Great literature usually has to deal with its time period, yet the message is so timeless it can apply to any generation. ... The themes and messages the author tries to extend onto the reader can share meanings from generation to generation. ... All of the messages the reader acquires from this novel are timeless as they can be applied to any time period and any situation not just an 87 day fishing journey in the ocean. ... The same messages and themes depicted by the authors and speakers can still be utilized in the next generation or previous generations. Great literature helps to think new...

• Word Count: 898
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography

Throughout this poem, Bryant writes this poem to talk about how lonely the bird is that is flying a great distance of the ocean without settling a path, but a higher power (God) is guiding the bird without it questioning its destined path.  ... Although the bird is gone, the narrator seems to receive the underlying message that he/she would not be likely to forget. ...

• Word Count: 638
• Approx Pages: 3

In stanza 105-106, there's a hair-raising wind that blows past the mariner "Like a meadow-gale of spring" The romantic element of this poem is especially strong when the mariner uses the simile of a painting to describe the stillness in the ocean: "As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.... Lastly, when it comes to holy punishment and slave allegories, on stanza 95, the ocean is described "as a slave before his lord," the moon. ... " This description of the moon helps communicate the overarching message that humanity is smaller and more insignificant ...

• Word Count: 1986
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"The Scarlet Letter" Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote "The Scarlet Letter" in 1850 in the highly religious area of New England. When it was written many people judged the novel solely on its story telling, whereas ignoring the loads of hidden themes that Hawthorne placed in the novel. "The Sc...

• Word Count: 2043
• Approx Pages: 8

The Awakening, by Kate Chopin, is a complex work of literature. It combines involved characters with deep symbolism to tell the story of a troubled woman and what drives her to suicide. Because of its complexity, it is difficult to classify The Awakening into a literary category. On the surface, it could be considered a good example of Realism. Edna Pontellier, a married woman, finds herself infatuated with another man. ...

• Word Count: 4173
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School