English Literature Essays Examples For College & High School Students in PDF

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An Analysis of the Roles of the Main Character in the Play Lysistrata (1021 words, 2 pages)

Lysistrata takes on many roles throughout the play named after her. These roles include leader, problem solver, and spokesperson for the women. She is an atypical female in Ancient Greece because she goes out and does things that most women would not even think about doing. Lysistrata is a strong ... Read More

The Themes of Love, Obedience and Duty in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (992 words, 2 pages)

The themes love, obedience and duty do not only run strongly throughout Romeo and Juliet, they are the main themes of the play and are essential motives for the many of the events that occur in the course of this play. These themes are of highly significant importance to the ... Read More

The Theme of Love in the Poem Love Song by John R. Nash (576 words, 1 pages)

Commentary on Love Song by John R. Nash Love is not a simple subject that can be dealt with casually. Of course there is the omnipresent concept of brotherly love that allows one to get along with another, the fleeting love that preys on desperate souls, the friendly love that ... Read More

An Essay about Obstacles in True Love in A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (565 words, 2 pages)

True love always brings some difficulties and obstacles between couples. If the love is unrequited, it shows hatred, jealousy and weakness but if the love is requited, it appears happy and strong. However, Shakespeare also showed some true love and obstacles in them in his novel "A Midsummer Night's Dream". ... Read More

The Relationship between Love and Adultery in The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekhov (841 words, 1 pages)

The lady with the dog by Anton Chekhov is about a married man, Dmitri Dmitrich Gurov, who committed adultery with a married woman, Anna Sergeyevna. During the course of the story, they both end up falling in love and secretly try to find a way to keep seeing each other. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Characters in Charles Dickens’ Novel a Tale of Two Cities (1093 words, 2 pages)

Many have grown fond of the tale involving the noble, former French aristocrat, who had virtually unmatched good fortune. It is a story of a character in Charles Dickens' novel A Tale of Two Cities. A skeptic could easily see this as an unbelievable, idealistic and overrated novel that is ... Read More

Contribution of Tourism in the Airline Industry: A Brief History (1868 words, 3 pages)

Tourism in all cases plays a big part in the Airline Industry. For numerous years tourism has been one of the largest and fastest growing industries in the world. Positively there has also been an "impressive growth in air passenger and cargo traffic in the last decade in merit to ... Read More

The Theme of Lunatic Lovers in Shakespeare’s Play (1840 words, 6 pages)

Shakespeares lovers in A Midsummer Nights Dream and Twelfth Night are lunatics. In A Midsummer Nights Dream, the moon is the guiding force of madness in the play which influences the chaotic nature and lunacy of the characters. The moon seems to preside over the entire play and is a ... Read More

The Portrayal of Love in The Elephant Man by Christine Sparks (932 words, 2 pages)

MIKE MINELLO Love in The Elephant Mans Life The novel The Elephant Man by Christine Sparks tells a melodramatic story of a man whos appearance is so startling, it prevents him from experiencing the essential love most people experience in life. John Merrick is robbed of his childhood when his ... Read More

An Analysis of the Setting in the Novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding (684 words, 1 pages)

In the novel Lord of the Flies, by William Golding the setting had a very strong influence in the actions and attitudes of the characters. Setting is the defined in literature as where the story takes place. In Lord of the Flies, the setting is on a deserted tropical island ... Read More

Use of Symbolism in the Novel Lord of the Files by William Golding (1274 words, 2 pages)

Lord Of The Flies A Shocking Tale Of The Darkness Of Man's Heart At first, William Golding's novel, The Lord Of The Flies, seems little more than a tale of a group of boys, the sole survivors of a plane crash, and their adventures on a deserted island. However, as ... Read More

An Essay on the Degeneration of a Civilized Society in the Novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1214 words, 4 pages)

The Shattering of Reason within a Society William Golding in his novel Lord of the Flies symbolically describes the degeneration of a civilized society in three stages. Embedded within this story of a group of young boys struggling to survive alone on a deserted island are insights to the capacity ... Read More

The Use of Symbols in the Lord of the Flies by William Golding (430 words, 1 pages)

The conch was a symbol of authority. Piggy was the first to discover the conch. He always respected it along with Ralph. We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. Theyll come when they hear us-. (Piggy) It was used to call meetings and whoever held the ... Read More

The Inner Fears of the Unknown in the Lord of the Flies by William Golding (757 words, 1 pages)

In the course of human evolution, there exist many factors that taint our feeble minds. A perfect example of this is out inner fears of the unknown and it is cleverly portrayed in the words of William Golding, the author of Lord of the Flies. One section of the novel ... Read More

The Representation of Sigmund Freud’s Id in Lord of the Flies by William Golding (414 words, 1 pages)

Sigmund Freud believed that the personality could be divided into three categories, the id, the ego, and the super-ego. The super-ego, represents what is right, they are model people who think about their actions fully before acting. The ego represents people who are torn between what is wanted and what ... Read More

