Essays on Writers

Fitzgerald (1925) explores the American dream concept in his novel The Great Gatsby. This strategy was devised shortly after the Civil War ended, as everyone hoped to prosper. The term "American dream," as used by the author, conjured up images of a society that could provide limitless opportunities to everyone,...

A Dream Deferred A Dream Deferred is the poem of Langston Hughes that explores many potential results that may take place when the dream is not recognized as soon as possible. Moreover, the sonnet poses questions related to the aspirations of the individuals and results that arise when precise goals are...

Edgar Poe was a well-known author who could write suspenseful and horrifying stories that made the reader's spine tingle (Flores). Furthermore, he can be known as the author who helped to shape and advance the short-story genre in the world of literature (Flores). Poe was among the first writers to...

Introduction Edgar Allan Poe, an American author, and editor noted for his literary work was a key figure in the Romantic Movement and a pioneer in the genre of detective novel and poetry writing. He is one of the best-known writers who often gives his own life to each of his...

The poem “I started Early - Took my Dog­ “ is a poem by Emily Dickson which by reading the title for the first time creates a intellectual image of the presence of a dog and a woman and of route an early morning. The poem depicts a picture of...

The concept of insanity has been built upon by many great playwrights, including Shakespeare. Shakespeare's Hamlet is one of the most widely read tragedies due to the contentious recurring theme of insanity. The theme of hysteria in Hamlet has been one of the most discussed topics in literature, with many...

William Shakespeare was unquestionably the most influential author and playwright of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Dramatized novels, poetry, and sonnets are among his most popular and inventive works. One hundred and fifty-four sonnets are credited to William Shakespeare. Between 1929 and 1959, there was an epidemic of the...

In his book 1984, George Orwell coined the term "double think" to explain the logical or rhetorical fallacy of brainwashing people by propaganda, self-contradictory arguments such as "war is peace" or "slavery is a democracy," and other inconsistent and dishonest government policies. Today, the public trusts the media, and as...

Hemingway's short stories: Soldier's Home and Big Two-Hearted Rivers Hemingway's short stories, Soldier's Home and Big Two-Hearted Rivers, are epic works of literature that best illustrate modernity. Aspects of sophisticated poetry, subjectivity, and detachment from social structures will be explored through the examination of these two short stories. It is clear...

Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, who created a creature out of his curiosity to find the secret of his existence. Mary Shelley depicts Victor as God in a variety of ways, including Victor's capacity to produce a being that nearly resembles a human being in terms of the...

Hughes Langston and the Harlem Renaissance Hughes Langston used to be a courageous man who had the guts to tackle head on, the biggest troubles of the world as seen in his two poems I, Too and Theme for English B. Having grown in a world of racism where the blacks...

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe The Raven, completed in 1845, is one of several respected poems by Edgar Allan Poe, a seemingly accomplished author who towered over his contemporaries in poetry in his day and beyond. As manifested in the symbolic crow s speech, Nevermore, the persona s...