Essays on English Literature

In the Prologue section of “The Canterbury Tales” by Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath paints a complicated picture of a medieval woman to the readers. As it explains how the Wife of Bath is not ashamed of her sexual exploits since she makes use of her sexual power to get what she wishes. In...

Propaganda is information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. Rhetoric is the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing. Propaganda and rhetoric is still used in modern society, such as commercials and advertisements. The purpose of propaganda and rhetoric in...

Animal Farm is an important allegorical work that demonstrates the possibilities of a government regulated by the community as a whole. Power is united, and leaders are given free rein to build up particular motivation that can unfavorably influence the population. The novella metaphorically represents the events leading up to the Russian Revolution, the foundation...

Harry Potter is the main protagonist in the novel Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Orphaned as a baby, he is brought up by his aunt and uncle, the Dursleys. Neglected and disdained, Harry grows up to be a timid boy unsure of his abilities. He is initially described as “small and skinny for his...

In the gothic romance novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, there are many references to the imagery of both fire and ice in the plot. The images of fire and ice provide positive and negative implications and connotations alternatively. For instance, those implies depend on a character’s mood, the state of situations, and their actions....

William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies reflects a relation to Maslow’s Hierarchy of desires. every character has their individual desires that are either met or denied and conjointly describes whether or not the novel meets its own needs. He then determined to make an organization that mirrored the universal desires of society as...

Poetry, I believe, is another language in literature. Poets are allowed to express their feelings artistically and, words are authentic. William Blake is an exceptional example of what a great poet is. He has a unique poetic writing style that makes a reader think. Blake used what he had seen and experienced to develop great...

Pride and Prejudice is the masterpiece of the English writer Jane Austen, which background is the life of the English middle-class at the beginning of the 19th century. The English classic has been adapted to the cinema four times, and the most established version was released in 2005 under the direction of Joe Wright. “By...

Women’s issues is one of the most common themes that have been discussed for many years in literary world. These issues are put forward by some writers bravely in spite of the restraints they confronted which were broadly imposed by males in the patriarchial system of their times. Two of these writers who challenged the...

‘And then there were none” is quite the tale! I´ll give you just a small warning. If you are expecting to relax on the sofa to read a tranquil Agatha Christie whodunnit then think again. This little tale will make every follicle on your body stand up, now that I think about, it´s perfect for...