Literature Essays

In the poems ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ and ‘Electricity Comes To Cocoa Bottom’, both authors employ various linguistic devices such as vivid imagery and descriptive detail to put across a specific message to the reader. By doing so, they successfully evoke a series of emotions from the reader throughout the …

Both of the poems that I have read give the same sort of message, “don’t stereotype older aged people”. Both of these women are trying to say that just because you get a bit older doesn’t mean that the person inside changes as most people would think. In the poem …

The play I am writing about is called ‘Absurd Person Singular.’ It is written by Alan Ayckbourn, a modern writer and also a very clever writer in my view. This play is about three couples. In each act (there are three acts) it is set in one of the couples’ …

Comment on the poet’s language and structure to ideas in one of the following: ‘Little Boy Crying’, ‘Caged Bird’ and ‘Carpet Weavers-Morocco’ In ‘Little Boy Crying’, Mervyn Morris describes the punishing of a boy by his father. The poet raises and develops key ideas throughout the poem, depicted by the …

Ralph, half staggering, half crawling like a wounded dog, looked up into the sky for a resolution, a sign of hope. But it did not give any. The sounds of the enemy were growing closer, and Ralph’s situation was becoming more urgent by the second. He had two choices: to …

There are a lot of differences between these two books. For example, when the boys in L.O.T.F arrive on the island they don’t thank God for saving their lives or anything like that, whereas in Robinson Crusoe he thanks God, which implies that he is quite spiritual. As you read …

1. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet appeals to his audience in a similar way to writers in today’s society because he uses the same kind of crude humor referring to violence and relationships. He uses the “slang” of that time, considering that it was commoners that went to see his plays. …

For my English coursework I have been asked to study the famous play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ it is about two star crossed lovers destined to die. Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s domestic tragedies not a political tragedy like ‘Macbeth’ and ‘Hamlet’, the difference is that a domestic tragedy …

The poets of both ‘half-Caste’ and ‘Search for my Tongue’ put a strong emphasis on the importance of personal identity. They both use similar devices to portray their personal attitudes towards the topic. The term ‘Caste’ means to be made, therefore ‘Half-Caste’ is a reacial term meaning half made. It …

In this initial line from Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven,” the poet creates suspense because the person in the poem is thinking deeply. Pondering deep thoughts puts the reader in suspense because one wonders what those thoughts could possibly be. One’s suspense is intensified by the fact the reader also …