Literature Essays

• Island is crescent shaped • Always 200 miles wide but the tapers at the ends in to perfect half circles • Interior side of the island is like a giant harbour • Mouth of the harbour is full of rocks and shoals, making it incredibly dangerous • Only the …

The title of the story is very important. It helps us to understand the story better, to guess what can be the story about. The same situation with the story “Boil some water – lots of it” by F. Scott Fitzgerald. “…a single imperative sentence, spoken by a doctor. “Boil …

The poem “True Love” is William Shakespeare’s sonnet number 116. It belongs to the poet’s first series of sonnets addressed to certain Mr. W.H., a young man possessing excellent physical charm. Love, as was customary, is the theme dealt with in the poem. The inaugurating line “Let me not to …

William Faulkner’s As I lay Dying is about a poor family’s struggle to cope with the death of their mother Addie and transport her body to the Jefferson Cemetery. Their father Anse is a low life, he is only traveling with them to Jefferson so he can get himself a …

Mr Jones is the first character we hear of in the book. Our first impression of him which is confirmed later on in the book is of a drunkard, careless and irresponsible farmer. Unfortunately because for his carelessness the animals suffer and this is the reason why they rebel. We …

Charles Darnay, a French aristocrat by birth, is the protagonist of the novel. He is a noble person in the true sense of the word and a foil to his wicked uncle, the Marquis St. Evremonde. Taught by his mother to be compassionate, Darnay abhors the system into which he …

Human nature of children, adolescents, and teens will at times resurrect the urge to approach a rebellious stance, which include receiving various body piercings, consuming alcohol, and listening to loud music. This stance often challenges the intention of parents, who reared their young with hopes that their offspring would reflect …

Rituals are a set of actions performed for a symbolic value, such as through sacrifices, traditions in communities, or to manipulate religious symbols. Rituals that are performed as traditions can be seen through the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. In this short story Jackson exemplifies the manner in …

As Virgil and Dante descend into the seventh pocket of the Eighth Circle of Hell, they arrive at a collapsed bridge that forces Virgil and Dante to navigate through a steep slope littered with crags and rocks. On the way up the rigorous terrain, Dante loses his breath, becomes fatigued, …

During the Wars of Independence in 1848 and 1860 Collodi served as a volunteer with the Tuscan army. His active interest in political matters may be seen in his earliest literary works as well as in the founding of the satirical newspaper Il Lampione. This newspaper was censored by order …