English Essays

The Great Gatsby | The American Dream

Example essay. Published: 18 May 2017

Compare and Contrast The Great Gatsby with the American Dream. Discuss how Gatsby’s extravagances compare to the American Dream’s ideals. There is no strict definition of the ‘Americ…

Elie and Marion Wiesel – Night | Book

Example essay. Published: 17 May 2017

Night The title suggests a clear setting of the nighttime and in a symbolic way the setting is during a time as dark and long as the night. Elie Wiesel lived through a time in world history that is …

The Great Gatsby: An Analysis

Example essay. Published: 16 May 2017

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby the characters are all engulfed in the world of materialism, and believe that that is what makes them happy….

The Lord Of The Flies: Chapter 8

Example essay. Published: 15 May 2017

Lord Of The Flies Chapter 8 Golding’s Lord Of The Flies is based on an island after the second world war. Through-out the novel, Golding treats the island as a microcosm of the war. Within this …

Imaginative Journeys in ‘The Tempest’

Example essay. Published: 12 May 2017

Imaginative Journeys in The Tempest by William Shakespeare The Tempest by William Shakespeare develops the notions of power, control, authority and moral order through the representation of imaginativ…

“She Walks in Beauty” Explication

Example essay. Published: 11 May 2017

“She Walks in Beauty” Explication By embracing the concept of self-expression, the poet, Lord Byron, has brought together the use of imagination and deep emotion in order to show his admiration…

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Example essay. Published: 11 May 2017

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Harper Lee’s only novel to date is To Kill a Mockingbird, published in 1960 but set in the 1930s in America’s deep-south. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize and …

Plath’s Suicide: Considering Lazarus

Example essay. Published: 10 May 2017

Ever since her first attempt at suicide in 1953, Plath has displayed a “long standing” interest in the biblical story of Lazarus. In this poem, Plath uses allusion……

The Lord of The Flies | Analysis

Example essay. Published: 8 May 2017

Lord of the Flies by William Golding is one of the most popular and endearing books of the twentieth century.  In part a morality tale, in part an analysis of the human psyche, it is also a supremely…

Tristram Shandy: Postmodern texts

Example essay. Published: 3 May 2017

Does Tristram Shandy demonstrate that there can be postmodern texts before Postmodernism? Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy dominated the London literary marketplace during its serial publication fr…

Beauty of Nature as appreciated by Wordsworth

Example essay. Published: 1 May 2017

Beauty of Nature as appreciated by Wordsworth Poetry, which came much before prose in human history, has been a vehicle for the spiritual and social progress in man. The natural world with its grea…

Complaint letter

Example essay. Published: 28 April 2017

I wish to present complaints that your business has presented to Yoga Center which have continually worked to strain our relationship as business neighbors. Your employees have always been leaving the…

Common Racial Themes Shared in Faulkner and Morrison

Example essay. Published: 25 April 2017

Common Racial Themes Shared in Faulkner and Morrison In spite of obvious racial and gender differences between William Faulkner (1897-1962) and Toni Morrison (1931-present), both authors approach race…

Analysis of Raymond Carver’s Short Stories ‘Mine’ & ‘Little Things’

Example essay. Published: 24 April 2017

Both the stories narrate the incidence of a fight between a husband and a wife. The reason for the discontentment is not mentioned in the story but it clearly describes the argumentative dialogues of the husband and the wife (Chandler)….

Media War in Lebanon

Example essay. Published: 20 April 2017

There is a famous quote that says: “the start of any war is a speech”. The Lebanese society, as a collection of minorities is an extremely divided community with different religions, sects…

Mahasweta Devi – Rudali

Example essay. Published: 18 April 2017

Amity Institute of English Studies and Research INTRODUCTION Mahasweta Devi’s Rudali centers on the two women who develop a partnership for survival. Rudali is one of the haunting stories that come …

The Life and Work of Matsuo Basho

Example essay. Published: 18 April 2017

The life of the great poet Matsuo Basho was one filled with modesty and adventure. His journeys throughout nature and his encounters with new ideas influenced him to create many poems and journals. Th…

The Meaning of True Love

Example essay. Published: 24 February 2017

True love is possibly the most fulfilling of life’s secret treasures. but love by a lesser standard is still extremely important for the human experience. In the poem True Love by Wislawa Szymbo…

Self-Portrait Essay

Example essay. Published: 24 February 2017

My understanding of the society I live in changes from day to day. When Obama was elected, I had great hopes for this country and that racial equality would finally balance out and that old prejudice…

Preservation and Conservation of Books

Example essay. Published: 16 November 2016

PPRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF BOOKS & NON – BOOKS IN ASIATIC SOCIETY LIBRARY, MUMBAI: A STUDY Key Words – Library, preservation, conservation. Introduction:- Preservation and conservat…