Throughout her entire paper, each paragrpah correlated with her main focus and didn't waver from the central idea. I admired her use of different writing methods in her paragraphs to explain supporting points to the readers. On the contrary,…
Her poetry often explores parts of life through past and present as well as innocence and wisdom. They usually emphasize strong connections between imagination,…
Q – ‘Poetic power, dramatic presentation and compelling psychological insights provide the richness of her poetry. A pervading pessimism clouds her achievement.’…
Her work proved that she was a dedicated writer that believed without a shadow of a doubt in including the reality of situations and painting picturesque images. I especially liked the way her wording captivated me in the sense that with the shortest phrase, a major scene was envisioned. For example, in "On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield", she wrote, "thy sermons in unequaled accents flowed, and every bosom with devotion glowed, thou didst in strains of eloquence refined inflame the heart, and captivate the mind" (pg. 368). With these stanzas, I immediately saw a preacher that touched several people's hearts with his sermons and it only made them more loving, caring, and open-minded. It fascinated the congregation. His words were mesmerizing, hypnotizing, and enchanting to their ears, hearts, and souls. Then later on Wheatley says, "behold the prophet in his towering flight" (pg. 369) which I interpreted to mean that the Reverend had passed away and was on a magical journey to heaven. But there was no need for me to guess, because Wheatley assured me of its meaning with the very next…
In Virginia Woolf’s essay A Room of One’s Own, Woolf states that Carmichael has gained an advantage that many women lacked: the ability to separate herself from the issues of gender, and to be able to write freely, instead of trying to fit the mold provided . There are so many aspects of the world that are designed to hinder people, in some way or another; if not gender, race, physical and mental abilities. When one becomes consumed into the expectations of their category, it can cause paranoia towards their own actions. This in turn leads to lack of self-confidence issues amongst others. Instead of thinking of oneself as an individual human being, one may think they are a secluded, lonely being in their vacant category. The loneliness can…
Zora Neal Hurston's writing style clearly displays the experiences of her childhood. Both her diction and manipulation of point of view allow the reader to gain a deepened understanding of her life as a youth.…
Annie Proulx does an excellent job of structuring her sentences to where they fill our minds with countless images that we can see happening in real life, well almost everything. The sentences are very descriptive. That is one example of how her style comes into play with her writing. Also she can use the characters and she arranges the story in chronological way that makes you go back after you have read the story and re-arrange the events to where they come out in order.…
To ask the question of whether or not Louise Erdrich can be considered a true literary author, one has to first answer “What exactly is a true literary artist?”. The definition of literature is noted in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “Writings having excellence of form or expression and expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest.”. Louise excels in both those criteria, as well as being an exceptional activist in her own right.…
She takes such gross liberties with the language and manages to squeeze out so little of her mutilations that at times her own stylistics are sadder than her case. At one point she decides to hit the reader with something to the equivalent of this, “!!!!!!!!!” We know what she meant, but it lousy attempt to try and deduce feelings of frustration, bewilderment, amazement, etc, to a single knot of symbols. This is what happens when women try to use words sometimes. They try to express complex emotions through strange use of symbols, elaborate argumentation, and other such sure failures in expression. Emotion cannot be expressed on the page. You can say she was such and such a thing, but it is better to leave the reader to conclude for themselves what the feelings are, and sympathize with that. You need to contextualize. If you say your favorite dog died, I immediately sympathize. So, you cannot ask me to sympathize with you by simply saying that you are sad, let alone writing…
A lot of authors express their emotions, thoughts and feelings through works of literature. Things they hear and see, as well as own life experiences influence some authors. Marge Piercy, a well-known author, was inspired by the stories her grandmother and mother would tell her throughout her childhood. Piercy was also encouraged by her mother to be observant and to remember what she would observe.…
During Virginia Woolf’s two college visits, she experienced two distinct situations. She had a fancy and full course meal at one…
For hundreds of years, women have been shackled from their freedom and morally separated from men. They have always been treated as lesser beings by men, and have been seen as inferior. However, as time went on more and more women emerged from their captors and brought great change to the world. History shows that women indeed had it rough but they have become a more important role to society and have had a strong effect on our current world. One career where women have strived in is literature. There are countless female writers and a number of them have become far more successful than male writers. However, Virginia Wolfe describes how in the early days before women found the ability to be successful…
In her works, she reflects on her society, on her status as a woman, on the problems that women face as a gender,…
West was a lively soul with a real hunger for experience. She led an interesting life, and was not afraid to roar in the face of society. She confronted some of the most controversial issues of her time, and did so with serious ferocity. Butting heads with some of the greatest minds of her time, she stood out as a valuable critic. Her wealth of experience really comes through her writing, and gives her work merit.…
She begins her work with an actual "Essay on the Art of Tormenting" serving as an introduction before dividing the book into two parts. In it, the narrator claims:…