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Biography of Hugo Wolf (422 words, 1 pages)

Hugo Wolf was born in 1860 in the great country of Austria. Slovenia, his home town is where he found interest in music. As a young child, Wolf practiced with the violin, the piano, and the organ. He was very skilled at his age and had the rest of his ... Read More

Imagery in the Play Othello (2116 words, 3 pages)

For as long as literature has been around, authors have used imagery to make their point more understandable. Many times the use of bestial imagery is utilized to draw similar themes or traits between the actions of a character and others in the story. This is not a new technique, ... Read More

The Act of Honor in the Story of Beowulf (1747 words, 3 pages)

The act of being honorable has been written about and discussed for ages, beginning from The Laxdaela Saga to the more recent works by Tolkein, The Lord of the Rings. Throughout literary history authors have created and restored figures from all times that seem to represent what is honorable and ... Read More

Beowulf is an Anglo-Saxon folk epic written by an unknown author. It was written in the eighth century. Antigone is an Ancient Greek tragedy written by the playwright Sophocles around 430 BC. Although the two works were written during two different time periods, in two different places, and are different ... Read More

A Review of Tom Soppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (642 words, 2 pages)

Becket Vs. Stoppard After reading Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Soppard, I thought that such a literary masterpiece of that same caliber could not be equaled. However, Samuel Beckett, author of Waiting for Godot has also created a stunning work about two lost men seeking a point to ... Read More

A Review of Adam Hochschild’s Book King Leopold’s Ghost (472 words, 1 pages)

Bad Deal in the Congo In the book King Leopolds Ghost, the author, Adam Hochschild, commenting on two chiefs that sold their land to Stanley for a few pieces of cloth per month and signed themselves up for any labor that had to be done in the area, he says, ... Read More

A Review of the Play True West (1295 words, 2 pages)

Lee to Austin, "I mean you never had any more on the ball than I did. But here you are gettin' invited into prominent people's houses. Sittin' around talkin' like you know somethin'In fact I been inside some pretty classy places in my time. And I never even went to ... Read More

The Significance of Time In “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald (262 words, 1 pages)

In "The Great Gatsby", the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, sort of plays around with the time of the story. In the beginning of Chapter Six, Nick tells the reader about Gatsby's past and how he had changed his name. "James Gatz--that was really, or at least legally, his name. He ... Read More

Analysis of Applied Ethics by Peter Singer and His Views on Human Ethics (615 words, 1 pages)

In exploring the subject of human ethics, one will encounter numerous persons with their own views and opinions about the subject in discussion. In Applied Ethics, by editor and Professor of Philosophy Peter Singer, the arguments and main points touched upon and explored seem to correlate well with the lessons ... Read More

The Plot Summary of George Orwell’s Animal Farm (936 words, 1 pages)

Book Report Animal Farm Name of book Animal Farm Author George OrwellPublished by Penguin Group-1946-139 pages SettingThe setting for this entire book is the Manor Farm, in England. The animals hold a meeting where the white boar, the Major, talks about how there would soon be a rebellion against the ... Read More

An Analysis of Maestro by Peter Goldworthy (871 words, 1 pages)

Peter Goldworthy, a distinguished writer and winner of numerous literary awards has created a vivid life in the tropical hothouse of Darwin in description of 'Maestro'. It is against this backdrop that Goldworthy introduces Paul Crabbe, a young Southerner who encounters the 'Maestro', a talented pianist with a shadowy past. ... Read More

How the World Is Perceived by Different Persons (1243 words, 2 pages)

Perceptions of the World The world can be perceived in many different ways. The blind, the deaf, children, adults, teenagers, parents, all see the world in a different way. It is an authors job to convey how he sees the world to his readers. Oliver Sacks does this quite well. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Grass Harp by Truman Capote (1212 words, 2 pages)

In the film "The Grass Harp" The developing relationship between two sisters shows the emotional change each goes through . In this, the filmaker passes on the message that love has the power to change and influence people.Verena Talbo starts as a hard, severe and controlling women and Dolly Talbo, ... Read More

A Comparison of Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Books (1281 words, 2 pages)

Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne are two of the most influential authors in American Literature. Both men wrote about similar themes, creating great admiration between them. The relationship that had grown between them was a source of critic and interpretation that would ultimately influence each of their works. Melville in ... Read More

An Analysis of If and the Thousand Man by Rudyard Kipling (856 words, 2 pages)

Analysis of If and the Thousandth Man by Rudyard Kipling If you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run, yours is the earth and everything thats in it, and--- which is more youll be a man, my son!- If by Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kiplings works ... Read More

An Analysis of Still i Rise by Maya Angelou (2168 words, 3 pages)

The poem I have chosen to write a detailed description and interpretation of is Maya Angelou's 'Still I Rise'. In analysing the chosen poem I will be considering the ways in which my own knowledge, experience and cultural identity might have an influence in the way I have read and ... Read More

