Literature Essays

Nightfall, by Isaac Asimov, takes a simple premise, commonplace for us, and puts it in a foreign context. In Nightfall’s world, a planet with six suns, no one is ever in the dark. There is no night, as the day is constant and unending. Every 2049 years, at a time …

Charles Dickens is a 19th century writer which affects his writing and language used within the novel. He has also written many other famous books such as “Oliver Twist”, “The Christmas carols”, and “David Copperfield”. The Dickens family were of middleclass status and had sturdy finances until the father was …

This is a play set in 1912 as it was written in this year. It was not until 33 years later in 1945 when it was first preformed. The genre of this play is fiction as it is based on a murder mystery. It is set in one evening in …

We’re here. The walls are clean and white and bare. There is lots of noise, but everyone in the room is quiet: I mean you can hear the noise of the other ones in the other rooms. It makes me feel uneasy, how clean and nice and fresh and squeaky …

Throughout any childhood, one is immensely impacted by the influences brought from their peers. In many cases, this pressure can alter one’s lifestyle, in both positive and negative aspects. This exertion of pressure is widely illustrated within John Wyndham’s novel, The Chrysalids. By thoroughly analyzing protagonist David Storm’s relationships with …

Penelope Lively is a well known author who has written many books for both adults and children. She was born in 1933 Cairo but moved to england when she was twelve. She still lives in England and has two grown up children. Penelope’s books are short deceptively simple and often …

When Shakespeare wrote the play “Macbeth” kings and queens were real rulers. Kings were looked upon as the descendents from God on earth. Shakespeare’s tragedy “Macbeth” is one of his most popular tradegies like “King Lear”, “Othello” and “Anthony and Cleopatra.” Shakespeare’s plays were always performed in The Globel Theatre …

In the story “Stone Cold” Shelter is an interesting character because of his military background and the fact that he was dismissed from the army. I also think he is interesting because of his cunning attitude, his views about homeless people and his actions which show how deranged he is. …

Tennyson first verse sets the reader a beatiful picture of the landscape around Camelot. “Gazing were the lilies blow”-not only is this qoute appealing to the reader because the ideal of crisp white lilies blowing gently in the wind create’s a vivid image of an alluring city, but because the …

The Last Silk Dress by Ann Rinaldi takes place during the Civil War in the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. Susan Dobson Chilmark, a gorgeous, intelligent, dynamic fourteen-year-old girl, who vows to devote herself to the Confederacy and the Cause, narrates the novel. Once she meets her older brother Lucien …