Essays on Literary Genre

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was one of the most popular poets in the 19th century. Born on February 27, 1807 in Portland. He has achieved a state of internationally prominence by composing a number of works that can be used to define the nature of the world and human kinds which made revolutionary contributions to American...

In this paper, I will discuss the issue that I chose which will help me demonstrate the scope, range, and purpose of science fiction at that time. Before beginning, we need to define science fiction in order to have an idea of what we will be addressing. Science fiction is a manifestation and extension of...

In the novel Atonement by Ian McEwan, Briony and additional female characters are presumed to make decisions based off of emotion as most women are often gender stereotyped on how go about their problems. The three female characters Briony Tallis, Cecilia Tallis, and Lola Quincey are the characters targeted for a gender stereotype which can...

Both poems ‘Disabled’ by Wilfred Owen and ‘Bright Lights of Sarajevo’ by Tony Harrison show suffering in gruesome and vivid ways. Owen’s poem portrays the suffering of an individual solider who has fought in the war and is now suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); on the other hand, Harrison tells us about the...

The theme of a written work is known as the moral or lesson meant to be learned from that certain work. That varies from every written work to the next one, so themes often rely on the literary techniques that the author’s use. Authors can use any literary techniques such as similes and onomatopoeia to...

“The Stolen Party” by Liliana Heker and “The Test” by Angelica Gibbs are short stories describing the struggles of being segregated because of diversity. In “The Stolen Party” the protagonist, Rosaura, a nine year-old Latina girl, goes to a party thinking she’s a guest but ends up being worked by her mother’s employer, Senora Ines,...

H.G Wells is known for his wide variety of political writings, his novels and stories, and his very committed stance as a socialist. John Partington wrote about Wells’s political stance as a socialist and how it helped with the “abolition of class barriers’,” and helped “free competition between individuals in society regardless of their social...

Everybody likes to escape from the real world. Some find it difficult while others live in their imagination. This imaginative dreamworld lifestyle is best escaped to within the fantasy genre. Another description of fantasy, is any work that contains magic or unrealistic settings, normally set in an alternate universe, or involving mythical creatures and supernatural...

The root of English dramatization appears dubious. There’s no certain prove demonstrating its root. It can be followed back from century of succeeding Norman Victory to Britain. Many students of history accept that dramatization came to Britain alongside them. Dramatization is the shape of structure plan for execution within the theater, where the performing artists...

American scientist, Robert Neville, is a lone human survivor living in the ruins of New York City three years after an initially promising cancer cure turns into a virus that wipes out humanity. Faithfully sending out radio messages every day and wandering the streets for food and supplies with family dog, Samantha, Robert is desperate...