Writers Essays

Existentialism is the thought that reality has no meaning or purpose, and that this is something man must come to terms with through his life until he faces death. The pursuit of meaning is a prevalent theme in the work of Franz Kafka, especially so in his parable “Before the …

As one of his greatest works, Shakespeare’s King Lear describes a world of deception, scheming, ambition, arrogance, humiliation, destruction, and, sometimes, redemption.  Lear, who is an elderly king, partitions his kingdom among his sons.  He asks his daughters to compete with their flattery to win his heart most, and is …

Excessive pride is an inflated sense of one’s personal ego or how they feel about their own accomplishments. The play, The Crucible, recounts the time period of American history in which the country was being plagued with accusations of innocent citizes working for Satan; these citizens were labeled ‘witches’ or …

Edgar Allan Poe was the man who pioneered in mystery tales and wrote his last plot with his own life and blood.  Until now, no one can tell how his life ended, except that his lifeless body was found sprawled in the streets of Baltimore. Was he murdered?  Did he …

Abstract     In this paper, intro copy written specifically for the home inspection industry, to be placed ultimately on a Website.  With this objective in mind, copy is presented below under the various headings corresponding directly to the copy itself.  Tag Lines           As an overall heading for the Website, …

Pre-Reading: Complete the following survey on your own, without discussion. For each statement write an “A” if you agree or a “D” if you disagree. 1. Technological advancements make life better for everyone. ______ 2. It is important for adults to monitor a child’s interactions with technology. ______ 3. It …

Malcolm Gladwell writes the article, “Something Borrowed: Should a charge of plagiarism ruin your life?” That article corresponds to a specific incident of plagiarism between a play writer and a journalist. The play writer is Bryony Lavery and she takes work from Gladwell and specific moments in the psychiatrist, Dorothy …

Normalcy is boring. Walking past a storefront, if a person sees out of the corner of their eye something they’ve seen in the past four stores, they won’t take a second glance. On the other hand if they saw something detailed and abstract, it stands out and piques their interest. …

Ernest Hemingway’s story, “Hills Like White Elephants,” has plenty of symbolism throughout the story. Symbolisms are physical things that are important and stands for something else. In this story, the symbols are the hills, white elephants, railroad tracks, and the felt pads. Hemingway uses these symbols to produce the theme …

Love is very hard to define since everyone has different concepts in what love is. However, in order to achieve a good relationship, people must have a well balance power structure in their relationships, a good understanding and communication between them. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Hills …