Order now

literary analysis Essay Examples

8262 total results

An Introduction to the Analysis of the Mind as a Creative Peak and a Literary Analysis of the Dream Game by Ann Faraday (1388 words, 6 pages)

The mind at its Creative Peak That which the dream shows is the shadow ofsuch wisdom as exists in man, even if during his waking state he may knownothing about it.. We do not know it because we are fooling away our timewith outward and perishing things, and are sleep ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of American Dream in the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1375 words, 6 pages)

The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about the American Dream,and the downfall of those who attempt to capture its illusionary goals. Thisdream has varying significances for different people but in The Great Gatsby,for Jay, the dream is that through wealth and power, one can acquire happiness.To ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Character of Estella (1686 words, 6 pages)

The Character of Estella One of our first thoughts, like readers, when we finishthe novel is to establish two lists one of good characters and other of badcharacters. Since this paper is devoted to the character of Estella the questionwould be is she a good character or a bad character? ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Duke of Ferrara in My Last Duchess (486 words, 2 pages)

A dramatic monologue is defined as a poem in which a single character isspeaking to a person or persons- usually about an important topic. The purposeof most dramatic monologues is to provide the reader with an overall or intimateview of the characters personality. A great poet can use punctuation andrhythm ... Read More

A Literary Analysis and a Comparison of the Poems in the Book by Hall and the Book by Kenyon (564 words, 2 pages)

The poems that are depicted in the book by Hall and the book by Kenyon aredifferent in their topics and expression of their ideas. Though these poets seemto be different in their work they both seem to share a common thread. Thatthread is the love that Hall and Kenyon have ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Le Chene Et Le Roseau by Jean De La Fontaine (824 words, 4 pages)

Le Chne Et Le Roseau, a poem by Jean de La Fontaine, shows the contrastof the characters while moralizing about hidden strengths that are oftenoverlooked or belittled. In this poem, the oak is personified as having astubborn sense of strength, while the humble reed is represented as possessingthe qualities of ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Poem in Plaster by Sylvia Plath (1111 words, 4 pages)

"In Plaster" was a poem written by Sylvia Plath on March 18, 1961. Thepoem was written while Plath was in St. Pancras hospital in England, immediatelyfollowing an appendectomy. Her journals, as well as the letters she wrote to hermother, vividly describe the events surrounding the composition of this poem.Interestingly, Plath ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Play Educating Rita by Willy Russel (1433 words, 2 pages)

In Willy Russels play "Educating Rita," some marks of a love story are to be noticed between both characters. They each show marks of affection for each other. The main aspect of a love story is to have two characters of opposite sex, being attracted to one another. The attraction ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Garden of Love by William Blake (635 words, 3 pages)

In William Blake's Garden of Love, published in 1794, the speaker shows thatfrom day one of any persons life, nothing remains uniform. That life is alwaysin a state of change, disarray, and inconsistency. The speaker tries to do thisby bringing you to a state of being and realization of the ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Flesh and the Spirit by Anne Bradstreet (1273 words, 5 pages)

Anne Bradstreet's poem "The Flesh and the Spirit," reveals aninteresting inner conflict in the life of a Puritan woman in the New World, aswell as insight into Bradstreet and her own internal conflicts with Puritanismand the wilderness of America. Bradsteet is considered a representative of theideal Puritan wife and mother ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Poems Breakings, Black Walnuts and My Papa’s Waltz (1321 words, 5 pages)

In examining the four father poems, I chose to talk about"Breakings", "Black Walnuts", and "My Papa'sWaltz". In each of the three poems the speaker reminisces about memories hehas with his father that take place when the speaker was young. The three textsdiscuss the father's importance in the son's maturation. In ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Superstition in the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (714 words, 3 pages)

In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, there is a lot ofsuperstition. Some examples of superstition in the novel are Huck killing aspider which is bad luck, the hair-ball used to tell fortunes, and therattle-snake skin Huck touches that brings Huck and Jim good and bad ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Poetry by Emily Dickinson (552 words, 3 pages)

Upon a first reading of Emily Dickinson's poem's I found them very difficult tounderstand due to her unique style of writing. Once I was able to comprehend thegeneral theme of her poems, they became clearer with profound meaning.Dickinson's writing style, leaving words absent and not completing sentences,allows the reader to ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Because I Could Not Stop for Death and I Heard a Fly Buzz- When I Died by Emily Dickinson (728 words, 3 pages)

Emily Dickinson's poems, Because I Could Not Stop For Death and I HeardA Fly Buzz-When I Died, are both about one of life's few certainties, death.However, that is where the similarities end. Although Dickinson wrote bothpoems, their ideas about what lies after death differ. In one, there appears tobe life ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Literature by Emily Dickinson (1000 words, 4 pages)

Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830 in Amherst Massachusetts. She hada younger sister named Lavina and an older brother named Austin. Her motherEmily Norcross Dickinson, was largely dependent on her family and was seen byEmily as a bad mother. Her father was lawyer, Congressman, and the Treasurer forAmherst ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Elm Speaks by Sylvia Plath (2164 words, 8 pages)

