Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum

Relationships are a fundamental part of lives, and war often changed the dynamics of these relationships. Because of accounts through letters, it is possible to witness the changing of these relationships through first hand accounts and careful reading. Edward Porter Alexander’s letters to his wife, Bessie, can serve this purpose. Through these letters, it it possible to trace his ups and downs throughout the war. The letter from August 5, 1861 is particularly interesting because it shows a…

Haunting is the appearing of a ghost or spirit. In “The Haunting of Hill House” by Shirley Jackson, there is a possibility that the characters in the book are experiencing unknown activity in the house. A haunting can happen to a variety of people. Whether you are a believer or not can play a role if you see or hear them. Some types of hauntings that are less terrifying to bone chilling are residual, intelligent, and demonic hauntings. The first kind is a residual haunting, which is one of the…

The Study of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: His Life and Writings Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a preeminent poet in his day and even if time has contrived to show that he is something less than the remarkable artist, he never claimed to be, we can still fondly read his work, which epitomizes 19th century. Born on February 27, 1807 in Portland, Maine to parents, Stephen and Zilpah Longfellow, Henry, from the start, had a reputation for being studious. Furthermore, among other accomplishments,…

thing. But is this always the case? How much time and effort is considered to be fully prepared for something? Is it possible for someone to get too caught up in preparation and emotion to forget all means of reality? In The Tell-Tale Heart, by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator did just that; he spent hours upon hours planning out the murder of an old man (that he says he cared about very much) all because his eye annoyed and aggravated him. The narrator then successfully kills the man while the old…

Thomas was the third child of Julia (Neale) and Jonathan Jackson, an attorny. He was of Scotch-Irish descent. Two years after his birth, both his father and his sister, Elizabeth, died of typhoid fever. His mother was left alone to raise her children. Ill health and hard times forced her to send her children to live with relatives. Thomas, then 6-years old, and his sister Laura, were taken in by their uncle, Cummins Jackson, who lived at Jackson's Mill. His mother died in the fall of 1831.…

Sophomore Research Paper 1st Draft Rosa Parks was an important woman. Little did she know that standing up for herself would change the course of history. By not giving up her seat, and standing up for her own rights. She would give other African Americans all over the chance to also take the stand to be able stand up for themselves. Some people believe that Rosa Parks was just some lady who sat on a bus, but she was so much more than that; she was the “mother of the civil rights movement”…

Virginia Woolf was born in 1882. Adeline Virginia Woolf was bestowed with rational liberal thinking parents. She studied Greek, Latin and German till college level. It was an era wherein, women writers had started to write novels but even in English literature, the authority still lied in the hands of men and the genre of novel was not given adequate consideration. For instance Jean Jacques Rousseau believed that a woman’ education should incorporate the emotion of love and tenderness for…

I would primarily like to shed light on the fact that the question says Henry James “criticized” the novel for its surplus amounts of symbolism. Perhaps, criticize isn't the correct word to use in this case because James carries on to tell that he didn't mean to “expatiate upon [Hawthorne’s] defects” he simply had an opinion. Also, he goes on to praise The Scarlet Letter saying “The Scarlet Letter has the beauty and harmony of all original and complete conceptions, and its weaker spots, whatever…

The Erlkonig by Schubert is a story told by a narrator of a child and his father hurriedly galloping on a horse to make it home. The son unfortunately is taken by the Erlking at the end of the story. They are the main characters of Schubert’s art song based on a poem. Through the use of different pitches and vocal range Schubert changes the music so the listener can determine between characters. Every time the son speaks his growing hysteria is recognized by his vocal pitch rising as the story…

Each step is precise, each movement fluid, and every sense awake, ready. The hunter is alive, adrenaline coursing through his blood. Rustling leaves scream his prey’s hiding place. His body moves without thought, instincts becoming all that he knows. The hunted recognizes this rhythm of feet pounding the ground, knows it better than his own heartbeat. It’s whats kept him up for two days escaping death again and again. Leaping from the tree, the man almost stumbles, before lurching forward into…