Literature Essays

“Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is …

Tragedy, based on Aristotle’s characterization, may be defined as a dramatic narrative in which serious and important actions turn out disastrously for the protagonist or tragic hero. The classical Western tragic hero is the main character of great importance usually of high social or cultural standing that possesses a tragic …

Kiowa is the emotional compass of Alpha Company, the one who gets everyone else to talk. He’s thoughtful, respects the Vietnamese, isn’t a coward, and he even has a sense of humor. We quickly learn that he’s Tim’s best friend in the war. Kiowa tries to comfort O’Brien after he …

Some people are reckless in decision making therefore causing their actions to do harm to others. Friar Laurence is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he secretly married the two without their parent consent, this is one of the reasons however there are more. Friar Laurence is …

In the poem, ‘William Street’ Kenneth Slessor displays a variety of ideas associated with the city in general, but narrows his poem down to direct at William Street. In this essay I will be further exploring the ideas such as the beauty of the street, the urban or city landscape …

This poem is a poem that describes the life of a retired miner, how he faced the close encounter of death and lived through that experience to have a long fulfilling life. In my opinion this poem is a poem of a young aussie man who was born poor and …

King Creon is a cruel, heartless man, who didn’t care about anyone else but himself. In the story, Antigone and her sister Ismene planned to bury their brother Polynieces. However, King Creon ordered that Polynieces’ body must remain un- buried, so it would rot and animals would use it as …

Katniss Everdeen, who tells her story in the first person, wakes up. It is the day of the reaping. She sees her little sister, Prim (short for Primrose), asleep in bed with their mother across the room. Katniss puts on her clothes to go hunting. The area where she and …

Lone Scherfig employs the technique of lighting in the scene when Jenny arrives home after uncovering the truth about David and his marriage, to convey the idea that David is a vague, mysterious and untrustworthy by always having David partially in the dark. The scene emphasises the value of trust …

The poem entitled ”Abiku” is a foreign word that suggest a spiritual child,who is coming and going from the world(reincarnating).From the title the title we get to know that ‘Abi’ means to be born and ‘Ku’ means to die,this butresses that we are all born to die and it also …