English Literature

The movie O Brother, Where Art Thou can be considered to be a film based on the Homers epic The Odyssey in terms of its plot and character. One can clearly see that Everett, the protagonist in the film, is closely similar to Odysseus, Homers main character on The Odyssey. Their personalities are noticeably alike as well as some of their several encounters. Some of these situations are their experience on a creature they called Cyclops and encounter on the enchanting songs of the Sirens. In terms...

An Explication and Analysis on The Social Meanings of Poes The Tell Tale Heart (1843) and The Fall of the House of Usher (1839), and Hawthornes The Birthmark (1843) and Rapaccinis Daughter (1844) An Explication and Analysis on The Social Meanings of Poes The Tell Tale Heart (1843) and The Fall of the House of Usher (1839), and Hawthornes The Birthmark (1843) and Rapaccinis Daughter (1844) Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne are two renowned authors who have already established a name in the...

A Critical Analysis and Interpretation of Hawthornes Rapaccinis Daughter (1844) and The Birthmark (1843), and Poes The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) and The Tell Tale Heart (1843) Seldom do writers of clichd subject matters as death, loneliness, love and beauty stand out today. Nowadays, it appears like a writer would have to really make a difference in terms of literary style and subject matter before making a considerable impact. However, this does not appear to be the case when it comes to...

Internal Conflicts (within a person) 1. Sunny struggles being a mother. She has not given a name for her child and calls him whatever the situation is or her feelings are. 2. She has lost her vigor to live ever since her and Daltons band was disbanded at the peak of their career. 3. She does not stand up for herself. 4. She thinks of giving up her child by leaving her somewhereto be dropped off accidentally at the river or be eaten by the snow leopard at the zoo. 5. She is afraid of Dalton leaving...

Joseph Swetnams work The Arraignment of Lewd, Idle, Froward, and Unconstant Women cannot be seen in a very positive light. It gives a very shallow and one-faced picture of women at those times. If at all they were ladies, they were the worst of the lot. They are like Eagles which will always fly where the carrion is. is what he thinks of these kind of women. These words might be true but arent the men fools enough to lose themselves to the charm of such women Strangely enough Swetnam never raises...

Blackberry Winter by Robert Penn Warren is a short story narrated by a man recalling his past. It is  based on the life of a forty four year old man narrating the events that occurred when he was nine.  Based in the writers homeland of rustic Tennesse , the storys events show the tough and grueling life led by the narrator (Bohner 169). The story has strong undertones of religion as Biblical references make a constant appearance in the text. This is coupled with specific examples like...

This popular novel by George Orwell entitled 1984 is an excellent work that is able to depict totalitarianism, a form of government which exercise absolute and centralized control of power.  At the first chapter of the novel, the world of distortion and manipulated humanity has been described very intensely.  People here like Winston Smith have to live by submitting under authoritarian regime. The Partys slogan goes to say WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, and IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. The...