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The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of…

Machiavelli and Hobbes When attempting to articulate the intricacies and paradoxes of the human political process in a clear, philosophical manner, every philosopher or thinker must establish a mode of political philosophy that necessarily prioritizes certain qualities of human nature over others. In fact, it is likely that political philosophy fundamentally involves evaluating and analyzing…

Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft were frequent correspondents while both – along with Clark Ashton Smith – were steady writers for Weird Tales. Lovecraft, of course, created the Cthulhu Mythos with its grotesque alien super-beings from beyond, often worshipped as gods by misguided or degenerate humans. Howard and Smith, also of course, added references…

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)….

In “The Sacrificial Egg” Chinua Achebe presents the conflict between an African civilization called Igbo and Westernization, specifically Europeans. The story focuses on Kitikpa, a god of smallpox, ravaging the people of Umuru as seen from the emptiness of the market named Nkwo and the story’s main character Julius Obi as he indirectly experiences the…

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…

Few ideas are considered important when discussing the Victorian era; two main ideas stand out throughout the period, which are the importance of art and perfection in a personality. One Historian said, “The Victorian era ushered in great literary and poetic works from famous artist who published their masterpieces in the Americas. Aestheticism, a movement…

In his book Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury employs various forms of symbolism, with fire and the phoenix emerging as two significant symbols. Within the novel, fire carries multiple meanings and is largely perceived as perilous. However, as the narrative progresses, its significance deepens. The phoenix bird traditionally represents immortality; nevertheless, in Fahrenheit 451, people yearned…

AuthorJane AustenTitleEmmaPublisherEveryman’s Library Cop. London. 1991First published in 1816MottoThe book does not have a motto. I chose this book because I read Pride and Prejudice and I absolutely loved it. My mother told me Jane Austen wrote another book like it called Emma’, and I decided to try it. I expected the story to be…

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…