Fiction Essays

In 1990’s a television show called ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was a very popular American Sitcom and is still now. The main part is focused on the character Will, a black teenager who comes from an urban area of Philadelphia to live with his very rich aunt’s family. The …

William Goldman effectively incorporates numerous archetypes within his novel to further entice the reader into the plot. Goldman practices the use of three archetypes in particular: numbers, colors, and the wise old man. The numbers three and six are used as symbols of power and evil respectively. Moreover, the color …

“Of Mice and Men is, essentially, a story of friendship and loneliness.” Discuss the extent in which you agree or disagree with this statement. Of Mice and Men is a story consisting of many different themes recurring throughout the novel, some more prominent than others, and a lot of which …

Thomas Hardy’s treatment of women and how far they conform to the social norms of that time In this essay I will be looking at 4 short stories written by Thomas Hardy. I will be commenting on Hardy’s treatment of women and how far they conform to the social norms …

“The Hound of the Baskervilles” was written by the famous Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930). Doyle is famous for being the creator of one of literature’s greatest characters – the master detective, Sherlock Holmes. Inspired by local legends of ghostly hounds that roamed Dartmoor, the tale was published in 1901, …

The Red Ball is a story of exclusion, acceptance and poverty. In The Red Ball, Bolan and his family suffer deeply from poverty. The author emphasises this by describing how skinny Bolan is. The other boys call him names such as “Thinny Boney” and “Match-stick foot”. This gives the reader …

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886. It is about a London lawyer who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and Dj Jekyll’s evil half Edward Hyde. The work is known for …

How effectively does Stevenson create a sense of horror through his descriptions of settings and character in Dr Jekyll and My Hyde? The horror genre explores ideas about monsters and other characters to describe them as horrific. The gruesome, the unknown and the undying battle between good and evil have …

This Gothic Horror follows the story from Mr Utterson’s view. As he tries to discover the relationship between Dr Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde. The story is developed through his conversations and letters. In all characters met in the story, the duality of man is shown by their reactions and …

Introduction The Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was published in 1886. Robert Louis Stevenson used the concept of duality to show the differences between science and religion. Dualistic symbols and events were used through out the story but towards the end there were more religious aspects used …