Theme In Literature Essay Examples Page 4

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a gothic novella, written by Robert Louis Stevenson, depicts how damaging society pressure can be. The battle between dualism is seen between the two characters, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The story represents how a man’s soul is paired with both elements of evil and good….

In act 1 of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” the witches are talking in rhyme and they say together “fair is foul, and foul is fair”. What they say this foreshadows a significant theme in the play. The meaning of the theme is that everything that is good is bad and everything that is bad is good. This…

 Afterlife The central theme of the story is of afterlife and the final judgment. The characters of the story are sorted into people of hell, ghosts and people of heaven, spirits. Ghosts are mean, shallow and greed while spirits are magnanimous, kind and sympathetic. There is clear binary between the destinations and its inhabitants. Paradise…

The Fault In Our Stars by John Green is an amazing tear jerker of a book. It expands on the ideas of adolescence while communicating the hardships of illness. Hazel Grace Lancaster, the main character in this book, suffers from lung cancer. Through her struggles, she meets the charming and handsome Augustus Waters. Like any…

The story narrates the experience of a man named Lewis. He finds himself standing at a station waiting for his bus to arrive. Once he boards the vehicle he encounters many people on his journey. He meets men from different walks of life and with different temperaments. The bus however does not travel normally and…

In the book On the Come Up, Angie Thomas uses symbolism to show how a pivotal moment can completely change you for the better. Her father’s chain is a huge symbol in the story which represents a lasting memory of Bri’s father since she passed away when she was a toddler. Another example of symbolism…

Existentialism is a philosophy which evolved during the twentieth century. This doctrine of existentialism gained its significance during the Second World War when the human race suffered a great crisis. The rationality and hope of human existence were become susceptible and questioned by inhuman political philosophy such as Nazism and fascism. These powers challenge man’s…

‘The Necklace’, by Guy de Maupassant, pursues the story of Monsieur and Madame Loisel, a wedded couple in the working white collar class. Maupassant presents Monsieur as appreciative and Madame as unappreciative and continually longing for additional from life. All through the story, Maupassant shows how Madame’s extraordinary aching for material belongings directs her air,…

Often ones do not realize how much love they have for their family until thinking back on past memories of them. The play was written by “Tennessee Williams” called “The Glass Menagerie” is a typical example of a young man regrets leaving his family at a time when they needed his emotional, as well as…

In Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner, Khaled draws you in a devastating redemption story based in Afghanistan around the 1970-2000s. Amir, one of the main characters in the novel has a privileged life with major lessons, with guilt and redemption playing a major role in it. Amir is a young man that has made…