... Tell-Tale Heart" are the best among his horror stories; and The Raven one of his best poems which among all these, made him very famous in 1845. "The Fall of the House of Usher", and "The Masque of the Red Death", made him a forerunner of symbolism, and impressionism. Poe antagonized many people with a scathing campaign against an American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow for supposed plagiarism. Later that year Poe admitted to being drunk, which further separated him from the public. Poe’s later years were full of economic hardship and ill health. Poe was born in Boston, Massachuset ...

... ashamed of it. Although he didn't know why people turned their heads when they saw him. Gregory was very proud of his money-making schemes, but he didn't realize the work he was doing was very degrading. Another example of Gregory's ignorance is his attitude towards the teacher. When he explained about his seat in the class, it gave me the impression that he was very proud of it. Gregory then talks about how he thought that the teacher loved him. It's a shame that he didn't realize everyone felt sorry for him. It was Gregory's ignorance that caused him to feel humility, but it was his teacher that m ...

... and admire Than honest zeal and true religious fire. So there is nothing that I find more base Than specious piety's dishonest face. In Candide, Voltaire makes use of several characters to voice his opinion mocking philosophical optimism. On page 1594, Candide is asking a gentleman about whether everything is for the best in the physical world as well as the moral universe. The man replies: ...I believe nothing of the sort. I find that everything goes wrong in our world; that nobody knows his place in society or his duty, what he's doing or what he ought to be doing, and that outside of m ...

... until Hallie's departure to Nicaragua and more so with her death. The emergence of Codi's insecurities begins with the death of Codi's mother. This leaves Codi and her sister to be raised by their father, Doc Homero. Doc Homero is distant and aloof towards his daughters. Doc Homero's inability to display his emotions define distinct characteristics of Codi's behavior. Specifically, Codi's familial needs became centered around Hallie. Codi and Hallie identify themselves as orphans incapable of understanding their father's coldness. Codi and Hallie become dependent on each other for emotional nourishment. C ...

... the obstacles it faces throughout the life. Due to the similar themes in these novels, one can find many similarities between the protagonists: Gene and John. By examining their attributes and relationships with their friends, one can tell that both these protagonists are somewhat comparable. They both have a guiding figure as a friend who is there to indicate them. Finally, the relationships between the protagonists and the guiding figures are the one in which the protagonist is truly guided and complimented by his best friend. The protagonist in one book is similar in nature to the one in the other book, i.e. G ...

... she encounters and eventually overcomes throughout her romantic escapades. Initially, Bathsheba’s character is high-spirited, feminine, naïve and self-centered. This is the first impression she gives Gabriel Oak, who eventually becomes a suitor, when she encounters him at the beginning of the story. The first time Gabriel lays eyes on Bathsheba, she is gazing admiringly at her own reflection in her pocket mirror. Gabriel realizes immediately that her greatest fault is “what it is always . . . vanity� (p. 56). Gabriel, although impressed by Bathsheba’s beauty and vivacity, does not immediately begin t ...

... puts him at a higher level than everyone else, where Oedipus believes that he is almost godlike. “When the hellcat the Sphinx was performing here, what help were you to these people?…Your birds- what help were they? Or the gods…” Oedipus says to Teiresias, the prophet (pg. 21). He believes that neither the prophets nor the gods could help the town with the Sphinx’s riddle, but that he was more intelligent, and was able to solve the problem on his own. This gave him more self confidence than he could handle and an overpowering ego. It is this vanity in his own ability to succeed i ...

... and the band's, Paul and Mr Keller, and Paul's parents. Through music, Paul was able to learn a lot - mostly from Herr Keller. At the beginning of the novel, we are introduced to a young, arrogant, smug, self-congratulatory boy who was proclaimed to be a musical prodigy by his parents. At first, Paul looks down on herr Keller and his seemingly ridiculous ways. Paul had never encountered such an eccentric or bizarre piano teacher before, and immediately ridiculed his methods. He felt that he was too good to be taught by Herr Keller, when in fact it was because he felt belittled by him. This arrogance is shown when h ...

... right after the ceremony leaves them demoralized. Jurgis Rudkus, however, the main character, refuses to succumb to the suffering of the multitudes in Packingtown, a predominantly immigrant community in Chicago. He promises to work harder; he wants to achieve the American dream. After pooling the family¹s resources, Jurgis is able to leave a dilapidated lodge-house for a ³new² modest home (which had hidden costs) where his family would reside. When Dede Antanas, Jurgis¹ father, loses his job and is forced to kickback a third of his paltry salary in order to get a new job working in a dark, damp, ³p ...

... is to establish doubt upon his belief that God is the sole figure who puts thoughts into his mind. A God that he believes to be an omnipotent supremely good being, not capable of deceiving him or imposing falsehoods upon him. Out of the three skeptical arguments that Descartes proposes in the , it is the evil demon argument that is the most important. Both of Descartes other two arguments succeeded in their goal to establish doubt upon the existence of the outside world, which were the sensory illusion and dreaming arguments. However, people such as Descartes who believe in an omnipotent supremely good being, ...