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

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Character Analysis of Vladimir and Estragon in Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (675 words, 3 pages)

Vladimir and Estragon A Symbol of ManMany Authors use different techniques in their wittings. Samuel Beckett uses allusions and references to characters to help the reader understand what the characters represent. In his drama Waiting for Godot, Becketts two main characters, Estragon and Vladimir, are symbolized as man. Separate they ... Read More

A Plot Summary of the Play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (1307 words, 2 pages)

Overall Summary The play begins in the flat of Algernon Moncrieff, an upper-class English bachelor. He is visited by his friend, Ernest Worthing. Ernest says that he has come to town to propose to Gwendolen Fairfax, the daughter of Lady Bracknell and first cousin of Algernon. Algernon tells Ernest that ... Read More

The Ideals of Jonathan Swift Based on Gulliver’s Travel (3078 words, 6 pages)

The Ideals of Jonathan SwiftThe tale of Gullivers Travels can be described as a written criticism of the society in which Swift lived. In each of the worlds Gulliver encountered the problems he saw with the civilizations were actually the political and social aspects Jonathan Swift disliked about his own ... Read More

An Analysis of Narcissism in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (831 words, 2 pages)

Dorian Gray and The Narcissus The myth of Narcissus is a good illustration of the damage that total self love can do to a person. There is a misconception about narcissistic people. This confusion is the belief that narcissistic people are in love with themselves, but according to the DSM ... Read More

An Analysis of James Joyce’s Novel “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” (1393 words, 2 pages)

The Misogyny of the Artist as a Young ManIn most novels there are always certain aspects of the protagonist's life that serve as the basis from which the character is motivated to create or to encounter particular events. Often times these motivations are the key that the protagonist needs in ... Read More

A Story of a Boy’s Life and His Quest to Impress a Young Girl in Araby by James Joyce (984 words, 2 pages)

The story, "Araby" by James Joyce, is a short story about a young boy's life and his quest to impress the young girl for whom he has feelings. The protagonists to the young boy, including the young girl, are the boy's uncle, and the people at the Bazaar booth. The ... Read More

An Analysis of Art Influence in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (870 words, 2 pages)

Art, what is Art? It is an ambiguous matter without an exact form, an exact meaning. Does it have any rules or restrictions? However, it can be a great influence on the lives of people. In the novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, two lovers have fell in and out ... Read More

An Analysis of Samuel Beckett’s Pessimistic Attitude in The Luck of Slavery (1291 words, 5 pages)

The Luck of SlaverySamuel Beckett's pessimistic attitude about the existence of man lead him to writeone of the best contemporary plays known to the twentieth century. Even with its blandunchanging set, clown-like characters, and seemingly meaningless theme, Waiting for Godot, arouses the awareness of human tragedy through characters' tragic flaws. ... Read More

Exploring the Epiphany of the Soul In “The Dead” (891 words, 2 pages)

8. Where does epiphany occur in The Dead? Who has the epiphany? What is the emotional state it creates? How does it compare to other epiphanies in Dubliners? Is there an Irony in the story as well?Epiphany of the SoulIn The Dead, Gabriel has the epiphany. The epiphany occurs when ... Read More

Exploring the Saturation of Music in the Story “The Dead” (1028 words, 2 pages)

The Dead" is a story saturated in music. In it, the Morkan women - Aunt Julia, Aunt Kate, niece Mary Jane, all music teachers - are giving their annual Yuletide fete, complete with song and dance. Most of the "The Dead" takes place at a Christmas party in Dublin about ... Read More

Character Analysis of Lane in the Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (422 words, 1 pages)

One of the most difficult obstacles a playwright has to overcome is finding a way to engage and interest their audience to their piece. Often having to deal with such problems such as boredom, inattentiveness, or just a general lack of interest, playwrights often invent dramatic devices that entice and ... Read More

Religion and Its Effects on Stephen Dedalus (1202 words, 2 pages)

Religion and Its Effect on Stephen Dedalus Religion is an important and recurring theme in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Through his experiences with religion, Stephen Dedalus both matures and progressively becomes more individualistic as he grows. Though reared in a Catholic school, several ... Read More

An Analysis of the Irish Catholic Family in the Novel Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane (3335 words, 5 pages)

Reading In the DarkIn his novel, Reading In the Dark, Seamus Deane tells the story of an Irish Catholic family in Northern Ireland between the late Forties and early Seventies. He traces the path taken by a growing boy searching for and finding the truth about his family during this ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Oscar Wilde and the World Around Him (690 words, 2 pages)

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900) was an Anglo-Irish dramatist, novelist, essayist, short-story writer, critic, and poet. He was part of the Decadence, a loosely affiliated coterie of writers and artists of the 1890s whose lives and works manifested a highly stylized, decorative manner, a fascination with morbidity and perversity, ... Read More

The Life and Significance of Oscar Wilde in Literature (1570 words, 3 pages)

Tour of AmericaIn the early 1880s, when Aestheticism was the rage and despair of literary London, Wilde established himself in social and artistic circles by his wit and flamboyance. Soon the periodical Punch made him the satiric object of its antagonism to the Aesthetes for what was considered their unmaculine ... Read More

The Evaluation of the Poem Mid-Term Break (1780 words, 4 pages)

