English Literature

Charles Dickens with no doubt was a great writer whose imagination, close observation and vivid descriptions made many readers like his literary works. Throughout this passage, Dickens depicts himself as a genius in presenting striking and detail-to-detail human situations and experiences. The Old Curiosity Shop is one among his masterpieces, it is noticeable because of the way in which he picks a life experience  death - which anyone can come across, depicts a single face picked in a crowd...

Ive always dreamed of fertile land that can bring good food and better living for us, a place where we can settle, a place that we can call ours, a home, not just a temporary shelter until the worst of weathers come about.  You know Ive always wanted the best for you and our parents, you know I will sacrifice everything just to be sure you are safe, you are fed and you are well. But I am alone now.  A fool believing that in some way, this foreign land can be my home.  The brute force...

That Nathanial Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown addresses how human beings perceive and respond to the coexistence of good and evil is hardly a novel observation.  The more interesting question, given the fact that the text never truly resolves whether Browns journey into the forest actually occurred or was merely a dream, is whether Hawthorne intended to comment on the good versus evil dichotomy generally with reference to the human race or more specifically with reference to how a particular...

Choices influence the kind of life that we lead and all the social groups in our society. Mostly they will lead to long lasting results for the person involved and can also influence those people around him or her. These effects can be felt either indirectly or directly according to the choices made and the contact person. Choices are the most challenging and maybe some of the thorny things that everyone faces everyday and seems to be a very heavy load that we have to bear. There are different negative...

IntroductionAbsurdity is a key phrase in Becketts spectacular writings as well as of the entire Theatre of the Absurd. This section is a short introduction to the philosophical backdrop of Absurdity, in which I deal with three major problems what Absurdity is, in what shape a life instant it seems, and what consequence for a human outlook of life it retains with itself. What is the value of having such a vision One of the most rudimentary philosophical inquiries if there is any significance in...

While modern society has come a long way in challenging gender and racial stereotypes, the socially approved roles of women versus men as well as black versus white, are still alive in the experiences of individuals even today. Jamaica Kincaid s running monologue of advice, delivered from mother to daughter and showing the sharp lines of division that define woman s role in the world, illustrates a young woman s growing awareness of the hypocrisies that govern her existence in the world. Brent Staples...

The story, The Found Boat by Alice Munro is an interesting story that uses setting to achieve certain things in the piece.  It is about a group of friends who love to play in the river riding log rafts.  Later, the friends find an old damaged boat and they spend time repairing the boat with pieces of lumber that they have collected.  The friends then take the repaired boat to the river and take turns riding it until they all decide to take it further.  The group, two on the water,...

I believe that the most important part of the poem, The Village Bell is the third stanza.  The reason for this is that if one reads through the poem, the first stanza simply states the narrative of the poem, or better yet, the description of the village bell and what it is used for.  While the narrative is very important of poetry, it only serves to set the tone and the direction of the poem.  Then, the second stanza is the stanza the poem acquires its persona because it is in this...

In the past years, the rise in obesity and overweight in children has been on the rise. The rise has reached an alarming proportion. Therefore, immediate action needs to be taken to prevent farther prevalence. A research conducted in Australia, New South Wales, on children between the kindergarten classes to the age of ten indicates that 17 of all children in both sexes are obese. There are many obese boys as compared to the girls. The proportion of girls that are obese is 6 while that of boys is...

The genetic research, a rapidly developing area of science, offers the possibility of the cloning technology, which has entailed a lot of debate and discussions. If one examines the history of its evolution, it becomes clear that this particular technology has undergone much research and constant studies before it attained its current status as a significant part of the modern science. This paper attempts to identify and evaluate the various changes that have occurred in this technology with the...

The post-apartheid literature of South Africa reflected the underlying socio-political and cultural tensions prevailing in the country. While the period leading up to the imposition of the apartheid witnessed the whites enjoying a distinct privilege over the blacks, subversion of roles was soon on the cards. Nadine Gordimers famous novel Julys People, brought out in 1981, vividly documents the aftermaths of the revolt that took place in the 1980s. The narrative recounts the story of a white family...

Handmaid in this story are characterize as fertile women forced to bear children for barren and elite couples. They are trap into the Gilead society which was established in response to the crisis caused by severely decreased of birthrates. The state assumed a complete control of women s bodies and sense of individuality. Women in this society have limited individual freedom. Any activities and social involvement that may give them a sense of independence and literacy are restricted for them. They...

I choose to answer Question  3 A Doll House is a tragedy play written by Henrik Ibsen in the year 1879.  It is one of the most famous plays around the world and is required by many colleges and professors to be evaluated and read. The play focuses on the themes of marriage which took a lot of controversies following its production and adaptation through the years. On the other hand, it was accepted as a breakthrough from the customary approach to play writing such as expressionism and...