Symbolism in the Novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding (636 words, 2 pages)

Lord of the Flies In his classic novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding utilizes many elements of symbolism to help accomplish his motif, which is "man is basically evil." Symbolism can be anything, a person, place or thing, used to portray something beyond itself. It is used to represent ... Read More

An Analysis of the Political Allegory in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies (888 words, 3 pages)

Political Allegory In William Golding's Lord of the Flies " Lord of the Flies is an allegory on human society today, the novel's primary implication being that what we have come to call civilization is, at best, no more than skin-deep" (Stern, 169). Though the need for civilization is focused ... Read More

An Essay on the Lord of the Flies by William Golding (3774 words, 5 pages)

Year 10 English- Assessment Task 2003 LORD OF THE FLIES ESSAY Lord of the Flies appears to be, a somewhat ill natured story about little boys isolated on an island. In reality it is a horrible story about the general characteristics and feelings of mankind. Being stranded on an island ... Read More

An Analysis of Lindo Jong, a Character in The Joy’s Luck Club by Amy Tan (752 words, 1 pages)

Lindo Jong Childhood is the foundation of who we become when we've grown. In Amy Tan's novel "The Joy Luck Club" we see the journey to adulthood in the lives of four mothers and their daughters. These women all made sacrifices. Some earlier on in life, and some later. One ... Read More

An Essay on the Themes in the Play Long Days Journey into Night (421 words, 1 pages)

The play Long Days Journey into Night creates a world in which communication has broken down. One of the great conflicts in the play is the characters' uncanny inability to communicate despite their constant fighting. For instance, the men often fight amongst themselves over Mary's addiction, but no one is ... Read More

A Discussion of Iago’s View of Othello as a Beast in Shakespeare’s Play (484 words, 1 pages)

This is the question we ask ourselves while reading Shakespeare's Othello. Throughout the play Iago's mission is revealed as trying to strip Othello of all honor, and reduce him to his bestial state. Iago sees Othello as a beat from the beginning of the play and is determined to expose ... Read More

Cultural Values of the French Revolution and Romanticism (1212 words, 5 pages)

Literature - a Mirror of Society- The literature of a country is affected and influenced by how the people of that country live. This paper will prove that The French Revolution greatly influenced 19th Century French Romanticism. First, the cultural values of the revolution will be identified. Then, the different ... Read More

A Discussion on Definition, Nature and Types of Literature (1699 words, 4 pages)

The Beginning's of Literary Study - For Dummies J A Modified Version of R. L. McGuire's Passionate Attention an introduction to literary study. Literature and criticism Authors basic assumption of a book- the reading and the study of literature cannot and do not take place outside the context of human ... Read More

Hunting the Hunters: An Analysis of Richard Connell’s The Most Dangerous Game (737 words, 2 pages)

Life Is Not A Game The Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connell, is about General Zaroff and Sanger Rainsford, two men and their passion for hunting. Both men are champion hunters and become opponents in an ultimate pursuit of to death hunting of each other. The central idea of this ... Read More

A Comparison of Leaders in the Novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1664 words, 3 pages)

Comparison of Leaders Throughout the novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding is able to touch on the many aspects of our civilization through the various characters he creates. Leadership plays a very important role in the novel as it does in real life because the characters need to feel ... Read More

An Analysis of the Characters in Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1197 words, 2 pages)

Character Analysis Ralph main character- Ralph is the narrator of the story. Jack Jack is Ralph main enemy in the story. He leads the hunters. Piggy Piggy is the smart one of the group. Simon He is my favorite character in the story. He is viewed as the Christ-figure and ... Read More

A Personal Experience Essay on the Love for Baseball (791 words, 1 pages)

To be given the chance to play baseball was one of the greatest times of my life. I played baseball for four years, and every year I made the all-star team. My best friend and I played on every regular season team and every all-star team together. The final game ... Read More

The Characterization of Lady Macbeth in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth (1095 words, 4 pages)

A villain is characterized as a fiendish or evil person. With her heart of stone and manipulative mind, Lady Macbeth is the true villain of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is naturally evil as opposed to Macbeth who changed dramatically after his supernatural encounters with the witches. Lady Macbeth revealed ... Read More

An Essay on Lady Macbeth Overcoming Macbeth’s Resistance to the Murder of Duncan (462 words, 2 pages)

MACBETH LITERARY ESSAY How Does Lady Macbeth Overcome Macbeths Resistance To The Murder Of Duncan? In Macbeth, William Shakespeare portrays Lady Macbeth as a strong-willed, ambitious woman, even more so than her husband. Infact, Lady Macbeth is considered more brutal and ruthless than Macbeth as she shreds his conscience to ... Read More

The Characterization of Lady Macbeth in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth (887 words, 1 pages)

In Shakespeare's "Macbeth", we see a lot of evil we see evil people and we see evil acts. We can see that - almost - everyone has an evil desire within them. However, only a really evil person acts on that impulse and commits something morally wrong. An evil deed ... Read More

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