Newest Literature Essays

“... on or about December 1910, human character changed” asserts Virginia Woolf in her landmark essay Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown. Along with this metamorphosis in human character, a parallel change was occurring, a change in the Empire. A couple of...

According to Audrey Lorde, “the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.” However, it seems that Alan Paton...

Jonathan Edwards was a brilliant speaker and writer who inspired contented churchgoers to re-devote themselves to their god. He was passionate in his belief that mankind was inherently loathsome and sinful, and that the only way they could escape...

Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan is a saga of brotherhood and bloodshed. Set against the backdrop of the 1947 partition, it narrates the collective tale of the millions of people who suffered blows – both emotional and physical as friend turned...

Ogden Nash is famous for and beloved for always an enjoyable poet to read for his humor. When it comes to writing comic verse, among 20th century American writers there simply is no equal. And that extends even to names which might otherwise top...

Literature is often used to portray some of the most concealed flaws in our society, giving us a vantage point from which to view ourselves. Agatha Christie is one of history's most esteemed authors because she points out these idiosyncrasies with...

In "The Projectionist's Nightmare," Patten crafts q depiction of a 'projectionist's nightmare' through the very vivid and graphic as well as aural imagery in a short free-verse poem. Thus, this text perfectly manifests the sense of horror and...

‘The Steelworks’ by Owen Sheers and ‘From the Journal of a Disappointed Man’ by Andrew Motion are both poems that focus on a stereotypical male-dominated occupation (the repair of the pier and the manufacture of the steel) and can thus be said to...

Rabbit-Proof Fence is a 2002 Australian drama directed by Phillip Noyce. The film is based on the book, Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence written by Doris Pilkington Garimara. It is based on a true story regarding the author’s mother and two other...

Lady Mary Wroth masterfully conveys a deep sense of loss and betrayal in her poem ‘Song’ through her perspective of a jilted lover, using several literary devices like metaphors and similes to further communicate her heartbreak.

The poem speaks of...

Until the eyewitness testimony, tell-all books, and recorded conversations by former intimates revealed to the world the way Donald Trump ran his business, the strongest evidence drawing a parallel between “legitimate businessman” and Mafia bosses...

As a novel of manner, ‘Sense and Sensibility’ perfectly encapsulated the paradoxically frivolous yet ruthless zeitgeist of Regency England. Austen periodically manipulates the aura of gossip and secrecy that pervades the novel not only to...

The poem, “A Complaint” by William Wordsworth presents the solitude and sorrow of the speaker after experiencing the loss of a loved one. The feelings of love and affection that the poet once felt for his friend is now leading him into reminiscing...

It is not the worst thing in the world to assume that a poem about an obvious subject is actually about that subject. In fact, it is not only perfectly natural, it is sometimes preferable. Sometimes, but not very often. And it is even worse is...

Like the gun that Scarecrow brings to a witch fight, one of the things that usually goes unnoticed about The Wizard of Oz is that out of all the major characters whom Dorothy encounters in the Technicolor dream world the only one without a...

Among the history of the greatest opening title sequences in film history, Sunset Boulevard is rarely even mentioned. Certainly it lacks the panache of L.A. Confidential, the understated elegance of Raging Bull, the typographical aesthetics of ...

The revelation of the climax in the book, ‘The Murder of Roger Ackroyd’ is jaw dropping- it is so subtle yet so clever. The manner in which Dr. Sheppard is shown as the Hastings-like figure and is so close to the detective makes it almost...

First, above all else keep in mind that the big unidentified creature whom Sam-I-Am is constantly pestering never says he does not like eggs and ham, only that he does not like eggs and ham that are colored green. Since he admits to enjoying the...

In “Small Island” Levy presents the complexity of being an immigrant in the British society after World War II. As a result of the Windrush scandal, many immigrants were tricked into the idea of the “Mother country” being the perfect country for...

One of the most famous quotes from a film directed by John Ford comes from a movie made in the twilight of his career, The Man Who Killed Liberty Valance: “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” Few quotes so comprehensively sum up the...

The Role of Women in The Wars Just as the First World War almost exclusively directly involved men, The Wars is primarily male focused novel. However, there are a select number of women who play significant roles in the plot. Women are used to...

Upon an initial reading, Mark Twain’s 1893 short story “The Californian’s Tale” seems to be nothing more ambitious than becoming another addition to what was at the time an ever-growing catalogue of characters collectively painting a portrait of...

To Jean Paul Sartre, if you haven’t ended your life, you have “chosen yourself”. While being physically born was not a choice, once existing in the world, one is actively choosing to be the continual “author” (Sartre, 323). Sartre is adamant that...

The devil is in the details! No matter the task, one must pay attention to every aspect of its completion to avoid being swayed by the devil’s tactics of distraction and procrastination. Stories meant to scare have a difficult and all-consuming...