English Literature

William Wordsworths poem entitled I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud demonstrates numerous uses of figurative language, making it one of the most well-loved English poems in history. The poem tells a simple picture of a series of daffodils inspired by the author and his sisters encounter with the beautiful daffodils. The speaker of the poem is the author himself as he reminisces the time he had spent with his sister in a grassland filled with daffodils. He incorporates the theme of his appreciation for...

The literary is reflective of the culture during the medieval period.  In the medieval times, patriarchal rule governs.  In its general sense, men were viewed to have been invested with superiority in terms of intellect, knowledge, spiritual endowment and strength.  Women were viewed as inferior to them.  Culture itself created the incongruity.  In relation to this, the following discussion shall deal on the rationale of the reverse effect on the roles the characters portray...

The globalization where provided numerous advantages, similarly it has also resulted in various types of problems that entangle us to keep on growing without any other concern. Though it has increased the efficiency in conducting our businesses and activities such as transportation system, communication system, and new methods of cultivation, it has resulted in manipulating or exploiting such systems in the long-run that in return further worsens the environment and other natural resources. ...

Chinua Achebe is a well known Nigerian professor, writer, and a novelist. He was born on 30th November 1930, in a remote area in southeastern Nigeria called Ogidi. He is a son of a teacher who was a strong evangelical protestant but he wanted him to learn many values and ideals of his community. His parents named him Albert Chinualumogo Achebe after Prince Albert of England. He attended one of the government colleges in 1944 just like the other famous Nigerian writers including prof. Wole Soyinke,...

1) How effectively does contemporary British writing explore issues on ethnicityContemporary literature have can be observed to possess a lot of difference from how literature used to be in the past. A lot of more modern pieces of literature today do not touch the same values and ideals that the past forms of literature addressed. However, some literature, like the British literature can be observed to display the goodness of both the modern and traditional forms of literature. As what can be observed...

George Orwells writings are pervaded by a preoccupation with language, specifically itsco-option, distortion and abuse by figures and institutions of authority in the interests ofenforcing particular politicalideological agendas         If he is a person naturally orthodox (in Newspeak a  Goodthinker ), he will in allcircumstances know, without taking thought, what is the true belief or desirable emotion.     Language is the principle means by which the...

Left and right, the enemies are coming in full force. I gather my strength and as soon as the door is opened, I swim relentlessly ahead of the wave, undeterred by the amused look of the shop keepers. I run, kick, jump, thrash and seize the gold right in front of the enemies. Not letting a second go to waste, I find my way to the next target. Making full use of my long upper limbs, I counter the offensive tactic of the one opposite to me and land myself in a favorable position to prey on the last...

A post Renaissance phenomenon, the literary and artistic movement of Romanticism enveloped some of the greatest works of modern western history. Shakespeare, an Elizabethan writer of the Renaissance, published Macbeth in the early years of the 1600s. While the literary movement of Romanticism would not be distinctively present until the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century (English Literature), Shakespeares Macbeth can arguably be categorized as a precursor to a sub-genre...

Alfred Edward Housman is a significant British poet who worked his way up through diligent work and study habits resulting in his success. Despite his success and fame as a poet, a critical analysis of Housman will reveal not only his strengths as a writer but his flaws as well, which is the focus of this discussion and analysis of this paper.Alfred Edward Housman was a native of Worcestershire, being born in a Bromsgrove hamlet known as Fockbury and was among the brood of seven, and the oldest...

The play Et dukkehjem or The Dolls House  by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen (1828  1906) is an obvious work of social criticism that condemns certain societal mores regarding women, prevalent in Ibsens time that Ibsen believed to be oppressive and unjust. The play is based on a real life tragic incident that happened to a young woman of Ibsens acquaintance named Laura Kieler nee Petersen (1849-1932). Like Nora in the novel, Kieler had borrowed money in secret, in order to pay for...

Oedipus Rex is one of the timeless tales of Gods and Heroes. His Story is all about attempt to act in such a way to make the prophecy of Apollos oracle to be made false. But by any means, he can never foretell or change his future better than the Gods.1. The story of Oedipus Rex is very puzzling at first but as the story unfolds, the audience will feel different kinds of sentiments on the main character. The story is very surprising where the messenger from Corinth told Oedipus that Polybus was...

This is to respectfully appeal to your good office to reconsider my application for admission which has been previously denied. I understand that a primary requirement for admission is to acquire a passing score for TOEFL or at least two years of studying English in college. Apparently, since I have not passed nor taken TOEFL, I failed the former requirement. However, my academic records will show that I have complied with the latter requirement.Although I formally attended college for one a half...

1. The same scene is applied in all of the Acts in Henrik Ibsens A Dolls House. The room is described as to having a lot of furnitureeven though it is described as to not being extravagant it still has plenty of stuff in it than an average family. A room furnished comfortably and tastefully, but not extravagantly (Opening Act I). This is understatement because the room is described as too having a lot of furniture in it. Having too much furniture symbolizes the marriage that Nora and Torvald Helemer...