Writers Essays

In every establishment of order, there is always a select group of people who contend with the mainstream conventions–the outcasts. By creating new templates, outcasts are condemned for creating a discrepancy in society. In contrast to a conformist, an outcast is a person who is rejected or cast out because …

In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, things fall apart for the character Okonkwo because of his character traits. Okonkwo is a very structured man with little patience for whatever he believes is wrong. Some of Okonkwos negative character traits include his violent temper, which gets him in …

A community is a social group whose citizens reside in a like region, share government, and posses a common culture. The Puritan societies that once populated the New England colonies captured this idea of community and heightened it to its extremes. The community’s stern regulations create a habitat which lacks …

In Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal, the tone of a Juvenalian satire is evident in its text. Swift uses the title of his essay to begin his perfect example of a Juvenalian satire. Swift gives a moral justification to the dehumanization of the Irish and attempts to provide ‘logical’ solutions …

Gulliver’s Travels examines human nature through a misanthropic lens and through satire examines the changes English society was undergoing. The tale depicts the journey of Lemuel Gulliver, an Englishman, and his peculiar encounters. This critical work has caused a lot of discord as a satirical commentary on the political and …

Caged Bird by Maya Angelou explores themes of Social injustice, Lack of freedom/choice and Shattered dreams in six stanzas of varying length. There is no set rhyme scheme to the poem but there are noticeable rhymes in stanzas two, three, four and five. Stanza six is a repetition of stanza …

Introduction and problem definitionIn this short essay I would like to state thoughts and answer questions concerning the famous book “Frankenstein” by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. The story has been a huge influence on the genre of gothic novels, on female writers and on movie makers. Its themes have fascinated the …

In William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the most important, recurring theme is jealousy. Best defined as resentment, anger, or sadness caused by longing or suspicion, jealousy motivates the characters’ actions and feelings and influences the events of the story throughout the play. Between Helena, Hermia, Demetrius, Lysander, and even …

World War One (WWI) was arguably the most costly conflict in human history. With over “one third of men returning home” with serious mental ailments, this war had effects long after the armistice treaty (World War I Document Archive 18). This war lasted well past the signing of the treaty …

The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeares most popular plays. Its wit and comedy revolves around Kate Minola, a strong-willed woman who is seen as a shrew due to her unwillingness to conform to the unwritten rules of lady-hood and Pertruchio who is convinced he was born to …