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Spoon River Anthology The Spoon River Anthology, written by Edgar Lee Masters in 1915, was a unique piece of work in both style and structure. There are over two hundred “stories” told by the dead people who once lived in the town of Spoon River. The lives and dreams of these people are written as poems. The poetry itself is an excellent example of early modernist style. Since there are many people from many different backgrounds, and even different generations, (There are examples of Old

Margaret, Fully a Slacker Everyone has a novel within them -- or at least thinks they do. Unfortunately, few manage to get that novel out of their heads and into print. In Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology, Margaret Fuller Slack is certain that she would have been a famous novelist, except obligations to her family got in the way of actually writing a book. She is unendingly bitter about how her life turned out. Margaret urges readers to ignore the pull of outside forces and to specifically

It is also said that it is rare to find a happy relationship. Edgar Lee Masters seemed to believe the same about the romantic relationships of his time, as well. Masters conveys theses feelings through some of the characters of his work, Spoon River Anthology. Edgar Lee Masters uses unhappy marriages as a common factor in the deaths of many of the characters including Margaret Fuller Slack, Amanda Barker and Tom Merritt in order to reveal his own discontent toward romantic relationships. First, Margaret

Spoon River Anthology Characterization Comparison Essay Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology is a collection of poems about life and death where the reader views the speaker’s life from their headstones. Speaking from the grave, the two characters tell the stories of their lives. Both characters exemplify the importance in living one’s best life, even though their own experiences and personalities are nowhere near alike. Lucinda, a vivacious, ambitious woman gives the same message through her

3. Literary Analysis 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 town of Spoon River is full of drama and conflict. Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters, is a collection of epitaphs in which the townspeople reveal their darkest secrets only after their death. These secrets reveal the innermost damage certain characters inflict on others. The townspeople in the story are met with numerous troubles and situations throughout the novel. Many of the townspeople in Spoon River undergo countless experiences that shape who they are and the actions they make

Loss is inevitable, there is a time in everyone's life that this pain will be felt, yet dealing with it shows the true character of the person. The book of Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters displays the true meaning of that statement. The characters throughout explain the many struggles faced in their life, all the way until their death. In The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, the main character is doomed from the very beginning. He demonstrates the life of an immigrant, poor, nasty, brutish. He

grave. In the Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters, this is precisely what happens. Spoon River Anthology is a novel which contains a collection of obituaries where people share their deepest secrets. These confessions connect in some way, leaving readers solving and trying to unravel the mystery of the people in this novel. Some confessions are less detrimental than others. However, they all somehow lead to a significant issue which harms the people. In Spoon River Anthology, many citizens get

"What goes around comes around, and sometimes you get what comes around" (Michael Carpenter). This quote illustrates the characters in Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology. Spoon River Anthology shows the life stories of the inhabitants of the small town of Spoon River and includes a wide variety of different things happening to each citizen. The stories range from many things, such as scandals, virtuous lives, imperfect lives, and some good people on the surface. Still, the stories of others

Secrets revealed in death can sometimes devastate towns and people. In the book Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters, citizens tell their most profound confessions in their epitaphs. An epitaph is a phrase or paragraph written in memory of a person who has died. By reading the epitaphs of the people of Spoon River, readers can associate them with one another through scandals. In Spoon River Anthology, the characters are intricately connected through webs that lead them back to each other, creating