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

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A Review of James Joyce’s Story Eveline (2212 words, 3 pages)

Eveline James Joyce's Eveline is a story about a young woman, Eveline Hill, who being discontented with her life decides to elope with a man whom she courted with. To develop the plot of the story, Joyce spreads the exposition throughout his piece, showing the depth of Eveline's character and ... Read More

The Importance of the Loss of Innocence in Araby by James Joyce (658 words, 1 pages)

In James Joyce's "Araby" the boy' loss of innocence may be confusing and even painful but at the same time it is important . It begins his journey in to adulthood. The boy in "Araby" is experiencing something all young men experience, the first crush. It is a time in ... Read More

An Analysis of “The Dead” by James Joyce (1093 words, 4 pages)

James Joyce's story "The Dead" has a tremendous impact on the readers, especially those who are familiar with the political situation in Ireland at the time about which the Joyce wrote the final story in Dubliners. In exploring the meaning of James Joyce's long short-story, "The Dead", there are many ... Read More

The Fear of Leaving in James Joyce’s Eviline (433 words, 1 pages)

Imagine growing up in a house where every day you wake up wishing the day before was a nightmare. You get out of bed, put on your clothes, and know all you have to look forward to is being beaten, threatened and yelled at by one of your parents while ... Read More

Frustration, Restraint and Violence in James Joyce’s The Dead (1643 words, 6 pages)

James Joyces The Dead reveals characteristics of frustration, restraint, and violence. Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun reveals dreams as the main characters struggle to deal with the oppressive situations that overrule their lives. With these negative aspects of the stories, both authors incorporate the theme of nature in ... Read More

An Analysis of the Main Theme in Tales of the Elders of Ireland (1235 words, 5 pages)

Among many of the stories that Patrick and Cailte discuss throughoutthe course of The Tales of the Elders of Ireland, the central theme throughmany of these parables involves the role of God and the prominence thatservitude has in terms of God's will and representing his will accordingly.The nature of God ... Read More

The Different Gothic Elements in The Picture of Dorian Gray, a Novel by Oscar Wilde (1408 words, 4 pages)

In the end of the 19th century, Gothic writing was very prevalent it was very common to see Gothic scenes in almost every book. One such book is The Picture of Dorian Gray, although not on the surface, once read again the Gothic symbols are strong throughout the book. Although ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, a Novel by Laurence Sterne (2289 words, 7 pages)

Every author has a way of his own, in bringing his points to bear(Sterne, Tristram Shandy, Volume I Chapter IX) From the time it was published between 1759 and 1767, in the way it was presented, readers of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman have struggled to identify ... Read More

A Study of the Literary Characteristics of the Works of William B. Yeats (2031 words, 5 pages)

William B. Yeats has become both a celebrated and controversial figure throughout his career and beyond, the reasons for which can be found in some of his poems and in the opinions of modern historians and academics. Quality readings of Yeats have contributed greatly to my understanding of his poems ... Read More

The Attack on Vanity in Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s School for Scandal and Alexander Pope’s The Rape of the Lock (1019 words, 3 pages)

The primary theme in both Sheridans School for Scandal and Popes The Rape of the Lock is the tendency that high society of the time has to overemphasize matters that are insignificant in the grand scheme of things, in particular breaches of proper decorum brought on by vanity. Pope employs ... Read More

A Representation of the Ideal Unreliable Narrator in The Turn of the Screw, Eveline, and The Sisters by James Joyce (1984 words, 6 pages)

The unreliable narrator in modernist writingsThe phrase unreliable narrator was first used by the literary critic Wayne Booth in the early 1960s. An unreliable narrator is a character who tells the reader a story that cannot be taken at face value. This may be because the point of view character ... Read More

A Speech from the Viewpoint of Irish Poet Seamus Heaney (1304 words, 4 pages)

Mrs Collins, Secretary Brady, distinguished members of the village community and guests.1 I would like to thank our honourable head Mrs Collins, my delightful neighbour for allowing me to be a part of this village meeting. I am Seamus Heaney, and I am 10 years old. For those of you ... Read More

The Stages of Maturity in The Picture of Dorian Gray, a Novel by Enrique Jiménez Corominas and Oscar Wilde (756 words, 3 pages)

The Picture of Dorian Gray AP PromptIt seems as though people not only love to read about ideas to help them define themselves, but they also like to write about them. Perhaps this was one of Oscar Wildes motives for writing The Picture of Dorian Gray, a novel in which ... Read More

The Homosexual Tendencies During the Victorian Era in Dracula, a Novel by Bram Stoker (2315 words, 7 pages)

Bram Stokers Wilde Desires The Impact of Victorian Values on DraculaThe last few years have been favorable to the gay community, especially with the legalization of gay marriage occurring last year in the United States. In the past, however, those who fit the description of a homosexual were looked down ... Read More

The Theme of Poverty in The Poor Mouth, a Novel by Brian O’Nolan (1771 words, 5 pages)

How does The Poor Mouth treat the literary theme of noble poverty? You may also wish to consider the discussion of poverty or wealth in one of the other texts we have read so far in the class.Noble poverty is used as a literary theme within The Poor Mouth written ... Read More

The Rapist God in Leda and the Swan, a Poem by W.B. Yeats (1034 words, 4 pages)

Leda and the Swan by W. B. Yeats is a poem based on the Greek myth where Leda, daughter of Thestius king of Aetolia and wife of Tyndaerus king of Sparta, is raped by the god Zeus in the form of a Swan. That same night she lays with her ... Read More

