… as Nathaniel Hawthorne lays down the setting and describes the house of the seven-gables and the story of its creation. The house is old and overrun by moss weeds and bushes, but the greatest aspect is the gigantic tree in the front of the house that…

… of Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathanial Hawthorne. Considered to be one of the greatest American writers of the 19th century. But did you know that he hated portraits, and it is now thought that he was a mild manic-depressive? Born in Salem, Massach…

… Street Esperanza reveals personal experiences through which the reader is able to determine what kind of person she is; her views on life, how she views herself, as well as how her poverty affects her view of life, her view of her future,…

… this essay is to try to bring out and analyse the romantic themes, that can be reflected from "The Human Abstract" written by William Blake. If there now are any? Let us find out. "Pity would be no more, If we did not make somebody poor; …

… deals with ravages of life. Due to these trials, Homer is forced to mature. How he matures is a result of facing the challenges. Two very import themes that help homer mature are family and death. Homer represents the men of the house because he…

… the other Kwan. Olivia lived with her family (lived in San Francisco) and never knew about Kwan her half-sister which her father left behind in China (Changmian) until her father died (of kidney failure even thought he had four of them ~ which (I know…

… “bedroom” community. Modern homes, clean, quiet streets and plenty of greenspace lend an air of contentment to the setting. However, behind the doors of these homes discontent and ennui are thriving. “…affluent Americans increasingly clustered…

… were books there as the actual storyteller who could speak out a story. There is also acting where people physically perform a story. Books are another storytelling device that is more permanent, the words are kept and they can be reviewed again…

… future. Utopia to-day, flesh and blood tomorrow." Victor Hugo, Les Miserables, 1862 The idea of Utopia is one of the most prominent subjects portrayed in Orwell's novel, 1984 and Huxley's novel Brave New World. The Utopia in 1984 focuses on how…

… few of the principal characters are female. However, in one of his more famous novels, The Idiot, we find perhaps one of the strongest female characters of most nineteenth-century literature, if not of Europe, then at least of Russia. Nastasya…