood legend that explains Boo Radley’s early...

Character Analysis of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

4 Pages 1837 Words
This essay will examine the character Victor Frankenstein from before and after creating the monster to gain an understanding of his motives and the responsibility he has burdened himself with within the text of the well-known book Frankenstein by the acclaimed novelist, Mary Shelley. In the story, the reader is introduced to Robert Walton, a seemingly parallel character to that...

Catch 22 as an Example of Colonialist Literature: Analytical Essay

2 Pages 779 Words
Many literary works have a sense of supreme authority or identity loss in them, which is precisely why this makes them akin to colonialist literature, even when at first glance the books seem to have nothing to do with (post) colonialist literary theory. In Catch 22, we see these elements and more of Postcolonialism through representations of oppressors, non-oppressors (or...
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Candide’s Transformation from Optimism to Pessimistic Realism

3 Pages 1430 Words
After numerous adventures around the world that Pangloss had taught him were “the best of all possible worlds,” Candide gained wisdom and reanalyzed the philosophy of optimism, that whatever happens in the world is for the best (Voltaire 2). He saw and experienced slavery, war, executions, dismemberments, torture, and many other evils during his travels. In the end, Candide discovered...

Bread Givers and The Fire Next Time: Comparative Analysis

3 Pages 1580 Words
Two Worlds In the book entitled Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska, Sara Smolinsky deals with the clash of the Old World and the New World as an immigrant in New York in the 1920s as she struggles with placing her individual values over her family. On the other hand, James Baldwin in his book, The Fire Next Time, wrestles with...

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