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Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road, contains a plot with an underlying meaning beneath the words on the paper. In this post-apocalyptic world, there are many examples of motifs, symbols, and metaphors that can be picked apart and analyzed through a psychoanalytic perspective. It is based on the idea that the unconscious story does not directly express its moral ideas, and does so through subtle clues in the text. It is up to the reader to interpret certain areas of the book and find its true meaning. The plot of the novel follows a father (the protagonist), and his son while they struggle for survival after the end has come, leaving the world in ashes. McCarthy is able to express his talent for detailed imagery description in his writing. His words allow the reader to easily shape the world of the story and understand the raw material. But with a second look at the book, symbols such as fire, the boy-father relationship, and dreams reveal the conscious story. Of the many areas of analysis, a very detailed aspect in the story is the father character. The author displays his cleverness in writing when depicting the man in mysterious ways about his feelings and desires. The psychoanalytic perspective would ask the questions about his desire to survive and how it can be interpreted using his relationship with his son. In life, the father-son bond can be a powerful tool for motivation,

Archetypal criticism follows a basic rule of categorizing or relating any work of literature into a set framework. It works from a subjective basis, it is used to determine and grasp the ideas of universal truths messages through literary work. The universal truths and messages are determined by identifying patterns like character types, storylines, settings, symbols. The Road by Cormac McCarthy is a novel that accurately exemplifies the principles of archetypal criticism. This narrative account associates the characters of a young minor and his father to encapsulate the ideas of archetypal criticism. McCarthy presents the novel by setting the scene of a death-defying journey through a post-apocalyptic wasteland of America. The young lad

Even before the medical field of psychology was recognized, American writer Edgar Allan Poe shone a spotlight on some of the complicated mechanisms of the human brain in his works. Living a troubled life himself, Poe has a keen understanding of the complexities of the human brain and their effects on thoughts, feelings, and behavior. At first glance, Poe’s writing usually tends to creates a dark and gloomy atmosphere, one that immediately foreshadows doom for the protagonist. Poe’s understanding of the human mind and the elements of psychology are clearly marked in stories such as “The Cask of Amontillado.” In Poe’s stories, he presents complex characters who become susceptible to the diverse forces of the mind such as reverse psychology, guilt, superstition, perversity, revenge, and schizophrenia. First published in 1846, “The Cask of Amontillado” is an instance of Poe combining psychological elements of two distinct characters. In “The Cask of Amontillado,” Montresor’s brilliant use of reverse psychology, and his perversity and guilt are what forms him as an unbalanced, psychologically driven character.

This paper provides an insightful look into the psychological unraveling of the mind that can take place in certain moments of people’s lives, in particular the lives of a jealous husband and a mentally tormented woman. The three stories, the “Jealous Husband Returns in Form of a Parrot” by Robert Olen Butler, the “Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and “The Tell-Tale-Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe, contain a variety of symbols that give insight into the human psyche and further show how various elements can relate to or foreshadow mental imbalances. Additionally, the stories’ respective tones and themes also aid in steering the stories in the right direction. Thus, the question

Pieces of literary works often center around a particular theme. Characters represent this through the qualities they possess, but it can be presented in different ways. “The Yellow Wallpaper” focuses on a woman who goes insane because she isn’t treated correctly and “The Tell-Tale Heart” centers around a man who is already insane. During the Dark Romantic literary period, men and women reaching the point of insanity was explored; how they got to their breaking point and what happened thereafter usually differed.

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This text, GPB, fulfills the entertainment function of literature. For example, on the last paragraph, the protagonist, Lorelei Lee, describes a time where everyone around her wanted her to pursue a musical career. However, she did not want to pursue this type of career and through her humorous narrative she describes how she became temperamental while practicing her music. For instance, she addresses the coincidence that music causes her to lose her temper while writing helps her to take all the temperament out of her. Lorelei entertains us by the fact that by writing about this moment she has written a lot. She is also humoring us with the fact that writing about an event that causes her temperament, calms her down as well. This passage makes the reader wonder what other

Throughout childhood and adolescence, there are numerous events and situations that impact the rest of the person’s life. While these experiences can leave impressions on the individual's life ranging from future profession to possible criminal record, the way an author creates his work is almost always related to their childhood upbringing. Between topics, symbols, motifs, and themes, authors are more than likely to write from prior experience, which in most cases comes from youth life. Rick Riordan for example, author of numerous children’s literary series demonstrates various examples of how his early life affected numerous aspects of his literature.

