English Writing Essays and Term Papers

Hamlet Through Historical Lens

There are many different critical schools that authors use in their writing. Many authors use historical criticism in order to incorporate events as well as their own opinions. Some may think that a book belongs in the historical portion of the critical schools if it has any references to ...

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Ben Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706. He would be the tenth out of seventeen children that his father, Josiah Franklin, would have. His father had plans for Benjamin to join the clergy when he came of age and was sent to grammar school to prepare. He would excel in reading at a ...

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Reflecting on Literature and Community

When reading a story, poem, or any type of writing it can at times be obvious what type of a person the writer is and where the writer might have grown up. Each writer has his or her own language that pours out in their writings. This can be seen from a few writers like William Falkner, Toni ...

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Kazuo Ishiguro

Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, on 8 November 1954. He came to Britain in 1960 when his father began research at the National Institute of Oceanography, and was educated at a grammar school for boys in Surrey. Afterwards he worked as a grouse-beater for the Queen Mother at Balmoral ...

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Bronte' Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights opens as a diary; according to Steinitz (2000), this serves as a means to establish a frame through which the story can be told. Steinitz also suggests that Bronte uses a personal diary to "articulate her preoccupation with space by locating all of her family members precisely" ...

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18th Century Study Questions

18th Century Study Questions Age of Pope 1. Pope became well known early in his life in spite of serious disabilities. What were these disabilities? 2. Of what poetic form was Pope a master? 3. What real incident provided the background for the "Rape of the Lock"? 4. Why is a ...

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Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol

Essay number 6 - English 6 Book analysis - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens "I have endeavored in this ghostly little book, to raise the ghost of an idea, which shall not pull my readers out of humor with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their ...

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F. Scott Fitzgerald And The Pursuit Of The American Dream

Thesis: F. Scott Fitzgerald's importance to American literature is significant because of his ability to capture the heart and soul of the American psyche during the jazz age. I. The Great Gatsby is a powerful novel because of its style A. It an example of Fitzgerald's non-traditional ...

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The Black Wall

Matthew Childress Beckham English 102 13 June 2016 The Black Wall "Facing It", by Yusef Komunyakaa is a grim poem written about his trip to the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial. Komunyakaa is actually a Vietnam War Veteran himself, serving in the US Army from 1969 - 1970. Being that he is a ...

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Digging By Seamus Heaney

Digging A poem by Seamus Heaney In this poem 'Digging' by Seamus Heaney, there is an element of ambiguity. The author writes this poem about a Father 'digging potatoes' - this however, is only on the surface. Underlying the true intention or meaning of the poem reveals the great admiration and ...

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George Orwell

Body: was the pen name of the English author, Eric Arthur Blair. Blair was born June 25,1903 in Motihari, India. He was educated in England at Eton College. After service with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma from 1922 to 1927, he returned to Europe to become a writer. He lived for several ...

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A Critical Analysis Of The Poem Entitled "Tract" By William Carlos Williams

Tract By William Carlos Williams I will teach you my townspeople how to perform a funeral for you have it over a troop of artists- unless one should scour the world- you have the ground sense necessary. See! the hearse leads. I begin with a design for a hearse. For Christ's sake not black- nor ...

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The Identity Of Thomas Pynchon

is as elusive as the sticky, complex webs of meaning woven into his prose. As America's most "famous" hidden author, Pynchon produces works which simultaneously deal with issues of disappearance and meaning, of identity and nothingness in a fashion that befuddles some and delights others. He ...

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Life Of William Shakespeare

Around 1568, a group of actors visited Stratford and put on a play before the entire town, with permission from John Shakespeare, the mayor of the town. The people loved the play, especially the small children. All of them looked up to the actors, as they returned each year to perform different ...

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John Dryden

was born on an unsure date in 1631 in Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire. He was born the oldest of 14 children in a landed family of modest means. His parents sided with the Parliament against he King. There is some question to whether or not he was raised in a strict Puritan environment. His ...

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Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" And His Life

Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21st, 1899. He was the son of Dr. Clarence Edmonds and Grace Hall Hemingway. He grew up in a small town called Oak Park, Illinois. Hemingway was brought up in a somewhat conservative household by his parents who pushed the value of politeness and religion. ...

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Cantebury Tales

Canterbury Tales In discussing Chaucer's collection of stories called The Canterbury Tales, an interesting picture or illustration of the Medieval Christian Church is presented. However, while people demanded more voice in the affairs of government, the church became corrupt -- this corruption ...

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Lesbian Poetry

Since the beginning of time writers have expressed their deepest thoughts and desires through poetry. In poetry, writers have found that they can express a thought, a memory, a person, a landscape, etc. More often authors write about love, both physical and mental. Found in this genre of love ...

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The Outsiders By SE Hinton

In this book analysis, about the book “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton I will discuss character and plot development, as well as the setting, the author’s style and my opinions about the book. In this part of the analysis I will give some information about the subjects of the book, and about the ...

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The Outsiders: An Analysis

Introduction In this book analysis, about the book “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton I will discuss character and plot development, as well as the setting, the author's style and my opinions about the book. In this part of the analysis I will give some information about the subjects of the book, ...

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