Before Bierce wrote this short story, he was first lieutenant during the American Civil War. In his short story, you will find many detailed scenarios believed to have really happened during Bierce's military career. ... With all the characteristics and details found in this story, it's clear that this story is a model of realism literature. ... The literary work of realism shows it isn't always a happy ending at the end of each story. ... This story shows us we have no control of our destiny. ...

• Word Count: 959
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Cutting his trip short, Baudelaire, upon his return to Paris, became even more determined to devote himself to writing [3]. ... Besides his writing of poetry, he wrote a number of prose works, including a collection of art and literary reviews and several short stories and novels. His earliest work, in 1847 was a short autobiographical story titled La fanfarlo. ...

• Word Count: 1229
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Arising from these new techniques came the Romantic approach to the development of Gothic novels, and short stories. ... Poe establishes many connections for the reader, hinting at the true significance of the story through symbols portrayed as characters and events. ... The foundation of the story's meaning is found within the connection between Roderick and Madeline. ... The unity of tone conveys a unity of effect throughout the story. ... As the story concludes it becomes apparent that the original intention of Edgar Allan Poe was to create a horror story that could be viewed as an all...

• Word Count: 1147
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In fact, there were a number of stories circulating which focused upon sexually transgressive clergymen, and this may have been an influence on Hawthorne's portrayal of Arthur Dimmesdale. ... Edgar Allan Poe: his work was fiercely original, refining the short story genre, establishing detective fiction, and prefiguring the genres of science fiction, horror, and fantasy. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne: many of Hawthorne's stories are set in Puritan New England, and his greatest novel, The Scarlet Letter (1850), has become the classic portrayal of Puritan America. ...

• Word Count: 917
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Program music is "the term for a nonvocal music that is associated with a poem, a story, or some other literary source; the literary text itself is the program. ... The Irish Shakespearean actress, Harriet Smithson, was the Bent 3 object of his affections, and did actually become his wife for a short time years after this composition. ... Mozart used a sort of foreshadowing in his music to help the audience along with the story line. ...

• Word Count: 775
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Each time the story flashes back to speak about Kreisler, the readers are led to discover more and more strange mannerisms about him. ... He shows a vast variety of emotions within a very short period of time whilst speaking to Abraham " he was furious and full of anger which then quickly turned into excitement and laughter. ... Kreisler's emotions were constantly changing vastly that the characters around him in the story (as well as the readers) could never predict when, or where, or how he's mood will change. ... His insanity and constant ˜ups and downs' in his...

• Word Count: 1593
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The most well-known writer of this time was Mark Twain, complimented for one of the most famous short stories in American literature, THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN and LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. ...

• Word Count: 774
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Poe, well known today for his poetry and short stories, such as "The Pit and the Pendulum", is regarded by many to be the founder of the modern detective story. He often wrote horror stories and psychological thrillers, while at the same time exploring the human mind and individual emotions. ...

• Word Count: 1786
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In her 1831 introduction, Shelley declares her desire to think of a story which would speak to the "mysterious fears of our nature and awaken thrilling horror " one to "curdle the blood, and quicken the beatings of the heart". ... Through the setting, Shelley shows that if an individual tries to play God and mess the order of nature, it will deliver the consequences of the act whether in the short run or for years to come, an issue which the modern society needs to be aware of, with it's continual push of discoveries. ...

• Word Count: 2218
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A short time after, Schumann's mother gave her approval, letting her son live with the Wieck family at Leipzig. ... Soon, a personal interest developed as he would read stories or play games with her to a point where he would feel emptiness with Clara's absence. ... During this time Friedrich would lie to his daughter about Schumann, deliberately feeding stories to her to dampen her spirits. ... Clara wrote in her diary: First came chorale, and after that a short address by Wildenhahn, the preacher, a friend of Robert's youth. ...

• Word Count: 4114
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A short time after, Schumann's mother gave her approval, letting her son live with the Wieck family at Leipzig. ... Soon, a personal interest developed as he would read stories or play games with her to a point where he would feel emptiness with Clara's absence. ... During this time Friedrich would lie to his daughter about Schumann, deliberately feeding stories to her to dampen her spirits. ... Clara wrote in her diary: First came chorale, and after that a short address by Wildenhahn, the preacher, a friend of Robert's youth. ...

• Word Count: 4114
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After the creature's rejection from the DeLacy's he comes across William Frankenstein's young brother and believes the child to young to be corrupted and turned by society, ...An idea seized me, that this little creature was unprejudiced, and had lived too short a time to have imbibed a horror and deformity. ...

• Word Count: 2951
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate