Henry Irving

Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Ralph Emerson, and Henry Longfellow are some of the writers of this time. They all help shape and, make a path for the Romantic Period. The Romantic Period took place in the 1800’s, and was at its peak around 1850 or so. It originated in the area of Europe and was all about the spread of art, music, and writing. Henry Longfellow tried to Romanticize Paul Revere and parts of the Revolutionary war with his part in the Romantic Period. Other writers like Irving, and Hawthorne

Abraham Stoker, but since my very young childhood, I have been called Bram-and Bram, I have let it remain””. In 1876, he meets a famous English actor, Sir Henry Irving, after his review of “Hamlet” in which Irving was cast. They soon became friends, and this relationship would soon prove to be a firm ground to his career. It didn’t take long for Irving to offer Bram a management position at Lyceum Theatre, where he would write letters for him and accompany him on his worldwide

Evening Mail. A second tour by Irving four years later produced an equally unsatisfactory mention in the Mail, prompting an outraged young Stoker to march into the offices of the newspaper and offer himself for the unpaid position of theater critic. He got the job, and as a result, when Irving (now a star of the London stage) returned to Dublin a third time, this time to star in Hamlet, Stoker had the opportunity to set down in print glowing praises of his favorite actor. Irving read the review and was

freed themselves from the chains of political and social constraints. The latter definition describes the essence of the literary renaissance that aroused during the Age of Romanticism. American Romantic writers such as Washington Irving, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Henry David Thoreau were notable for their work in evincing Romantic ideas through the use of literary elements. Irving’s Rip Van Winkle utilizes repetition and imagery to convey

The Merchant of Venice and Othello: Shylock vs Iago        Shakespeare's use of timeless themes make his works relevant to the modern reader.  His two plays "The Merchant of Venice" and "Othello" deal with the seeking of revenge and forbidden love.  In "The Merchant of Venice," Shylock, the main character, is a Jew who loans money and charges interest.  Shylock has an enemy named Antonio who also loans money to people, but without interest.  Iago is a character in "Othello" who has been passed

William Shakespeare expresses Shylock and Hamlet’s emotional voices explicitly throughout both plays: The Merchant of Venice and Hamlet. The emotional voices in both texts were due to the tragic incidences each protagonist – Shylock and Hamlet - endured. In The Merchant of Venice the emotions seen within the text are hatred and penitence, whereas in Hamlet the audience can infer that the emotions portrayed are depression, pain and terror; thus instigating that there is a contrasting concept between

Logan Steenstra Mrs.Kleinmeyer Gifted Communication Arts II 29 April 2016 The Merchant of Comedy The Merchant of Venice, a story of despair and pain. Wait, nevermind it’s a comedy. There are too many humorous scenes for it not to be a comedy. It may not seem very funny but, in this time period this play would have been very humerous. I still think this play is a comedy because what isn’t funny about women pretending to be men, how Shylock and if you compare this play to Shakespeare’s other works

love. Catherine becomes deeply hurt by her husband as the play unfolds; she feels her husband doesn’t give her the attention she deserves and isn’t emotionally attached to her. Catherine’s anger is clearly evident when Dr. Givings finds her with Mr. Irving in the other room and does not show his displeasure with it at all; in fact, Dr. Givings attempts to rationalize the situation, which upsets Catherine further. The mystery of Dr. Givings practice and how he treats his patients also cultivates a barrier

Washington Irving was one of his country's first professional writers, and one of the first American writers to gain an international reputation. A major part of Washington Irving's legacy was his ability to draw on European folk tales he heard throughout his trips to Europe to create a fabricated history of his home state in some of his most famous literary pieces such as “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” Author’s Background and Historical Context Washington Irving, named in honor of George Washington

to Liberty: Rip Van Winkle as a Revolutionary Allegory In his short story “Rip Van Winkle”, Washington Irving explores the differences between pre-Revolutionary and post-Revolutionary America. Laced with the remnants of Dutch mythology, the short story “Rip Van Winkle” takes place in a small Dutch-American town near the Catskill Mountains of New York. From the outset of the short story, Irving introduces the protagonist, Rip Van Winkle, as a lackadaisical older man, continuously distressed by his