Essays Tagged: "Ambrose Bierce"

"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce. An essay on this story relating the extreme detail and the actual storyline.

"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce was written with much attention paid to the minute details of the actual story. For e ...

(1 pages) 134 1 2.5 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Quest for Heroism in An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

The Quest for Heroism in An Occurrence at Owl Creek BridgeIn An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Ambrose Bierce portrays the tragic end of the life of the main character, Peyton Farquhar. Paradoxic ... that very bridge as punishment. Having had his own experience as a Union officer in the Civil War, Ambrose Bierce illustrates how sometimes the desire for acknowledgment can become so strong that it ...

(3 pages) 109 0 5.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Critical essay on ambrose bierce and "an occurence at owl creek bridge".

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914), better known as "Bitter Bierce" is one of the most mysterious writers of ... caught in Bierce's trap without realizing it. We have been deceived into believing Farquhar's dream.Ambrose Bierce's life was associated with war. His grandfather fought in the American Revolution, an ...

(5 pages) 140 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge - Effect of the Dramatic Point of View

An Occurrence At Owl Creek BridgeAmbrose BierceAmbrose Bierce weaves a tale of intrigue and captivation, by using shifts of voice and ... yes in order to fix his last thoughts upon his wife and children"(P.67) It is in this sentence that Ambrose Bierce starts to evoke hope in the reader. The author knows that the majority of people view ... by hope and fantasy, only to come to the realization that Peyton did not live "happily ever after". Ambrose Bierce knits a story of fascination and deception by something as simple as shifts in point of view.

(2 pages) 71 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Realisms View on Reputations

emoval was based solely upon the reputation that the person had and how it reflected upon the town. Ambrose Bierce believed that in order for one to retain a good reputation, a person would make rash ... sions and would take actions that in the norm the person would not do. Stephen Crane believed, like Ambrose Bierce, that a reputation could have a negative effect upon the person and lead to decisions ...

(4 pages) 70 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Analysis of "An Occurrence at Owl Creeek Bidge"

ought that you just can't describe. Different people have different views and opinions on death, as Ambrose Bierce portrayed in the short story, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." In this story, Bie ... look at it and what road they will take in that last moment of judgment.Miller 5Works CitedBierce, Ambrose. "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." Literature forComposition. Ed. Sylvan Barnet, et al. 5 ...

(3 pages) 70 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

An Occurence at owl Creek Bridge... Narrative Point of View

"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", is one of the best American short stories and is considered Ambrose Bierce's greatest work. First published in Bierce's short story collection "Tales of Soldier ... ly different, in fact, Farquhar is hanged and these imaginings take place seconds before his death. Ambrose Bierce's trick ending succeeds because of the way he manipulated the text by changing the na ...

(4 pages) 143 2 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"The Coup De Grace". "The Coup De Grace" is written by Ambrose Bierce. This essay describes how this story is a good example of naturalistic writing.

ne's fate is determined by a combination of their environment, heredity, and the element of chance. Ambrose Bierce's, "The Coup De Grace," is a good example of American naturalism. The environm ...

(2 pages) 23 0 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Imaginary Escape; The assignment was an analysis on short stories that we read and write 2-3 page essay on it, using third person.

ny different endings with the story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," with the abrupt ending the Ambrose Bierce gives. Even though it is not stated until the end that Peyton Farquhar dies, Bierce g ... tement from Bierce, this tells the readers that Peyton dies at that moment. All these clues explain Ambrose Bierce's abrupt ending of this story.Ambrose Bierce's several clues in the story show that P ...

(3 pages) 29 0 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Discuss the role of the journey in Ambrose Bierce's short story, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1891).

Ambrose Bierce's short story, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1891), is not merely about a crime ... e main focus, there are temporal, geographical, political and autobiographical 'journey' leitmotifs.Ambrose Bierce's writing provided a cathartic outlet by allowing him to delve into unsolved past iss ... ng to note that Peyton Farquhar, the protagonist of this short story, might have been tempted (like Ambrose Bierce) to escape the reality of his mundane existence of civilian life and experience the u ...

(7 pages) 50 0 3.7 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Comparison of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" with Ambrose Bierce's "Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge"

reary period, brings about two of the most famous authors in all of literature; Edgar Allan Poe and Ambrose Bierce. These two authors still today twist the minds of people forcing them to take a diffe ...

(4 pages) 28 0 0.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Analysis of the writings of Ambrose Bierce.

rs, and many writers feel great agony and horror at the atrocities of war. Of all American writers, Ambrose Bierce is considered by many to be one of the greatest writers of war stories ever. His blun ... rested. None of his stories, however, have a happy ending.It seems to me that all of the stories by Ambrose Bierce that we read in class have sad endings because they all have the same message, and Bi ...

(3 pages) 23 0 0.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Analysis of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce.

tory that I have read and at the end most readers are surprised how it comes to a close. The author Ambrose Bierce uses a variety of different writing techniques including: foreshadowing and symbols i ... is; Our entire lives flash before us in seconds but these seconds can't give justice to life itself.Ambrose Bierce alters the chronological order of the story in order to give the reader the impressio ...

(5 pages) 82 0 3.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Analysis of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"

"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce is about a middle-aged man named Peyton Farquhar who is punished for his attempt to d ...

(5 pages) 87 0 5.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

An Occurance At Owl Creek Bridge

Ambrose Bierce's story, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", is a masterfully crafted, highly cynica ... ed, highly cynical tale of a northern Alabama man's death by hanging during the American Civil War. Ambrose Bierce himself served with the Union troops during the war and perhaps this is where he obta ... obtained his cynicism with regards to the South's rich plantation owners. Whatever the case may be Ambrose Bierce created a story that is captivating at every level of reading. The account is full of ...

(6 pages) 15 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Reflective Composition

Reflective Composition In the short story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Ambrose Bierce makes the point about life that in the end everyone will die, and that we can never r ... yton created a fantasy world before he died.In the end, no matter what happens everyone has to die. Ambrose Bierce portrays this morbid mood in his portrait by posing next to a scull. At these times o ...

(2 pages) 9 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge

tions that he or she normally would not be capable of performing. Peyton Farquhar, the character in Ambrose Bierce's short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," seems to gain "super-human" charac ... ht of a desperate man, who only wants to return home to his family.There are several clues given by Ambrose Bierce about the third section of the story as only being a part of Peyton Farquhar's imagin ...

(5 pages) 18 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Irony used in "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce and Stephen Crane's "The Blue Hotel"

he entire story, it just makes the reader think about what just happened a second time.For example, Ambrose Bierce's short story, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" has very ironic elements to it. Ju ...

(3 pages) 34 0 4.0 Apr/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

The role of survival in Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Build a fire

order to remain their existence. The short stories “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce and “To Build a Fire” by Jack London each are linked to the role of surviva ... terary elements used throughout the short stories; “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce and “To Build a Fire” by Jack London link the pieces of literature to the r ...

(4 pages) 21 0 0.0 Sep/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

The Setting in the Ambrose Bierce’s Story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is better than in the Movie

33; PAGE �1� Tracy SpurlockDr. S. ThompsonEnglish 130212 April 2010The Setting in the Ambrose Bierce's Story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is better than in the Movie.Ambrose Bierc ... very bland in comparison to the story because there is no color and very little intelligible sounds.Ambrose Bierce was very creative in the way he used words to allow the reader to draw a picture of t ...

(3 pages) 30 0 0.0 Apr/2010

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories