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The Use of Figurative Language by Great Authors (819 words, 1 pages)

Figurative language occurs whenever a poet uses words in ways that deviate from their usual meaning. Sometimes, complex examples of figurative language leaves me puzzled but if I sit down and think about what I am reading, the underlying meanings become apparent. A metaphor is a comparison between two things ... Read More

The Life of William Faulkner, the Author of A Rose for Emily (1442 words, 2 pages)

"A Rose for Emily" takes place after the Civil War in the town of Jefferson, Mississippi a town very similar to the one William Faulkner spent most of his life. It is a story of the conflict between the old and the new South. Emily and the things around her ... Read More

Faith or Face in the Short Story, Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne (979 words, 2 pages)

Faith or Face? Young Goodman Brown is short story about a young Puritan man who sets out on a journey through the forest to witness a witch ceremony, leaving his wife, Faith. He must resist the devils temptation and return to her at sunrise, as promised. On his journey Brown ... Read More

An Analysis of Evil in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1102 words, 2 pages)

Evil in the Scarlet Letter One belief that people live by is that evil is the nature of mankind, yet there are others that feel man has good intentions but those intentions can be overrun by the devil. Nathaniel Hawthorne points out that the former is true of all people ... Read More

Evil According to Mark Twain and Nathaniel Hawthorne (381 words, 1 pages)

Evil. Morally reprehensible acts according to Webster's Dictionary. Evil. It is a characteristic that is endowed only to man here on Earth, for only man is intelligent enough to make decisions and know of their consequences. This, however, is where a question lays why does man commit evil if he ... Read More

An Analysis of Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and Total Catchments Management (568 words, 1 pages)

An ecosystem is as community of interactions between the biotic and abiotic elements of an environment. Management strategies are used to try and protect these ecosystems each with effective and ineffective components. There is a variety of traditional strategies such as Dugong Harvesting and Fire stick Farming as used by ... Read More

An Analysis of the Writing of Edgar Allan Poe, an American Author (891 words, 1 pages)

Edgar Allan Poe's Writing Edgar Allan Poe's life had a big affect on his writing. Many things that happened to him were very tragic and gave him an understanding of death that he carried with him his whole life. His father disappeared when he was very young and then his ... Read More

A Biography of Edgar Allan Poe, an American Author (882 words, 2 pages)

Best known for his poems and short fiction, Edgar Allan Poe deserves more credit than any other writer for the transformation of the short story from anecdote to art. He virtually created the detective story and perfected the psychological thriller. He also produced some of the most influential literary criticism ... Read More

An Analysis of The Scarlet Letter Novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1713 words, 2 pages)

Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is a novel about the guilt of sin in a Puritanical society and how sometimes it is better to face your mistakes and admit them than to hide them and suffer inside. The result of sin can often produce something beautiful. Hester Prynne and Arthur ... Read More

An Analysis of Contrasting Visions in Poe, Hawthorne and Melville (1036 words, 2 pages)

Contrasting Visions in Poe, Hawthorne and Melville Gothic Romanticism has eight basic characteristics. All of Gothic stories carry most of these traits. These traits are hero-villain conflict a person, place or object possessing a great power a virtue is hidden in the story-line personal magnetism is evident usually includes some ... Read More

An Analysis of the Second Quote of Henry D. Thoreau (400 words, 1 pages)

The government should not watch every move or spell out what one should think or say. In Civil Disobedience, Henry D. Thoreau truly sums it up when he quotes, "That government is best which governs least." For the benefit of the nation as a whole, government issues should start and ... Read More

An Analysis of Dr. Thorpe’s Basic Strategy Theory (1822 words, 3 pages)

Delving into the seemingly "seedy" side of card counting appealed to me because it was a subject that could ultimately make me my fortune. I had always heard the term "counting cards" and people being asked to leave casinos for doing exactly that. There was an air of mystery and ... Read More

An Analysis of the Bureaucracy and Legal-Rational Authority in Weber’s Work (984 words, 2 pages)

BUREAUCRACY AND LEGAL-RATIONAL AUTHORITY IN WEBERS WORK According to Weber, bureaucracy is a product of the legal-rational form of authority which is itself a product of the process of rationalisation which defines modern societies. Max Weber was a sociologist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who was concerned ... Read More

A Description of Many Authors Taking Advantage of Their Outstanding Writing Abilities To Convey Their Personal Beliefs To The World (436 words, 1 pages)

Many authors take advantage of their outstanding writing abilities to convey their personal beliefs to the world. Arthur Miller is a prime example of a crafty playwright who divulges hidden messages through drama. Miller's inner psyche was molded by the miserable times of the Great Depression, which forced his family ... Read More

The Forbidden Love Affairs in the Novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (998 words, 2 pages)

Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in Salem and Concord, late 1840s, The Scarlet Letter was a daring and even subversive book. It was published in 1850 in Massachusetts by Ticknor, Reed, and Fields. The story tells of the forbidden love affairs, which happens between a sensitive, religious young priest, the Reverend ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (411 words, 1 pages)

