and Their Works: Hawthorne‚ Poe‚ and Whitman Out of all the great authors and poets we have studied this semester I have chosen the three that I personally enjoyed reading the most; Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Edgar Allen Poe‚ and Walt Whitman. These three Writers stand out above the rest for each has contributed substantially to bringing forth a newly earned respect for American Writers of Literature. Up until this point in time most literature had come from European writers. Hawthorne‚ Poe and Whitman
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Hawthorne Studies The Hawthorne Studies‚ conducted at Western Electric’s Hawthorne plant outside Chicago‚ starting in 1924 and running through 1936‚ were intended to bring about a greater understanding of the effects of working conditions on worker productivity. The results of the experiments were contrary to the management theory of the time (Scientific Management)‚ and were key in bringing about an understanding of motivation factors in employment Basically‚ a series of studies on the productivity
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mentions fears that a human at any age can relate to such as the fear of getting sick‚ dying‚ parents getting divorced and wars breaking out. The speaker in this poem is a child‚ so it is something any child (also a teenager) and identify with. The tone of the poem is anxious to reflect how being afraid can shake us. Many people might think that this poem is purely for entertainment and fun. However‚ there is more to it
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better then before. Through exploring the tone‚ mood‚ and theme of these works‚ one can see a common characteristic of finding balance between trust and loyalty‚ while also having a hope for a successful future. Shaun Tan‚ author of The Arrival‚ displays his understanding of the balance between loyalty and trust through telling a story of immigration‚ all through the use of pictures. The tone of this story is shown through how he displays his feelings towards true love‚ and how he believes it can last
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In "The Birth-Mark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the author floods the story with many forms of symbolism to show there is no true form of perfection on earth. Although trying to accomplish such a thing‚ Aylmer not only highlights his failures as a scientist‚ but also kills his beautiful wife. After many nights of gazing upon his wife’s porcelain face‚ slaying her heart with his disgusted looks‚ Aylmer convinces his wife Georgiana to let him conduct an experiment on the hand-shaped‚ rosy birthmark she
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bachelor that was traveling in the same carriage as them starts to tell the offspring’s a story‚ the children‚ with hesitation at first‚ start to listen to him with excitement. The bachelor seemed to know what story the children will like and what type of tone and language the story had to be told to get the children’s attention. In the first part of the story‚ the author presents a scene in which 3 children‚ their aunt and a bachelor were traveling all in the same carriage on a train. The children don’t
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The words “Death‚ be not proud” open John Donne’s Holy Sonnet 10‚ setting the tone‚ as the narrator addresses death himself. Donne‚ inspired by his experiences with religion‚ wrote a collection of poems known as “The Divine poems‚” in which he establishes a connection between the narrator‚ and God. Holy Sonnet 10 is unique in that‚ the narrator addresses not God‚ but Death. As explored by both Joanne Woolway and Roberta J. Albrecht‚ Donne employs masterful use of apostrophe to address death‚ stylized
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The mood and tone to any well written story is essential‚ and without both devices‚ a story would not be as engaging as it could be. Often in stories‚ mood and tone are developed by diction‚ or the word choice that the author uses to help the readers define the feelings and emotions of the characters and the story itself. The short stories that Alice Walker wrote use a massive amount of diction to represent and further all the moods and tone that appears in her stories. Without diction‚ the mood
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reputation‚ with literary elements such as diction‚ dialogue and tone. Both characters Mr. Pickle and Mr. Gauntlet illustrate feelings of loathing towards each other but don’t overly cast that emotion and rather express them in a social accepts by creating a dual. Tone is important in this passage because it shows the importance of the eighteen century social norms and expectations. Gauntlet one of the characters expresses his tone in sense of superiority over Mr. Pickle rather than just anger. Which
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consequences‚ every circumstance provides both positive and negative repercussions. In Siegfried Sassoon’s Absolution‚ the speaker attempts to depict both the positive and negative outcomes of World War I. Sassoon uses metaphors to convey the speaker’s tone of acknowledgment‚ matured perspective‚ and wisdom. As previously mentioned‚ war always brings about destruction and negatives of some kind. In Absolution‚ the speaker does not avoid such topics‚ stating‚ “War is our scourge” (line 3) and‚ “Horror
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