Essays About Literature
1984 is a futuristic novel by George Orwell about how life would be under “Big Brother”. Northern stage, a local acting group, performed it. He based the play on how he thought life would be like in 1984 and how it would be ruled. He thought everyone would be the same, act the same and…
In this essay on ‘1984’ by George Orwell I am going to give an analysis of the pages 72 until page 77. In this extract Winston, the main character of the book, visits Mr. Charrington’s shop. This is not an usual shop, because in this shop there are things for sale that you wouldn’t find…
“1984” is a dystopian novel by George Orwell in which there is an unexpected ending. This is satisfactory in conveying the writer’s themes of truth, control and conflict. Orwell is successful in depicting these themes through the use of characterisation, symbolism and key incident. The key incident in “1984” is not expected and this helps…
In the novel ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’, the author, George Orwell employs a range of different techniques such as similes, metaphors and symbolism to unnerve and keep the reader in anticipation, impelling them to read on. The novel is in a third-person narrative style, this technique employed by Orwell creates a distance between the central character, Winston…
The book A Christmas Carol was published in 1843. Each stave was published weekly in a magazine. Charles Dickens (the author) has written many classic, famous novels. They were all very long and very complicated. He was only 58 years old when he died. One of the main reasons that all of this is important…
Compare and contrast the injustice shown I the poems “Nothings Changed” and “Not My business” look at content, language, structure and themes. A theme of injustice in nothings changed was apartheid. A definition of apartheid is; “Apartheid is a system of racial segregation that was enforced in South Africa from 1948 to 1994” (wikipeidia). When…
The poem “Aftermath” written by Siegfried Sassoon is a highly critical piece that discusses the emotional and materialistic costs of World War I. The reason for its criticality is that it was in effect a ‘plea’ to the world that we must never forget the traumatic events that occurred not only in World War I,…
‘A Christmas carol’ by Charles Dickens-what do we learn about the conditions of the poor in society and attitudes towards them in ‘A Christmas Carol? ‘ In this essay I will be answering the question ‘What do we learn about the conditions of the poor in society and attitudes towards them in A Christmas Carol?…
‘A Christmas Carol’ is an allegory which relies heavily on symbolism to convey meaning and atmosphere. Discuss. The novel ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens can be represented in different ways. It can be represented as a simple story with a moral, where a man named Scrooge is visited by four ghosts who give him…
What messages does Camus have for the readers and why do we think the book was popular with the people of his generation? Albert Camus was a man of many great potential prospects. In his books he captures the absurdity of living and “the idea that human life has no redeeming meaning of its purpose”…
Both poets express strong feelings about injustice and cruelty in society in the past and present. The poem Nothing’s Changed is written by Tatamkhulu Afrika who is describing what life was like in South Africa while apartheid (separation of blacks and whites) was in place. He also described what his feelings and emotions were like….
This essay will compare two poems, which both have some similar aspects however there are also many differences. The two poems, which will be compared, are “The Whistle” by Yusef Komunyakaa and “Game After Supper” by Margaret Atwood. Yusef Komunyakaa was born on the 29th April 1947 in Bogalusa, Louisiana. He has won a number…
Charles Dickens’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ tells us that we are all on the earth to improve and better ourselves. This is shown through Scrooge’s behaviour and his life. At the beginning of the novel Scrooge is bitter, horrible and cold. ‘ “If I could work my will” said Scrooge indignantly, “every idiot who goes about…
Literature Review Abstract The research is all about the use of information system in the organizations. There are many tools which are helpful in managing the whole organization. The business environment is getting highly competitive and many organizations are making strategies to grab the market share. A company was selected in order to understand the…
This essay will analyse and report on how the character Scrooge changes throughout the Victorian novel “A Christmas Carol. ” Each Stave will be analysed, thus showing how he changes throughout the novella. At the start of the story, the impression created of Scrooge is very negative. He is portrayed as a cold and twisted…
A Christmas Carol is a famous novel written by Charles Dickens, the most popular writer of the Victorian Era. The novel is based on a fictitious character named Ebenezer Scrooge, who is a grumpy, mean spirited money lender described by Dickens as ‘a tight fisted hand at the grindstone’. The story is set in the…
In Stave One when Marley’s ghost enters Scrooge’s home, Dickens give the reader a hint on what is going to happen by saying that ‘Scrooge then remembered to have heard that ghosts in haunted houses were described as dragging chains. ’ This is because Marley had lived his life as a money grabber like Scrooge,…
Anger oh yes! And envy, yes! But not hate. I think hate is a thing, a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding said Tennessee Williams of his work. Do you find any hate in the street car named desire? The street car named desire is a play based upon anger rather…
In year 10 we went to see the musical Blood Brothers by Willy Russell. We saw the play at the New Wimbledon Theatre on the 2nd of November 2006. It is a story about two twin brothers who are separated at birth but find each other again at aged 7. It shows the standard of…
Mrs Johnston is a working mother who can barely afford to feed her seven children, and is distraught when she discovers she is expecting twins. Mrs Johnston receives a proposition from her upper class employer; Mrs Lyons, who offers to buy one of the twins and pass them off as her own, to her husband…
“A Streetcar Named ‘Desire” is one of the most recognised plays in theatrical cinema, lately. I saw it very recently, when the production was held in the prestigious “National Theatre,” Central London. There is also the ‘classic hit’ movie which is based upon the play. It was first written and produced in 1951 and has…
The story is basically about a working class woman who works for a wealthy woman, the working class woman has 7 children and she finds out she is pregnant again with twins and her husband has just left her so the wealthy woman persuades the working class woman to give her one of the twins….
The First World War began in 1914 and ended in 1918. Throughout the two years many men volunteered thinking that it was an opportunity to fight for their country. But they were badly mistaken. Instead of what they thought war was going to bring them, excitement and adventure, they received horrors beyond imagination. ‘Spring Offensive’…
Discuss how Williams dramatises Blanche’s final demise into madness in the last three scenes. Make references back to previous scenes where appropriate. There are many ways in which Williams dramatises Blanche’s final demise into madness in the last three scenes. The first is his usage of music. In scene IX, the polka tune ‘Varsouviana’ is…
A Streetcar Named Desire (both text and film) isn’t split up into acts, but instead is a chronological sequence of episodes occurring between the months of May and September. Within these episodes beats a conflict and reconciliation rhythm, involving the win and lose of Stella’s love. Scene four begins with a vendor shouting something that…
Performance reflects the performance style, dramatic techniques and conventions, conveys ideas and develops a response from the audience, and reflects the historical and social background. A Beautiful Life by Michael Futcher and Helen Howard is a deliberate and artificial construction based on a number of stories of real life. The play is a dramatic theatrical exploration…
Both plays are styled naturalistically, even more so than most plays; for example, Ayckbourn uses the unique idea of the audience taking on the role of the waiter’s earshot, and only hearing what he’s hearing in “Between Mouthfuls”. The genre of both plays is comedy, but the comedy in both emerges from rather dark situations,…
In the first scene in the play’s exposition, when Billy enters and has a row with his father, I will be helping my actors illustrate the generation gap by doing numerous short exercises. I will put them into groups of 3, and give them a scenario. First I will create a pub scene, and all…
Because we thought it introduced Linda and how Mickey and Linda’s relationship was evolving. We decided that the main theme in this scene was social class; how the more common travel and treat each other compared to what it would be like if you first class. I think we staged this piece well because not…
We worked with two songs from Blood brothers; the opening and final song, both sung by Mrs. Johnstone. We got into groups and discussed what the purpose of each of the songs was and how we could add movement to it to tell the story and make obvious who was who by using mime. In…
