Essays on Literature

Feminism, also known as the women rights movement, is a movement of women fighting for their freedom and equal opportunity as men. Burkett, Elinor. “Women’s Rights Movement.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 13 Feb. 2019. The author of the Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Gilman was born…

In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story, ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ the setting happens in the nineteenth century at a vacation home during the summer months. The narrator of the story as of late had a child, and she is experiencing post-birth anxiety. Her husband who is…

The Yellow Wallpaper, an 1891 short story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is a short story about a young woman suffering from what seems like post-partum depression. The narrator, the young woman, tells through her diary about her three-month-long stay at an estate, in which…

Women in the field of literature have been looked down on as subordinates and belittled for a very long period of time. Before the 19th century, women were placed in the opinion of the cult of domesticity, where women were to stay at home and…

The poet’s purpose of this poem interprets men of all ages, intellect, profession, or virtue, are never aware or prepared for death which will ultimately fall upon them. He wants everyone to fight death by living life to the fullest and not just to give…

One of the major goals of feminist literature is to determine what kind of voice women have or do not have in a world, dominated by men. Women are seen as not as important as men in humanity, and language is one of the tools…

In the article, “The Yellow Wallpaper”, author Charlotte Perkins Gilman introduces a young lady, Jane who gives birth then goes through postpartum depression. Through her characterization, setting, and symbolism of isolation Jane begins to spiral downward while trying to keep herself together when around her…

Rhetoric; or communication skills, both written and verbal, form the foundation of classical education. In ancient Greece and civilized Rome, rhetorical rituals, critical appreciations, and judicious discourses in public relations before the courts, diplomatic and cultural, and political debates are disciplined in all normal learning…

 Have you ever made a terrible mistake and no matter how much you tried to fix it you can’t stop getting it from following you in life? In the novel The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthrone, the main character Hester Prynne knows how you feel….

Would you punish someone for life for something they were sorry for? The book, The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne was set in Boston in the 1850s. Hester Prynne, who is the main character committed adultery which gave her a baby girl. The city did…