Sylvia Plaths The Elm Speaks Dutch elm disease is one of the mostdevastating shade tree diseases the earth has ever seen. It is a wilt diseasewith an extremely high fatality rate. The disease is characterized by gradualyellowing of the leaves and defoliation. This is caused be a fungus which istransmitted ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of to Earthward by Robert Frost (421 words, 2 pages)

Robert Frost's "To Earthward" is an intimate lyric in which an old manreflects upon his passionate experiences with love as a youth and the lack ofsuch experiences in his old age. Through diction, imagery and structure, thetone of the speaker changes from one of gentle nostalgia to resentment towardthe ephemeral ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold (689 words, 3 pages)

How can life or anything be so wonderful, but at times seem so unbearable? Thisis a question that Matthew Arnold may have asked himself one day, while writing"Dover Beach". This is a poem about a sea and a beach that is trulybeautiful, but hold much deeper meaning than what meets ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Love in the Divine Comedy by Dante (1408 words, 6 pages)

A significant idea contained within Dante's The Divine Comedy is the Augustinianconcept of ordered and disordered love. Each realm of the afterlife symbolizesthe type of love the inhabitants exercised while they were living on earth. Forexample, the Inferno represents disordered love, since the souls in Hellexhibited little love for mankind ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Poem Daddy by Sylvia Plath (1009 words, 4 pages)

Sylvia Plath reveals herself in her confessional poem Daddy. She uses strongimagery and powerful speech to show her attitudes towards her late father, OttoPlath and her husband, Ted Hughes, who also hurt her in the end. Her toneimplies a strong hatred and disgust for the relationships with both men. Thepoem ... Read More

An Introduction to the Literary Analysis of a Poem Charlotte (1800 words, 7 pages)

Charlotte mixing in with the sailors, is like a drop of gold paint in a bucketof gray paint. Under all the pressure she must feel faint. No other drops ofgold paint to accompany her. Only a fraud. Gold on the outside, but hatefulclear on the inside. A fraud, trying to ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Clarities (418 words, 2 pages)

"The Clarities" I choose the word clarity for this OED Essay. Itseemed to fit rather well and piqued my interest as well. After reading thepoem, I began to wonder what different meanings there were for this word. Theauthor could have intended a less obvious meaning for the word clarities. So ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Songs of Innocence by Blake (842 words, 4 pages)

Verily I say unto you, Whoseover shall not receive the kingdom of God as alittle child shall in no wise enter therein. S Luke, 18 (17) The words arethose of Jesus, who was neither unaware of reality, nor indifferent tosuffering. The childlike innocence referred to above is a state of ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Emily Dickinson (792 words, 4 pages)

Emily Dickinsons Because I could not stop for Death is a remarkablemasterpiece that exercises thought between the known and the unknown. Criticscall Emily Dickinsons poem a masterpiece with strange haunting power.In Dickinsons poem, Because I could not stop for Death, there is muchimpression in the tone, in symbols, and in ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Air and Angels by John Donne (690 words, 3 pages)

Air and Angels John Donnes poem Air and Angels focuses on the medievalbeliefs respecting angels. Angels are commonly seen as messengers of God orappear as a conventional representation of a human form with wings. A populartheory in medieval times assumed angels under certain circumstances did assumebodies of air. The underlying ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Poem against Still Life by Margaret Atwood (1253 words, 5 pages)

In the poem Against Still Life, poet Margaret Atwood fascinates us by weavingher words into descriptive feelings we can all relate too, especially women.Atwood is a well known poet and novelist who has a certain way of grabbing theattention of the reader and throwing the readers thoughts around without hereven ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose (1026 words, 4 pages)

In the 1950s, Reginald Rose penned his masterpiece, 12 Angry Men. This playintroduces us to twelve men of various statures. All of these men are part ofthe jury who will decide the fate of a young man, who has been accused ofmurdering his father. At first glance of the testimonies ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Conflict in Rape by Adrienne Rich (717 words, 3 pages)

Have you ever been in a situation where you had something horrible happen inyour life that you needed to do something about, but in order to do somethingabout it, you had to confront the problem and that caused you pain and moretroubles? I believe that to be the underlying conflict ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Passion, Politics and the Body in the Poetry by Adrienne Rich (3449 words, 14 pages)

"What I know, I know through making poems" Passion, Politics and theBody in the Poetry of Adrienne Rich Liz Yorke, Nottingham Trent University,England This paper is largely extracted from my book Adrienne Rich, which is tobe published by Sage in October this year...What I have tried to do for thepaper ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Argument in Man and the Universe by Pascal (1600 words, 7 pages)

Pascal builds his argument in Man and the Universe out of a series ofparadoxes, seemingly contradictory truths. In writing, Man and theUniverse, Pascal reflected his views on what is our place in the world ashuman beings. Pascals writing shows a harmony between mathematical certaintyand moral truths in support of his ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013