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- 581: Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven
- Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven When I hear the name Edgar Allan Poe I think of darkness, death, solitude, and depression. I'm not sure what brings about these words whether it be his short stories, scary poems or his cryptic appearance, but they all describe one brilliant man.Edgar Allan Poe, the master of the short story, wrote many stories and poems. All of them were equally brilliant, but very different. Yet the poem I chose to analyze is The RavenPoe begins the poem by setting a scene. He states ...
- 582: Kate Chopin
- ... in her personal physician, Dr. Frederick Kolbenheyer. Dr. Kolbenheyer gave Kate the idea to begin writing. Her first published work is "If It Might Be", which was published in 1889. Kate wrote novels, poetry, and short stories. She wrote a total of twenty-nine pieces of literature. She wrote twenty pieces of fiction, three short stories, and six novels. Some of her works are, "If It Might Be" published in 1889, "A Point at Issue" published in 1889, Story of an Hour published in 1894, A Night in Acadie ...
- 583: James Cameron
- ... with movies. He was mezmerized when he saw Stanley Kubrick s 2001: A Space Odyssey, and he drew himself crazy trying to figure out how they had shot that film. Cameron also wrote sci-fi stories and fantasized a lot instead of doing his school work. It was actually during one boring biology class that Cameron wrote a short story which would later become the movie The Abyss. When Cameron was 17, his family moved to Orange County, California because of his fathers job. When Cameron moved to Orange County he learned that getting ... went, but Cameron decided to do something of his own. It would be the toughest movie shot in history. Cameron s adventure movie The Abyss. As we mentioned before The Abyss was based on a short story that Cameron wrote during a boring biology class. It features a great story, very difficult shots, and it had effects written that were almost impossible to accomplish. But Cameron did not get afraid, ...
- 584: Why Murder
- Why Murder? In the short story A Rose For Emily and the short story Killings people have been murdered and the motivations for the killings are understandable but never the less still murders. The reason for murder in A Rose For Emily is not as clearly shown as ... Matt was only human, no matter how much he hated Strout, he still had to deal with the fact that he took another man s life in cold blood. The biggest difference in the two stories is the differences of emotion. The two killings are founded in love but different kinds. Emily acted out of a selfish love, a love she had never been able to know and was unprepared ...
- 585: Jim Morrison and Susan Sontag
- ... the writer of most but not all of The Doors songs and the author of many poems. Susan Sontag is an accomplished author. Some of Susan Sontag's works include essays, reviews, editing, novels and short stories. Although at first Jim Morrison and Susan Sontag appear to have nothing or very little in common, both because of Jim Morrison's main influence coming from author Friedrich Nietzsche, who believed in existentialism (a ... so was Susan Sontag. Susan Sontag was born on January 16 1933 in New York City, Susan Sontag was the oldest daughter in her Polish Jewish family. Susan Sontag was an author of many novels, short-stories and screen plays(American Writers 451). Susan was, like Jim Morrison, raised by his aunts, uncles and other relatives. The reason for why Susan was raised by her relatives is because when she ...
- 586: Boz
- ... of Commons, and began work as a reporter for a newspaper. It was in the new house on Norfolk St. that Charles met his first love, Maria Beadwell. Maria was 15 months older than he, short, had dark hair, dark eyes and was a flirt. Her nick name at one time, because of her looks, was the Pocket Venus . (Ackroyd, Peter. Dickens p. 130) Their relationship lasted only until 1833 when ... place in London in 1870. He suffered another stoke on June 8 at Gad s Hill, and died the next day. Charles Dickens was buried at the West Minster Abbey on June 14 1870. The stories of Charles Dickens are so great that many of them show up in the studies in High School. Charles first piece of prose was written in the house in which the Dickens family moved into ... piece of information that is known. Dickens first story, A Dinner at Popular Walk , was published in the monthly magazine. Although he never received any pay from it, the publication started his writing carrier. His short story was the beginning of many which make up his first published writings, Sketches by Boz in 1838. The collection portrays life in London. Works that show this include: The Streets-Night , Shops and ...
- 587: Nadine Gordimer
- ... by a mother who imagined she had a weak heart, and began writing from the age of nine; her first work appeared in the Johannesburg magazine Forum when she was fifteen. Her first collection of short stories, Face to Face, was published ten years later in 1949. Her first novel, The Lying Days, appeared in 1953. She has now published 10 novels and 7 collections of short stories, as well as a few volumes of literary criticism and in addition, a large number of articles, speeches and lectures on different subjects. Some of her books have at times been banned in ...
- 588: For Whom The Bell Tolls
- ... is portrayed in that passage is one inspired by ignorance, weak wills, and alcohol. All through Pilar and Robert Jordan’s flashbacks, one cannot help but be overwhelmed with feelings of disgust towards humankind. These stories are not uncommon, either. Most of the people fighting against the fascists in this novel have similar stories. It is absolutely horrid to hear these anecdotes in which people tell in great detail how they saw their parents, siblings, cousins, and so on, die is extremely heart wrenching ways. One little girls family ... at the beginning…We also learn—or are encouraged to expect—that Robert Jordan will be killed." (Tanner 81) To start a novel by planting the seed of death in the readers mind is nothing short of morbid. It is such a sick, yet interesting approach to writing. "While it promises the most life, [For Whom the Bell Tolls]…delivers nothing but loss." (Tanner 76) As if it isn’t ...
- 589: "The Attitude of Fiction," "The Necklace," and "The Story of An Hour": The Super Ego
- ... The Attitude of Fiction," Lesser says that in fiction, as in real life, a character's ego (the striving for goals) conflicts with the super ego (the voice of reason and moderation). In the two short stories "The Necklace" and "The Story of an Hour" exhibits the struggle between the ego and super ego of Mrs. Mallard and Mrs. Loisel. They are both determined to get what they want by putting the ... be a super star that one night, even though they did not have a lot of money to begin with, she would have been happier, pretty, and who knows richer! All these examples in the short stories show how if you let your super ego get ahead of you, you will end up with nothing but being hurt in the long run. These two women were perfect examples of how ...
- 590: Edgar Allen Poe
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Written and Contributed by SUGABUGA456 Edgar Allan Poe was one of America’s famous poets, fiction short-story writers, and literary critics. He is known as the first master of short story form especially in tales of horror, and mystery. The work he produced was considered to be some of the most influential literary criticism of his time. His poems made him one of the most ... everywhere. Some of his famous writings is that of "Annabel Lee"; his detective story, "The Murders in Rue Morgue"; "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" are the best among his horror stories; and The Raven one of his best poems which among all these, made him very famous in 1845. "The Fall of the House of Usher", and "The Masque of the Red Death", made him ...
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