In a writers essay, one can cover a specific piece of literature or the entire creation of a given writer. In such essays, students identify themes, motifs, symbols, key messages, stylistic devices, describe or compare characters, their traits and personal conflicts, reveal personal reactions, their interpretation and attitude towards the ...Read More
In a writers essay, one can cover a specific piece of literature or the entire creation of a given writer. In such essays, students identify themes, motifs, symbols, key messages, stylistic devices, describe or compare characters, their traits and personal conflicts, reveal personal reactions, their interpretation and attitude towards the written piece. When focusing on the entire creation of chosen writers, the typical characteristics of their style are uncovered along with the unique and original elements that set it apart. Additionally, the sources of inspiration, the influences, the evolution in time are analyzed. Review the essay samples below on certain writers and their works – pay attention to the topics, content organization, approaches to writing, etc.
Introduction Introduction: Throughout the play Othello, Shakespeare has managed to portray most of the female characters, including Emilia, Desdemona, and Bianca, as bold, forthcoming, and strong, paving the way for the representation of women in literature. Women's advocate Elizabeth Cady Stanton once said, “I would...
Robert Frost is admired not only for his world-renowned poem, “Road Not Taken,” but also for his incredible symbolism and deep interpretation of life through nature. Written in the 1920s, “Road Not Taken” and “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” focus on the images...
Homer, the author of The Odyssey, created a hero with negative attributes named Odysseus in his epic poem. The epic hero, Odysseus, is trying to get back home after being away for 17 years. During his expedition, the poem portrays Odysseus’s traits, whether they’re flaws...
Introduction to Existential Skepticism in Hemingway’s Work ‘A Clean, Well-Lighted Place’ is Hemingway’s paean to a kind of existential skepticism, an investigation of the significance, or deficiency in that department, of presence. It plainly communicates the way of thinking that underlies the Hemingway ordinance, harping...
“You cannot find peace by avoiding life” – Virginia Woolf, one of the most eminent writers of her time, during her life she suffered the loss of her parents as well as her siblings which led her to lose control of her mind, her mental...
Edgar Allan Poe’s work as a writer has always shown darkness, madness, and macabre. Poe’s life was plagued from his childhood with the same reflections that are seen in his stories. Poe consistently shows the macabre and insanity in the horror short story, “The Fall...
Throughout Joseph Conrad’s 1926 novel Heart of Darkness and Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 film adaptation Apocalypse Now, the authors delve into the psychological depths of man’s capacity for inhumanity. Conrad’s protagonist Charles Marlow navigates the Congo River to Africa in pursuit of an infamous ivory...
Upon its introduction into the world by the Ancient Greeks, tragedies were known for featuring nobility as protagonists due to their high status. The fact that these noble men/women could descend from a position of such high prestige is what gave audiences the intense love...
Animal Farm Essay Outline Introduction Introduction to the theme of education and ignorance in “Animal Farm” Thesis statement The Pigs’ Recognition of the Power of Education The pigs’ revelation of their ability to read and write The pigs’ manipulation of knowledge for power The Pigs’...
Introduction: Symbols determine emotions and how readers choose to perceive hidden ideals in a story. It is common knowledge that very often authors share the message of their story with the reader with the help of certain symbols. Thesis statement: In The Great Gatsby, F.Scott...
Hawthorne wrote his incredible, psychological novel, The Scarlet Letter, not only in the literal sense, but also symbolically to thoroughly ingrain his strong ideas into the minds of his readers. Hawthorne uses sunshine, the forest, roses, the scarlet letter and Pearl to portray deeper thoughts....
The letter “E” is the most common one in all English words. However, such a fact would not be an interesting one to people who feel demeaned as a result of their accents while communicating in English. In Amy Tan’s Mother Tongue, she argues that...
In tragedies, the tragic hero is a noble character but has a fatal flaw which causes them to go through a reversal. In a reversal, the tragic hero goes through many events which not only causes them to suffer, but also disturbs the natural order...
Gabriel Garcia Marquez is renowned as a Colombian novelist who introduced the world to the genre of literature known as Magical Realism in his short stories. Magical realism concerns the overlap of the fantastical with reality; the occurrence of magic and myth in the day-to-day...
Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in the United States, more precisely in Boston in Massachusetts. He lost his parents in early childhood. His father first, to tuberculosis and alcohol (a vice that Poe inherited, and which haunted him for all his...
Introduction Throughout time, punishment has been a defining consequence for people who do not abide by the law. For instance, Rosa Parks, a civil rights activist, refused to move from her seat for a white man. Back then, the law required Black people to sit...
Jane Austen was an ambitious writer who wanted to enlighten other people through her novels. She condemned pride, and this is best seen in Pride and Prejudice, where the basis of marriage in the 1800s is changed to maturity and education. The normal “capitalistic lens”...
Failing to recognize the truth in humanity leaves Young Goodman Brown in a sad, skeptical, as well as disparate end in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story with a similar title. On the outward, the story appears to be a reflection and an arraignment of the hypocrisy of...
William Shakespeare’s play, Othello, takes place during the Renaissance period in Venice, Italy. The tragedy is about a man who uses his skill of manipulation to get revenge and causes chaos along with death. Iago manages to trick Othello into thinking that his wife, Desdemona,...