Category: Essays Samples on Literature

Many Africans were exploited as a result of Europeans arriving in Nigeria to extract ivory and spread religious ideas. The story of Africa's impact on the white man is told in two novels: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Heart of Darkness of Joseph Conrad. However, it is unclear if these novels are complementary. Chinua has called Conrad's novel "racist." It also contains elements such...

Richard Foster says that The Importance to Being Earnest has "multivalent nature". This means that farce or comedy-of-manners are not suitable for The Importance to Being Earnest. Foster suggests that the play can be understood as more complex and satirical than a comedy of manners or farce. Wilde makes subtle comparisons between his life and the play's. Foster describes Wilde's play as a comedy...

The story The Interlopers has a short length, but contains multiple types of conflict. These conflicts challenge and intermingle different characters, which contributes to the plot. This essay aims to explain and highlight all the conflicts. The story opens with an outside conflict. The story is about the long-running conflict between Znaeym Family and Gradwitz over land. But, George and Ulrich...

It is not possible to define strength in a universal way. In its purest form, strength is an individual characteristic. Others may define strength as staying true and not bending to another's will. While others see it as doing what is right and moving forward with dignity and grace, some people view it as being strong. Although the struggle to see women as independent, strong beings has been...

The Wanderer is an ode to time and space. It asks existential questions which are not answered in the brief conclusion but appeal to God. This structural anomaly has seen critical attention to The Wanderer shift dramatically over the last century. Early 20th-century critics thought that the conclusion to the poem was added later to Christianize the piece, but later critics said that it was part...

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga examines the contradicting threads that run through Indian society. It exposes corruption and the exploitation that is all too common in modern Indian society. Adiga juxtaposes the disparate worlds "Light" & "Darkness" to show that prosperity and decency are not compatible in a society with only "two castes". While the oppression of the land that flows into the...

Shakespeare portrays the king in Henry V as an exceptional politician and language expert. Henry conquers France in a very short time, with a small armoury. His victory declaration (IV.viii.123), shows that he is eager to give God the entire credit for defeating France. His Machiavellian style of kingship can be questioned, though, because Henry is not religious. His power as the King of England...

Homer’s The Odyssey and Sophocles’ Antigone both depict violence as an honorable act. Heroes such as Antilokhos or Akhilleus, Odysseus, Eteocles, and Eteocles, of The Odyssey, are celebrated as great fighters, brave souls who were willing to fight in battle. The play as well the poem contain a lot of violence, but there is also a sense that almost every instance of violence is tragic and...

Tuesdays with Morrie tells the story of a college professor and a man. This story is about Mitch, a journalist and sports commentator who has made a career of it. He is so busy that it was difficult for him to have the time and love he deserves. He saw Morrie his favorite professor passing away from ALS. He started the last lesson of Morrie to Mitch about the purpose of life. The film is true to...

The extraordinary book Just Mercy is a story about mercy and how it can redeem us. Bryan Stevenson was a strong, brave, wise, and courageous hero who stood up to injustices. I loved the book's inspirational, challenging, entertaining, and compelling writing. The powerful story of just mercy has a profound impact on people's lives. This is because Bryan Stevenson shared his experiences as a lawyer...