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Several authors contributed to the greatness of American literature, but Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe made a significant impact on their own. They often explored how the conscience and subconscious influence behavior, revolutionizing typical storytelling standards. Their works have set a remarkable template that most modern writers aspire to imitate (Southam and Crowley 432)….

Have you ever heard that too much television can ruin a child’s mind? Malcolm Gladwell proposes in his article, “Brain Candy,” that playing video games or watching television is just as important as reading a book. Gladwell is using rhetorical appeals to prove that in fact, video games are not dumbing down society. Pop culture…

Virginia Woolf & London’s Influence Virginia Woolf was an acclaimed English essayist and novelist who is regarded as one of the greatest modernist literary writers of the twentieth century.  She lived from January 1882- March 1941.  Her most famous work Mrs. Dalloway, which she wrote in 1925,perfectly embodies the sense of London that can be seen…

Act 3, scene 3 in the Shakespearean tragedy Othello: The Moor of Venice is the pivotal scene; Iago poisons Othello’s mind as the Moor finally surrenders to Iago’s false allegations of the lustful Desdemona and cassio having an affair, which leads to his ultimate downfall. In this scene love becomes hate and honour turns to…

Scarlet Letter/Crucible EssayThe presence of guilt has been felt by all human beings. As guilt grows in a persons life it eventually begins to have a deteriorating effect on the individual. In both The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible more than one of the characters are experiencing some form of guilt and the effects of…

John Steinbeck was born February of 1 902 in Salinas, California and died December or 1968. Even from a young age John Steinbeck wanted to be a writer. John attended Stanford University off and on for a few years until he made the final decision to drop out without obtaining a degree. Although John did…

Song of Solomon, by: Toni Morrison I. Toni Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Woofed in 1931. She was born in Loraine, Ohio to an African-American working class family. She always had an interest in literature, and studied humanities at Howard and Cornell universities. She began her career as a novelist in 1970, gaining attention from…

Some themes in the novel can also be applied to society as a whole, highlighting their significance. Gatsby represents the idealistic state of society during the time of publication, where wealth, greed, and recklessness were central to an ideal life. This theme adds two layers of meaning to the novel’s title. Firstly, it suggests that…

Colors can typify many different things. Artists use colors in their pictures when they want you to see what they are seeking to show. Like if an creative person is seeking to show sorrow or decease he frequently uses inkines blues, and greies fundamentally he uses drab colors. You automatically experience what the creative person…

Writers in general shape or influence a reader’s response to their characters by using many clever techniques. The writer does this so he gets a certain response and opinion on each character. They can influence and shape the reader’s views by using techniques like rhetorical questions, alliteration, show and not tell, descriptive writing, choice of…