Literary Analysis Paragraphs Scarlet Letter Symbolism In the Puritan society of Hester's day the Scarlet Letter represents a 'sinful' woman who cheated on her husband. Adultery was accepted then, just as much as cashing a check in the U.S. without I.D. while looking like Bin Laden today. Although every one ... Read More

A Description of the Great Gatsby Author F. Scott Fitzgerald (2208 words, 3 pages)

Title The Great Gatsby Author and Date written F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1920's Country of Author U.S.A., Minnesota Characters Nick Carraway (Major) - Not only does he narrate the Great Gatsby, but he also plays a role as a character in the novel. He is a down to earth man with ... Read More

The Role of Religion in the Novel, House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1385 words, 2 pages)

On a first read, religion does not seem to play a major role in Hawthorne's House of Seven Gables. It is mentioned that Phoebe goes to church, but the reader doesn't accompany her on her journey or through the service. And while she is a pious, proper, and ideal woman, ... Read More

Civil Disobedience According to Henry David Thoreau and Martin Luther King, Jr. (552 words, 1 pages)

The extremely simplified definition of civil disobedience given by Websters Dictionary is nonviolent opposition to a law through refusal to comply with it, on grounds of conscience. Thoreau in Civil Disobedience and Martin Luther King in Letter from Birmingham Jail both argue that laws thought of as unjust in ones ... Read More

An Introduction to the Analysis of the Term Authority (1304 words, 3 pages)

Authority is defined as a person or group of people who control the society and make major decisions affecting the society. Individual is a person who has no particular influence on the society and neither do his decisions. The term Authority may be applied to any type of people who ... Read More

The Author’s View of Human Nature in the Novels, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1262 words, 4 pages)

Author's View of Human Behaivior- An author's view of human behavior is often reflected in their works. The novels All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and Lord of the Flies by William Golding are both examples of works that demonstrate their author's view of man, as ... Read More

A Look Into Life and Works of Robert Mapplethorpe (283 words, 1 pages)

I feel that in the form of arts the public should have no responsibility to support them. I think that there should be no grants given to an artist because they have chosen this profession. I think though that loans should be made available for them to encourage them to ... Read More

The Author’s Point of View on Man’s Relationship and Interaction with the Earth’s Biosphere in Menschheit Und Mutter Erde (1333 words, 2 pages)

In "Menschheit und Mutter Erde", the author, Arnold Toynbee, describes his point of view concerning man's relationship and interaction with the earth's biosphere and also gives an insight on a future development of both. Tonybee begins with a clear definition of the term biosphere. The biosphere is defined as being ... Read More

Injustice in the Government in Henry David Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience and Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr. (578 words, 1 pages)

Different Centuries, Same Opinions In Civil Disobedience and Letter from Birmingham Jail, Henry David Thoreau and Martin Luther King use different techniques to fully convey their own opinions on injustice in the government Thoreau uses a metaphor while King uses an illustration in order to establish emotional appeals. Even though ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story, The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne (941 words, 2 pages)

The Birthmark Alas, it was too true! The fatal hand had grappled with the mystery of life, and was the bond by which an angelic spirit kept itself in union with a mortal frame. As the last crimson tint of the birthmark--that sole token of human imperfectionfaded from her cheek, ... Read More

An Analysis of Nature of Authority in The Crucible by Arthur Miller (854 words, 1 pages)

One of the most important themes in Arthur Miller's The Crucible is the nature of authority and people who abuse it. In the story, authority is determined by the religious status one has in the community and often education plays a role. Nowadays, authority is noted by the place you ... Read More

The Life and Work of Mark Twain, an American Author (1343 words, 2 pages)

Rough, vigorous, hot-tempered and rich is what Mark Twain grew up to be. Born 1835 in Missouri, Florida he always did what he needed to in order for him to reach his goal. Even though he dropped out of school at the age of twelve, when his father died, he ... Read More

A Biography of Mark Twain, an American Author (690 words, 2 pages)

Mark Twain is a very famous author, born in 1835, and died in 1910. He was a onetime printer and Mississippi River boat pilot, Mark Twain became one of America's greatest authors. His Tom Sawyer , Huckleberry Finn , and Life on the Mississippi rank high on any list of ... Read More

The Internal Conflicts in the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (607 words, 1 pages)

In the book, "Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne has an affair and bears a child. This shocked the Puritan community deeply and she was forced to live alone with her child, Pearl, in the forest. After seven long years, she is incorporating herself back into the community due ... Read More

An Analysis of A Worn Path by the Author Eudora Welty (821 words, 2 pages)

In A Worn Path the author, Eudora Welty, describes an old black woman and her journey through the woods into town. Phoenix Jackson, the old woman, obviously was very poor. She wore a dark striped dress reaching down to her shoe tops, and an equally long apron of bleached sugar ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013