Category: Literary Devices

Symbols Used by Edgar Allan Poe in His ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ and ‘The Black Cat’: Critical Essay Edgar Allan Poe describes the feeling of guilt and fear through symbols in the stories The Tell-Tale Heart and The Black Cat. For instance, the eye in each story symbolizes how the narrator views himself. However, the narrators…

Stevie Wonder Songs Analysis Stevland Hardaway Morris (né Judkins) professionally known as Stevie Wonder was virtually born blind on May 13, 1950. This a fact worth mentioning, as this may have contributed to Stevies inclination towards music and multi-instrumentation from a young age. In 1954 Stevies family moved to Detroit where he began singing in…

The Role of Surrounding Individuals: Influences in Khaled Hosseini The Kite Runner Individuals are drastically shaped and impacted by the morals display by those they choose to surround themselves with. The novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is set in war torn, Afghanistan in the late 20th & early 21st centuries. The protagonist, Amir,…

The Conflict and Message of The Kite Runner In the conventional Heros Journey narrative, the Hero overcomes adversity in order to obtain their resolution. It is in the face of this adversity that superior works of literature maintain a healthy confusion in which readers find both enjoyment and disquietude, and is in this confusion that…

You’re Talking Like a Song from the Lion King: Essay The Lion King the Musical Since I was little, I like the movie ‘The Lion King’. The powerful music hit me every time I heard the songs. When I was little, I learned all the songs by heart. I loved the soundtrack. After the film,…

What Is the Song Hurricane by Bob Dylan about: Song Analysis Human rights are an ongoing universal issue. They are the so-called rights inherent to all human beings regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status. Human rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom…

“The Yellow Wallpaper” Metaphors Essay In some ways, we are all trapped within our own reality. This reality is subject to our own socio-economic and political context. Where we are born and what time period we were born into we have no choice but we do we do have the choice to challenge our contextual…

The Power of Author’s Words to Impact the Reader in Sonnys Blues: Analytical Essay Authors deliberately incorporate a variety of literary elements into their work to impact readers on emotional and intellectual levels. An authors choice of words communicates not only plot and character, but also tone, theme, and vision. Good writing resonates with readers…

Analysis of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Metaphors The story of To Kill a Mockingbird is narrated by Scout in an uncertain future, in the form of a flashback. That way, it is possible to monitor closely the formation of character in character during childhood. The simple narrative provides a readable to get involved quickly, where…

Analysis of Metaphors in ‘Native Son’ Native Son opens with the ringing bell of an alarm clocka wake-up call not only for Bigger and his family but also a warning to America as a whole about the dangerous state of race relations in the country in the 1930s. Wright sees a black population that, though…