Essays on Writers

A Poison Tree by William Blake is part of the Songs of Experience series. The narrator expresses frustration towards an entity, and the emotional sentiment eventually leads to the narrator murdering the person. The poem is centered on a tree, which was used to depict Knowledge in the Garden of...

According to George Orwell, political vocabulary is riddled with euphemism and ambiguity. Proponents of the political vocabulary see the battle against the subject as archaic with certain question-begging qualities. The approach to political language stems from people's convictions that English, like any organism, should evolve to serve a range of...

According to Hetherington The novel Frankenstein was written in 1816 and published in 1818, with romantic themes such as the pitfalls of knowledge and the importance of emotions, the despair of human inability to interfere with one's own goodness, the agony of looking, the solitary hero, and the irresistible force of...

Arthur Miller's "The Price"Arthur Miller's "The Price" is a novel about two estranged twins, Victor and Walter Franz, who reunite after their father's death. Walter is a successful business owner, while Victor is a police officer with few opportunities (Miller). Their years apart have strained their relationship, with Victor feeling...

The sound of "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" The sound of "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" is often mocking and ironic, and it is subtly pedagogical to a large extent. Tolstoy seems to be above all he describes. He exudes the aura of understanding all that needs to be learned (Tolstoy...

Curiosity is the Mother of Inventions "Curiosity is the mother of inventions," because when combined with a need for wisdom, new ideas are discovered, which, in essence, transform the universe.Leonardo Leonardo: The Gifted Artist Leonardo Leonardo, born in 1452, is considered as one of the most gifted artists to have graced modern...

Leonardo da Vinci is an excellent artist of all time who rose to prominence during the High Renaissance era due to the development of his great artworks. He created the most replicated religious artwork, the Last Supper, as well as his most well-known painting, the Mona Lisa. Leonardo became Italy's...

Leonardo Da Vinci and the Renaissance Artwork Leonardo Da Vinci was a well-known artist during the Renaissance period. Aside from his contributions to mathematics and numerous developments, he was a well-known painter of his day.The Last Supper: A Masterpiece of Renaissance Art One of his portraits, The Last Supper, completed in the...

When discussing High Renaissance art, it is impossible not to name Raphael, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest artists of all time. He was born in 1483 in Urbino, Italy, and his father offered him some art training as an infant before dying when Raphael was just...

The Demise of the House Usher: A Gothic Horror StoryThe Demise of the House Usher is a horror story published in 1839 by Edgar Allan Poe. The story is set in a haunted medieval castle with a desolate landscape and is marked by gloom, which is characteristic of the gothic...

One of Poe's works featuring the detective C Augustine Dupin is The Purloined Letter. Notably, Poe is credited with inventing and establishing the mystery fiction genre through The Purloined Letter and other stories of the same caliber. Notably, the Purloined Letter incorporates many elements that demonstrate the crime fiction genre....

Kate Chopin's novel The Storm The Storm depicts the unfulfilling case of relationships and circumstances that are typical in contemporary society. The work depicts a woman, Calixta, having extramarital sex with an old boyfriend, Alcee, in a Louisiana setting. When the hurricane ends, both parties are happy.The concept of an unfulfilling...