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- 551: The Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe
- The Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe Many authors have made great contributions to the world of literature. Mark Twain introduced Americans to life on the Mississippi. Thomas Hardy wrote on his pessimistic views of the Victorian Age. Another author that influenced literature is Edgar Allan Poe. Poe is known as the father of the American short story and father of the detective story. To understand the literary contributions of Edgar Allan Poe, one must look at his ...
- 552: Everything But Not Epic
- ... supernatural forces. The author fulfills these characteristics and therefore permits the poem to be classified as a folk epic. The style of writing used by the author is distinguished among other poets in Old English literature. One literary element that is implemented by the poet is the prominent use of alliterative contrast. For instance when Heorot is first attacked by Grendel, the poet describes a band of nobles “asleep after the ... conflict with evil in a supernatural form. All these characteristics contained in the poem specifically direct to an epic form of writing. WORKS CITED Abrams, M.H., et al., eds. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 6th Ed. Vol. I. New York: Norton, 1993.
- 553: An American Tragedy: Comparing "The Crucible" and "The Scarlet Letter"
- ... at the time it was written. Miller wrote a play, which was not well received by the first audiences to witness it, but none the less is now recognized as one the finest pieces of literature written by an American. Hawthorne's the Scarlet Letter was written in the eighteen hundreds, with no other purpose but for Hawthorne to write a novel. Hawthorne perhaps chose this dark subject to convey his ... actually thinks things may go as planned. But, in the end the hero dies and the heroin is left alone. No one would ever think to associate a musical with such an icon in American Literature, and in turn, shouldn't associate the Crucible with it either. To say they are so very similar due only to the setting is as juvenile as saying two people must be twins since they ...
- 554: Beloved
- ... with the characters. Possibly this was the authors way of proving the theme of isolation or it is just how I see it. The theme of isolation as in many of the other pieces of literature that we have read this year can been seen in this novel Beloved. The theme can be seen in the isolation of Sethe and her inner self. It can also be seen with Denver and ... also the detachment of Sethe’s family from the rest of the world because of her past and what people think of the house and the family. Isolation can be a very powerful theme in literature.
- 555: "The Yellow Wallpaper": Decorating the Ugly Truth of Oppression
- ... during the women's suffrage movement. Choosing writing as a career, one of the few careers open to women at the time and one that would allow her a voice, she found her niche. Through literature she was able to express her feminist ideals and wield them at men's oppression towards women. In doing so, she became a commanding force for women's rights. While there are many ways to ... room Jane learned to creep around the wallpaper. It is because of this submissive form of crouching to the wallpaper that we can see the wallpaper for what it is, the representation of oppression. Using literature as her instrument, Gilman was able to make others listen. In "The Yellow Wallpaper" she is trying to show that Jane was so oppressed in the end the only thing she actually could see was ...
- 556: Mother/Daughter Relationships in Beloved
- ... background she needed to start her new life. With her new life she was able to find her true Beloved, Paul D. WORKS CITED Fields, Karen. “To Embrace Dead Strangers: Toni Morrison’s Beloved.” Contemporary Literature Criticism. Vol. 87. Ed. Christopher Giroux. Detroit : Gale Research. Inc., 1995. Horvitz, Deborah. “Nameless Ghosts: Possession and Dispossession in ‘Beloved’,”. Black Literature Criticism. Vol. 3. Ed. James P. Draper. Detroit : Gale Research, Inc., 1992. Morrison, Toni. Beloved. New York: Knopf. 1987.
- 557: Frank Liszt
- ... and Paer; he wrote an opera and bravura piano pieces and went on tours in France, Switzerland and England before his bad health and religious doubt made him rethink his career. Intellectual growth came through literature, and the urge to create through hearing opera and especially Paganini, whose influence effected Liszt. He eagerly transferred to the piano in original works and operatic fantasias. Meanwhile he gave lessons and began his stormy ... s output: they range from the brilliant early studies and lyric nature pieces of the first set of Annees de pèlerinage to the dramatic and logical b Minor Sonata, a masterpiece of 19th-century piano literature. The piano works from the 1870s onwards are more severe and withdrawn, some of them impressionistic, even gloomy (Anneés, third set). Not all the piano music is free of bombast but among the arrangements, the ...
- 558: The Grapes of Wrath: Symbolic Characters
- ... reader to understand to be his representation of the public during the 1930's. Unfortunately, some found his book to be all too artificial. "Complete literalness in such matters doesn't necessarily simulate life in literature" (Moore, 59). The dispute here is whether or not Steinbeck is attempting to overglorify the attempts or the migrants. Many Midwesterners did feel quite a bit of harshness enter their lives when trying to live ... the story more realistic and down- to-earth in its approach to the topic. Overall, John Steinbeck did appeal to the Midwesterners through his book The Grapes of Wrath. He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1962 while The Grapes of Wrath won the Pulitzer Prize in 1939. He managed to explain many events of the current time period through his use symbolism, and obviously, many readers enjoyed it. By ...
- 559: Queen Elizabeth I
- ... the Elizabethan age produced a certain amount of characteristic sculptures and paintings, the Elizabethan style can best be seen in the period's architecture. The dramatic personality of Elizabeth became the subject of a voluminous literature (Elizabethan Age). However, the literature coming out of this period was also quite exceptional. Among the many great writers and poets were Edmund Spenser who wrote a very detailed piece about a feast for Elizabeth, Sir Walter Raleigh who wrote ...
- 560: Journeys Of Odysseus And Aeneas
- ... own soul while Odysseus is a hero trying to find his old life and in a sense, his old soul. The Aeneid is very much of a spiritual quest, which makes it unique in ancient literature and in contrast with the Odyssey. Only Virgil admits to the possibility that a character can change, grow, and develop. In the story’s earlier stages, the character of Aeneas is obviously unsure of himself ... can lose everything and still start all over again. Aeneas goes from being a victim of the Greeks at Troy to becoming a conqueror in Italy. Virgil’s Aeneas is the first character in Western literature who actually changes and develops. His struggles help him discover who he is and what he thinks is important. If I had to name one quality that defines Aeneas throughout his journey, it is his ...
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