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Imagery In The Fall Of House
837 wordsImagery of the Supernatural in "The Fall of the House of Usher" Edgar Allan Poe's writings are known for their macabre subject matter. In "The Fall of the House of Usher", Poe uses the life-like characteristics of an otherwise decaying house as a device for giving the house a supernatural atmosphere. Frank N. Magill explains this concept best when he writes, "Usher feels that it is the form and substance of his family mansion that affects his morale. He believes that, as a result of the arrangem...
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Frank N Magill Maggie A Girl
1,259 words... as Jimmie stands to fight for the honor of Run Alley, which is simply a heap of gravel which he prides himself in (Pizer 5850). His defiance to defend something so insignificant is not only ironic, but humorous as well. He is almost beaten to death, but none the less remains defiant in his honor of defending Rum Alley. Chester Walford notes of Cranes technique, its greatness lies in the irony of this harsh environment, no ones quest is fulfilled, and no one learns anything: the novel swings ...
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Frank N Magill Detroit Gale Research
1,574 wordsThe Devil and Tom Walker: Human Intent and the Aftermath of It Washington Irving, in writing The Devil and Tom Walker, and Stephen Vincent Benet, in writing The Devil and Daniel Webster illustrate to the reader the consequences of mans desire for material wealth and how a persons motivation for a relationship with the devil affects the outcome of the deal. In these two different, yet surprisingly similar narratives, the authors present their beliefs about human intent and motive. In The Devil an...
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Frank N Magill Maggie A Girl
2,536 wordsToday Stephen Crane Stephen Crane Today in modern America, it has become almost impossible to avoid the tales of horror that surround us almost anywhere we go. Scandals, murders, theft, corruption, extortion, abuse, prostitution, all common occurrences in this day in age. A hundred years ago however, people did not see the world in quite such an open manner despite the fact that in many ways, similarities were abundant. Peoples lives were, in their views, free of all evil and pollution. They ass...
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Poe Edgar Allan Twentieth Century Interpretations
830 wordsImagery of the Supernatural in The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe's writings are known for their macabre subject matter. In The Fall of the House of Usher, Poe uses the life-like characteristics of an otherwise decaying house as a device for giving the house a supernatural atmosphere. Frank N. Magill explains this concept best when he writes, Usher feels that it is the form and substance of his family mansion that affects his morale. He believes that, as a result of the arrangement o...
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Frank N Magill House Of Usher
713 wordsImagery of the Supernatural in The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe's writings are known for their macabre subject matter. In The Fall of the House of Usher, Poe uses the life-like characteristics of an otherwise decaying house as a device for giving the house a supernatural atmosphere. Frank N. Magill explains this concept best when he writes, Usher feels that it is the form and substance of his family mansion that affects his morale. He believes that, as a result of the arrangement o...
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Louisa May Alcott York Henry Holt
4,615 wordsLouisa May Alcott and Little Women The morality of the 19 th century Victorian Era is renown in modern times as a standard, from which the society of today has deferred from in as many ways as conceivably possible. Yet there were those at that time whom thought even then that the moral integrity of youthful society was degrading at a vicious speed. So when a novel filled with didactic tones, professing the assets of domestic ism along with feminism, appeared in 1868, parents were clamoring to bu...
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Frank N Magill Huckleberry Finn
2,327 wordsMARK TWAIN: QUACK PHILOSOPHER Mark Twain is, according to critics and readers alike, the first great American novelist (Reuben). Throughout his lifetime Twain, born Samuel Longhorn Clemens, held an eclectic mix of jobs, and, wrote a great deal about his experiences and his boyhood. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (AOTS) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (AOHF) are a pair of novels by Twain that: present the new and radical changes in the early 1800 s in contrast to the old fashioned ways; mirror T...
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Frank N Magill Huckleberry Finn
2,285 wordsMARK TWAIN: QUACK PHILOSOPHER Mark Twain is, according to critics and readers alike, the first great American novelist (Reuben). Throughout his lifetime Twain, born Samuel Longhorn Clemens, held an eclectic mix of jobs, and, wrote a great deal about his experiences and his boyhood. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (AOTS) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (AOHF) are a pair of novels by Twain that: present the new and radical changes in the early 1800 s in contrast to the old fashioned ways; mirror T...
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Frank N Magill Wuthering Heights
2,660 wordsSettings and Characters in Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff's dwelling. Wuthering being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather... One may guess the power of the north wind blowing over the edge, by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house; and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun. Happily, the archit...
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