Writers Essays and Research Papers Page 12

In this ever changing world, not much stays the same. What is constant is William Shakespeare’s stories and their connection to human nature. Not only are his plays well known for their exciting and intricate plot lines but for his ability to connect his characters to the audience; to allow the audience to feel like…

One of Shakespeare’s most prevalent literary devices is dramatic irony and it is more than abundant in Twelfth Night. In brief, dramatic irony is when the audience knows something the characters do not. Shakespeare uses dramatic irony to present his views on love and friendship. In this essay, I will create a focal point on…

In Jon Krakauer’s Into The Wild, Chris McCandless independently takes on an adventure to Alaska. Before leaving, Chris donated the money in his bank account to a charity and burned any documentation about himself. McCandless willingly walks into the wild in effort to disconnect from society and find peace within himself. On the journey he…

Transcendentalist philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers a speech to young scholars in the Phi Beta Kappa society at Harvard, introducing “The American Scholar.” In his lecture, Emerson makes his idea clear- forming a new American identity is necessary. Emerson acknowledges how Americans thrive on past European influences, and how they allow it to control their…

George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a fascinating book which describes the Russian Revolution. Although the film is animated, George did well to make sure the novel presented the message of the revolution. George gave the impression that the book followed along the lines of the Russian Revolution by pointing out the names of the three…

Shelley’s Frankenstein and William Shakespeare’s The Tempest are texts that have very distinct styles of writing that are popular for their time period. William Shakespeare wrote The Tempest, a romance, in the 1600’s as one of his final plays. In The Tempest, the plot starts with the main characters, Prospero, Miranda, and Caliban, who have…

Robert Frost, is a poet known for his work because his poems relate to the common person. He began his work in 1894 with his first poem being “My Butterfly: an Elegy”, the following poem was published in The Independent, which was once a weekly literary journal that was based in New York City (Robert…

There are plenty of short stories out in the world and no story is ever identical to another. For example, Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, and “The Tell Tale Heart” are very different compared to James Hurst’s “The Scarlet Ibis” and O’Henry’s “The Gift of the…

Even though Robert Frost is one of many authors whose work is linked with nature and landscape, he is no basic poet. One of Robert Frost’s most well-known poems, “Birches,” was published in 1916, and before this time, Frost made the theme of most of his poems focus on beautiful landscapes and the appreciation of…

Ambition fuels the lives of many people; however, it doesn’t always lead to success or good outcomes. Novelist Anthony Trollope once stated, “It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of…