Category: College Essays

Act 1, scene 5 of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is essential in unfolding to us the paramount importance of the peak and nadir of love and danger. Act 1, scene 5 is an important scene in the play because it highlights the significance of the introduction of true love for the first time. In addition this…(Continue Reading)

He is the son of Odysseus and he has strengths and weaknesses in his character. He is naturally courageous and he wants to help his mom but he does not have the confidence. Athena has to show him out loud what has been in his heart all along (spires 325). Though he has weaknesses, he…(Continue Reading)

George Orwells novel 1984 explores intimate human relationships in a bleak futuristic society as experienced by protagonist Winston Smith. Since there are few bonds stronger than those developed from loving relationships among family, friends, and lovers, the only entity acceptable to love in Oceania is the face of the Party, Big Brother. This restriction is…(Continue Reading)

Literary works; be they plays, short stories, or novels, usually describe events with a view to presenting various themes to audiences. Such works build on their respective themes based on the individual characters’ actions, experiences, dispositions, or utterances. Like a typical literary work, William Shakespeare’s 17th century Antony and Cleopatra play presents audiences with a…(Continue Reading)

For centuries, social issues have been the heart of innumerable works of art which deal with several worries concerning this natural aspect of human life. Through literary circles men and women of all times have given expression to what has been happening in the history of humanity in different places since writing was invented. The…(Continue Reading)

“The Lesson” is narrated in first person from the point of view of the protagonist, Sylvia, and the African-American vernacular is used throughout the narration and dialogue of the story. The author, Toni Cade Bambara, employs first person narration, syntax and diction of the African-American lingo at the time, and the setting to create a…(Continue Reading)

Macbeth is a tragic play. There are several key moments which lead to the tragic hero’s downfall: firstly when Macbeth meets the three witches in Act 1 Scene 1, secondly when he decides to kill King Duncan in Act 1, and finally the order of the killing of Macduff’s wife and children just before Lady…(Continue Reading)

In “Beowulf”, reputation was the leg that people stood on so to speak. If a person didn’t have a strong reputation they didn’t get much respect. In the book reputation comes up multiple times. The first time the reader realizes the important of it, is when Beowulf arrives at Herot hall and speaks with Unferth.…(Continue Reading)

One of the interesting novels that I am going to write about is called: “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time”. Which is the next novel I am going to describe it for my second assessment for the module, Contemporary Novel in English. In my essay regarding the novel I have mentioned I…(Continue Reading)

Rhetorical analysis of text or any literary work can help to understand better the message conveyed by the author and assess the style and technique used by the author. At the same time, the rhetorical analysis is always focused on two domains of the analysis of a text: textual and contextual. In this respect, the…(Continue Reading)