Literary Analysis Essay Samples
The Role of Nature in the Poems by Li Bai and Robert Frost
Nature has always been one of the most important themes in poetry of all epochs and societies. It serves as an endless source of metaphors, associations and inspiration for poets and artists.
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Poetry Comparison
Starting from the early twentieth century, writers and poets had to break with the past literary tradition and respond to the reality of rapid changes and modernization. In such a way, they had to experiment and find new forms and ideas...
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The Historic and Social Aspects in “Gooseberry” by Anton Chekhov
Chekhov is a widely recognized master of the modern style of story writing. He skillfully created his short stories that became particularly influential among the writers of America and England. His first stories were based on the popular fiction, which included superficial vivid characteristics and swift development of events. However, changing of the personal views induced Chekhov to concentrate more on the moral issues. The majority of author’s convictions were influenced by the thoughts of Leo Tolstoy that...
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There Are No Children Here
This paper is based on the book "There Are No Children Here." The book setting is in a war-torn area in America which is prone to drug smuggling. Various gangs have come up, and each wants to dominate the region. This desire for dominance has resulted in numerous gun battles and gang members killed as well as stray bullets getting to innocent community members. The paper gives a narrative review showing how the book has impacted my personal life. It also gives a character assessment for ...
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Bharati Mukherjee and Her Sister Mira
Two Ways to Belong highlights the story of Bharati and Mira, the two Indian sisters who moved to America to pursue their education. After securing their degrees, the sisters planned to go back to India to marry the grooms chosen by their father. Accordingly, they uphold similar social and political virtues whilehaving in plans to return to India, but everything changes once they get jobs and marry different individuals in America. It is worth understanding that Mira gets married to an Indian student and ...
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Short Story Essay on Charles by Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson is an American author who is famous for her wild imagination and odd stories that twist reality in the most unexpected ways. The short story “Charles” which Jackson wrote in 1948 is no exception. The narration presents no dramatic events and seems to reveal to its readers more than ordinary days of an average American family. However, the last few lines turn the story upside down and make the audience see the events anew from a strikingly different perspective. Such unexpected ...
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Analysis of Epistle 47 by Seneca
Epistle 47 by Seneca is a powerful statement about slavery and the way his peers were treating the slaves. The letter focuses on the harsh treatment slaves were receiving from their Roman masters. Seneca defends slaves saying that their souls are just like the souls of the free people; and therefore, he urges the Romans to treat slaves based on their personality and individual virtues instead of social standing. The work is extremely important because ...
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Governance and Equality
The debate about governance and equality has been ongoing for many years with a special focus of women rights and roles as compared with the role of men. On one hand, the idea that women have historically been abused by men has a deep origin in biology and human psychology. On the other hand, it can be argued that women face oppression because men do not understand women. While the first statement is pessimistic in nature in that it assumes that the situation cannot be ...
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Lovecraft and Poe: The Fathers of Horror
Among the numerous writers of horror, Howard Phillips Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe are believed to have built substantial grounds in the fields of poetry and short stories. Poe was born in 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. He expressed his feelings through writing. When John Allan, his foster father, disowned him, Poe faced financial difficulties. During those days, one could not make ...
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Is Hamlet Mad or Just Pretending to be Mad?
Hamlet is a play that involves the prince of Denmark as the key character. The Prince returns home to find his Father murdered by his uncle Claudius with the aim of inheriting the throne. Besides, his mother remarries the killer of his father, and this makes Hamlet frustrated and plans a revenge mission. Hamlets pretend his father appeared to him in the form of a ghost and ...
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