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A Literary Analysis of The Hollow Men by T.S. Elliot (984 words, 2 pages)

The imagery depicted in T.S. Eliot's poem "The Hollow Men" evokes a sense of desolate hopelessness and lends to Eliot's generally cynical view of civilization during this period in history. A reaction of deep and profound disappointment in mankind around him is made evident in this stark work, first published ... Read More

An Introduction to the Story of Robin Hood and His Literary Analysis (802 words, 1 pages)

Robin Hood's good traits are easily seen throughout the story. The author did a good job of making his hero come across as a good person, who has often been misinterpreted because of things that he did as a young boy. Showing the change Robin Hood has made since he ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Three Elegiac Poems: The Wanderer, the Wife of Lament and the Seafarer (916 words, 1 pages)

There is a great similarity between the three elegiac poems, The Wanderer, The Wife of Lament, and The Seafarer. This similarity is the theme of exile. Exile means separation, or banishment from ones native country, region, or home. During the Anglo Saxon period, exile caused a great amount of pain ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Theme in 1984 by George Orwell (1688 words, 2 pages)

There is a reoccurring theme in the novel 1984, by George Orwell. The main character, Winston Smith is often fantasizing about his utopia, and dreaming about past events. In a world where everyone is controlled and everything is decided for you, Winston relies on his subconscious mind to maintain his ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Women’s Rights in a Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen (1508 words, 2 pages)

A play serves as the author's tool for critiquing society. One rarely encounters the ability to transcend accepted social beliefs. These plays reflect controversial issues that the audience can relate to because they interact in the same situations every day. As late nineteenth century playwrights point out the flaws of ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Sexism in the Wife of Bath by Chaucer (2165 words, 3 pages)

Chaucer, in his female pilgrimage thought of women as having an evil-like quality, that they always tempt and take from men. They were depicted of untrustworthy, selfish and vain. Through the faults of both men and women, Chaucer showed what is right and wrong and how one should live. Under ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Brave New World and a Comparison to Fahrenheit 451 (1553 words, 2 pages)

Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451 are two books, both of which are supposed to be set in the future, which have numerous theme similarities throughout them. Of all their common factors, the ones that stand out most would have to be first, the outlawed reading of books second, the ... Read More

A Literary Analysis and a Comparison of the Autobiography by Franklin and the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1062 words, 2 pages)

America, a land with shimmering soil where golden dust flew and a days rain of money could last you through eternity. Come, You Will make it in America. That was the common theme of those who would remove to America. It is the common hymn, the classic American rags-to-riches myth, ... Read More

A Literary Analysis and a Comparison of Spelling and Differently by Alice Munro (1465 words, 2 pages)

The analysis of the two short stories "Spelling" and "Differently" written by Alice Munro deal with female relationships. These relationships paint a vivid picture of the kinship, deception, challenges, and associations that affect friends and family as they journey through life."Spelling" is about the relationship of two women, Rose and ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Girl in Doe Season by David Kaplan (1037 words, 1 pages)

The process of finding out who one is can be very turbulent and confusing. Through growing up one goes through so many different changes in terms of one's personality and deciding who they are and what they want to be. The little girl in David Kaplan's "Doe Season" goes through ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Journey in the Novel the Call of the Wild (916 words, 1 pages)

Throughout the novel The Call of the Wild, we follow a dog named Buck through his journey through the Klondike. We experience a transformation in him, as he adapts to the cold, harsh land where he is forced to toil in the snow, just to help men find a shiny ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (954 words, 2 pages)

"Jane Eyre" is set during the Victorian period, at a time where a women's role in society was restrictive and repressive and class differences distinct. A job as a governess was one of the only few respectable positions available to the educated but impoverished single women.Not only is "Jane Eyre" ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Main Themes in Bridge to Terabithia (678 words, 1 pages)

There are many main themes in Bridge to Terabithia. One of the most important is Jesse and Leslie's magical kingdom in the woods called Terabithia. Terabithia is a small castle they built in the woods where they go to escape and have magical adventures. The "bridge" is a rope they ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Civil War in the Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (581 words, 1 pages)

Most people think of the Civil War as a military battle between the North and South. Without studying the subject, they do not appreciate the facts that make up this historical event. When one reads the novel, The Killer Angels, the reader will have a much better perception and understanding ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Symbolism in the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (969 words, 2 pages)

The Hidden Story in Green and WhiteColor symbolism is really popular in novels written during the 1920's. One such example is Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby. There is much color symbolism in this novel, but there are two main colors that stand out more than the others. The colors ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (945 words, 1 pages)

Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot is an absurd play about two men, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo) who wait under a withered tree for Godot, who Vladimir says has an important but unknown message. This play is incredibly bizarre, because at times it is difficult to discern if there is ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of a Separate Peace by John Knowles (1843 words, 2 pages)

Someone once said that being yourself, being who you are, is a successful rebellion. Gene Forrester, one of the main characters in John Knowles's novel, A Separate Peace should have taken this advice. Throughout the novel, Gene acted artificially, disguising his true self. He lived in fear of people finding ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Once and Future King by T. H. White (1093 words, 2 pages)

"He was only a man who had meant well, who had been spurred along the course of thinking by an eccentric necromancer with a weakness for humanity. Justice had been his last attempt-to do nothing which was not just. But it had ended in failure" (White, OAFK 634). The "he" ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Pearl in the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1021 words, 1 pages)

Pearl is one of the most interesting and mysterious characters of the novel The Scarlet Letter. One tends to wonder why Pearl is the way she is. Why does she act so strangely and so differently than all the other characters? She acts this way because of a relationship she ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Prologue in the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (597 words, 1 pages)

Geoffrey Chaucer portrayed a cross section of medieval society though The Canterbury Tales. "The Prologue" or foreword of this work serves as an introduction to each of the thirty one characters involved in the tales. Two of these characters are the Kght and the Squire, who share a father and ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson (458 words, 1 pages)

The quote that most provoked thought and emotion from within me comes from the essay "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson. "To be great is to be misunderstood" was used by Emerson to explain the lagging growth of the conception of ideas and thoughts of his generation. Original and novel ideas ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Short Story Red Dress by Alice Munro (425 words, 1 pages)

The short story "Red Dress" by Alice Munro is about a young girl's first high school dance. Her home and school environment determined her attitude towards the dance.This girl's home life was bad. She was constantly put down mentally by her mother, even in front of her friend Lonnie, to ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Ralph in Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1055 words, 2 pages)

There are always people who, in a group, come out with better qualities as a leader than others. The strongest people however, become the greater influences, which the others decide to follow. However, sometimes the strongest person is not the best choice. Authors often show how humans select this stronger ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Feelings and Emotions in the Odyssey by Homer (549 words, 1 pages)

There are many essential emotions that form the building blocks of our lives. These emotions help to shape the people that we are. These feelings are emotional necessities to ultimately keep us happy. Nothing makes these feelings more evident than the Odyssey by Homer. Through out the course of this ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the next Big Thing by Anita Brookner (831 words, 1 pages)

How to rearrange the pastThe Next Big Thing by Anita Brookner247pp, PenguinFashion has not favoured Anita Brookner, whose 21st novel, published just over two decades after her first, continues a loyal aesthetic engagement with mourning and melancholy that frequently attracts criticism rather than praise. When Dame Gillian Beer's Orange prize ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Nature in the Literature by Kenneth Olwig and Nicholas Roe and Barbara T Gates (1614 words, 2 pages)

book reviewsWe revere it, we destroy it, we deconstruct it... PD Smith gets to grips with the natural world in books from Kenneth Olwig, Nicholas Roe, Onnon Oerlemans and Barbara T GatesBest wear a good thick skirtLandscape, Nature, and the Body Politic From Britain's Renaissance to America's New Worldby Kenneth ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Emperor of Ocean Park an American Novel (522 words, 1 pages)

Supreme EmperorThe Emperor of Ocean ParkStephen L CarterJonathan Cape 18, pp657After Jonathan Franzen's T he Corrections and Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything Is Illuminated, The Emperor of Ocean Park is the third recent American novel to arrive here with the hyperbole that comes with a massive advance and ecstatic US critical ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Only in America by Dominic Holland (958 words, 1 pages)

It's literate, but is it literature?Only in AmericaDominic HollandFame 10.99, pp250Miracle at Sant'AnnaJames McBrideSceptre 14.99, pp277Everything is IlluminatedJonathan Safran FoerHamish Hamilton 14.99, pp288It is unusual for me to choose commercial contenders for this column rather than books with more literary ambitions, but one thing I've never lost in years of ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Neil Young’s Biography (417 words, 1 pages)

Young and unlovelyShakeyNeil Young's BiographyJimmy McDonoughJonathan Cape 30, pp770In the summer of 1987 Neil Young started work on a new album. It was, according to Jimmy McDonough, to be a final assault on his record label, Geffen a recording of the sounds of crickets wedded to new age music. As ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Intimate Story of a Political Marriage by James Naughtie (630 words, 1 pages)

Who wears the trousers - Blair or Brown?The Rivals Blair and Brown The Intimate Story of a Political Marriage by James Naughtie (Fourth Estate)A friend of mine from California was asking for the hardback edition of The Rivals in a bookshop a couple of months ago. While I was gratified ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013