Writers Essays

Charles Dickens’s novel “A Tale of Two Cities” is a story of intricately woven plot lines driven by intriguing characters. The female characters are often primary forces in driving the other players and advancing the plot. It’s been said that Dickens uses the women in his story to somewhat questionable …

“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is about the decisions that a person makes in life and how it affects their life. Frost uses nature to express this, which is a characteristic of romanticism. The poem first starts off with a mood of regret which then switches to satisfaction …

The topic of the essay ‘Of Studies’ by Sir Francis Bacon is clearly visible in the title itself. The main theme of the essay is to explain the use of studies as they serve for delight – in privateness and retiring, – in discourse, and for ability – in the …

In “One Hundred Years of Solitude”, one largely recognizable theme that Gabriel García Márquez presents is the role of religion. García Márquez repeatedly ridicules the extreme value Latin American culture has placed in organized religion. He also depicts the negative effects the outside religion, and technology, had on Latin American …

In Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Black Cat” the reader is told that the narrator appears to be a happily married man, who has always been exceedingly kind and gentle. He attributes his downfall to “the spirit of perverseness.” This downfall is depicted in several heinous acts, such as when he …

Martin Luther King jr. and Jonathan Swift, both persuasive writers and speakers, write for a very similar purpose; they wish to ‘free the oppressed.’ It is interesting that they induce their audience in practically opposite ways. King condemns the oppressors, spreading the message of hope to the oppressed while Swift …

In the play “Hamlet” written by William Shakespeare, is a play that revolves around tragedy and revenge and this revenge leads to Hamlets death and people that were close to him. Hamlet’s pursuit to revenge his father’s death blinded his morals and intelligence and lead to his untimely death. It …

In the book, “In Cold Blood”, by Truman Capote, Dick Hickock and Perry Smith commit a heinous crime by slaughtering the Clutter family. Should Dick and Perry die for their crimes by receiving the death penalty? Throughout the book there is clear evidence that supports both sides. Would this case …

“To Kill A Mockingbird” is an inspiring novel which presents many themes and issues relating to 1930’s society in the midst of the great depression. Prejudice was very common during this hard time and Harper Lee emphasises this through the eyes of an innocent six-year-old girl, Scout. Scout’s hometown of …

Tell all the Truth but tell it slant— Success in Cirrcuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth’s superb surprise As Lightening to the Children eased With explanation kind The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind— Emily Dickinson poem “Tell all the truth but tell …