Essays on Literary Genre

Many kids today want to become successful in life either doing what they love or doing what they have to do to be successful with or without support. In “Two Kinds” and “Rules of The Game” by Amy Tan, both the main characters Jing-mei and Waverly have the same nationality and somewhat the same age....

Literary scholars revere Shakespeare for his massive contribution to the sphere of literature. Out of many of his compositions, comical and tragic tales stand out for sensitizing audiences on diverse themes. Although scholars are uncertain about the exact date of the compositions, the intellects infer to the stories in contemporary studies. Moreover, comical plays can...

Satire is a writing technique used to show readers the flaws and foolishness of an individual/people or society. The author writes in a way that exposes and criticizes the thing that is being satirized. The goal of satire is to expose the wrongdoing of a person/people or society so that it can be better and...

The first Aristotle’s criterion of the tragic hero requires that the character must be noble or a man of high status. In that sense, as described by Achebe, “Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond. His fame rested on solid personal achievements” (Achebe, 3). Starting as a sharecropper with no inheritance...

There are many ways in which autocratic government suppress and oppress any opposition, but the regimes don’t usually last long as seen in Wole Soyinka’s King Baabu. The regime of Abacha which Wole Soyinka satirizes in the play is an instance. He is a character that misuse power and abuse power over anything in his...

While Shaun of the dead is a brilliantly silly love letter to zombie films, it’s also a satire of the romantic comedy genre zombie film. It is a satire of romantic comedy genre, nested with a zombie film aesthetic. The film takes us on a journey through Shaun’s life and how much it changes. He...

The use of satire has been looked at as an opportunity to ridicule an idea or person to expose and criticize, but over the years satire has appeared to be everywhere which has led to misinterpretation and overuse. In the online article from The Baffler “Satirized For Your Consumption,” Ben Schwartz, a comedian himself, claims...

Poetry is always influenced by society, but society is not always influenced by poetry. Even if a poet is not writing about their life or their experiences, there is always something in life that caused them to write their poems. Anything in their day-to-day life can inspire them to write poetry. It gives them what...

Society influences poetry because poetry is based on real events, the mindset of the writer can be swayed by society, and poetry can be used as a beacon to spread the word about a point in society. Society influences poetry and this essay will enforce these reasons. The first reason that will be reinforced is...

There is humoristic a story “From One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter” written by Scaachi Koul. In this piece, the author tells us a story about her family, her personality and her fear of traveling by plane. This article was published by Anchor Canada in 2017. Sacaachi Koule is...