The major events that happen in one’s lifetime can have a great effect on the owner of that life. For example, a person finding themselves constantly surrounded by liars can alter their ability to trust another individual in the future. We may not put much thought into how much detail our lives hold or how each action, word, and decision impacts us as well as others around us. According to those observing “unstable” lives, they might wrongly give an accusation of a person having a mental illness without truly knowing the hardships that person previously endured. These people more times than not have been labeled with titles such as bipolar, psychotic, or even intellectually disabled. Throughout the course of Edgar Allan Poe’s life, we have a great illustration of how such aspects of life mentioned above can have an effect on an individual along with those involved. Within the life of Poe, a pattern of death and rebellion is compared in his literary works that concludes the reasoning behind his progressive mental state caused by loss rather than simply giving a psychological illness the blame.

In “The Author to Her Book,” Bradstreet is inundated in indecision and internal struggles over the virtues and shortfalls of her abilities and the book that she produced. As human beings we associate and sympathize with each other through similar experiences. It is difficult to sympathize with someone when you don’t know where they are coming from and don’t know what they are dealing with. Similar experiences and common bonds are what allow us to extend our sincere appreciation and understanding for another human being’s situation. In this poem an elaborate struggle between pride and shame manifests itself through an extended metaphor in which she equates her book to her own child.

The process of examining the spirit of Robert Penn Warren is not an easy task. For the sake of this essay, I will be focusing on the novels Night Rider and All the King’s Men. These two novels are formulated in the land of southern politics, yet his scope of understanding man expands past politics. The novels are occupied with a cast of characters who are engrossed in a search for significance. They are trying to make sense of a world that does not readily disclose the nature of the journey of life. Robert Penn Warren is providing an introspection on the human condition and gives his readers insight into who he is as a writer and the external forces that motivate his own personal philosophy.

Roethke was hospitalized for the first time in the 1940s, and was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and manic depression (“Theodore Roethke” 2). This incident as well as several episodes that followed severely impacted his poetry (“Theodore Roethke” 2). Rather than staying discouraged by his bout with mental disorders, Roethke found a way to positively channel these strong emotions into his poetry. In the poem “Dolor,” he shares his experience with depression. His diction allows the reader to understand his depression, by using phrases such as “inexorable sadness” (“Dolor” 1) and “unalterable pathos” (“Dolor” 6). Both of these phrases articulate the feeling that the depression will never end and cannot be fixed. By the end of the poem, he describes himself and those around him as “duplicate grey standard faces,” (“Dolor” 13) which makes the reader feel as though his or her uniqueness has been completely stripped away. Similarly, in the poem “In a Dark Time,” Roethke describes what it is like living with mental illness (“In a Dark Time” Baird 1). By using simile, Roethke describes his soul as a “heat-maddened summer fly,” (“In a Dark Time” 20) leaving the reader agitated. In the same poem, Roethke writes, “What's madness but nobility of soul” (“In a Dark Time” 7) conveying his belief that insanity does not necessarily have to be negative. Rather than looking at this disorder as a roadblock, Roethke sees it as something that gives one a new and unique perspective on the world (“In a Dark Time” Baird 3). After overcoming his mental illness, Roethke attempts to articulate how it felt to be free of that burden in his poem, “The

Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic throughout the 19th century. Poe’s writing had literary devices and elements blended through every poem, story, and novel. This essay will explain the how Poe’s perseverance of living his dreams influenced many writers and gave hope to the writing community. Also Poe’s development of detective narratives and science fiction novels, and the term “short story” are also imperative pieces of literary history and will be thoroughly explained throughout this essay. Although these are important reasons for Poe’s fame, the professionalism and thought incorporated into Poe’s work is what truly triggered his success.

Throughout the entirety of this memoir Abbey utilizes pieces of writing from a multitude of genres to emphasize his argument. He effectively integrates quotes from poetry and drama into his writing to make his memoir more operative. There are many examples of where Abbey quotes other literary works and through this essay I will be focusing one specific example. In the chapter Cowboys and Indians Part II, Abbey refers to William Blake’s Evening Star.

Another useful tool in analyzing a poem is to identify poetic devices, meter, and a rhyme scheme. Through her deft use of extended metaphor, Bradstreet weaves an intricate web of parallels between parent and author and between child and book--both relationships of creator to creation. This use of metaphor allows the reader to relate emotionally to Bradstreet’s situation. In line seven, we see the uses of litotes, “At thy return my blushing was not small,” to express the depth of her embarrassment. She also uses metonymy in line eight to express her pain more clearly, “My rambling brat (in print) should mother call.” The simile used in line nine stresses her objection to the published work, “I cast thee by as one unfit for light.” Then in line 19, the poetic device of consonance is used which provides emphasis on her warning, “In this array ‘mongst vulgars may’st thou roam.” In this poem, through the use of personification and apostrophe Bradstreet conveys her feelings and emotions. Anne Bradstreet ensures her poem’s success by linking the triumph and tragedy of authorship with the pain and pleasure of creating and nurturing human life. The meter used is