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William Wordsworths description of his poetry in Preface to Lyrical Ballads gives the impression that it feel much like a modern newspaper to a reader; basic and with wide appeal. He emphasizes the idea of simplicity and familiarity of both topic and language, arguing the superiority of a poem that appeals to the common person….

Those may be the facts, UT they don’t actually give us much insight into his personality. We learn more about him from the way he talks than what he says. Like this: we find out that he’s connected to wealthy (as opposed to simply well-to-do) and important people, like his cousin Daisy and Tom, a…

The drama Macbeth is good known for its abundant usage of imagination. Imagery is used for legion grounds such as to convey certain visions to the audience and to give life to the drama. One major usage of imagination can be seen with the character of Lady Macbeth. Her word picture is strongly dependent on…

Anton Chekhov explores the pursuit of happiness in his story “The Lady with the Dog.” The plot centers on a married man who violates his marital promises by having an affair with a woman stuck in an unhappy marriage. By employing skillful language and symbolism, Chekhov captivates readers with this simple yet gripping narrative. Anton…

It was a dark autumn night. The old banker was walking up and down his study and remembering how, fifteen years before, he had given a party one autumn evening. There had been many clever men there, and there had been interesting conversations. Among other things they had talked of capital punishment. The majority of…

Growing up is a necessity in life. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird there are many major themes. One of them is “growing up”. This theme is brought out by Jem and Scout. Both of these characters grow in many different ways. Scout shows she’s growing up when she loses her innocence, and events…

‘Of mice and men’ is a tale of loneliness and hardship felt by the people living in America during the 1930’s. Written by John Steinbeck and published in 1937, it tells the heartbreaking story of two ranch workers during the depression; George Milton and Lennie Small. At the time America was very poor, with a…

Coleridge’s well-known quote regarding the “motive-hunting of a motiveless malignity” accurately acknowledges a facet of Iago’s character. He craves an audience so strongly that he consistently offers us various motives to choose from. However, this can be misleading in suggesting that Iago has absolutely no motives at all. It is not so much that his…

Of Darkness By ConradAuthor: Joseph Conrad Setting: The storyteller, Charlie Marlow, sits on the deckof the Nellie recanting his journey to the Congo and his perception andencounter with Kurtz and Kurtz’s intended. Plot: The telling of a remarkablehorror tale to the inner darkness of man, Kurtz/Marlow, and the center of theearth, the Congo. Charlie Marlow…

For a long time Truett Vinson was kind of a shadowy character to me, never speaking up as Clyde did, and not saving his correspondence with Robert E. Howard. All I really knew, at first, was that he and Bob went to school together, contributed to The Junto, and, later, had dated Novalyne Price—thereby causing…