Edgar Linton

In the passage from The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, it is evident that carefully chosen language helps to convey specific tones in the passage. One tone common in this passage is that of stillness, loneliness, even that of silence. One way that the author conveys tone is through the way the main character proceeds about his work. Taken from the passage Poe writes, “And every night, about midnight, I turned the latch of his door and opened it --oh so gently” (4-5)! In this line, the…

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the world’s most known poets. Throughout Poe’s poems, there are recurring themes, such as a longing for lost love and beauty, and a preoccupation with death. In the poem “Alone”, Poe focuses on his own childhood. The experiences that Poe had in his childhood affected the tone and basis for most of his poetry. Poe was abandoned by his Father at a very young age and forced to live with his mother. After only a short while, his mother passed away. Poe was then sent to live…

Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving is an amazing book everyone should read. The setting is very magical and unique. And the characters are different like Rip and his imaginary stranger. The way Irving wrote this book is different from every other book. This book has a magical and is full of confusion. This book would make you want to read it over and over again. The first thing a want to discuss is the setting. The setting is very magical, unique and different. This story takes place in a small…

Fitzgerald’s Styles In order to successfully portray his characters, Fitzgerald used various different styles of writing to construct his novel. This is an important factor of The Great Gatsby because his diction choices assisted in aesthetically exemplifying his literature. A specific example of this can be found in chapter three of The Great Gatsby. A passage was composed to illustrate to his readers the extravagance of Gatsby’s parties and the riches he possesses. Fitzgerald effectively uses…

When all hope becomes shrouded in hopelessness and despair, can anyone remain optimistic? In the story of Candide by Voltaire, the idea of optimism and philosophy is heavy satire. In his writing, Voltaire puts Candide in situations that are heavily fantasized with exaggerated coincidence. Voltaire played with this idea to keep readers interested in Candide’s adventure and always have a reason not to create new scenarios and characters as the story progress. Candide’s adventure would also serve…

Many readers have enjoyed and analyzed Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 and A Graveyard for Lunatics. During my research, I came across many in-depth critical essays on Bradbury's works. Bradbury writes fictional works that have deeper meanings than what is written. A close look at Fahrenheit 451 and A Graveyard for Lunatics will show how he expresses these ideas in his settings, characters, and narrators. First, in both Fahrenheit 451 and A Graveyard for Lunatics, Bradbury writes them in settings…

Poe was a very skilled nineteenth century gothic writer. In the Fall of the House of Usher Poe is obviously not yet adept at writing in Gothic style. But in one of his next works The Pit and the Pendulum Poe hits the Gothic mark quite nicely. Edgar A. Poe was indeed a Gothic writer pioneer, many of his works have lasted to present day. The stories of Fall of the House of Usher and The Pit and the Pendulum are two of Poes most striking Gothic Writings. In the fall of the House of Usher Poe…

Although Shirley Jackson wrote a few novels and quite a lot of short stories, she is noted for her writing, “The Lottery”. Jackson was quite famous for her shocking and horror ends in her fiction writing that are quite opposing to her appearance and manner. She was noted for exploring oddness in everyday life, and The Lottery, perhaps her most classic work in this respect, studies humankind's capacity for evil within a modern, accustomed, American scenery. The title “The Lottery”, tells you…

Naomi Clark J. Lindberg English 1101 22 August 2015 Slang in America The essay Slang in America, written by the early 1800s American poet named Walt Whitman, was an interesting essay to read. It really made me stretch my mind as to try to comprehend and understand what the 1800s poet was trying to say. Throughout his work he was trying to portray the distinctive American language; which introduces new words and the unique qualities of American life. Whitman believed that our language; the way…

The story of Beetlejuice is a gothic, abnormally riveting tale that includes a number of bizarre characters. However, one of the most important characters in the story, which acts as the driving force for the storyline, is possibly the most underestimated. Lydia Deetz is a significant catalyst in the progression and movement within Beetlejuice because of her courage and unorthodox nature. Within the story of Beetlejuice lies a structural pattern called a romance narrative circle, albeit an…