Essays Tagged: "Novella"
"Billy Budd" by Herman Melville. Captain Vere as a "tragic hero" in the story.
In the novella _Billy Budd_ by Herman Melville, Captain Vere is the "tragic hero". he is neither good nor e ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Metamorphosis - An attempt to explain the purpose of the last four pages in Kafka's book
means a change in form, structure, or appearance. Change is a major theme throughout Franz Kafka's novella, The Metamorphosis. There is a significant relationship between the title, The Metamorphosis ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Of Mice And Men: Loneliness
neliness is a basic part of human life. Every one becomes lonely once in a while but in Steinbeck's novella "Of Mice and Men", he illustrates the loneliness of ranch life in the early 1930's and shows ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck
The Effect of Realism on Leo Tolstoy shown in "The Death of Ivan Ilyich"
The novella, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, shows the influence of Realism on its author. Leo Tolstoy. The il ... the influence of Realism on its author. Leo Tolstoy. The illusion of reality, the main theme of the novella, is an aspect of Realism that Tolstoy effectively used in this novella. Other attitudes of R ... Realism that show through in Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich.Tolstoy's intent when writing this novella was to portray the illusion of reality. Many of the minor characters, especially the physici ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Diversity among different texts, 'Good-bye, Columbus,' written by Philip Roth, The Crying of Lot 49, written by Thomas Pynchon , Maus I, A Survivor's Tale, My Father Bleeds History, written by Art Spe
s to culture, people are placed in unusual situations where their diversity is shown.Throughout the novella, 'Good-bye, Columbus,' written by Philip Roth, conflicts are seen as far as social status am ... Columbus,' written by Philip Roth, conflicts are seen as far as social status among families. This novella was not diverse in the written aspect, in fact I thought of it as easy reading. 'Sure, I sho ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
"The Secret Sharer" by Joseph Conrad, Critical Analysis
himself and the world around him, and in the process becoming a functional member of a society. The novella may be only fifty pages long but its words speak volumes.The first indication of a course th ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Steinbeck's Of mice and men
neliness is a basic part of human life. Every one becomes lonely once in a while but in Steinbeck's novella "Of Mice and Men", he illustrates the loneliness of ranch life in the early 1930's and shows ... ng's he's with you. I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick." A major theme in Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men is loneliness. The characters Crooks, Candy and Curley's wife each suffer fr ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck
The tone of the book "Heart of Darkness" by Conrad.
to the inner and then intensifies later in the description of how Marlow reacts to the women in the novella.Body Paragraph 1:1. Marlow is an adventure seeker. When most men fear the unknown Marlow isn ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors
Comparing Heart of Darkness of Joseph Conrad with the movie "Apocalypse Now!" by Coppola
Darkness"(Wallace). However, the overview of the film is totally different from the context in the novella. The whole movie takes place during the Vietnam War in the year 1979 while the book sets off ... ting the quote above. If we look through deeper meanings in every detail of the film as well as the novella, we can find that both the novella and the film convey the same symbols and perspectives at ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Youth by Henry James and The Turn of the Screw by Joseph Conrad- Vanderbilt
sition of second mate. Judging from the number of times that the narrator mentions this fact in the novella, it must have been something of great significance in that day. Marlow displays how apprecia ... w" makes it even more uncomfortable to read. Henry James uses fear of the unknown to charge up this novella by using the governess as the narrator.Many commonly associate youth with rebellion. That is ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature
"Goodbye, Columbus" by Phillip Roth
alth in America, and modern American Jews. Through the eyes of Neil Klugman, the protagonist of the novella, who is a middle-class Jew, Roth allows the reader to interpret the irony and satire of all ... give Neil any privacy or personal distance, another stereotypical aspect that Roth presents in the novella.Neil is a modern American Jew, so he is always denounced by the more orthodox Gladys. By hav ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
Coping With Alienation in "The Metamorphosis" By Franz Kafka, and in Jerzy Kosinski's "The Painted Bird"
In Franz Kafka's novella, The Metamorphosis, and in Jerzy Kosinski's The Painted Bird, the protagonists are subjected ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Billy Budd by Herman Melville Examine the theme of institutional conscience versus private conscience in Billy Budd.
tative embodiment was institutional conscience, or manmade laws to uphold order and justice. In the novella Billy Budd, Herman Melville presented a dilemma of private conscience and institutional cons ... le masterfully pinpointed the conflict brought by civilization through the creation of the timeless novella, Billy Budd.
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Change: Theme in the Metamorphosis. A theme paper on the Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka, describing how change is the main theme in the story.
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is a novella. The theme in this story is that change in one character leads to positive and negative chan ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Billy Budd by Herman Melville Term Paper over the Short Story Billy Budd, his life, why he wrote the book, and religious symbolism.
to grow and change in Melville's imagination, and he returned to it, expanding the headnote into a novella that he would revise throughout the remaining years of his life.At the time of Melville's de ... hout the remaining years of his life.At the time of Melville's death in 1891, the manuscript of the novella was sequentially complete, but Melville was still revising its language and thematic emphase ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
According to Freud, sexual desire is the drive behind everything. "Death in Venice" by Thomas Mann and The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham are no exceptions; both stories are fueled with it.
n. Aschenbach bases his artistic talent on perfectionism and self-discipline. The first page of the novella describes him at work: "He was overwrought by a morning of hard, nerve-taxing work, which ha ... trickland's desire to pursue art builds up for years and then is all released at once.Both of these novellas show the main characters releasing all of their restrained passions. Aschenbach's outlet is ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
"Benito Cereno" by Herman Melville.
The novella Benito Cereno has been a topic of controversy amongst several critics. In their perspectives ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Nella Larsen´s " Passing": Why Claire had to die!
Explain the importance of the concluding scene of Passing to our understanding of the novella. Your response should do more than argue Irene killed Clare, it should explain how this resu ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Book analysis of Washington Square; Jane Austen.
enge to our preconceived notions of the novel of manners, notably through his chosen ending for the novella. After developing an idea about these principles through the works of Jane Austen, the reade ... nd forces the reader to redefine their concept of a reasonable and realistic ending.The end of this novella undoubtedly frustrates the reader's romantic instincts - the same instincts that Jane Austen ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Maggie: A girl of the Streets as an Exemplar of Literary Naturalism Author: Stephen Crane Title: Maggie: A girl of the Streets
he universe: One can either accept the laws determining social order or become their victim. In the Novella Maggie: A girl of the Streets, Maggie is used as a medium to paint the picture of the devast ... l focus or be their victim. Crane falls into this grouping of writers and supports this view in the novella. Maggie is given two options upon arrival at the mental crossroads in her life. She can eith ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American