Literary Analysis of "A Mystery of Herosim" The theme of "A Mystery of Herosim" is the foolishness and pointlessness of war. Through his use of symbolism, Crane shows how war costs a very high price to accomplish its trivial goal. The story follows the soldier Collins on his impulsive journey to...
Almost all of Dickinson's poems develop more meaning with deeper analysis. ... She also uses many different literary techniques throughout her work which is why she is such a popular poet, and the many different interpretations of her poems make them fun to read....
Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ozymandias," is considered to be one of the finest sonnets of all time. It has given us an excellent lesson which teaches us that possessions don't cause immortality. Even though we may try to overcome our mortality by leaving behind our footprints of our existence, it is not...
Questioning Martyrdom A Historical and Personal Analysis of the Martyr Emotionally charged rhetoric has been used effectively over the centuries to evoke within us powerful sentiments about right and wrong, good and evil. ... Upon further analysis, it seems that the Nigerian man cannot be an ideological martyr, even by a long stretch of the imagination. ...
Critical Analysis: The Things They Carried is a representation of damage and trauma soldiers experienced both as boys before the war, and veterans after. ... In his literary work, O"Brien is not afraid to portray soldiers in a less-than-magnificent light; in fact he humanizes their actions and allows the reader to identify with them. ...
Edward Albee's short drama, The Sandbox, is a great example of drama humor and also has a twisted way of explaining death. The main plot revolves around the grandmother, who is just named "Grandma" in the drama. She is taking care of what seems to be her son and his wife. Oddly, they are given the n...
"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, set in the late 1800's to the early 1900's, begins by introducing a woman with a terrible heart condition and the tragic event of her husband's death. Considering her troubles, her friends and family endeavor to forestall her terrible misery from harming her greater. After she spent time mourning she locked herself away in her room and began soul searching. During the time the story was set in, women were inferior in a marriage and had little sense of self-government. Her newfound discovery of the outside world enlightened her sen...
The Fear and Reality of Death It is a universal reality that every living thing must die eventually. What sets humans apart from any animal, insect or being on this planet is our awareness of this inevitable end. Furthermore, what sets Americans apart from many other societies is the extensive amount of information available everyday within our country. This information fuels a constant, underlying awareness of crime, tragedy, and more specifically, death. As American literature is merely a reflection of American society, it can be concluded through reading several works that this constant...
