Category: Literature Essays Samples

Washington Irving wrote “The Devil and Tom Walker”. The story shows how people are not what they appear to be. Tom Walker, a quiet man on the outside but an incredibly greedy person inside. The trunks of trees can be …

Imagine being a typical wife in mid-century America, when the only purpose of a society dominated by men was to provide for your family without question. In America, the 1970’s marked a major turning point in women’s rights. In the …

William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, a play about Macbeth and his family, is a tragic story. Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a tragic and gruesome play. The play is about an ambitious man who will do everything to gain power. It may not be …

In Theodore Roethke’s poem “In a dark time,” the speaker enters the world of madness and expresses ideas that have been disproven by others. In a Dark Time reflects the mind of a man who is suffering from schizophrenia. Roethke …

Frederick Douglass implies in his Narrative that people must be responsible for their own fate. Douglass wrote about this philosophy, and he understood the assumption well because he had been a slave himself. Douglass’ belief in destiny is expressed by …

Huck Fin is no different. Over the centuries, hateful acts against minorities have been a major controversy. It is not surprising that 126 year after the American classic was published, the novel still causes controversy. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn …

Janie lives in different communities throughout Zora Neale’s novel Their Eyes Were watching God. Each community plays a key role in the plot and has a profound impact on Janie. Janie lived in Eatonville at various stages of her life. …

Milton’s depiction of Christian faith, free will, and an omnipotent God who is selectively omniscient centers on a God who is both omniscient and selectively omnipotent. He does nothing to stop or cause man’s downfall, yet he predicts it. Satan, …

Hansberry challenges the 1950s stereotype that women were only good for being housewives or breeding. Mama, Ruth, Beneatha and other women speak for three different generations of black woman who are still aspiring to a better future despite the two-fronted …

Emily Bronte uses a complex narrative structure in Wuthering Heights. The stories of characters are told by a series of narrators, until the final perspective is that from an outsider. Lockwood, the character, is an outsider who, like the reader, …