Humor, as harmless as it usually is, has a great impact on the minds of people. One simple joke can make people think, take a hint on what they need to change or even change their perspective on some topic. That is why satire has a major role in literature. Satire can be defined as „the use of humor, irony,...
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Things Fall Apart was known in its time as an extremely original book. It is responsible for the boom in African-written stories that drastically changed perspectives of African colonization and life. Not only was it known for being a novel that inspired African authors to write their own stories, it was also a unique blend of African storytelling techniques and...
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The fictional short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, discusses the themes of unjustified crimes and nature of evil in humans. This fictional text depicts a community of villagers who hold as part of their tradition an annual lottery. In this essay I will discuss how the structure of the fictional world as a Dystopia helps the reader to understand...
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It is safe to say that despite fleeting moments of humour, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1848) is not a funny book. Nonetheless, the ‘low, slow ha! ha!’ of Bertha Rochester is a prevalent refrain that has received wide-ranging critical attention. The examination of laughter beyond Bertha’s celebrated utterances has, however, been neglected. Laughter itself is an involuntary physiological response often,...
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Introduction The contemporary gothic form deals with the feminist perspective on sexuality and gender, as well as gender roles in the sense of them being socially and culturally conditioned. Violence and the sublime are translated into the fear of consequences of the choices imposed on the female protagonists by the society and the dominating male-villains. The modern twist on the...
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Spawning in the 18th century was a widely popular genre of literature. Known as gothic literature, it explored the supernatural and mysterious elements of our world. Containing spooky tropes like haunted houses, a spooky castle with trap doors, etc. Not only was this genre spooky it was romantic and maintained intense emotions between characters in the stories. Although we can...
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In the novel “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte Jane searches for independence. Charlotte Bronte, a popular British author wrote during the Victorian Era. She’s best known for this book “Jane Eyre” which deals with a young woman’s search for identify. Jane Eyre, who is the main character, plays a huge role in finding inner peace and independence. She develops as...
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Before reading Williams Faulkner’s gothic story, I imagined the story a little less on the spooky side. “A Rose for Emily” may as well be able a troubled young woman who was kept inside most of her life until her twenties. Because of her lack of being out in public and not having a suitor, she believed she was above...
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Dystopia To fully understand the notion of dystopia, the term utopia needs to be well comprehended as many attempts to define it are to be found throughout a vast number of works. General public tends to use to word as a synonym for ''non-existing'', which can-not be entirely marked as correct. To interpret the word correctly in the literary field,...
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As soon as Jane Eyre reaches Thornfield, we are subtly alerted to Bertha’s presence through the use of the servant Grace Poole. Bertha, through the portrayal of Grace Poole, is seen as mysterious and shadowy, especially with her characteristic “demonic laugh”, leading Jane to believe that these sounds and appearances originate from the servant. However, both the reader and Jane...
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Abstract The present paper try to focus on the major contributions of Jane Austen during the Romantic Age. This period was a revolutionary period in literature and rebellion against the old standards of Classicism. The writers of this period tried to establish individual freedom in the world of imagination. In the present paper the focus is on the discussion of...
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Arguably one of the most well-known events in Defoe’s 18th-century masterpiece Robinson Crusoe is Crusoe's discovery of the footprint in the sand. Crusoe can be seen peering downwards, appalled at the sight of an oversized and remarkably distinct single footprint which, oddly enough, is still visible several days later. The image, a construct of what the novel means; the adventurer...
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The story Jon by George Saunders revolves around the main character's experience in a dystopian world as it is written in first person limited. The main character's name is Randy, however he insists that people call him Jon, because that was the name that his mother gave him before she supposedly died. Jon lives in a government facility with other...
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'In all the time of my solitary life, I never felt so earnest, so strong a desire after the society of my fellow-creatures, or so deep a regret at the want of it.' - (Robinson Crusoe). In Robinson Crusoe we can see Daniel Defoe wrestling with one of the framing questions of our course: how does one know? Within the...
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Introduction Gothic literature, a genre marked by its exploration of the macabre and mysterious, has captivated readers for centuries. With its roots in the late 18th century, Gothic literature has evolved to encompass a wide range of themes and settings. This essay explores the unique manifestations of Gothic literature in three seminal works: "Fortune Island," "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, and...
