Works of literature are often examined thematically through characters settings and events This method of analysis enables the reader to obtain intimacy with novels or plays thus extracting their very essence The themes of survival and religion manifest themselves in Life of Pi by Yann Martel The first theme is survival Throughout the novel Piscine Molitor Patel who is referred to as Pi goes through many trials and extremities that demonstrate to the reader the shaping of his character hand in
The Character of Iago in Othello In the Shakespeare play of Othello Iago plays an important role Iago is a compelling sophisticated villain who revels in his own ability to dissemble Shakespeares Iago is one of Shakespeares most complex villains At first glance Iago is pure evil Perhaps the most interesting character in the tragic play Othello is honest Iago during the play Iago uses carefully thought out words and actions which enable him to manipulate others and do things in a way which benef
The world is full of good versus evil People display dark tendencies for numerous reasons some of which include jealousy greed and a thirst for power As is evident in the book The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini Amir is driven by his jealousy of his best friend Hassan This jealousy leads Amir to continually humiliate betray and hurt Hassan In The Crucible by Arthur Miller Abigail after being rejected by John Proctor feels a need to acquire power Therefore she leads the crusade of accusations of
You Cant Fight The Truth But You Can Try The short stories The Jilting of Granny Weatherall and The Lesson written by Katherine Porter and Toni Bambara respectively have very different overall messages but there are very important similarities that can be drawn from the character pools of each Granny Weatherall and Sylvia are both pessimistic and very resistant characters The difference lies in the fact that Granny Weatherall is resistant and regretful for things in her past life towards a majo
George Orwells Nineteen Eighty Four presents a negative utopian picture a society ruled by rigid totalitarianism The government which Orwell creates in his novel is ruled by an entity known as Big Brother and consists of three branches The Ministry of Truth overseeing the distribution of propaganda and other printed materials the Ministry of War the millitary unit and the Ministry of Love the law enforcement division make up the government The main character Winston Smith does not completely ac
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde at start as a reader I assume it is about homosexuality but the novel actually focuses on different elements such as crime politics and society However the most important element appears to be the influence that people or objects have on a persons soul or inner conscious that makes them choose a particular path We have many people who influence our lives it can be in a small way that we dont notice or something that completely changes us Such is the cas
ENGLISH ESSAY The full enjoyment of Frosts poetry lies in unpeeling layer upon layer of meaning and this can be clearly seen in the poems Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening and The Road Not Taken written by Robert Frost These poems are layered with surface meaning and deeper meaning and it requires the reader to contemplate Frosts emotions behind the words The surface meaning tells us what the poem is simply about The deeper meaning shows Frosts profound feelings through which he is conveying
The Things They Carried a novel written by Tim OBrien raises the question of the extent of truthfulness of stories that are told from experience in which the novel is solely based on the accounts of war veterans and their lives in Vietnam The soldiers fighting in the war describe certain stories that have affected them the most and from that readers can interpret that the armed forces are able to capture the attention of their listeners through providing immense detail of the conditions adding
Essay Frankenstein by Mary Shelly based on The Uncanny It is a strange but yet stimulating phenomenon to justify and compare the inanimate and animate object by suggesting the impression of unconscious work behind the ordinary appearance of mental activity Throughout the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelly Victor Frankensteins character possesses knowledge feelings and experience in common with the self named monster he has created The monster is presented as both a human being and automaton whil
Greco Roman Influence in Shakespeares Antony and Cleopatra Greco Roman mythological images seem to dominate Shakespeares Antony and Cleopatra Ever since the humanist revolution started Renaissance writers including Shakespeare systematically tried to revive Greek literature and Greek mythology It was an attempt to establish an alternative authority to Catholic scholastic dogma that has the stamp of antiquity Shakespeares knowledge of mythology was almost exclusively Roman especially in relation