0-A Study Guides, Literature Essays

Filter Your Search Results:
  • Death Of A Salesman Symbols: Money

    Type:
    Pages:
    Words:
    Views:

    Money is very important in everyones everyday life Money is the foundation that supports people their living habits and expensive Often money can be the cause of many emotions it can bring you happiness but could be the complete contrary like sadness and stress Almost everything is related to money which may cause many arguments and disagreements on things In the play Death of a Salesman I believe that money is the main theme and which initiates many of the conflicts between characters Money ca

  • Diamond Conflicts Vs. The Poisonwood Bible

    Type:
    Pages:
    Words:
    Views:

    Precis The Poisonwood Bible is a 658 page novel written by American author Barbara Kingsolver in 1999 The novel sets a stage of a missionary father Nathan Price that brings his family to Africa during the 1960s Nathan is on a mission to spread Christianity and convert American customs to everyday African customs Kingsolver shows a parallel in how a family is able to be torn apart by conflict and customs to actual occurrences of this in real life Is the expense of an innocent life worth the beco

  • Discovery Within in Cathedral and Sudden Journey

    Type:
    Pages:
    Words:
    Views:

    Discovery Within The authors of these two pieces of literature are married They are both known for their short stories and poems Raymond Carver the author of Cathedral shows his writing style through the blind mans hardships in life and abrupt ending Tess Gallagher the author of Sudden Journey shows her intimate personal style of writing by portraying a little girl and how she feels about the rain Cathedral and Sudden Journey both depict transformation while Cathedral shows self transformation

  • Presentation and Function of Symbols in A Dolls House

    Type:
    Pages:
    Words:
    Views:

    A Dolls House by Henry Ibsen adapted by Frank McGuiness centres around the controversial theme of female repression in the 1970s It is about a middle class family in which the wife Nora is controlled and infantilized by her husband Without his knowledge she undergoes a loan to safe his life but by doing so she undermines all of his core familial values She goes to every extent so that he does not find out but in the end it is inevitable As in many literary works A Dolls House contains many symb

  • Othello's Tragedy

    Type:
    Pages:
    Words:
    Views:

    For us to be able to understand Othellos tragedy we may consider what the essence of tragedy is and how other classical tragic heroes of a similar vein have been presented A tragedy is in its simplest form a serious drama typically depicting a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force such as fate or destiny In the case of Othello however it could be argued that the superior forces with which he battles are the racial abuse of his peers or the treacherous Iago but I will address the

  • The Status of Women in A Doll's House

    Type:
    Pages:
    Words:
    Views:

    A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen Henrik Ibsens play A Doll House suggests that the status of woman throughout the Victorian era was one of submission in which they were not given the same rights as their male counterparts During the 1800s women began to slowly become more independent for instance they were able to take on more responsibilities such as entering traditionally male dominated work forces However this change was a gradual process Just because it was becoming more acceptable for women to

  • Revealing the Poison in The Picture of Dorian Gray

    Type:
    Pages:
    Words:
    Views:

    The Picture of Dorian Gray Revealing the Poison In the classic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray published in the Victorian period of England in 1890 a young heir Dorian Gray is heavily influenced by one Lord Henry Wotton which leads to the downfall and poisoning of his entire life The Picture of Dorian Gray captures the nature of human beauty and the harmful consequences of manipulation Lord Henry is a character enthralled with ideas of philosophy that challenge normal societal ideas He is a we

  • Dramatization In John Donne's Poetry

    Type:
    Pages:
    Words:
    Views:

    Abstract This paper aims to clarify the dramatic elements in Donnes poetry The introduction tackles the uniqueness of this subject and how it is exclusive to the metaphysical poetry in general and to Donnes in particular Then the body of the paper is divided into three main parts each part tackles one dramatic element in Donnes poetry These parts are the abrupt openings the simple diction and the argumentation The first body paragraph illuminates the abrupt openings through three main devices t

  • Dreaming in Of Mice and Men

    Type:
    Pages:
    Words:
    Views:

    Everyone believes they can make a difference They have an ideological mindset that they will achieve everything they dream of Then somewhere within the steps to achieving their dreams something goes wrong The best laid plans of mice and men go oft astray Robert Burns This quote reveals the harsh reality of life that dreams may not come true if limits are not considered People tend to dream dreams without limits Reality plays a big role in dreaming In order for one to achieve their dreams they m

  • Economic Concerns Touching The Lives In Pride & Prejudice

    Type:
    Pages:
    Words:
    Views:

    In the society described in Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice money was as much a social currency as it was a means of exchange for goods and services Money was often commensurate with social rank yet there was a feeling against parvenus who worked for their fortunes As the mark of an eligible bachelor or an avenue to gentility or a genteel Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice and Charles Dickens Great Expectations focus on the themes of money and social class In both novels money plays a significan

Filter Your Search Results: