English Essays

WOMEN TODAY
WOMEN TODAY Although America is an ever-changing country some things never change. Within many years women have fought through countess barriers yet haven’t gotten too far from the original stereotypes of them. The conventional gender identities shape women in present society, while creating a war within the women whether to be ideal feminine and motherly, or sophisticated corporate and selfish. In present day society women work, take ...

Walt Whitman Biography
Walt Whitman Biography Wonderful Causing Tears The ability to pinpoint the birth or beginning of the poet lifestyle is rare. It is rare for the observer as it is for the writer. The Walt Whitman poem “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking” is looked at by most as just that. It is a documentation, of sorts, of his own paradigm shift. The realities of the world have therein matured his conceptual frameworks. In line 147 we read “Now in a moment I know what I am for, I awake...

Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman An Analysis of Hawthorne’s Style Although many readers may say Hawthorne’s writing is difficult to understand, the descriptions of the characters and settings are vividly depicted through the use of allegory, and his many instances of symbolism throughout his stories. “Young Goodman Brown” is an excellent example how allegory is shown through the writing of Nathanial Hawthorne. The story’s beginning shows Goodman Brown as he bids fa...

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Then novel War and Peace was written by a famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy in 1865. The novel describes the war with Napoleon in which many countries were involved such as Russia, Austrian, Prussia, Spain, Sweden, and Britain. The novel mainly focuses on Russia. It reflects the different views and participation in the war of Russian aristocracy and peasants and also shows Tolstoy’s negative viewpoint on the war. Showing the war, Tolstoy describes ...

War of Roses
War of Roses In the late 1400’s the House of York fought the House of Lancaster for the English crown. Because Lancaster’s heraldic badge was a red rose and the Yorks was a white rose, the long conflict became known as Wars of the Roses. The real lives of the main participants of the Wars of the Roses will be displayed in this paper. In Shakespeare’s Richard III the participants in the Wars of the Roses were not suitably displayed. The participants in Shakespeare’s Richa...

Welcome to the Doll House by Ibsen
Welcome to the Doll House by Ibsen Leave or Stay in the Doll House Ibsen made a very controversial act, by having Nora leave her husband and her family. After first reading this play I thought that what Nora did was the right thing to do. But after thinking about it I now realize that departing wasn’t the right thing to do. Yes, Torvald was not the best husband in the world, but Nora should have considered that before she married him. To turn your back on your spouse is on...

Welcome to the Dollhouse
Welcome to the Dollhouse A Need for Change Popularity has a very high price tag today. The pressure and importance of fitting in has become a big challenge for the everyday teen-ager. We are taught at an early age that being different from the rest leads to criticism and ridicule from others. America boasts equality and freedom of speech, but the consequences for being different from the majority are huge. Alienation from society causes a devastating effect, espec...

West Side story
West Side story Nick Farinas 30 August 2000 West Side Story Welcome to 1960’s New York. Where petty thugs and hoodlums are no comparison to modern day gangs. But nonetheless considered savages for their time. Yet, amongst themselves there is love and friendship. West Side Story is a story about love, intolerance, and friendship. It uses many of the 9 elements of a well-made film. The story revolves around 2 (two) rival gangs know as the Jets (Americans) and the Sharks (Puerto...

What I discovered in my search
What I discovered in my search What I discovered in my search I first became interested with being a graphic designer in art class in 8th grade. We had to make a design with our initials in it. Since then I have always liked to draw designs from scratch. Now that I finally got to look into actually being a graphic designer I found out a lot of interesting information about the job. I found information about the pay and benefits, special job requirements, the training and educ...

What use of the supernatural does Shakespeare make to determine the course of action in the play
What use of the supernatural does Shakespeare make to determine the course of action in the play What use of the supernatural does Shakespeare make to determine the course of action in the play? To understand the involvement of the supernatural in Macbeth we must understand the circumstances in which the play was written in 1606 When Queen Elizabeth I was on her deathbed Shakespeare wrote Macbeth he did this for two reasons. Firstly the newly appointed king to be (James I) was...

When the legends die
When the legends die The novel When the Legends Die, by Hal Borland shows the truth behind change. The novel encompassed the many changes which Tom experienced through out his life in a manner fairly similar to that which may be experienced in real life. On my part I know that this is true because I have seen these changes take place. The main character, Tom, really represents myself in a way. We both had to change from the old ways which we were accustomed, to the new ways ...

Tragic Hero in The Stranger
Tragic Hero in The Stranger Albert Camus’s “The Myth of Sisyphus” was the basis for future reference to what literary critics and the like would refer to as the “tragic hero”. The tragic hero, as defined by Camus, is a character in a story, play, or novel that is forever doomed to an undesirable fate. In The Stranger, the story’s protagonist Monsieur Meursault would be defined as a “tragic hero”. He is eventually doomed to a most horrible fate, he feels no hope f...

Tragic Heros and Things Fall Apart
Tragic Heros and Things Fall Apart By definition, a tragic hero is someone usually of elevated status, who has a character flaw, which causes his demise. In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the character Okonkwo is an exemplary model of a tragic hero, fitting all parts of the definition. The first requirement of a tragic hero is that he is of lofty social status. Okonkwo, although not of royalty as classical tragic heroes were, is one of the elite in the tribe....

Tranformation
Tranformation Transformation Most people go through life with their eyes closed, so to speak, never stopping to see the beautiful world around them. However, the people that do stop and observe the beauty often do great things with the knowledge from their experience. Two people that have done just that are Gary Snyder and Mary Oliver. Both Snyder and Oliver have written about their experience with nature. Although they have different backgrounds, write in different ways, and...

Transitio Soto in House of the Spirits
Transitio Soto in House of the Spirits Wily Dame Transitio Soto The character of Transitio Soto is an enigma in the decidedly feminist House of the Spirits due to her status as savior and whore. Transitio Soto really is the anti-thesis of everything Nivea dellValle, Clara Trueba, and Alba Trueba worked against. She submits herself to men for money, and is completely dependent on their kindness and generosity. Eventually, unlike the dellValle/Trueba women, she rises above her ...

Trifles and A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell
Trifles and A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell The Foil of an Investigation In the early 1900’s Susan Glaspell wrote many works. Two of her works stand out as true feminist tells, including the play Trifles and the short story “A Jury of Her Peers”. Trifles was written in 1920, while “A Jury of Her Peers” was written the following year. Trifles was written in only ten days. These works were not truly recognized until the 1970’s though. Glas...

Trifles and Duppressed Desires
Trifles and Duppressed Desires The play’s Trifles and Suppressed Desires wrap around a central theme of sexual tension between women and men. The characters are in search of life’s meaning and seeking self-definition. In Trifles, ignorance of sexism is exposed as a major theme. The play Suppressed Desires explores new feminist theories between a married couple. Both plays were written in the 1920’s way before the women’s movement began But this tr...

Trifles by Susan Glaspell
Trifles by Susan Glaspell Steven Fiorillo The thesis of this paper is to prove that the title of Susan Glaspell’s play “Trifles” represents how men considered women’s duties and their opinions to be of little importance compared to a man’s role in society. The dictionary defines the word trifle as something of little importance or value, or to deal with something as if it were of little significance or value (The American Heritage Dictionary). ...

Trifles
Trifles Little Trifles Add Up to a Big Case Detectives are always looking for little pieces of evidence when investigating a crime. After all, it is this evidence that can turn a trial around, whether be it for the good or bad. This is especially the case in Susan Glaspell’s Trifles. When Mrs. Hale comes across little pieces of evidence, she passes them off as being “trifles”, hiding them from the detective. She is the sole reason that very little evidence i...

Troilus and Cressida
Troilus and Cressida ‘Troilus and Cressida appeals to the iconoclastic and sceptical temperament of the contemporary era. Its anxieties about the problems of locating stable values and meanings, and its distrust of the claims of military and political authority, have obvious applications to the personal and public crises of today.’ Discuss this statement in relation to Shakespeare’s play. Troilus and Cressida was probably written around 1602, although scholars are not ...

Turbot wars
Turbot wars Turbot wars On March 9, 1995 Canadian Patrol boats shot warning signals across the Spanish Trawler, the Estai, while it was over fishing in international waters just outside Canada’s legal 200 mile limit. As a result Canada seized the ship. Many thought that Canada was not justified in its actions, however when one examines all the evidence it becomes clear that Canada was indeed justified against the Estai. The Spanish fishermen were fishing out of bounds, th...

Turn of the screw
Turn of the screw “Henry James was born at two Washington Place in New York City on April 15,1843. He was the second son to Henry James, Sr., an independently wealthy intellectual, and Mary Robertson James. From 1843 to 1845, James took his first trip to Europe. He lived in New York City with his family at 58 West 14th Street. James was educated privately by governess and tutors in New York and Albany. In 1855, he traveled to Europe with his family and attended schools in...

Two Kinds by Amy Tan
Two Kinds by Amy Tan Conflicting Values A majority of parents and children today have disagreements on what the child should do. For example, parents have an idea where they want their children to attend college. The child might want to attend a totally different college. Most of the time the parents input is not appreciated until the child is an adult. Some children do what their parents want out of respect and obedience, just as Jing-mei in the short story “Two Kinds” ...

Two poem two ideas
Two poem two ideas Two Poems. Two Ideas. One Author Two of Emily Dickinson’s poems, “Because I Could Not Stop For Death” and “I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died,” are both about one of life’s few certainties: death. However, that is where the similarities end. Although both poems were created less than a year apart by the same poet, their ideas about what lies after death differ. In one, there appears to be life after death, but in the othe...

Understanding people
Understanding people Different people see the world from different perspectives. In our society, there will always be misunderstandings between people and those people’s reactions will differ. Some choose to mope, groan, and even get angry about the way that themselves or others are treated while some decide to try and do something about it. Still, there are others who think to themselves that maybe the best way to deal with the issues among people is to try and comprehend ...