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.
Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American artist. His work was at first distributed in England before it was distributed in America. Known for his practical delineations of rustic life and his direction of American casual speech, [2] Frost...
The state of Thebes cursed with many tragedies, where two brothers, Polynices and Eteocles, fought for the crown of Thebes after the death and curse of their father, Oedipus. When both brothers died from the cause of each other, the new King of Thebes, Creon,...
Mrs. Dalloway is a novel by Virginia Woolf written in 1925, that narrates a day in Clarissa Dalloway’s life, an upper class society woman who is hosting a party in her house. The novel’s original title The Hours, shows the significance of time as one...
A Brief Inspection of the Language Language possesses the exclusive capability to shape the learning and behavior of its users (Hays, 2000). It programs the mind by dint of manipulating the senses and neurons of human psychology. As a matter of fact, language performs straightly...
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” is a quote from John Dalberg-Acton, an otherwise unremarkable politician. This quote has been proven to be all-encompassing in both literature and in history. Throughout the tens of thousands of the years of human history, this...
“The author should be in his work like God is in the universe present everywhere and visible nowhere” – Gustave Flaubert. Many fictional authors like to present their ideas and views through their writings. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is an example of a...
Introduction The name ‘Chaucer’ is closely related to English literature. If one considers English Literature as the body, then Chaucer is the soul without whom English literature would be a corpse. Chaucer’s literary career only has fifty years but these fifty years have given English...
Literature styles, methods, and forms influence the reader’s perception of the text a lot while he reads the composition. As for example, the works of the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries are perceived differently in comparison with the ones written in the last one hundred...
As human beings, each individual has a different perspective or stance at attaining life. Our attitudes and our mindsets are shaped around our surroundings, and the attitude we choose to follow in life remains difficult at times due to those surroundings. Even though our personality...
In this essay, I shall endeavor to explore the theory that Charlotte Brontë’s novel Jane Eyre (1847) was not written under the intent of being received as a feminist text. During the Victorian epoch when the text was written, the role of the woman was...
The character of Iago creates destruction on all those under his influence. As the play develops we see lies unfolded, deceptions occur and clever manipulation and all for the benefit of himself. Iago seizes every opportunity to advance his malicious plan, and executes every idea...
Every person in the world has a split persona, their public persona can be way different from their private persona. Willy Loman in the tragedy play Death of a Salesman, written by an American Playwright, Arthur Miller, functions as a complex character. Throughout the course...
Joseph Conrad set his tenebrous Heart of Darkness in the depths of the Belgian Congo at the turn of the twentieth century, a time when European powers dominated the world, and subjugated much of it in ruthless systems of resource theft on a grand scale....
Some literary critics such as Röpke consider Austen to be a ‘conservative female writer’; a traditional woman who upheld traditional values throughout her writing. They believe Austen’s ideas on the behaviour of women are identical to what is described in eighteenth and early nineteenth century...
Introduction If one word could come close to characterizing the entirety of the Victorian Era that would most certainly be change. In all aspects and domains, from industrialization to scientific discoveries, the period stands for development and rebirth. But greatness cannot be achieved completely and...
Robert Frost’s work The Road Not Taken conveys a very simplistic, yet introspective theme. The poem describes the dilemmas and choices one must make in life, and how those specific decisions affect that person. Frost establishes this theme with an allegorical illustration of two paths...
Teenagers deal with a lot of opportunities for self-discovery and growth. Adolescence is likely the most difficult time in one’s life because everybody seeks their true selves, hopes and dreams, and true friends. Adolescents will meet new people and go to new places in search...
Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel based in the 24th century, with a society that is obsessed and critically dependent on technology. This book was published in the year 1953, which is the year that is known as the start of 3 technological eras: thermonuclear...
A hero is defined by Collins Dictionary as, “the main male character, who usually has good qualities.” A few good qualities found in many heroic figures include fighting for a noble cause, reflecting upon the ideals of society, and preforming courageous deeds. As one of...