In Cervantes's Don Quixote the literary elements stray from the poems of John Milton in the fact that their allusions, diction, and syntax differ, but they both however convey the same theme of passion of accomplishment. ... This probably had an impact in his writing seeing as how he is very biblical in his writings. ... Allusions help to better the understanding of a novel in its whole or maybe just a sentence or paragraph. ... In other poems by Milton he references biblical places, people, ideas, and themes. ... The works differ in many literary aspects including allusions, dicti...

• Word Count: 1241
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the classic novel, The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family, who was evicted from their land, decides to migrate out west to California for a chance at survival. John Steinbeck, the author of the novel, uses multiple literary techniques to convey the theme of brotherhood. Steinbeck uses the self-fa...

• Word Count: 1107
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

There were many allusions to works of literature; these allusions meaningless to readers who are not familiar with the works. ... Frankenstein was written for highly educated people who would understand the allusions in it. There were also allusions to alchemists that Frankenstein read. ... More people were able to read, but could not understand all of the allusions of the highly educated Romantic writers. ... There are fewer literary allusions in this work because it was written for less educated people. ...

• Word Count: 1913
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Crime and Punishment Around about the mid 1800s Emily Dickinson hit the nail on the head with a line from a poem she wrote: Part One: Life. Emily wrote "Much madness I divinest sense/ To a discerning eye" which holds true for writers of all types in the past, present and future. The same st...

• Word Count: 856
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Crime and Punishment Around about the mid 1800s Emily Dickinson hit the nail on the head with a line from a poem she wrote: Part One: Life. Emily wrote "Much madness I divinest sense/ To a discerning eye" which holds true for writers of all types in the past, present and future. The same stands ...

• Word Count: 876
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Shelley's Frankenstein' the encounter between Victor and his creature is charged with Biblical allusions: like Adam, the creature has been forsaken by his creator. ... Dracula uses many biblical references and shows a true resemblance between Dracula and anti-Christian beliefs. ...

• Word Count: 1911
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Biblical and spiritual references are used throughout the story to describe various events, particularly in the later of the novel. ... She compares Frankenstein to Lucifer, as he "who like the archangel who aspired to omnipotence", he "is chained in an eternal hell", Shelley uses this literary allusion to show Frankenstein as an angel who has fallen from grace. ...

• Word Count: 2019
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate