Conflict Between Man and Nature in Literature Essay

James Douglas Stark – known as Starkie, a non-fictional war serviceman – becomes a conflict to nationalism’s omnipresence in New Zealand literature of the 1930s. Robin Hyde adopts a realist approach to James Mulgan’s Man Alone; by developing the article ‘Starkie’ Outlaw of N.Z.E.F. into the novel Passport to Hell. Passport to Hell differs from the regular “Kiwi bloke” stereotype, by retelling Starkie’s – a man who was not typically a hero – war experience. Starkie does not fit the stereotypes of…

Good literature is defined not only by its writing, but also by the thought provoking conflicts and themes that it can provide. The best works of literature can make readers care about the world and characters or provide thought for long after the book has been put away. These books let readers feel empathy for the characters, and let them reflect on what they represent in the real world, whether it be a specific role, or an attribute of human nature. They provide insight on reality, as they…

the ancient Greek world on the shield is a microcosm of humanity, displaying both peace and conflict enveloped by nature. Auden’s description of the shield is a bleak vision of the modern world, torn apart by war and leeched of all brightness. Homer employs ekphrasis to describe the world that Achilles is choosing to give up, while Auden uses it to unveil the war-torn…

Stories that teach the importance of responsible interaction with Nature are seen throughout much of American literature, in particular much of Native American stories, such as "The Trickster Cycle", due to their cultural and practical relevance. The same lessons appear in colonial American literature, but more often as a response to irresponsible practices due to the sudden nature of the arrival of colonists and their swift westward expansion as seen in James Fenimore Cooper’s The Pioneers. In…

George Bernard Shaw is certainly one of the major playwrights in the history of English literature. Shaw’s Arms and the Man, is one of the most popular plays in English literature. Arms and the Man is a thought-provoking, anti-romantic and anti-war play. “Arms and the Man is a fitting entry-point into Shaw’s career, which goes on to encompass many more plays investigating the nature of relationships between men and women.”1 The play satirizes the social issues of the day by highlighting and…

Situating Pablo Neruda in the domain of World Literature : The Universality in his Selected Poems Nabamita Halder Annie Swetha Masters of English with Communication Studies Masters of English with Communication Studies Christ University Christ University Bengaluru Bengaluru Abstract World literature defines a space that is post-colonial, non-canonical and largely post-modern. It amalgamates the global and the local, making the literature a cultural impetus. Reality…

is contributing to conflicts within men’s perception of gender acceptable identity. These changing gender norms in modern America have been widely acknowledged throughout gender literature (e.g., Aarseth,2009; Levant,2011; Marsiglio, Amato, Day & Lamb, 2000; O’Neil, 2015; Pleck 1987). One of the most prominent and widely accepted ways of understanding these changes in masculinity is through the lens of gender role conflict theory (Whorely & Addiss, 2006). Gender role conflict (GRC) is thought to…

but the divine law of life is not as territorial as Creon’s man-made interventions. The central conflict of Antigone is between this moral divide of man or god and which one accounts for society. From the conflict analysis presented by Professor Francisco J. Gonzalez, Walter Kaufmann’s defense of the essential Greek tragedy in the case of Antigone provides a clearer perspective that both are ideologies stuck in place. Antigone’s conflict in review is predominantly a lost cause to an archaic or…

of foresight to convey the idea that pride and vanity ultimately lead to ruin. The collision of the Titanic and iceberg is used as a specific man versus nature conflict in order to illustrate this inevitability. The isolation within “The Convergence of the Twain” is an internal state, independent of physical surroundings.…

only written literature on this particular War. Constructed by Homer, the Iliad was the first written text and one of the major pieces of epic literature in Western history. Some may debate the historical accuracy of the Iliad since it was recounted by Homer and written down a hundred years later. Nevertheless, the poem still has an undeniable significance in both history and literature. In particular, the Iliad reflects Ancient Greek people’s view on divinity, humanity, and nature, in which…