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Two classics, “Oedipus Rex,” written by the great Greek playwright Sophocles, and “Hamlet,” work written by the world famous and renowned English author William Shakespeare. Both works are identified by their arduous search for justice and revenge, a very important factor in their respective dramas (Shmoop). Hamlet's story revolves around the death of King Hamlet of Denmark, the succession of...
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In the world of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury the government is in complete control over information and news. Books have been banned and firemen once used to protect the public by putting out fires now serve to censure the information by burning books. Instead of water meant to put out fire and to save people. The firemen now possess...
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In The Things They Carried, Tim O’brien emphasizes that diverging into reality is far more difficult than adapting to war. As the story continues, a variety of themes are taking a large role into defining what it means to tell a true war story. The theme constantly shifts due to the portrayals of numerous characters being depicted. In the duration...
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In the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain uses many different elements to get his point across. For example, he uses satire through the character’s dialect to illustrate his opinion. The characters morals also play an important role to help the reader understand Twain’s motive. Through the characters Huck and Jim, Mark Twain presents a contrast to the ridicule...
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Mark Twain satirizes controversial topics such as slavery, civilization, women roles by contrasting them to the natural state of people living in harmony without external social constraints as exemplified by the life Huck and Jim lead on the raft going with the flow of nature symbolized by the river.. He accomplished this through the eventful journey of two companions, Huckleberry...
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As we know, most Gothic novels are mysterious and horrible tales which intend to chill our spine and curdle our blood, and they are always characterized by Gothic elements such as gloomy setting and supernatural beings or monsters. Above all, the two short stories which I read are “The Black Cat” and “The Tell-Tale Heart”. 'The Black Cat' is one...
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Nigerian rapper Falz has picked up the media glove This is America to undress the most serious problems facing his society. With This is America, the American singer Childish Gambino has assaulted in recent weeks the Olympus of the combination of culture and social networks and, at the same time, has opened unsuspected doors. As expected, the shock of This...
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What has come to be known as the sublime is an awe inspiring experience, caused by an equilibrium between aesthetic gratification and negative pleasure that one receives from witnessing raw power. What causes this awe is not solely a mere sense of beauty, but a much more magnitudinal force. Using the ocean as an example, one may relish in the...
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ABSTRACT Adapting literary texts into films, often disregarded as a secondary activity, is a crucial process that requires the effort and time equal to that of creative writing. An adaptation's success depends on its ability to amalgamate the gist of the literary text and the necessities of a visionary medium, without the objective of the adaptation getting compromised. Jane Austen’s...
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One of the most prominent themes throughout Beckett’s works is the passage of time. This essay will explore the presentation of the passage of time in Beckett’s Waiting for Godot and Molloy. The characters in these works are utterly constrained by the ways in which time passes, has passed and will continue to pass; from Vladimir and Estragon who are...
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The idea of Dystopia is used in many novels and stories both modern and ancient, it simply reflects the idea of how modern society is taking a path which might lead us to a dystopian society. Although these novels are talking about dystopia in general but each novel or story show us a different way to reach the dystopian society,...
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In this essay, I will analyse Bram Stoker's Gothic taking as a reference point his novel Dracula. The main purpose of these pages is to present the aspects conform to conventions of Gothic fiction and the ones that vary from this genre. Gothic fiction is considered a literature and film genre that mainly combines death, fiction and horror, and occasionally...
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The Evolution of American Literature American literature has been transforming since the early settlers came in to colonize the contemporary New England. Back then, deeply believing American authors were writing works which were about the consequences of witchcraft and Salem rituals. At that point there was a problem with practicing dark magic by witches and witch hunters were cruelly executing...
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Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” and David Mamet’s “Glengarry Glen Ross” are two American dramas that have sparked fierce debates among analysts, writers, literary critics, scholars, and even readers when it comes to tragic heroes. The major characters and central focus of the two dramas, are Willy Loman in “Death of a Salesman” and Shelley Levene in “Glengarry Glen...
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“To the place where my heart takes me, I start my journey that way. I look for my next destination. A delightful excitement” (FTISLAND). These lyrics express the writer’s willingness to go wherever he considers suitable at any given moment. To the writer, an adventure to an unknown place is a fun experience which burdens him not. In contrast to...
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