One major and obvious theme that is constant throughout the novel is obsession. ... The second theme that is continuous throughout the story is imprisonment. ... However, HumbertHumbert, in telling his story, uses puns, literary allusions, and repeating linguistic patterns to render this dark tale in an enchanting form. ... Similarly to Lolita, The Collector also exploits the theme of obsession throughout the entire novel. ... The second theme of imprisonment is extremely apparent throughout The Collector as well as Lolita. ...

• Word Count: 2435
• Approx Pages: 10

Overall, I think that the poem, Sometimes with One I Love by Walt Whitman, theme is about love and love within someone. ... In the poem, I found a form of literary device which was alliteration, Sometimes with one I love I fill myself with rage for fear I, I found this in the first line of the poem. ... Another literary device that I found was metaphor which is expressed in lines five, six and seven, I loved a certain person ardently and my love was not return'd, Yet out of that I have written these songs. ...

• Word Count: 388
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The major theme of the genre was like to explain and understand the movement toward a new national identity. ... The main theme in the play is love between Mary and Efrain. The literary work focuses on death, pain and great gods. ... This is very common in literary works of Romanticism. ... In summary, these reasons Maria de Jorge Isaacs is considered a great literary work valued by this literary movement in the nineteenth century....

• Word Count: 1056
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• Grade Level: High School

Reader Response is a literary criticism technique that helps the reader better understand the text and the world around them. ... The reader gets the chance to articulate their identity theme through the reading of this text. Identity theme is how we view the world. Identity is passed from mother to child in birth, and as the child grows, they develop their own identity theme, or lens through which they perceive things. ... The Reader Response literary criticism technique lives by this. ...

• Word Count: 1016
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• Grade Level: High School

The theme of the novel is the question of right versus wrong or good versus bad; but the conventional ideas of good and evil are turned upside in Sula. ... From Sula's point of view, the theme of love and death, and family and friendship is consistently reflected through out the lives of the protagonist Sula Peace, and foils, Nel Wright and Shadrack. ... She has also been recognized by numerous national and international literary organizations and served on several public commissions governing the arts and education. ... Her literary efforts can and should be considered in this l...

• Word Count: 1824
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• Grade Level: High School

"Repetitive verbiage" (Rideout pg 2) was another aspect contributing to Anderson's literary style. ... Apart from his style, Anderson's themes and subject matter are far from new. "The theme that dominates all Anderson's works [is] the conflict between organized society and the subconscious instincts of the individual" (Columbia pg 1585). ... This ironic twist helps develop the theme and capture the memory of the reader. With this said, it is now easier to understand the main theme of this story. ...

• Word Count: 593
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Emily Dickinson is known for her unique form of writing and vivid imaginative themes. ... The idea of Emily's work has baffled and intrigued literary researchers for years. ... Literary researchers say that it's hard to "confirm or deny the nature of her relations ships with them- (Poetry 3). ... Literary researchers say that Emily had her own unique form of writing. ...

• Word Count: 797
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• Grade Level: High School

Romantic love is an often-embraced theme of both ancient and contemporary literary works. From the tragic, frequently sacrificial and forbidden love of the ancient Greek times to more modern themes, love has always had a place in the written history of our cultures. A contributing factor to this enduring quality of love as a literary subject is its mutability. ... Two major literary works which each illustrate an individual take on love are Christopher Marlow's "Hero and Leander," and Edmund Spenser's "Epithalamion." ... The cruel love which Marlowe depicted makes no appearance withi...

• Word Count: 1759
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• Grade Level: High School

One of the most relevant and important themes that reoccur throughout the Al-Mu'allaqat is that of love, specifically love personified through nature. All of the poets in this literary collection seem to personify their love through animals and objects such as through their camels, horses, waterfalls, and several others. ... The common theme of love forms a bridge between these four poems and throughout the rest of Mu'allaqat. ... (84.29-32) These descriptions of Tarafa's she-camel are used as a literary vehicle to express love and bring power to the poem. ... This is c...

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Literary Terms In this sonnet Shakespeare uses imagery to give the reader an excellent view of his mistress. ... Shakespeare also uses a central theme in the sonnet, which is that of Un-dying love. ...

• Word Count: 496
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Theme This deep and meaningful poem has its central theme on that of love. ... Techniques This poem is full of the many literary techniques available. ... Another literary technique is an allusion to classical mythology, when it refers to the nine muses' which are the daughters of Zeus. ...

• Word Count: 1212
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• Grade Level: High School

Setting: Another Country takes place in Harlem, France, Greenwich Village and other locales throughout numerous incidents in this literary work. ... Literary Style: According to Langston Hughes, "Baldwin uses words as the sea uses waves, to flow and beat, advance and retreat, rise and take a bow in disappearing....The thought becomes poetry and the poetry illuminates the thought." ... Theme: The theme Another Country conveys is lucid: People must witness the world with incontestable viewpoints. ...

