Life Essays

Albert Camus’s “The Myth of Sisyphus” was the basis for future reference to what literary critics and the like would refer to as the “tragic hero”. The tragic hero, as defined by Camus, is a character in a story, play, or novel that is forever doomed to an undesirable fate. …

This is a poem about going into a dream. The speaker wants to sleep with a loved one and go into their dream and protect them from the subconscious fears. The speaker also wants to bring the loved one back from the dream safely and shelter that person. The speaker …

Tuesdays with Morrie is a phenomenal book. Lately I have been too busy to read books, so I have skimmed them, but when I started to read this book, I could not put it down. A strong student-teacher relationship is really unknown these days. In most instances it is a …

In many literary works the author uses contrast to display the difference between good and evil. Most often this contrast is between light and dark images. Dark representing evil and light representing good. In Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, the author uses many different medians to display the contrast between …

Humiliation and enslavement for the sadist are simply the means to an end. However, suffering is the sadist’s trademark as there is no greater power over another than that of inflicting pain and forcing them to suffer without the benefit of self-defence. In fact, the pure pleasure in the complete …

It is ironic that Jefferson, writer of the “Declaration of Independence,” died 20 years prior to Thoreau even writing “Civil Disobedience.” The two author’s works contain numerous parallel discussions about government corruption and the immoral act of slavery. In the “Declaration of Independence” the colonies are just beginning to rebel …

In the novel Tom Jones, two female characters had a great impact on the story. They were Miss Sophia Western and Miss Molly Seagrim who differed in very many ways. These traits became distinct when matters concerned with physical appearance, family, and their feelings about things as well as the …

The transcendental period of American writing was a very important time for American literature. It produced many of the most famous authors in America’s history. Webster’s dictionary defines transcendentalism as a philosophy that asserts the primacy of the spiritual and transcendental over the material. What that means is that spirituality …

The characters, Tess and Jane are both the main characters of the novels ‘Tess of the D’urbervilles’ and ‘Jane Eyre’, respectively. ‘Tess of the D’urbervilles’ is based on the experiences of Tess. Whereas, ‘Jane Eyre’ is an autobiographical book about Jane. The two novels are based in the past when …

The novel begins with the main character, Pip, encountering a runaway convict. Pip procures supplies for the man from his house. The convict then gets into a fight with another runaway convict and is take back to jail. Pip is soon after invited to the house of Miss Havisham, a …