Literature

The Long and the Short and the Tall is a play that explores the conditions and certain situations during the Second World War. The author, Willis Hall, sets up a…

In “Equus”, Peter Shaffer glorifies horses and shows the mighty power of them in many ways. One is the design and layout of the set. The set has a central…

In David Guterson’s novel, “Snow Falling on Cedars” the author seeks to raise the reader’s level of awareness regarding the ever-present theme of prejudice. Guterson uses a wide variety of…

The story, ‘Snow Falling On Cedars,’ is unveiled through regular flashbacks from the perspective of both minor and major characters. Guterson has structured the novel in such a way that…

In 1937 Steinbeck shows the harsh reality of the American dream, in his book “Of Mice and Men”. At that time life was hard, and people had to hold on…

Brian Clarke uses several techniques to engage the reader. He immediately shows the audience Kens humorous personality, as he says “I am afraid I cant offer you my hand you…

The novella of “of mice and men” is written in a very realistic style. Its portrayal of migrant ranch workers during the great depression between 1920 and 1930 is very…

In the novella Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Stevenson wants to horrify his contemporaries and does this using physical, psychological and thematic horror. The story of an upper class Victorian…

Samuel Beckett who is originally from Dublin moved over to France since he loved France so much as a country, he went to France to learn French and also fight…

The play “An Inspector Calls” written by John Boynton Priestley is about a mysterious inspector who visits a family and asks them many questions about a suicidal person, Eva Smith….

The play Henry V was written in the reign of Elizabeth the 1st. This was a time when the Spanish Armada was taking place and Mary Queen of Scots was…

Jane Eyre is a novel which was wrote by Charlotte Bronte. The book was published in the year 1847 when women were not treated equally to men so Charlotte had…

It is a truth universally acknowledged that earnestness is a treasurable and trustworthy feature of a human because it gives us absolute confidence. In The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)…

Jane Eyre and Rebecca share many qualities despite being written over a century apart. They are both novels of romantic suspense although Jane Eyre has an element of Gothic Horror…

We may be experiencing an Oscar Wilde resurgence; not quite as dramatic as the flurry of Jane Austen inspired films of the nineties, but something is going on. Wilde’s farce…

Charlotte Bronte was born in Haworth, West Yorkshire in 1820. She had five brothers and sisters. Her father was the rector of the local church. Her mother, Mariah, died in…

‘Jane Eyre’ is one of the most famous and well-read romantic novels in English literature. The novel has been translated into a number of different languages and adapted many times…

Novel one was written by a black American writer, Marguerite (Maya) Angelou. The novel is written is an autobiography and was written in the 1960’s recounting events that happened in…

Josie- Josie has the most speech in the play and is ultimately the most noticeable and interesting character of them all. She is loud, brash, confident and unashamed at wearing…

In this essay I will explore and account how Bronte presents her characters in conflict with society in Jane Eyre. To do this I will show a number of times…