Essays on Literary Devices

The poem, ‘First Frost’ by Andrei Voznesensky, expresses many themes. The most important theme is the theme of overcoming challenges expressed through heartbreak. In this poem, a girl has experienced the heartbreak of being broken up with over the phone as she is crying in...

I picked the short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” because I really saw the significance of the setting and how it could have affected the story if it differed. The Story is about a fifteen-year-old girl named Connie. It starts in...

In this essay I am going to briefly analyse my personal feelings and emotions while I was reading the Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. Also I will make an acent on reader’s feelings and question myself why the author used such literary...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime (CIDN) composed by Mark Haddon “is about difference not disability” – Mark Haddon. The hybrid genre novel challenges readers preconceived assumptions towards difference and with complex ideas surrounding the impact disability can have upon individuals. Through...

In “Where are You Going, Where Have you Been ?” Connie meets the devil. It is not clear whether this is a fantasy or reality. The line between fantasy and reality is blurred by his name Arnold himself. His physical appearance makes him seem both...

In the story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” the title mixes two planes: the past – ‘Where Have You Been’ and the future – ‘Where Are You Going.’ Depicting Connie’s character in development, Oates argues that the future is directly dependent on...

Rita Joe, the author of “I Lost My Talk” was born in Nova Scotia 1932, and was a part of Mi’kmaq culture in Canada. At the age of 12, she was sent to an Indian Residential School in Shubenacadie therefore, it deeply influenced her works....

Every text underpins the context of its society steered by the personal motivation of the composer. This notion is displayed in both ‘Richard III’ by William Shakespeare and ‘Looking for Richard’ directed by Al Pacino 1996. This essay will discuss, the textual techniques employed to...

The concept of personality disorders and the complexities that surround them has been explored throughout the years. Dissociative Identity Disorder is one, in particular, that seems to interest many due to the uniqueness of the illness. Dissociative Identity Disorder, also known as multiple personality disorder,...

The cycle of life always ends in death, but the formidable aspect of death is not necessarily death itself, but the perception of timing and maybe how it happens. We all know that death will be our fate someday, but how we accept or how...