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

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Love and Death: A Paper on Romeo and Juliet (554 words, 1 pages)

Romeo Juliet Love and Death In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare love and death are linked together. There are several instances when love and death take place. Romeo and Juliet die for their love of eachother. Tybalt, Juliets cousin, kills Mercutio. Romeo kills Tybalt and Paris. Lady ... Read More

A Paper on Vocabulary in the Play Romeo and Juliet (577 words, 3 pages)

Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary Word DefinitionPart of Speech Location Context 1. mutiny- n. open to rebellion 735I,i,3 '...from ancient grudge break new mutiny...' -mutined, mutinous 2. civil- adj. of citizens 735I,i,4 '...where civil blood make hands undear...' -civilly, civilizer 3. foe(s)- n. personal enemy 735I,i,5 '...from forth the fatal lins ... Read More

A Paper on Issue of Fate in Romeo and Juliet (484 words, 1 pages)

Lovers are often stopped from falling in love, but lovers have faith to help them love each other. In William Shakespeare?s Romeo and Juliet, two star-crossed lovers are paused from falling in love, due to two family feuds. Fate leads Romeo and Juliet to meet and to die. Romeo and ... Read More

The Role of the Ancient Grudge in Romeo and Juliet (869 words, 2 pages)

William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is a story of a series of occurrences which ultimately result in the tragic deaths of many. These tragic occurrences can not be blamed on any one person or happening, but instead on a number of actions, which when combined, led to the disastrous events ... Read More

The Importance of the Character of Friar Lawrence in Play Romeo and Juliet (632 words, 1 pages)

Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's plays about tragedy. It is about two lovers who commit suicide when their feuding famillies prevent them from being together. The play has many characters, each with its own role in keeping the plot line. Some characters have very little to do with ... Read More

The characteristics of Romanticism in Literature (784 words, 2 pages)

Romanticism began in the early 19th century and radically changed the way people perceived themselves and the state of nature around them. Unlike Classicism, which stood for order and established the foundation for architecture, literature, painting and music, Romanticism allowed people to get away from the constricted, rational views of ... Read More

Nightmare in Room 101 (3841 words, 6 pages)

Room 101 As he sat stiff backed and upright in the hard wooden chair, Jotham looked around anxiously. He could only see three of the walls, and the ceiling, if he craned his neck upwards, but that was enough to make him very uneasy indeed. They were grey and bare ... Read More

The Theme of Resurrection in A Tale of Two Cities (297 words, 1 pages)

Throughout A Tale of Two Cities, resurrection was a main theme in the plot. When one thinks of the word 'resurrection', one may think of blood-sucking zombies or creatures back from the dead. Dictionaries define it as such "the act of rising from the dead." Dickens used it as that, ... Read More

My Life in Stalinist Russia by Mary Leder (419 words, 1 pages)

Mary Leder's novel, My Life In Stalinist Russia is a very interesting tale of a woman who traveled from the United States into the Soviet Union and then back. Leder is very optimistic when she ventured into the communist country. She does a fantastic job of portraying what life is ... Read More

A Paper on the Hemingway Hero (1614 words, 3 pages)

Santiago The Hemingway Hero The book Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway is one like most Hemingway books. It contains, like most of his works, hidden meanings in the texts. Not only that, but the main character is one of an adventurous, glamorous lifestyle, much like Hemingway himself. ... Read More

A Paper on Books Related to Robinson Crusoe (905 words, 2 pages)

Books related to Robinson Crusoe The novel Robinson Crusoe is written by Daniel Defoe. The title is significant because it summarizes the plot. It summarizes the plot by previewing the future hardships and battles Crusoe will have to fight against nature. The plot in Robinson Crusoe is about how Crusoe ... Read More

Henry IV by William Shakespeare (725 words, 1 pages)

In "Henry IV" by Shakespeare, there are a number of important characters. Shakespeare tends to have the different characters parallel each other, to show contrast and similarity. One extremely interesting parallel is between Henry IV himself, the king, and Falstaff, the drunken knight. Henry Bolingbroke was thrust into the spotlight ... Read More

A Comparison of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Robert Wise’s West Side Story (1201 words, 2 pages)

In comparing the play "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare (1596), with its' film appropriation "West Side Story" directed by Robert Wise (1961), it is evident that the portrayed values have been maintained or changed as a consequence of the time the texts were created in. The vastly different contextual ... Read More

A Review of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (1298 words, 2 pages)

Pride and Prejudice THEME Jane Austens novel Pride and Prejudice is a tale of love and marriage in eighteenth-century England. PLOT It centres on the elder sisters of the Bennet family, Jane and Elizabeth. Their personalities, misunderstandings and the roles of pride and prejudice play a large part in the ... Read More

A Social Class Lesson in Toni Cade Bambara’s The Lesson (577 words, 1 pages)

"The Lesson" by Toni Cade Bambara is a lesson on social class and presents the choice of which society we choose to live in. It examines the realization of economic inequity within America. Bambara creates Ms. Moore, the antagonist, who strives to teach the children what their life could be ... Read More

A Comparison of the Two Main Characters in Joel Coen’s Raising Arizona (454 words, 1 pages)

Raising Comparisons In the movie Raising Arizona, director Joel Coen shows the moralistic values between the two characters Herbert I. McDonnough and Leonard Smalls. One is a self-centered maniacal fiend, while the other demonstrates a complete turnabout and finds his principles in life. Here we will see how two men ... Read More

The Complexity of Love (1089 words, 2 pages)

The Painter of Signs By R. K. Narayan So simple is the word, yet so complex! So little it seems, yet so deep! Very distant it may seem, but resides within every heart! It is nothing other than Love. The love that a mother has for her child, the love ... Read More

The True Tragic Hero in William Shakespeare’s Play Julius Caesar (710 words, 1 pages)

Questionalbe Heros in the Play Julius Caesar Julius Caesar, a play written by the famous play-write William Shakespeare, had many characters who could have been questioned in terms of their motives and will. Some may have had good intentions, but others were revealed to have other things in mind than ... Read More

The Story of Rama and the Sanskrit Language (1632 words, 3 pages)

The Ramayana Dashartha, King of Ayodhya, has three wives and four sons of which Rama is the eldest. Ramas brothers are named Bharata, and the twins Lakshman and Shatrughna. Rama and Bharata are both blue skinned, perhaps indicating they were dark skinned or even originally south Indian deities. There is ... Read More

A Paper on Issues of English Language Learners (2274 words, 4 pages)

The issue of English language learners (ELL) and their rights to an education has been a major topic of debate for many years. Should ELL students be taught in their first language? Will they learn English, or should they be put into English speaking classes? That has been the topic ... Read More

A Comparison of Remember of Things past by Marcel Prousts and the Death of Ivan Llych by Leo Tolstoy (644 words, 1 pages)

Memories, everyone needs them and a good way of remembering personal memories, is to write them down. In the two stories, Remembrance of Things Past, and The Death of Ivan Ilych, the authors do just that. Marcel Prousts, Remembrance of Things Past, is a novel that documents the romantic, social, ... Read More

A Friendship Classification: From Hi-Bye to Soul Mates (947 words, 1 pages)

I always wonder why some people can make more friends than others. Communication skill is one important factor in making friends, but it doesn't mean that we treat all our friends in a same approach. Some friends are closer than others, and some are only good to have fun with. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot (1654 words, 2 pages)

J. Alfred Prufrock and His Insecurities Born in America, T.S. Eliots relocation to Britain was the first sign of his identity crisis. Eliot was obsessed with anything British, and he also had an internal religious conflict. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is Eliots way to express his self ... Read More

A Paper on Propaghanda within Animal Farm (495 words, 1 pages)

Propaganda Within Animal Farm Propaganda is used by people to falsify or distort the truth. The novel, Animal Farm, by George Orwell contains many examples of things that happened to Napoleon and the other pigs because of using propaganda. Napoleon and the pigs used propaganda to tell lies the animals ... Read More

An Analysis of Pride and Prejudice (1146 words, 2 pages)

What would the world be like if everyone was normal and everyone followed the rules? There would be no fun and no one would ever be happy. Jane Austen demonstrates in Pride and Prejudice through Elizabeth and Darcy that in man's pursuit of the joys in life, those who stick ... Read More

A Paper on the Character of Elizabeth Bennett in Jane Austen’s Novel Pride and Prejudice (1343 words, 2 pages)

Marry For Love The point of view of a novel usually decides which characters we sympathize with. In the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Elizabeth Bennett is the focal character, which causes the reader to feel closest to her. The reader can relate more easily to her feelings ... Read More

An Analysis of The Social Class Issues in England in the “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen (1297 words, 2 pages)

Originally written in the late 1700s, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice satirically depicts the universal ideals in Regency England, primarily regarding social class. Austen follows the development of an outspoken, middle-class British woman, Elizabeth Bennet, as she encounters and overcomes the many social barriers that separate her from her aristocratic ... Read More

A Comparison of The Main Characters in Kafkas’ “The Metamorphosis” and Silverberg’s “The Mountains of Majinpoor” (2272 words, 3 pages)

I have chosen to look at Metamorphosis and The Mountains of Majipoor because I am interested in the similarities between the way the novelists show alienation and I would like to explore this idea further. I am certain that the novelists intended to make the effect they did in their ... Read More

Personal Tragedy in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet (647 words, 1 pages)

Many great works of literature often focus on personal tragedy and ways of overcoming it. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, however, the inability of the main characters to confront their problems properly leads to the destruction of all. The antagonist of the play, Claudius, allows his personal ambition for power to overshadow ... Read More

An Essay on Austen’s Marriages and the Age of Reason (2100 words, 3 pages)

Austens Marriages and the Age of Reason Jane Austen successfully portrays the Age of Reason through her characters in Pride and Prejudice. The story revolves around a mother of five daughters, Mrs. Bennet, whose sole purpose is to marry off her daughters to suitable men. Her eldest, Jane, is her ... Read More

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