Essays on Writers

Because of her uncontrollable fascination with mortality, Emily Dickinson has been dubbed the "Epic of Curiosity" by a number of academics. Dickinson became known as the "poet of shadow" as a result of this preoccupation. She investigates death from every perspective imaginable – as the chivalrous lover, the outrageous hit...

My Mistress s Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun My Mistress s Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun is one of Shakespeare s poems that demonstrates that love does not have to depict the picture of the important beauty that people remember. The sonnet is funny because the poet expresses his...

Difficulties in Understanding Shakespeare s Works William Shakespeare was an English playwright, actor, and poet who lived in the 15th century. He wrote some 38 plays and several poems, and while his works did not get much attention at the time, scholars are now delving into them in detail 500 years...

Hamlet's View on Fate versus Free WillHamlet explains how tragedians viewed the current struggle between free will and destiny. Shakespeare's fiction describes the universal conflict between people's innate ability to influence their future and their proclivity to embrace fate. As Shakespeare depicts it, fate has always played a critical role...

This was a comforting read for someone who loves writing (as I do), as Tim O'Brien details his thoughts about why storytelling is important. He writes, “Stories will save us” (213), explaining how using the imagination can offer warmth that does not always happen in reality. One of the novel's...

Virginia, a British novelist, editor, and critic Stephen Woolf is regarded as one of England's most dependable authors between the First and Second World Wars. Woolf went down her experimental path after becoming dissatisfied with the novels of the well-known, real, and obvious. Along the way, the author discovered a...

O'Brien's Poetic Tactics and Storytelling Ability O'Brien employs poetic tactics to resolve his role in Vietnam's atrocities. Most notably, his storytelling ability reflects his exceptional creative abilities. In an apparent effort to overcome post-war depression, O'Brien employs his imagination to use narration as a means of reintegration into society.The Power of...

Robert Frost and John Keats: Examining the Use of Literary Instruments in PoetryRobert Frost and John Keats are two notable poets whose poems use a variety of literary instruments to express their meaning. Frost s poem After Apple Picking is one of his most notable works of poetry....

Ann Bradstreet is widely regarded as one of the world's greatest poets. In fact, she is the first female American to have her work published in the Puritan society of American Poets (Ferszt 305). Anne Bradstreet's writing thoroughly explored a variety of topics, including Puritanism, modesty, motherhood, romantic love, and...

Blake's Critique of Society Blake was a well-known social critic throughout his day, and his works continue to represent society today. When discussing Blake and his contributions to social critique, two critical questions arise: who does he condemn and what does he criticize? And what does he think of the poor?Blake's...

Advice to the Youth: An Analysis of Mark Twain's Satirical EssayAdvice to the youth is a Mark Twain essay that aims to offer advice to young people or young readers on various topics of life. The reading, as the title implies, is supposed to be a constructive impact on the...

Ethan Brand: An Abortive RomanceEthan Brand is a chapter of an Abortive Romance. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote a short story called The Scarlet Letter. Ticknor, Reed published it in 1850, and Fields published it in 1852. The story was written in The Snow-Image and Other Twice-Told Tales, the author s last...