Picture this, there has been a school lockdown, the suspect cut the landlines so no one could call the police for a rescue. However, the suspect was captured by the police much faster than he imagined. The last scene wouldn’t have happened if it was one decade ago, because cell phones were not popular in […]
‘My Last Duchess’
‘My Last Duchess’, written by Robert Browning and ‘The Tyger’, written by William Blake both explore the theme of evil. The poem ‘My Last Duchess’ is also a monologue, directed to an envoy, that talks about the Duke of Ferrara fabricating his own story about what happened to his last Duchess. Instead, in ‘The Tyger’ […]
Unrelated Incidents by Tom Leonard
More v Unrelated Incidents by Tom Leonard The Context Of The Poem======================= Tom Leonard was born in Glasgow in 1944, where he has continued tolive ever since. He studied English and Scottish Literature at theUniversity Of Glasgow. His first publication was “Six Glasgow Poems”written while at university in 1967. His collection of twenty-yearswork, intimate voices, […]
Impact of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin
More v Harriet Beecher Stowe was born on June 14, 1811, in Connecticut. She was the seventh child of a famous protestant preacher. Harriet worked as a teacher with her older sister Catharine, at the Hartford Female Academy. She was also an established writer. She helped support her family financially by writing local and religious […]
Antagonists Live in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Essay
While F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby” encapsulates the spirit, excitement, and violence of ‘the Jazz Age’ and Robert Browning’s poem “My Last Duchess” reveals the political, social and domestic power wielded by Ferrara (the Duke), it is apparent by juxtaposing the characters of Tom Buchanan and Ferrara that even decades apart there has […]
The Selfish King in Shakespeare’s King Lear Essay
The Selfish King in Shakespeare’s King Lear In Shakespeare’s King Lear a king is stripped of his land, wealth, soldiers, and all of his power because he is stubborn, egocentric, and unkind. Other than losing money and power he loses his three daughters as well. Lear?s pride is so overwhelming that he is unwilling to […]
Essay on The Dark Side of Writing: Stephen King and Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King are famous for their works in horror. Who are these authors and why do they write these horrifying tales? Edgar Allan Poe’s life and literary works are more ominous than Stephen King’s life and literary work.Edgar Allan Poe had a morose story of his life. His life started out […]
The Life and Works of George Orwell Essay
The English author, George Orwell by pen name, was considered one of the best writers of his time. He was an intelligent man who based his writings off of experiences and opinions of the 20th century. His experiences ranged from growing up as an underprivileged child to policing the government in India. Orwell took realistic […]
Commentary on the Satiric Nature of George Orwell’s 1984 Essay
It goes without saying that every work in literature is unique. The way that certain novels, novellas, or poems go about accentuating certain themes or points, whether of grand nature or of little consequence to society, is certainly achieved through a concoction of literary styles. The most enduring and effective works of literature exhibit an […]
Biography of Edgar Allan Poe
More v Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on Jan. 19, 1809 to David Poe, Jr. and Elizabeth Arnold Poe. He grew up to be an ‘American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, literary critic, essayist, and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement’ (Edgar Allan Poe) and married […]