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… writers of 19th Century mostly due to his tales and short stories, though he used to see himself mainly as a poet. He wrote about a variety of subjects, but his stories always involve mystery and grotesque images of the dark side of human been.…

… in life. She was at a Hollywood party when she ended up speaking to, and eventually dating, a fashion photographer who landed her a modelling contract with the Elite Modelling Agency within a week of knowing her. She went to Japan with another young…

… in relation with something. Taking into consideration Thoreau and his opus, the question becomes whether or not his concepts have validity when applied to today's culture. We are surrounded by a culture obsessed with advancements. Most of…

… abandoned work on her historical novel Romola in October 1860 to take up work instead on Silas Marner. She relates in letters how the 'merest millet-seed' of the story grew on her, and how 'It [the idea for the novel] came to me first of all, quite…

… female gender roles that are sometimes challenged by the female characters in the stories. Most of her short stories, including "Desiree's Baby" and "The Story of an Hour," show females that undergo a transformation from weak and dependent on their husba…

… It all began on September 13, 1857 in Derry Church, Pennsylvania. He grew up on a small farm and was the only surviving child of his parents. The Hershey family frequently moved, which limited his education to the forth grade. Since Milton was not going…

… has dreams. Dreams are different and depend on the person. Billy Elliot has his personal dream - this is ballet, but most importantly, it is not what kind of dream we have, but most importantly, how persistent we are on the way to our dream. Billy…

… life story of Homer Hickam. If be more strictly, this is not of all life story, this is only few months from Homer's youth in Coalwood town, West Virginia in the 1957 year, bat this few months defined of all his succeeding life. Only this couple months…

… mystifying atmosphere in the "Oblong Box". He uses nature, mystery, and a deep romantic love. First, one element is nature. Nature builds itself up throughout the story. At the beginning, they had to put off the trip for a week because of the weather.…

… understand the poems at all. Therefore, firstly, I investigated about the author, Wheatley and I read her other poems. That made me more comfortable to understand her poems. Phillis Wheatley was born in Senegal in about 1753. She was captured…