Paper Examples on Literature

As we start reading “The Great Gatsby”, we are at first are as oblivious to Gatsby and Daisy relationship as is the narrator named Nick. Together with him we gradually start to reveal the story, in a way that can look like a real investigation of a detective. At first we see Jay Gatsby, an eccentric millionaire, who throws incredible parties...

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While all the characters of “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll are unique and weird, as the very story tells us about the world of dreams, Cheshire Cat takes a special place in the minds and hearts of the readers. We’ll never know if Lewis Carroll really meant to make the Cat a kind of spiritual mentor for Alice, but this is a...

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William Shakespeare, the master of dramatics in the English literary tradition, has incorporated certain unique themes in the play Merchant of Venice. The play is, to this day, universally read, analyzed, critiqued and taught all over the world. Not only that, the characters Antonio, Portia and even Shylock the Jew are widely acclaimed. The Merchant of Venice is a play whose...

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The modern obsession with social media and clip thinking makes the society wonder: if the books are still as useful as they was before? You may easily find in the Internet any information you need, you don’t have to memorise it anymore. The movies and games are the sources of easy emotions that (if we talk about mass market products)...

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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a tale about two warring families, the Montagues and the Capulets. The two protagonists in the story are from the two families - Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. With nothing else but their will and determination, the two try to break the hatred bond that has separated the two...

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To understand how brilliant Sophocles uses dramatic irony in “Oedipus the King” we should clearly define what is dramatic irony. The dramatic irony has not much in common with the irony we are used to: it is not funny (or is, but in extremely bitter way). It is the situation, when the audience already knows the answer to the question the characters try...

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Lady Macbeth: The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe topful Of direst cruelty! Macbeth Act 1, scene 5, 38–43 This quote is one of the most famous in the whole play and...

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The Black Cat is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe and it portrays the ability of the human mind to assess itself. The narrator in the story realizes his deteriorating mental condition and accepts the he needs to do something about it before it is too late. The story revolves around guilt psychology and around a murderer who commits...

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George Orwell’s novel 1984 followed in the footsteps of his previous works that mocked the political entities of the day. Written in 1949, the novel is set in a futuristic totalitarian state referred to as Oceania. The totalitarian regime known as The Party, has absolute control of everything, including people’s lives and their minds. The people are continuously monitored with...

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Darry is short for Darrel - and the full, adult name suits this character most. He is the older brother of Ponyboy and Soda, the main character from the “Outsiders”. At his twenty he has a triple responsibility on his shoulders: he is the only breadwinner in their family, he has to act as a substitute father for the two...

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