An Analysis of the Virginia Convention by Patrick Henry (1610 words, 2 pages)

In the speech, "The Virginia Convention," Patrick Henry set out to convince the Virginia delegates that the war with England was inevitable and the longer they waited the harder the war would be to win. Patrick Henry uses the art of persuasion to win over his audience. In the essay, ... Read More

An Analysis of Hemingway’s Narrative Technique (2386 words, 4 pages)

Analysis of Hemingway's Narrative Technique as a Short- Story Writer For many years, the narrative technique of Hemingway has been under debate. Writers before him had already achieved works that bear the characteristics of the modern short story, and many of their works could stand today, with those of Hemingway ... Read More

An Analysis of George Orwell’s Novel, 1984 (1350 words, 2 pages)

Analysis of 1984 In 1949, an Englishman named Eric Blair published the novel 1984. Under the pseudonym, George Orwell, this author became one of the most respected and notable political writers for his time. 1984 was Orwells prophetic vision of the world to come. This creation of Negative Utopia was ... Read More

A Biography of Sylvia Plath (536 words, 1 pages)

Sylvia The life of poet and novelist Sylvia Plath -- one of the most celebrated literary figures of her generation -- is brought to the screen in this controversial screen adaptation. Born in Boston in 1932, Sylvia Plath (played by Gwyneth Paltrow) developed a precocious talent as a writer and ... Read More

An Analysis of Rip Van Winkle (625 words, 1 pages)

One of the main conflicts in the story "Rip Van Winkle" is about Rip falling asleep for 20 years. To escape the verbal abuse of his wife that he had to deal with every day, Rip left to the forest with his dog Wolf. While he was enjoying a calm ... Read More

A Comparison of 1984 and the Shipping News (3471 words, 5 pages)

By close examination of George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' and E. Annie Proulx's 'The Shipping News' compare the ways in which the Orwell and Proulx, develop their main characters '1984', as a science fictional dystopia, depicts a totalitarian regime that outlaws truth, love, thought, and the concept of the individual, controlling ... Read More

A Discussion of the Theme of Outsider in Silas Marner and To Kill a Mockingbird (3061 words, 4 pages)

Discuss the theme of outsider in 'Silas Marner' and 'To Kill A Mockingbird' The theme of 'outsider' runs throughout both 'Silas Marner', written by Harper Lee, and 'To Kill A Mockingbird', written by George Eliot. Many other similarities exist between the two novels as well. Both novels are written by ... Read More

An Analysis of Peyton Furquher Character in An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierces (648 words, 1 pages)

Peyton Furquher in Ambrose Bierces An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge pays the price for being a heroic and courageous citizen by being summarily sentenced to death. Peyton shows his courage by having the devotion for the south with an intention of destroying the bridge. Although he is aware that ... Read More

The Quest for the American Dream in the Novel, The Great Gatsby and the Play, Death of a Salesman (1495 words, 2 pages)

In society it is considered that if a person works hard then that person will attain success. In the play, "The Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller, and the novel, The Great Gatsby , by F. Scott Fitzgerald, one can see that the objective of the main characters is ... Read More

A Research on the Author, Christopher Pike (439 words, 1 pages)

I chose to do my research on Christopher Pike. The reason I picked to write about this author was because what he writes is like magic. I mean, it is important and everything he writes seems so real, and I just wanted to know more about him. The first source ... Read More

An Analysis of Color Purple (1091 words, 2 pages)

How Optimistic do you Find the Color Purple? This novel is about the growing pains of a young girl who is raped from a young age and sold to the highest bidder. The novel also tackles the way women are used as objects for making babies and looking after and ... Read More

The Use of a Limited Feminist Approach in Alice Munro’s Boys and Girls (1282 words, 2 pages)

Alice Munro's Boys and Girls attempts to use a limited feminist approach to convey a young girl's rite of passage into womanhood. Although the story has a strong viewpoint on the differences of a man and woman, the story also portrays the subtle differences emotionally between the two, often emotions ... Read More

The Tension Between Society and Meursault’s Perspective of Society in the Novel, The Stranger by Albert Camus (954 words, 2 pages)

In Camus' The Stranger, the author exposes a tension between society and the protagonist's perspective of society. The reader comes to understand the pointlessness of existence through the protagonist's lens. Although society defines people by actions, Meursault rejects ideas of categorization and embraces a nihilistic view of life. This judgment ... Read More

The Life and Literary Works of Agatha Christie (1408 words, 4 pages)

Agatha Christie Queen of the Mystery Genre Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller of Torquay, Devon, England. Researchers debate on the year in which she was born, but it was September 15 in either 1890 or 1891. Her father was an American who lived ... Read More

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Published: Friday 25th of January 2013