Spoon River Anthology Essay

It was rape, but nevertheless, what is ultimately the truth behind it all? From the author’s point of view, the events unfold through poems to a devastating end of both Minerva and Dr. Meyers. In Spoon River Anthology Edgar Lee Masters uses critical, shameful, and accusing tones as Minerva and Dr. Myers elaborate on their stories. In Minerva’s story the word “hunted” creates a critical tone for the poem. People perceive hunted is that someone it targeted for a crime they had committed, but was

America under goes a change led by many different events. The collection of poems written in Lee Masters book Spoon River Anthology portrays the typical small town at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Show the different social, economical, and political trend and influences throughout the United States.      The city of Spoon River went through many of the same social trends that the United States experienced like social Darwinism and the

Edgar Lee Masters is best known for his book Spoon River Anthology. Spoon River Anthology is considered by some critics, like Ernest Earnest, to be one of the greatest poetry collections in American literature. One of the most popular poems in Spoon River Anthology is “Lucinda Matlock.” In “Lucinda Matlock,” Masters concocts a fictional character, who is based on his grandmother, that tells readers from beyond the grave about the beauty and the pain that she faced in her life. The paradox of having

In the Spoon River Anthology the two poems that connect to the quote, “Fear always springs from ignorance”,by Ralph Waldo Emerson, are “Mrs. Selby” and “Calvin Campbell”. Mrs.Selby feared her own life and tried hiding her life from her husband, through secrets. These ignorant thoughts that she could constantly keep her life secret caused her to develop a fear of being found out, and a belief that her secret should be hidden “ Under a mound that you shall never find”(19). Because her ignorance takes

being said, this is what gives meaning to a person's life. It may be an object, animal or God. Putting one’s faith into anything other than God will lead to his downfall. We can see this portrayed in Antigone, Romeo and Juliet, Our Town, and Spoon River Anthology. In the Quran it says “The man who makes wealth a need is just like the man with a stomach that never gets full.” This is materialism, a tendency to consider material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values

(Discussion on theme “people often sleep with the enemy” in “Spoon River Anthology”) Creative title (will come back when feeling creative) For reasons unknown the people of Spoon River have continued to make the same mistake over, and over, and over again. The people of Spoon River have a nasty habit of sleeping with the enemy. That is to say they surround themselves with those that seek to harm them, both mentally and physically. Some examples of this sort of behavior is Loise Smith, Dora Williams

In Spoon River Cemetery lay the headstones of the remembered. Each one tells the stories of each individual's life. Based on the engravings on each headstone, two specific people seem to draw attention to just how differently they lived life. Lucinda Matlock and George Gray led almost completely opposite lifestyles; however, they both lived in the same small town. The poems by Edgar Lee Masters use characterization, tone, and theme to help visualize how these two characters lived and died. Lucinda

she attended Gallaudet University for college, where she studied library science. While in college, she got into theatre, where she was in multiple theatrical productions, such as, “The Threepenny Opera” and poetic characterizations of the “Spoon River Anthology”. After becoming more

Hope versus Passionate Love Two poets can be both alike and different, just as the two poets Edgar Lee Masters and Amy Lowell are Edgar Lee Masters and Amy Lowell write poetry about life, finding love and experiencing loss in very different ways, but both are successful in bringing about a truly touching connection with their readers. These two poets have an extraordinary ability to attract their audiences, by using both romanticism and modern techniques in their writing. Amy Lowell said it best

with a dreary, bleak tone which focuses on the negative aspects of George’s life. On the contrary, “Lucinda Matlock” focuses on the positive aspects of her life and has a self satisfied, peaceful tone. Master establishes a foil in these two Spoon River Anthology poems as the reader observes the differences in the characters’ lives and outlooks. Uniquely, Masters creates characters who have died and now look back on their lives to give advice to the reader. For example, in “George Gray”, George is