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Nathaniel Hawthorne amazing work as an early American literature author help pave the way for American literature as it is today. Born is Salem in 1804 to a town that lived by the old American Standard he had endure his family being a part of the Salem witch trials. His work of romanticism and dark romanticism shows his feelings on life. The embarrassment of his family involvement in the witch trials influence a lot his work throughout his career. The Scarlett Letter, The House of Seven Gables…

Poetry has a long standing reputation for being boring, but poems from the Romantic era are anything but. Romantic poetry, despite the name, aren’t just about love. These poems are about tragedy and sorrow, and the inevitability of death and its effects on our lives. Lord Byron does a fantastic job of combining literary devices in poetry to create some of the most heart-wrenching and emotional poems ever written. And Thou art Dead, as Young and Fair by Lord Byron exhibits nature imagery,…

William Blake was an English poet and artist who was born in 1757 in London, England. He was raised in a middle class family and his father was a hosier. His mother taught him how to read and write as well as sending him to drawing classes. At an early age, he began experiencing visions, such as a tree filled with angels. These visions later had a great impact on the art and writings that he produced. In 1782, Blake married Catherine Sophia Boucher. She was illiterate, but Blake taught her how…

Songtai Liu English Essay Through the thirteen, almost fourteen, years that I spent on the earth with my friends and teachers. To be honest, often times, they would even picture me as “Frankenstein”, an extremely crazy science and math guy. Probably because the grades on my report card indicates that I’m just doing better at science. However, there are way more things that people did not even noticed about me. So today I want to talk about something that I have great passion about. This…

Red Wind: Short Story Review “Red Wind” is a short story from Raymond Thornton Chandler’s novel collection “Trouble is My Business”. Chandler is a famous mystery thriller writer, and his writing style and idea have significant affections to today’s detective stories. Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago, Illinois. Although he wanted to be a good writer, his mother and grandmother insisted him to be a civil servant. After having an oil business for many years, he was fired because of…

In Act two, scene one of Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta, audience can see contrasting use of the elements of lightness and darkness. It is obviously apparent in words, as well as rooted in the deeper meanings of metaphors and connotations. The use of these contrasting elements help the audience better understand Barabas’ relationship with his daughter in the sense that she is often represented with descriptions of light. As the passage continues however, it becomes more and more obvious that the…

"So come down with me to the shore, and what's more, I adore you," La Dispute lyrically sings, which seems to mirror some of the major works of Edgar Allen Poe perfectly. A celebrated poet and author, he led quite an interesting life and maintained some of the darker themes of his life in his works, ranging from the popular "The Tell Tale Heart" to lesser-known works such as "Alone". However, the true art found within his poems is how beautifully they are able to show some of his innermost…

Edgar Allen Poe born January 19,1809 is known as very famous poet and story-teller. Two of his stories “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” show how Poe is great with connecting to the reader, how creative Poe is and his effectiveness in storytelling. Poes writing in the “The Cask of Amontillado” and “Tell- Tale Heart” show how good Poe is at connecting to the reader. One way he connects to the reader is by giving visual references so you can picture in your head as you read. In…

In the story “the death of the moth” by Virginia Woolf, it introduces Woolf comparing a moth to a butterflies and how it’s not gay like the butterflies. only describing the moth appearances like his wings as “hay-colored wings”, yet “seemed to be content with life”. In the essay Wool if seemed to be reading a book instead daydream off into the world. Soon after Virginia Woolf noticed the moth flying around from side to side at the window pane, Woolf tone in the essay suddenly changes. In…

The Theme of Madness in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” The most noteworthy theme in Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem, “The Raven” is the theme of madness and its effects on individuals who are emotionally and mentally weak. The poem depicts the speaker in his room brooding over the loss of “the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore” (Poe 10). As he is brooding, he encounters a raven that is tapping his door. Amused by the raven, he would ask the raven questions only to have it reply a…