Literary Criticism

Some of the literary techniques Poe uses are repetition of words and italics. Poe uses repetition a lot throughout the short story. For example, “I moved it slowly?very, very slowly, so that I might not disturb the old man’s sleep”(Poe 90). Poe does this because it helps the readers imagine how slowly and carefully he…

Traditions have always had a substantial effect on the lives of human beings, and always will. Robert Frost uses many unique poetic devices in his poem “Mending Wall,” as well as many shifts in the speaker’s tone to develop his thoughts on traditions. The three predominant tones used are those of questioning, irony and humor….

Moll Flanders: A woman in the 17th century who was born in Newgate ( a prison) and spent twelve years as a whore, twelve years as a thief, was married five times, committed incest, was sentenced to death, but given a reprieve, and was transported to Virginia were she finally prospered. As a child Moll…

Keseys characterization of women is by no means fair. He perceives one type to be the bossy domineering woman, and the other type to be submissive whores. He is subjective to the inmates being futile, perceiving us to think that their wives and especially Big Powerful Nurse took away their manliness. Kesey tries to imply…

The Canterbury Tales is a piece of writing containing 24 tales covering around 18,000 lines done by Geoffrey Chaucer. Some of the stories that are part of The Canterbury Tales include the Miller’s Tale and the Knight’s Tale. Considering the two stories, we can see the similarity in the plot that lets them be compared….

In Shakespeare’s Othello, Othello’s pride stops him from finding the truth, eventually leading to his demise. At the beginning, Othello and Desdemona are very much in love. Even though Desdemona’s farther is against their marriage. However, when Othello promotes Cassio instead of Iago to Lieutenant, Iago has his revenge by convincing Othello that Desdemona cheats…

Society is lucky enough to have the printing press which gives people many stories to read and think about. Two of these stories that are related to parables are “The Lottery” and The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”. Both of these stories use Symbolism which are hidden in the story. In “The Lottery” and…

Men always has been associated with certain common characteristiques that would define them as being masculine. The typical stereotype that western cowboys are referencing is often associated with masculinity. Perhaps, Brock back Mountain by Annie Proulx, one of the most famous modern Western story challenge masculinity and sexuality of the main protagonists being Jack and…

The theme that the world has an outward appearance that seems fair and perfect but really theyre as holden put it phonies Thig just playing and when they fall off the cliff they discover the world. He wants to protect them and keep them pure will. All through the story Salinger used Holden as the…

The perception of Hester’s A has changed throughout the novel. In the beginning, the scarlet letter on her chest was a symbol of her sin. It was intended to be part of her punishment by providing her with humiliation, much like on the scaffolding scene. In about the middle of the novel, the meaning of…