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…Romantics often emphasized the beauty, strangeness, and mystery of nature. Romantic writers expressed their intuition of nature that came from within. The key to this inner world was the imagination of the writer; this frequently reflected…

…Murder, scandals, and the frightening world of surveillance all intertwine to form Francis Ford Coppola's thriller, The Conversation. The viewer, engulfed in a restricted narration, explores the mystery Harry Caul, the protagonist, has caught himself…

…is really happened before the characters can even find out themselves. As the murder mystery unfolds before the reader, Sophocles uses dramatic irony to keep the reader on the inside throughout the entire play, so that they are never clueless to what has really…

…Nature, described as mysterious and secretive, is a recurrent theme throughout Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. Cleopatra, the ill-fated queen of Egypt, is both mysterious and secretive, and her emotional power is above and beyond nature…

…, supposedly a place of piety and tranquility is the place of sin and corruption. William of Baskerville, a learned Franciscan who is sent to solve the mystery finds himself involved in the frightening events inside the abbey. This is the story of "The Name…

…Plot summary of Edgar Allan Poe’s, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” In Poe’s “Murders in the Rue Morgue,” a mystery, that at first…

…himself as well as his army for the United States. They placed the blame on orders that were to broad in detail and on the cowardliness of other military leaders who wouldn’t engage in the battle. The following chapter sheds light on the mystery of the battle…

…of everyday Puritan life, symbolizes the character of Pearl for their wilderness and represents evil to all the Puritans living in the town because of its mysterious atmosphere. The forest offers a sanctuary from the harshness of everyday Puritan life…

…Personal Response to Getting Rid of George Robert Arthur’s story, Getting Rid of George is a good gothic story because of it’s various examples of required gothic elements. These requirements include atmosphere, psychological state of mind, mystery…

…, emotions and the use of imagination. This seemed to be the first element in Romanticism. It appeals to emotion rather than reason. Also, the Romanticism explores the mysteries of nature and supernatural. It reflects interesting in nature because…