Essays on English Literature

Great responsibility comes with great power. Those who have the opportunity to be great must have control over this gift, otherwise, their actions can go astray. Throughout the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein struggles to gain the power he so desperately longs for. Although some may argue one character has the power in...

In the book titled “Animal Farm”, written by George Orwell, character Old Major wakes up in the manor farm barn from having a revolutionary dream. This dream sparks a motive to announce to the rest of the animals what needs to be said. Everyone is gathered, Old Major stands up in front of them all,...

The domesticity in which women are found has a significant impact on their marginalisation both from a social and intellectual point of view. The puritan Victorian society and the inbuilt imposition of man’s authority conflicted with the postwar modern changes which were inflitrating. We see this kind of effect which Woolf draw out of Lily’s...

Symbolism is the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense. Generally, it is an object representing another, to give an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant. The author George Orwell uses symbolism throughout his novel/fable Animal Farm, to...

In Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, there are many examples of women—patient, amorous or unfaithful—but then there’s the Wife of Bath. Her very existence breaks form with modern misconceptions of medieval society and raises questions about her nature as well as the role of women in the fourteenth century. A persistent modern sentiment is that medieval women...

Private Peaceful is committed to nullifying the view that war is something glorious or distinguished. The idea of family is presented as a potent source of comfort and support in times of grief throughout the novel. Between these two ideas, sits the third. The novel thrives on the idea of loyalty vs betrayal, in the...

The famous and unique drama tragedy, King Lear, was written by William Shakespeare. This drama tells a story of a king, Lear, who divides his power and land to two daughters and gives his third daughter nothing based on their declaration of love to him. However, the two daughters treated him badly after they had...

Science and technology used in both the novel and the film, “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley and “Never Let Me Go” by Mark Romanek is used selfishly because neither Frankenstein’s monster nor the clones benefit from their creation. Frankenstein’s monster was only created to boost Frankenstein’s ego but once the monster was brought to life he...

Charles Dickens’s allegorical novella, A Christmas Carol, is one characterized by compassion and forgiveness, isolation, family and redemption. In the text, the complexities of transformation are a resounding theme, portrayed through the use of imagery, symbolism, and characters. The protagonist, Scrooge, is associated with negative descriptions that deprive him of positive human characteristics; however, lighthearted...

The fact that people they hadn’t talked to in years would invite them to a random island is highly improbable, and even more unlikely is that all ten of them would accept the invites. I believe that many of the people wouldn’t have accepted the invitations from someone they hadn’t talked to in years. I...