Simplicity is what makes Robert Frost's poetry so extraordinary. His choice words to describe nature, people, and every day situations is what benchmarked his place in modern literature. Although his words may be simplistic, beneath the surface the reader feels and visualizes every emotion. ...

Set in contemporary time The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck portrays a story of the struggles of war. The book was published in 1942, which was the time when American was just rearming for World War II. Norway, Denmark, Holland, and France were all occupied. The country in this book that is unde...

Beauty can be found in any story or situation. Even in Popular Mechanics, despite the very dark, morbid tone there are several examples of beauty. The story begins by describing a setting which is actually very beautiful. Recently it has snowed, so it must be winter, which is a very beautiful season...

I have to admit, when I first started reading this book, I had a problem with trying to stay awake: I found the writing dry. Then slowly as characters were introduced, a mystery started to unfold, and tension between neighbors rose, I could not put the novel down. Whether it was the vivid descripti...

In the novel Grendel, John Gardner's use of the first-person point of view completely alters Grendel from the manifestation of Beelzebub into a keen quasi-human being. This transformation is shown through Grendel's feelings toward fellow creatures and enemies. Also, the rational si...

Eavan Boland Love Theme The theme of this poem is ver obviously love. This poem revolves around the love and experiences that the poet and her husband shared. They had been through many everyday and terriying situations together whichhave brought them closer together. She remin...

In "The Cross of Snow" by H.W. Longfellow, and in "Sorting Laundry" by Elisavietta Ritchie, there is a common theme: loneliness. Longfellow's poem reflects his loneliness after his wife's death in the fire of their house and Ritchie's poem first describes how she needs and loves her lover. Afterward...

This story is uniquely Hemingway by its long sentences with many conjunctions. The writing uses many commas, which separates the big chucks/clauses of his sentences. This is a common characteristic of Hemingway's writing as well as his simple descriptions of nature, use of colloquial language, wri...

By utilizing vivid images and specific diction, Emily Dickinson effectively portrays through her poetry the intense and confusing emotions that are evoked as a result of death. In poem # 1527 and poem # 341, Dickinson addresses the inevitability of death and its permanence as well as expresses her ...

IntroductionSnow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson is a novel written about the livesof several unfortunate people who share the same past, either indirectly ordirectly. The murder trial of Carl Heine brings these people togetheragain, in the present. It Takes place on the small Island Sa...

Comparison and contraction of two Sonnets Edmund and Shakespeare both contemplate the summer days and the memories made with one's love by thou side. When love turns against them, the weather of their emotions turns to thunder and snow, like a tiger eyeing his prey is t...

Colour and Emotion It is generally thought that certain colours are associated with certain emotions, the obvious example being red for anger. If this is the case then the animations could incorporate the theories of colour and emotion, and therefore make it easier for the emotions to be conveyed. ...

If you ever wondered what happens to those with an abusive childhood when they enter adulthood, then Affliction is the book to read because it has all the answers that you might ever need in this connection. The cinematic version of the book also does complete justice to the dark and negative themes...

Franz Kafka published a relatively small amount of stories in his lifetime. Almost all of them are autobiographical in nature. In this way, his novella, The Metamorphosis, could be considered an allegory for his own life. The whole idea of a "metamorphosis" seems to come from Kafka&apos...

Introduction The Laguna Pueblo are a Native American people that, according to Silko in Yellow Woman and a Beauty of Spirit, "embrace the whole of creation and the whole of history and time" (49). In this essay and in her novel Ceremony, we see that the Laguna are not only connect...

In comparing the two web sites I found many differences and many similarities. The Yahoo article "Missing N.D. Student's Body Found in Minn." states the author's name while Msn "Body of missing N.D. student Dru Sjodin found" does not properly specify an author's name. The two different articles had ...

Assignment II: An Essay of appreciationA Discussion of Roberts'"Beside the winter Sea"Roberts is one this country's greatest and most respectable poets of all time. He has a magical way of changing a simple feeling, emotion or an object into one of the greatest poem in Canadian Literature. In "Besid...

Remembering Fire" Essay The emotions and reactions surrounding a house fire is one that would be difficult to express to people who haven't experienced it for themselves. Year after year you would hear in the news about house fires and never would ever predict it would happen to you ...

Imagine a place where there is no color, no choice; a place where individuality and freedom has been traded for sameness and security. Louis Lowery has created such a place in the novel The Giver. This place, or rather community, is presumed to be in the future and is supposed to be a kind of uto...

Edvard Munch is regarded as a pioneer of the Expressionist movement in modern painting. At an early stage, Munch was recognized in Germany and central Europe as one of the creators of a new and different movement of art that helped artists express their feelings about all the social change that was ...

Poets use imagery to convey meaning, feelings, and emotions. The contemporary poet best know for his use of imagery is Robert Frost. The Road Not Taken, opened the eyes of poetic readers and critics to Frost's artistic creations. He uses forms of language such as diction and syntax to capture a...

Jenn February 20, 2004Mr. WilliamsLanguage Arts IIIThe Effect of the Setting On the Charactersof Ethan FromeA bright and sunny day or a dark, cold cave; the setting of a story gives the reader an idea of where the story takes place, but it also shows the affects it has on the characters. Ethan From...

A "Bright Star" by Keats, is a sonnet that shows his infatuation to be with his lover for eternity. The poem's main theme deals with the love and appreciation of things that are unchanging. This theme is brought up many times in the poem. For example, Keats uses a bright star and the earth to des...

Two Poets, Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson are probably two of the most influential people in American poetry. They are regarded as the founders modern American poetry. Walt Whitman (1819-1892), for the time was breaking new ground with his diverse, energetic verse with regards to subject matter, ...

Ethan Frome is lead by desire however controlled by duty. Ethan is a self-contradicting character. Ethan is firm and strong, however Ethan is also feeble and weak. Ethan desires Mattie however he is bound to his duty as a husband and tradition to Zeena. Ethan is strong in that he sticks to his duty...