The Concept of Parallelism in An Irish Airman Foresees His Death by W.B. Yeats (709 words, 3 pages)

Parallelism (noun) the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc. (Oxford Dictionary)An Irish Airman Foresees his Death by William Butler Yeats is a work of complete parallelism in its style and content. This serves the purpose of letting the ... Read More

The Oppression and Discrimination of Women in Arthur Golden’s Memoirs of a Geisha and George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion (3511 words, 11 pages)

Feminist icon Ani DiFranco once said, "Patriarchy is like the elephant in the room that we don't talk about, but how could it not affect the planet radically when it's the superstructure of human society." Patriarchys widespread ideology has resulted in the distorted belief that men are superior to women, ... Read More

The Ethical Limits of Paterian Aesthetics in The Picture of Dorian Gray, a Novel by Oscar Wilde (2913 words, 10 pages)

Ethical Limitations of Paterian Aesthetics in The Picture of Dorian GrayDebates about Dorian Grays ability to embody Walter Paters aesthetics in Oscar Wildes novel The Picture of Dorian Gray are boundless. On the one hand, Dorian does chase experience after experience, refusing to allow his life to stagnate, while on ... Read More

The Expressions of Willfulness and Worldviews in Victorian England in Salome, a Play by Oscar Wilde (967 words, 4 pages)

Willfulness and Worldviews in SalomOf the many instances of conflict in Oscar Wildes decadent play Salom, it would at first appear that the conflict between Salom and her mother, Herodias, is downplayed, if not entirely absent from the plays primary sources of tension. However, considering the plays many differences (i.e. ... Read More

The Moral Complexity of Fairy Tales in the Literary Works of Oscar Wilde (999 words, 3 pages)

Moral Complexity in Wildes FairytalesEven with limited knowledge of Oscar Wildes work, one probably doesnt expect his stories to begin with a Once upon a time and conclude with a neat, reassuring happily ever after. There is simply no room for such authoritative, didactic lines in his decidedly amoral, but ... Read More

The Charming Character of Lucy Westenra in Dracula, a Novel by Bram Stoker (772 words, 3 pages)

When the charming Lucy Westenra is first mentioned in Bram Strokers Dracula (1897), she is being written to in a letter from Mina simply as a way to catch up and discuss the rumors that Lucy has a tall, handsome, curly-hair man (87) in her life. As Lucy continuously writes ... Read More

The Adolescent Experience in The Picture of Dorian Gray, a Novel by Oscar Wilde (680 words, 2 pages)

The Person Dorian GrayThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde details the experiences of an adolescence upon being introduced to the various vices of the world. Young and nave, the protagonist, Dorian Gray, heavily over indulges in them. These indulgences reap their terrible effects on Dorians character, represented by ... Read More

The Effects of Abuse on the Life of Dorian Gray in The Picture of Dorian Gray, a Novel by Oscar Wilde (1993 words, 7 pages)

Painting a Picture Effects of Abuse on the Life of Dorian GrayThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is a novel published in the late 1800s and gained much notoriety in the public eye. It details the life of a young man, Dorian Gray, in upper middle class, or ... Read More

The Strange Friendship of Hugh and Hans in The Devoted Friend, a Book by Oscar Wilde (1024 words, 3 pages)

Behind Friendships Guise.In Wildes The Devoted Friend we are given a tale within a tale about how to treat others. The characters we focus on the most is Hans and Hugh the Miller and their strange friendship. Hugh is a rich man along with his wife and son while Hans ... Read More

The Cleverness and Wisdom of Women in Salome and Lady Windermere’s Fan, Two Works by Oscar Wilde (1715 words, 6 pages)

A Womans WisdomCleverness and wisdom has always worked hand in hand, especially during the times of aristocratic England. However, it was mostly only men who were able to learn the arts of philosophy and speak their minds on it without being discarded, while the women, in most cases, were just ... Read More

A Path to Redemption in The Picture of Dorian Gray, a Novel by Oscar Wilde (598 words, 1 pages)

THE PICTURE of DORIAN GRAY Readers response by Anonymous I have always been so reluctant to read classics. I truthfully am a fan of modern literature. It is evident that not everything is black or white so whenever I find myself on the verge of selecting any piece of classical ... Read More

The Different Attitudes to Love in Liz Lochhead’s Epithalamium, Poem for Other Poor Fools and After a Warrant Sale (913 words, 2 pages)

Q. With detailed reference to three poems, consider by what means and with what effects Lochhead presents different attitudes to love.Liz Lochheads Epithalamium, Poem for Other Poor Fools and After a Warrant Sale are poems that present romantic, as well as realistic, love. These love poems depict different attitudes to ... Read More

An Analysis of Tone and Writing Style in A Modest Proposal, an Essay by Jonathan Swift (365 words, 2 pages)

A Modest Proposal is anything but modest. Agree or disagree?Tone and Writing Style in Jonathan Swifts Essay A Modest ProposalI agree A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift (1729) is anything but modest. A Modest Proposal is a satirical essay, in which he uses the first person point of view to ... Read More

An Analysis of the Effectiveness of A Modest Proposal, an Essay by Jonathan Swift (363 words, 2 pages)

A Modest Proposal Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" is just what the title wouldsuggest a possible solution for the amount of women on the street beggingin order to feed their children and what sounds like an economic crisis.While the essay starts off as if he is going to suggest somethingreasonable, ... Read More

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