Literature

The novel, “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, was written in 1891 by Oscar Wilde. In the opening chapters of the novel, we meet the central character of Dorian Gray and…

The passage begins with the “The beginning is simple to mark… ” this instantly draws attention to the narrative, and shows the style is self-conscious. The narrator addresses the reader…

The prime method by which McEwan presents the transition between the child and adult world in Atonement is through specific focus on the behaviour and motivations of one character, Briony…

McEwan intentionally places certain phrases throughout the opening that capture a reader and therefore provoking a sense of curiosity in the reader that makes them continue reading. The first example…

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was born in Dublin. His father was a lawyer and a well-known portrait painter. Yeats was educated in London and in Dublin, but he spent his…

In literature it is considered that the English Gothic fiction was invented by Horace Walpole in 1764 with his novel, The Castle of Otranto – A Gothic Story. Gothic literature…

One utilizes a thrower ‘s wheel to model and determine a piece of clay. As the wheel continues to whirl, the clay transforms into a beautiful form of art. This…

“A Separate Peace,” by John Knowles, is a novel that tells the story of pain and betrayal of two friends, Gene and Phineas. One of the major themes of this…

At the top of the second stanza of “Dulce Et Decorum Est” the first two words are: “Gas! GAS! ” Wilfred Owen did not write those words simply for the…

The picture in my mind of war has always been terrifying and brutal, however after studying “Dulce et Decorum Est,” cleverly written by Wilfred Owen, I realised that war is…

Undoubtedly, the central theme of “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin” is war. This is clear even when reading the title of the novel for the first time, as the word “Captain” suggests…

Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen are the respective poets of ‘The Soldier’ and ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’. Both the poems were written during the era of the Great War, but…

McKay and Duffy come from two very different backgrounds, one being a Jamaican immigrant and the other a Scottish teacher, yet both of their poems seem to amalgamate under the…

World War One was the first of its kind, with almost every country in the world involved. The war lasted for over four years from 1914 to 1918. Millions fought…

Birdsong, written by Sebastian Faulks, is a book described by many as a classic. A “magnificent, deeply moving, sleep-disturbing and powerful” novel, as said by reviewers from all around the…

J. D. Salinger tells the story of The Catcher in the Rye in the first person perspective through the main character Holden Caulfield. Holden tells the reader the events that…

In the 1994 Washington Post critical review “J. D, Salinger’s Holden Caulfield, Aging Gracelessly,” Jonathon Yardley asserts that The Catcher in the Rye is “an essential document of American adolescence,”…

Ever since time was inaugurated, man has been influenced by war as has human evolution and history. There have been many famous conflicts over the ages and many consequences to…

William Butler Yeats has written many pieces of literature, mainly about Ireland as that is his passion and cause of writing. However his poem “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death”…

Wilfred Own was born on the 18th of March 1893. He was born in a place called Plas Wilmot Shropshire and became an English teacher in Bordeaux. Later in 1915…