Essays on Part Of The Story

Varney the Vampyre Analysis

Varney the Vampyre by James Malcolm Rymer is a very early vampire story that predates Bram Stoker's Dracula by 50 years (Dracula n.p.). James Malcolm Rymer was apparently the given name for a writer of many popular novels and stories in London in the 1840s through the 1860s. He wrote and published works under many names however, but one of his specialties was novels and stories about the supernatural, horror, and terror. He was a “hack” writer, meaning that he wrote voluminously on many subjects for popular publications. “Hack” is generally defined as “a mediocre and disdained writer” (“Hack ...

Introduction

William Shakespeare is one of the prolific authors in literature, because he employs many devices that give his character depth. These devices can be manifested in the speech of the characters; as an author, Shakespeare effectively plays on words to give them multiple meanings which can be left to the reader’s interpretation. One example of this is in his play Othello, a story about the titular character and his conquests amidst the attempts of a traitorous comrade named Iago to destroy him. In this play, Iago delivers a series of soliloquies which reveal a lot about his character— ...

William Falkner is an American novelist who was very popular with his essays, poems, short stories and was known to be one of the best screenwriters. Faulkner was also known for his works which exposed the corruptions and exploitations happening in the Southern America; his works were popular for being so complex and profound as well. In addition, he usually worked on showing the unbridled history and consequently giving a wide range of ideas for the development of exploring the characters of human being. Moreover, Faulkner used grotesque, melodrama, bizarre and even violent imagery especially in sensationalizing the decay ...

Comparative paper between “Out of all Them Bright Stars” and “All You Zombies”

“Out of all Them Bright Stars” is a science fiction short story written by Nancy Kress and “All You Zombies” is a short story of the same genre written by Robert Heinlein. These two stories are similar because they are both science fiction and they differ because of the topics they deal with. The stories are different and while “Out of all Them Bright Stars” is about blue men coming from space to Earth, “All You Zombies” deals with a story which involves the time machine. “All You Zombies” is a story about a man who is young and ...

“A rose for Emily” is a short story written by William Faulkner. The story is mainly focused on the character of Emily Grierson who may be considered as the protagonist of the story. Miss Emily may be described as a mysterious character that has a rather difficult life. She differs from all the other characters of the story as she doesn’t want to accept any changes throughout her whole life. Emily Grierson seldom leaves her house and doesn’t communicate with other people. When she is asked to pay taxes or is offered to install a new mailbox, ...