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Herman Melville’s and Charles Darwin’s Experience of the Galapagos Islands as the Inspiration for Their Masterpieces (993 words, 2 pages)

During the nineteenth century, two prominent writers, Herman Melville and Charles Darwin both voyaged to the Galapagos islands off the coast of Ecuador. Both of these individuals wrote descriptive passages about the physical attributes and atmosphere of the Galapagos Islands. The passages vary in specific content due to the intentions ... Read More

Common Themes in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and T.S. Eliot’s Hollow Men (992 words, 2 pages)

Heart of Darkness and Hollow Men Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, and Hollow Men, by T.S. Eliot have several comparative themes, though each author has an entirely separate way of conveying them. Each work displays a darkened and dismal mood, separation, and obscurity, which are depicted through different characters ... Read More

The Symbolism of the Two Rivers in the Novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles (544 words, 1 pages)

The novel A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, was symbolic for the war that was going during Gene's time at Devon. John Knowles used the description of many natural elements to describe World War II and its effects on the youth at Devon. Prominently, the two rivers described in the ... Read More

The of Symbolism and Imagery in John Irving’s Novel A Prayer for Owen Meany (2865 words, 7 pages)

Truly successful authors have the ability to have a reader to be able to never get to the bottom of their story, and to always have the reader see something new in the novel every time they read it. John Irving produces this speciality in his novel, A Prayer for ... Read More

Gothic Writing Styles in Literature (527 words, 2 pages)

The Gothic style of writing increases the plot line, producing a more suspenseful and attention-grabbing story. Both Wilde and Plaths works has many Gothic elements aggrandizing the story line. These two well-written works of literature include many well-defined examples of the Gothic mood, voice, and imagery. The poem, Mirror, and ... Read More

The Unrealistic, Ideal Love of Angel Clare for Tess in Tess of the d’Urbervilles, a Novel by Thomas Hardy (675 words, 2 pages)

Examine the View Hardy Presents Angel Clare's Love for Tess as Idealistic Rather Than Realistic in this ExtractArguably, Hardy presents Angel Clares love for Tess as an unrealistic, ideal love rather than a realistic love through his use of description to describe Tess. Hardy uses the word phosphorescence which gives ... Read More

Choices and Power in The Fish, a Poem by Elizabeth Bishop (692 words, 2 pages)

"The Fish" By Elizabeth Bishop With only around 100 published poems, Elizabeth Bishop may not have been a prominent poet of our time. However, she is still well known for her use of descriptive imagery of the physical world and her ability to convey the speaker's emotions to the reader. ... Read More

What is People’s Opinion on Self-Defense? (1797 words, 6 pages)

AbstractThis paper analyzes the general publics knowledge and asks their opinion on the idea of personal protection. 8 people were asked about the thoughts they had on Self-defense and their ideas looked at critically. Along with the methods of personal protection they used, the majority of the people seemed responsible ... Read More

A Literary Assessment of Dulce Et Decorum Est, a Poem by Wilfred Owen (1489 words, 5 pages)

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime." This quote by Ernest Hemingway, the well-known American Novelist Could be associated to the point that Wilfred Owen is trying to expose, which is to shed light on the brutality and criminality of war and ... Read More

The Social Issue and Impacts of Cell Phones and the Internet on Society’s Ability to Communicate in The Flight from Conversation by Sherry Turkle (824 words, 3 pages)

Technology has evolved over the past few decades and has infused with peoples everyday lives. It has allowed people to connect with each other across the globe and has made the world a smaller place, but that does not mean it is a better place. The article The Flight from ... Read More

The Haunting of the Schoolhouse in Po’ Sandy, a Book by Charles W. Chesnutt (715 words, 3 pages)

Why Does Sandys Spirit Continue to Haunt the School-house? In Po Sandy, written by Charles W Chesnutt, a married couple is told a tale from a former slave named Julius. This story is set in the post American slavery era in North Carolina a time when romanticism was found in ... Read More

The Theme of Family in the Migration Story of a 17 Year Old Boy into the United States in Enrique’s Journey, a Novel by Sonia Nazario (778 words, 3 pages)

Enriques Journey Analytical EssayEnrique's Journey is a national best-seller by Sonia Nazario, about a 17-year-old boy from Honduras. Nazario tells the true tale of Enriques migration into the United States in search of his mother. Enriques Journey surrounds the theme of family, by basing her findings around Enrique's story, Nazario ... Read More

The Harsh Reality of Life in To Build a Fire, Genesis of the Tenements, and Men in the Storm (979 words, 3 pages)

Collection 5 EssayReality is one of the harsh struggles of life that humans have to deal with. The harsh reality of life is inescapable to mankind and there is no way to avoid it. Authors choose to manipulate this idea of a harsh reality in their writings to convey certain ... Read More

The Use of Descriptive Diction and the Relationships of Jane in Jane Eyre, a Novel by Charlotte Bronte (410 words, 2 pages)

Throughout the novel, Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, the author uses a descriptive diction to provide context to Janes thoughts and feelings as a young girl. Because Jane has never had someone to confide in, her language, thoughts, and wording on her experiences show a lot about her feelings on ... Read More

Dream-Like Qualities in Kubla Khan and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (673 words, 2 pages)

Explore the dream-like qualities in Kubla Khan. In your answer, explore the authors use of language, imagery and verse form. Kubla Khan and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner are two very distinctive poems by Coleridge Kubla Khan, a shorter poem in comparison to The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, ... Read More

An Analysis of Relationships in the Poems Full Moon, Little Frieda and View of a Pig by Langston Hughe (659 words, 2 pages)

Explore How Hughes Presents Relationships in Full Moon and Little Frieda and At Least One Other PoemHughes uses the description of his daughter to depict the relationship between humans and the natural world. His daughter is the epitome of innocence, described as a "spider's web", which has connotations of delicacy ... Read More

The Use of Rhetoric and Figurative Language in On Censorship, an Essay by Salman Rushdie (931 words, 3 pages)

On RhetoricSalman Rushdie openly opposes the centralized censorship of literary works throughout his essay On Censorship, actively employing the extensive use of rhetoric and figurative language to support and strengthen his claim that it thwarts creativity and destroys civic liberty.He begins by briefly stereotyping writers, saying, No writer ever really ... Read More

The Life and Contributions of the Social and Political Reformer, Florence Kelley (637 words, 2 pages)

Florence Kelley was a devoted advocate for labor laws in the United States during the early twentieth century. She successfully fought for the establishment of child labor laws. In a speech made by Kelley on July 22, 1905, she used many rhetorical strategies to show her desire for these laws ... Read More

An Analysis of a Passage Describing Paper Figures That Belonged to Otto Fuchs (645 words, 3 pages)

PassagesThere was a bleeding heart, in tufts of paper lace there were the three kings, gorgeously appareled, and the ox and the ass and the shepherds there was the Baby in the manger, and a group of angels, singing there were camels and leopards, held by the black slaves of ... Read More

Feminism in The Fall of the House of Usher, a Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe (2450 words, 9 pages)

Feminism and The Fall of the House of UsherCommonly known as the father of the modern American short story, Edgar Allan Poe was a member of the Romantic movement of the early 19th century. Poe's gothic, macabre fiction reached a peak in one of his most celebrated stories, The Fall ... Read More

A Personal Evaluation of the Book A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (640 words, 2 pages)

A Tale of Two CitiesA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is an immortal story about politics and status. Many have heard of this book, but many run and hide from the notion of actually reading it. From a distance, the task seems rather daunting, but after further inspection, ... Read More

Distinguishing the Distinction Between Referential and Attributive Uses of Definite Descriptions in Reference and Definite Descriptions, an Essay by Keith Donnellan (1522 words, 5 pages)

In Reference and Definite Descriptions, Donnellan distinguishes between the referential and attributive uses of definite descriptions. Donnellan argues that this distinction is overlooked by descriptivist theories like that of Russell and Strawson. While Russell fails to recognize the referential use, Strawson recognizes only the referential use. These shortcomings present a ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem Boston by Aaron Smith (549 words, 2 pages)

Like many other students, my poem search unfortunately ended with reading and analyzing a poem on the sidewalk of Newbury. Although hoping to begin my search of these hidden Boston poems early, I traveled to a family reunion in Vermont for the weekend, causing me to postpone my search until ... Read More

A Comparative Analysis of the Sonnets Upon the Breeze She Spread Her Golden Hair, by Francesco Petrarch and My Lady’s Presence Makes the Roses Red by Henry Constable (613 words, 2 pages)

The first sonnet I chose is, Upon the Breeze She Spread Her Golden Hair, written by Francesco Petrarch. I also chose, My Ladys Presence Makes the Roses Red, written by Henry Constable. The connection I first noticed between these sonnets is, they are both written by, most likely, a man ... Read More

The Negative Effects of Drugs in the Troubled Life of Alice’s in Go Ask Alice, a Book by Beatrice Sparks (336 words, 1 pages)

The book that I read during the summer was Go Ask Alice by ananonymous writer. In this novel, the main character is an unnamed fifteenyear old that the title refers to as Alice. Alice is a typical teenagerthat is insecure about her appearance, her social life and her parents. Shekeeps ... Read More

A Comparison of the Walt Whitman’s Poems, A Noiseless, Patient Spider, When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer and Song of Myself (2568 words, 8 pages)

Poetry Packet 4The title of Walt Whitman's poem, A Noiseless, Patient Spider, implies that the poem will be about a spider that is most likely working on its web since this is the most common representation of spiders. The poem does turn out to be about a spider working on ... Read More

A Comic Strip Project for Ayn Rand’s Anthem (500 words, 2 pages)

Anthem Comic Strip ProjectIn her novel, Anthem, Ayn Rand used many descriptive words to create an image for the reader, in his remake of, Anthem, as a graphic novel Joe Staton used detailed sketches to give the reader an even clearer image, and in my project I used the colors ... Read More

The Isolation of Rural Life in At Hiruharama by F. Scott Fitzgerald (701 words, 2 pages)

How is the isolation of rural life portrayed?In Fitzgeralds At Hiruharama, the isolation of rural life is portrayed as remote and lonely the Tanners are alone in their distant country place and barely have any contact with other people. This is achieved by the use of description of finding Hiruharama, ... Read More

The Use of Descriptions of Memory in Before You Were Mine and Brothers by Carol Ann Duffy (872 words, 3 pages)

Compare how Duffy uses memory as a means of reliving the past in two of her poems. In both Before You Were Mine and Brothers, Duffy uses descriptions of memory as a means of re-living past family life. In Before You Were Mine, Duffy writes about her mother, and imagines ... Read More

An Interpretation of a Text from Different Scholars (323 words, 1 pages)

What is text?When the word text is used most people would think that is a book or a paper which contains a lengthy sequence of narration with the aim of delivering meaning in the form of story-telling or message. This essay will elaborate the interpretation of texts through various scholars.The ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013