Mid-term Break C.E.The poem I am evaluating in this essay is titled Mid-term break and was written by Seamus Heaney. The poem is about the laying out to rest of a four year old told from his older brothers perspective. I will be dealing with and trying to explain the ... Read More

The Symbolism Behind Gulliver’s Travels and the Satire on a Nation (1502 words, 2 pages)

Satire on a NationJonathan Swifts, Gullivers Travels satirically relates bodily functions and physical attributes to social issues during Englands powerful rule of Europe. Through out the story we find many relations between bodily features and British and European society. Swift uses this tone of mockery to explain to his reader ... Read More

An Analysis of Jonathan Swift’s Essay A Modest Proposal and the Great Famine in Ireland (1392 words, 2 pages)

In Jonathan Swifts essay, A Modest Proposal, Swift proposes that the poor should eat their own starving children during a great a famine in Ireland. What would draw Swift into writing to such lengths. When times get hard in Ireland, Swift states that the children would make great meals. The ... Read More

The Modest Proposal of Jonathon Swift (362 words, 1 pages)

Jonathon Swift's A Modest ProposalJonathon Swift assumes a few key ideas throughout A Modest Proposal. It is unquestionably assumed through the essay that anyone would be willing to give up and sell his child as nourishment. It is presumed that the reader would not hesitate to accept the ideas of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character Stephen Dedalus by James Joyce (2514 words, 7 pages)

Stephen Dedalus, the main character in most of James Joyce's writings, is said to be a reflection of Joyce himself. In A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the reader follows Stephen as he develops from a young child into a young artist, overcoming many conflicts both internally ... Read More

An Analysis of the Houyhnhnms and Yahoos in “Gulliver’s Travel” by Jonathan Swift (951 words, 2 pages)

Houyhnhnms and YahoosAnimal Rationale or Rationis CapaxWhat do the Yahoos and the Houynhnmns stand for? What moral was Swift drawing from them? The answer to the second question depends on the solution of the first. One solution could be that the Yahoos represent man has he actually is, self-seeking, sensual ... Read More

The Proposal for Preventing Children to be a Burden to Their Parents Illustrated in The Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift (737 words, 2 pages)

"A Modest Proposal"Jonathan Swift wrote this essay as a satirical proposal for the purpose of exploiting social and economic issues in a sophisticated and comic way. Its main purpose is to prevent the poor people of Ireland, particularly the children, not to be burdens on their parents and to their ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Interesting Questions in Gullivers Travels by Swift (844 words, 4 pages)

One of the most interesting questions about Gullivers Travels is whether the Houyhnhnms represent an ideal of rationality or whether on the other hand they are the butt of Swift's satire. In other words, in Book IV, is Swift poking fun at the talking horses or does he intend for ... Read More

A Short Biography of Jonathan Swift and the Summary of his Book “Gulliver’s Travel” (943 words, 2 pages)

Gullivers TravelsJonathon SwiftJonathan Swift was born in Dublin on November 30 in 1967. Swifts father was an English lawyer died while his wife was pregnant to Jonathan. Right after he was born, his mother left him to be raised by his brother. He graduated from Trinity College and started a ... Read More

A Review on the Key Characters in the Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (5027 words, 7 pages)

Title The Importance of Being EarnestAuthor Oscar WildeSetting Begins in a flat in London then proceeds to a manor house in the countryside in the late 1800's.Plot Two men, John Jack Earnest Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, use the deception a Bunbury that both their names were Ernest, in order to ... Read More

The Role of the Settings in the Short Story Eveline from the Dubliners by James Joyce (560 words, 1 pages)

Setting is one of the most significant elements in a story. The setting goes far beyond the simple physical attributes and external face value. It seems "Eveline" solely takes place in Dublin in an old room, but the setting actually plays a key role in the story. The setting in ... Read More

A Comparison of Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift and The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia by Samuel Johnson (628 words, 2 pages)

Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift and The History of Rasselas, Prince ofAbissinia by Samuel Johnson, seek to capture the nature of the ideal world as well as theessence of human nature. Both works are satirical in temper, and take a rather grim lookat the human condition exists, as well as ... Read More

The Opposing Characters of Mrs. Ryan and the Priest in First Confession by Frank O’Connor (496 words, 1 pages)

Mrs. Ryan and the PriestIn Frank OConnors story First Confession, Mrs. Ryan and the priest are different. Mrs. Ryan and the priest approach Jackie differently and have different affects on him. Mrs. Ryan makes Jackie feel like a sinner in her approach to him. She teaches him how to examine ... Read More

The Strengths and Weaknesses in Bram Stoker’s Dracula (2663 words, 7 pages)

I. StrengthsA. Immortal1. Speaks of history as if he was there2. Legend in the story states that un-dead will go on for eternity3. Dracula himself states Time is on my side.B. Blood gives him strength and restored vitality1. Dracula looks younger after consuming blood2. Renfield explains what Dracula is doing ... Read More

An Analysis of Dubliners by James Joyce (2225 words, 6 pages)

Dubliners (1914) by James JoyceIntroductionJoyce said that in "Dubliners" his intention was "to write a chapter in the moral history of my country and I chose Dublin for the scene because the city seemed to me the centre of paralysis".The 15 stories which make up the collection are studies on ... Read More

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