Romeo and Juliet is a classic love story which has touched and moved people for generations. ... Her novel Emma is accepted as a classic and has been depicted on film many times over. ... Where do they fall in the spectrum of a satisfied to dissatisfied reader? ... Fine writing is not defined by its subject matter anymore than a reader's ability to comprehend is defined by his or her mental state. If someone picks up a book, reads the book, and is moved by the book; that someone is a reader of great literature. ...

• Word Count: 897
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Eliot is one of those clever men who find it amusing to pull the leg of a temperate reader. ... The young man expresses thought on a variety of themes, ranging from his appearance to classic literature to death. ... Eliot all but alienates readers with a cyclone of aimless thoughts and comments on the milieu and frame of mind. ... With Eliot's distinct style, the reader must focus on the wider picture. ... Alfred Prufrock" is a classic literary piece that will not soon be forgotten....

• Word Count: 420
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• Grade Level: High School

The play is the basis of numerous love stories, novels, and films where the classic plot of the story is very noticeable. ... The quality of writing is unbelievable and makes the reader sit in awe and think of how well written the play is. ...

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As the protagonist, R portrayed himself to connect with the readers through the use of emotion and empathy. ... Julie is the Juliet to R's Romeo, when R first encounters her he describes her eyes as "classic novels and poetry" (page 18). ... R conveys the reader to identify what he is communicating throughout the thoughts in his mind. This gives the reader an in-depth insight into R's perception on life as a zombie. ... The novel is suitably targeted for a range of various teenager and young adult readers. ...

• Word Count: 1193
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Then as Frost shows to readers, the speaker is looking for the best route by searching deep into the "undergrowth." "Frost presents a classic conflict-the decision between the common easy path and the exceptional challenging path" (Choice are never easy). ... The poem The Road Not Taken has been labeled as the classic conflict of life's decisions, however, critics like Jay Parini feel completely different. ... Kearns believes that Frost rarely displays his own feelings in his writing; that he keeps his readers at a distance. On the contrary, in The Road Not Taken Frost lets hi...

• Word Count: 2122
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

She puts this American literary classic in the category of books she qualifies as "of dubious literary merit," "overwrought," and "depressing," yet she is not able to support the claims she makes with any quotes, facts, or sources to adequately prove her point of why the novel belongs with novels categorized with these awful titles. ... Prose claims that we, as the reader, will, "never harbor the racist attitudes espoused by the lowlifes in the novel," yet we still stumble upon nearly the same problems with racism today. ...

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A classic example of this technique was when Byrd called the sudden immigration of people to the New World a "modish frenzy" (50). ... The main reason that Bradford wrote his story was to inform the reader about the hardships and struggles of Puritan life in the New World. ... Byrd's writing was more biased and opinionated because he wrote it to amuse the reader. ...

• Word Count: 867
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Auden also uses a great deal of imagery to assist the readers ability to comprehend the subject: " . ... Many critics praise Auden's work in "As I Walked Out One Evening," and cite it as a classic piece of Auden's collection. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

" It is further shown through Timothy's impersonation of Philip Marlowe, a typical detective in a crime fiction classic "The Big Sleep." ... " It is fair to say that a puzzling crime lies at the heart of the play keeping the reader interested in its mystery. ...

• Word Count: 1055
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