• Word Count: 1203
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• Grade Level: High School

In the same way that Shakespeare uses complex roles to define the Twelfth Night theme, he uses symbols to make the theme more prominent. ... Shakespeare also shows his theme of reversed roles by making Olivia's character chase after Cesario. ... Although the Twelfth Night theme is the most recognizable theme found in Twelfth Night, it is not the only theme present. ... This theme also relates back to the Twelfth Night theme because love is a sensation of pain that suddenly overturns into an object of fulfillment, happiness, and joy for many of the characters. ... According to Bloom,...

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In this literary pairing, Tita and Mama Elana share similar characteristics that identify both of their individual battles and there clashes with each other. ... In addition to serving as one of the main central themes of the novel, food commonly has a physical and emotional turbulence, and also serves as a way in which emotions can be passed along. ... The inner fire possessed within a person serve as an important theme in the novel, and the majority of Titas struggle focus on taming this fire. ... In "Like water for chocolate", the author Laura Esquivel extends the cultural themes of magic r...

• Word Count: 1266
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

One of the obviously fundamental aspects of poetry is the language used and the literary devices employed, and Rosetti's poetry is certainly no exception to this. ... In my opinion this poem has two main themes, both of which greatly contribute to the overall feeling of the poem. ... The second underlying theme in "A Dream" is on a symbolic level, to understand which, knowledge of Rosetti's life is necessary. ... The first theme shown is the speaker's evident awareness of her mortality. ... The second theme, which is much more subtle, is the speakers exploration of the thin divi...

• Word Count: 2526
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The abstract theme of love is explored in Sonnet 43 and 18, written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and William Shakespeare respectively, through a range of metaphors, alliteration and repetition. ... Love, as a theme exists in poems, however differently, implying the many facets of this emotion. ... Additionally, the sonnets comprise of distinctive movements that highlight each of their unique aspects regarding the themes of love and eternity. ... Through skillful craftsmanship and varying literary devices, both the sonnets serve as exceptional pieces of poetry that truly encompass pure and abs...

• Word Count: 1172
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This book will help you view and understand love in the literary overview of love. ... A common theme Carver's stories had were dysfunctional communication leads into violence of relationships that destroys their love. ... The passage I chose was because it supports my theme since you can see that the couple has a dysfunctional type of communication because of the way they approach on another. ... This passage supports my theme because Teri and her ex-husband had a terrible dysfunctional communication. ...

• Word Count: 1327
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• Grade Level: High School

The author uses this literary device to show the Mama Elena is doing everything she can to separate Pedro and Tita. ... The magical realism is used very well to portray the the overall theme of love and desperation between Tita and Pedro. ...

• Word Count: 779
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• Grade Level: High School

Romance, beyond its accepted, contemporary usage is formally defined by the Webster's Dictionary as " a medieval literary form, initially old French or Provencal, dealing with deeds of chivalry or with historical or mythological events seen in the perspective or a medieval court." ... The theme of the Grail Romance is that of the land being laid waste, a "wasteland," where the surface does not represent the actuality of what it is supposed to be representing. ...

• Word Count: 924
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• Grade Level: High School

In "Rappaccini's Daughter" Hawthorne portrays the theme that when human beings tamper with nature, the results are disastrous. ... Hawthorne portrays the literary techniques of imagery and irony that interests the readers and makes them fell close to the characters. ...

• Word Count: 670
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• Grade Level: High School

The plays and mostly revolves around this theme of deception to oneself and to others. ... The cucumber sandwiches also become a theme for the self-indulgence of the rich. ... It pokes fun at the English Victorian Era and it's aristocracy, the literary world, marriage, English manners and customs, women's crazy thoughts on love, men and their lack of sensitivity, love itself, religion and all sorts of other corner stones in modern society. ...

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In James Joyce's novella, "The Dead," Gabriel Conroy's character plays a central role in the theme of paralysis throughout the story. ... As the plot unfolds, however, it becomes clear that Joyce uses his ability to beautifully portray the party in great detail as a method of building this central theme. ... Miss Ivors approaches Gabriel and criticizes the literary column he writes in The Daily Express, saying, "I didn't think you were a West Briton." ... This desire is central to the theme of paralysis that Joyce wants to get across to the reader, but not clear until Gretta unv...

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Romeo and Juliet is undoubtedly the most famous love story in English literary history; love is the play's dominant and most important theme. ... The language that Shakespeare uses throughout the play mixes various themes religion, light/dark, night/day, moon/sun and also saintliness. ...

• Word Count: 1527
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• Grade Level: High School

In A Farewell to Arms, various story elements are developed: the conflicts that occur internally and externally within Frederic's life, the characterization of Frederic Henry, the use of symbolism, and the dominating theme of love during a widespread war. Love and war is an important theme in the book, and the relationship between Frederic and Catherine is explored by Hemingway. ...

• Word Count: 2198
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Wilde uses many literary devices to create comedy in this play one of the most promentent of these devices is the unexpected and backward logic frequently used by the characters. ... One major theme in The Importance of Being Earnest is the use of satire. ... Another theme in this play is the use of epigrams. ...

• Word Count: 1981
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School