Essays on Literature

In the song “Save Yourself” by the Michael Schenker Group, they sing, “So young and innocent, too naïve to understand”. In “A White Heron,” by Sarah Jewett, the 9-year-old’s innocence leads to her inability to understand the truths that are obvious to the reader. Sylvia’s…

“A Streetcar named Desire” is a play driven by the fantasy of Blanche and other prime characters. The characters in the play hide from their reality by acting as if the events they went through didn’t happen or were not important; insignificant. The prominent idea…

The Perfect Love On any given day at the airport, couples in love can be seen saying goodbye to one another. Everyday, thousands of people are forced to say goodbye to a loved one for a period of time for one reason or another. People…

Gender Roles In A Tale of Two Cities, written by Charles Dickens, gender roles are one of the main motifs due to their large presence in two of the main characters, Lucie Manette Madame Defarge. Gender roles back in the French Revolution were used to…

“A White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett tells a story of a young girl named Sylvia who came to live with her grandmother in the country. She meets a young ornithologist hunter seeking to find a rare bird called white heron he has heard has…

In Chapter 3, Woolf takes up the question of why have there not been many great female writers, starting with the Elizabethan age. What are the external obstacles that stand in the way of a woman who might want to write? What are the internal…

A SEPARATE PEACE The literal meaning of “A Separate Peace” is a tranquility unaffected by the uproarious events of the outside world. The novel takes place during World War II, however, Finny and Gene have a quiet little world of their own unmoved by the…

A separate peace is a novel that has become a classic since its release. The novel is about two young boys growing up during the war at a military school. Details of the boy’s day to day life thicken with hidden meanings and themes intricately…

Rose for Emily The book, “Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner is an account of the life of the main character, Emily Grierson and has been cited as one of the texts that present issues surrounding women struggle and oppression in South America. As a…

In the short story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner Miss Emily Grierson is the protagonist. Emily Grierson is seen as an outsider in her town. The town Emily lives in is in the south and is changing and evolving from old traditions. Even…