Life Essays

Before being able to classify a novel, correctly or otherwise, into a certain genre, it is necessary to understand that genre and what constitutes it. The idea of a romance has changed somewhat since the time Great Expectations was written-now, it would be easy to confuse a ‘romance’ with a …

The novel ‘Great Expectations’ was written by the much admired Charles Dickens. It was firstly written in a weekly series for a magazine and finally published into book form in 1861. Dickens’ childhood influenced his writing to a great extent. At a very young age his father was imprisoned for …

I have decided to read and review “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens. The book is set in the late 1800’s and is a story about an orphan growing up and his struggles throughout life. My first impression of this book was that it would be a typical Charles Dickens plot, …

This version of Act 3 Scene 4 including Patrick Stewart is a much more modernised version of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. We know this as the scene starts off straight after a war with guns. The setting is also not set in the era of Shakespeare. With regards to the setting, it …

Conflict is one of many recurrent themes in the play ‘Macbeth’. Conflict is to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, atvariance, or in opposition. The use of conflict in the play demonstrates the character’s clashing viewpoints and allows the readers to grasp their different traits. Shakespeare uses this technique …

Hypothesis: Dramatic relationships are often the site of power games between characters. Discuss the significance of power, and the resistance to power, in Macbeth. The significance of power in the play Macbeth is portrayed as a tangible force that can change people in an incomprehensible way. The play begins with …

Queen Victoria reigned in Britain between 1937-1901. During this time in British history a large degree of change occurred. The writers of the time often reflected these substantial changes in their literature focusing on the interests of society. I have studied a variety of literature from the Victorian period and …

This story has two main characters, the narrator and the signalman. The signalman lives in his hut by a rail tunnel, with a steep cutting above it. The narrator goes to visit the signalman every day, and there are many ways in which Charles Dickens creates a genuine atmosphere of …

In “The Signalman” and “Night Fears” both the men experience some kind of fear. The reader has to distinguish whether the fear is supernatural or psychological. In both stories the signalman and night watchman work alone making them vulnerable and susceptible to the psychological fear. The central characters are isolated …

The Signalman written by Charles Dickens in 1866 and The Red Room written by H . G . Wells have many similarities. They both have “I” narration. The narrator in both stories do not believe in ghosts but near the end of the stories they each get a little frightened. …