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… by assorted prominent figures, including various notable women writers and novelists. Mary Shelley, George Eliot and Emily Bronte are three exceptional participants in this intellectual advance. Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley has been reputed…

… nature and use of strong themes and appropriate literary devices, expresses the inner turmoil of its author, Queen Elizabeth, to the reader. The basic concept of this 17th century poem is one of the divided passions of Queen Elizabeth. Elizabeth…

… telling of one tale, it is in Herman Melville's short story, "Bartleby the Scrivener". As his perspective swings between the objective and subjective, so swings the theme from comedy to tragedy. Regardless of the two perspectives from which Herman…

… first settlers of this great nation. Both of them made their marks in helping with the establishment of the first thriving colonies. They both helped a great deal, but when it came to writing down what happened, John Smith tended to make himself…

… history of the Lakota nationhood was the chosen subject of Gary C. Anderson to write a biography on. Although most of the history about Sitting Bull took place back in the eighteen hundreds, Anderson did not come out with his book tell around 1995. Addis…

… (quotations page numbers from 'Inquiry: Questioning, reading, writing", second edition by Lynn Z. Bloom and Edward M. White) In his essay, "The Golden Rule- One or Many, Gold or Glitter?" Jeffrey Wattles discusses the many carnations of the…

… The time period of which this book is set is uncertain, since it is unmentioned anywhere in the book. However, we can gather clues about the time frame of which the book is supposed to be set in. The fact that the farming methods used are somewhat…

… Jane Francesca Wilde, prominent intellectuals in Dublin, Ireland. Though not of the aristocracy, the Wildes were nonetheless well off and sent Oscar to the finest schools as he grew up. Oscar seems especially influenced by his mother, a brilliantly…

… of impressionism works remarkably well to paint a vivid depiction of war, which is not all fame and honor, as many believe it to be. In The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane focuses in on a soldier named Henry in the Civil War by describing many…

… sacred bond between two people who love and care about each other deeply. It's a bond that is not made to be broken, but to be carried on forever. This wasn't the case in Their Eyes Were Watching God. Janie's search for her true love was a hard, tedio…