Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) ,the great Evolutionary Meliorist and the Progenitor of the world of Wessex preserves a remarkable place among the authors of Victorian Era. His philosophical outlook towards life along with skilful projection of the harsh oddities of life in his novels creates a pessimistic impression regarding him in the mind of his readers. He, no doubt, painted the dark side of life but it was also the reflection of the gloomy age he belonged to. This article intend to focuses upon…

This poem, along with two others which looked in the same issue, marked the first time Frost printed his writing in The Atlantic. But it was not the first time he’d tried; that endeavour, as Peter Davison recalled had happened three years earlier in 1912, before Robert Frost made his famous leap to “live under thatch” in England, where he would develop known as a poet, he sent some of his poems to Ellery Sedgwick, the editor of The Atlantic Monthly, and in due course established a personal reply…

Many famous authors have written pieces of literature based on events that are occurring now, or that have happened in history; one of these famous authors is Jack London. Jack London is famous for many writings; two of his short stories include, "Love of Life" and "To Build a Fire". These short stories are acts of history expressed in a literature format. In Jack Londons writing he uses a straight forward style of writing, it is simple to read, yet keeps readers engaged and on the edge of their…

Ah yes, Nathaniel Hawthorne. He’s definitely one of my favorite writers and he makes such an impact in short-stories like an author can make with an entire novel. First of all, “Young Goodman Brown” is such a chilling and creepy story, and if it was written today, you could probably find it highly ranked on CreepyPasta.com. Secondly, when I began taking a closer look, I saw Hawthorne’s clever use of symbolism. I particularly noticed this in his repeated mention of Faith Brown’s pink hair…

Edgar Allan Poe Biography Profile Introduction: Edgar Allan Poe, born on January 19, 1809 and died on October 7, 1849, was an American writer, poet, critic, and editor who wrote short poems and stories that captured people’s attention with it’s figurative language. Many of Edgar Allan Poe’s works, such as the “Tell Tale Heart” and “The Cask of Amontillado” became famous literary works and the basis for modern horror tales. His literature tales are shrouded in mystery and unknowing and his…

“Beethoven” by Shane Koyczan is a descriptive poem that uses vivid imagery to explore the theme of love. Beethoven was unable to find love at home, and suffered from severe physical and emotional abuse. Therefore, he found it very difficult to connect with others and in a way, isolated himself. In addition, he felt as if he was not loved at home and that forced him to find love elsewhere. He found that love in music. It was that love of music that helped guide him through his adolescence and…

Symbolic Use of Birds During the Romantic Period, the French Revolution began and lasted for years. Horrified by the cruelty of French society, poets during the Romantics period created beautiful poetry to bypass the worries and tragedy that brewed about in their hometowns. In order to see a different perspective of what was going on around them, poets turned to nature for inspiration and hope such as birds. Birds are vertebrates that are cute and interesting to the human eye. “Birds are…

“The Fall of The House of Usher” is a dreary tale of a descent into madness, the unnamed narrator goes into detail of just how gloomy the house truly is. The introduction to “The Fall of The House of Usher” sets up a very gothic mood, Edgar Allen Poe does this by using dark descriptive words. “The theme of The Fall of The House of Usher” is a descent into madness as the usher house was once lively and is now dead in a sense. When the narrator arrives at the property of the usher house he is…

Poe’s Narrators/ Unreliable Narrators In Edgar Allan Poe’s stories there sometimes tends to be an unreliable narrator in the story. We can see that in his 3 stories “The Tell-Tale Heart”, “That Black Cat”, and “The Cask of Amontillado”. Those stories show characteristics of an unreliable narrator. We can mostly see it in “The Tell-Tale Heart”. Everyone of Poe’s stories has a gruesome and traumatic ending which add on to that insane and unreliable sense. In “The Tell-Tale Heart”, the narrator is…

Compare and Contrast Essay: "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe and "The Landlady" by Roald Dahl Both short stories "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe and "The Landlady” by Roald Dahl are gothic, mysterious stories. The authors (of both stories) make the stories exciting for the reader due to the tension and suspense they create. There are some clear differences between the two stories, but also some similarities. In “The Tell-Tale Heart” the narrator is the main character in the…