Literature Essays

The story of Gilgamesh is a Babylonian epic poem, which is collection of Sumerian legends and poems about the mythological hero-king Gilgamesh, ruler in third Millennium B.C. It is known as the earliest surviving epic poem along with Homer’s “Iliad” and Odyssey,” Virgils “Aeneid” as well as “Beowulf” and has …

A classic piece of literature becomes a classic when it is able to traverse artistic, historical and scientific realms in an integrative and entertaining manner. “The Lottery” is one such piece of literature that continuous to hold debates among its readers. “While most critics concede that it was Jackson’s intention …

Tessie Hutchinson’s scream was drowned by the villagers’ cries and the sound of stones thudding into flesh.  Old Man Warner was shouting: “Be careful, folks! Look where you aim!”  Like  a boy delighted to see a squirming grasshopper overrun by ants, he urged on the villagers, now jostling and squealing …

“The Little Foxes” is a realist play written by Lillian Hellman which later on became a film. It is the story of the Hubbard family who regard money and power above everything else, especially for Regina Giddens. She will do everything it takes to keep getting richer to the point …

To the Lighthouse written in 1927 by Virginia Woolf is a perfect example of her experimental style of writing. She uses (overuses) semicolons, dashes, parenthesis to create “stream of consciousness” writing technique that can be found in many of her novels. This approach demonstrates for the reader the randomness of …

The complex interlacing of the themes of racism, sexism, as well as class in Their Eyes Were Watching God reports in large part for the novel’s affluence. Add to these themes those of love and mysticism, and the complexity of Hurston’s best known novel becomes obvious.             Some 15 years …

Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is one of his more prominent plays, and many years after it was written, it still makes audiences laugh throughout the world.  For a play that was produced in 1895, it keeps its humor intact at present time.  What could be the reason …

Introduction:             The Iliad of Homer, which gives a detailed account of the final years of the Trojan wars, has several characters.  But the story of the epic mainly focuses on two main characters, which will give the epic its main climax, i.e. Achilles and Hector. The Trojan hero Hector …

Possibly two of the most well-known Greek literary pieces in the world are The Iliad and Lysistrata. The Iliad is a poem written by Homer, who is one of the most prominent Greek poets, while the Lysistrata is a comical play written by Aristophanes, a Greek dramatist. The Iliad portrays …

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) is a writer whose name invariably seems to appear in critical discussion of romantic literature. In this paper, however, I will examine the short fiction of Hawthorne, discussing the manner in which the author uses symbolic and physical embodiments of evil and secret sin in his work. …