Literature

In George Eliot’s novel ‘Silas Marner’ there is much evidence to justify the significant importance of duty. Duty has various meanings, but in the instance of George Eliot’s novel it…

Silas Marner by George Eliot is set in the beginning of the 19th century. It is about a linen-weaver that moves to a village called Raveloe after his friend from…

For this assignment I choose to read “Roots”, a novel by Alex Haley. This novel explores six generations of black African Americans. Roots begins with a birth in an African…

In this essay I intend to compare the differences in the quality of Silas Marner’s life following the events which altered his life. There are two main major changes in…

I will present some relevant theories to concern the two research questions in my research proposal. For the first question “what can motivate a high skilled employee in a small…

One of the central themes of the play is that of justice, the right to proper and fair treatment for individuals, these scenes seem to be the same in a…

The two poems that I am comparing are Porphyria’s Lover and My Last Duchess, both early nineteenth century dramatic monologues by Robert Browning. A dramatic monologue is a poem in…

Ballads are a form of poem / song which was an oral tradition in the early 16th century, they where a means of getting information out to people like tabloid…

“‘My man,’ she said, looking at me for an instant with tremulous lids which fluttered down and veiled her eyes as she snuggled her head against my breast with a…

There were many types of love illustrated throughout the novel Harp in the South, each having different effects on the people involved. The love that existed between Tommy and Roie…

The relationship between Randall and Dorothea was loving at first, they were extremely close and seemed to love each other a great deal: “The parting was bitter; the enforced separation…

After having read a selection of poems from Best Words, I have decided to write about two. “First Love,” by John Clair and “Long Distance,” by Tony Harrison. Booth of…

Poets of the Victorian era were concerned with the themes of love and loss (Death) between their poems. The Victorian era dates from 1837 to 1901. It is named after…

“The Beggar Woman” and “Our Love Now” are both from separate time zones. “The Beggar Woman” was written in the 19th century whereas the poem “Our Love Now” was written…

The Crow Road is another novel written by Iain Banks. However this time it is a saga about a typical Scottish family that is told by Prentice McHoan, one of…

For my essay, I am going to look at the attitudes towards women, both from men and other women, and the significant role that that women had in telling the…

In the Knights Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer there are two main characters that both fall in love with the same woman. The character Palomon truly loves the woman, Emely, while…

Against the unchanging background of Egdon Heath, fiery Eustacia Vye spends her days, wishing only for passionate and exciting love. She believes that her escape from Egdon lies in marriage…

“So deep in luve am I,” There have been many poems which have been written throughout the ages that have expressed love from very simple stanzas to very complex long…

1. In the book the ‘Great gatsby’ by F. Scout Fitzgerald there are two main themes that are important to an analysis of the book and are close linked with…