Literature Essays

According to Martin Luther King Jr, “the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” This statement means that the best way to see that someone is a man is the way …

‘Hair’ by Marcia Aldrich In Marcia Aldrich’s short story ‘Hair’, she used one of the most defining aspects of our physical appearance to show how the efforts to tame our hair reflect upon the construct of our identity. This is evident in the line: “But don’t you think hair should …

1) The wall is a metaphor for the barriers we place between ourselves and others. It can represent an emotional, mental or even a physical barrier we want to create. We all need our personal space around us which some call our personal bubble. Therefore we feel the need to …

After the civil war, expectation of economic opportunity, saw the assimilation of Native Americans into the cultural mainstream as Christians and turned into farmers. The 1887 Dawes severalty Act broke reservations and encouraged private farms. During industrialization, raw materials, fast transport, cheap energy, capital and labor were readily available. Immigrants …

If one could sum up Watchmen by Alan Moore in a few words, it basically tells the story of the death of Edward Blake, Rorschach’s investigation of his death, and the events surrounding his death. Overall, Watchmen has an underlying representation of American society through the various masked vigilante characters …

“The Masque of the Red Death,” by Edgar Allan Poe begins with the introduction of Prospero and his kingdom which has been stricken by the Red Death. Prospero took a large amount of his healthy friends and locked them into his castle with him to protect them from the Red …

In Jack London’s account of the San Francisco Earthquake he uses vivid language to tell us, the readers, what went down that day. The immense amount of detail he uses makes us feel as if we were there right beside him. From the destruction of buildings, to the massive fires …

How does The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock reflect T.S.Eliot’s concerns about the modern world? T.S.Eliot’s poem, The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock, is written in a modernist style. This becomes apparent from the very first stanza, when he describes a sunset. In Georgian poetry, a sunset is usually described …

The poem ‘The Hurricane’ creates a tense and fearful atmosphere to such an extent that the reader is made to feel as though they have lived through the hurricane themselves. The poet also uses many poetic devices to express this feeling, as well as almost exaggerating the aftermath. All of …

Streetcar Named Desire Essay In A Streetcar Named Desire, written by Tennessee Williams, Blanche DuBois, a seemingly extravagant and sensual woman, visits her sister and brother-in-law after losing her family fortune and estate, only to find despair, heartbreak, and violence. She hoped to start a new life, one in which …