Essays Tagged: "Stephen Crane"

Innocence vs. Experience in "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" by Stephen Crane

entury literature are prime examples of innocence lost which characterize this idea. Maggie, author Stephen Crane's main character in Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is a soul whose story shows the trau ... ence through experience. This story can be used to develop the polarity of innocence and experience.Stephen Crane's Maggie is allowed no such Heaven. Her traumatic experience ends in her death without ...

(2 pages) 84 0 4.8 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Realists/Naturalists in Literature: Cather, Crane, Twain, and James

In many ways, this belief holds true in the writings of many American writers such as Willa Cather, Stephen Crane, Mark Twain, and Henry James. Throughout each of their works, these four points expose ... ack to the fields. Rosicky died soon after he went back into the world he loved from a heart attack.Stephen Crane's "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," as well as his other Western stories, owes much to ...

(4 pages) 197 0 4.4 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain

3 components of the literary school of naturalism in Stephen Cranes "The Open Boat"

In Stephen Crane's short story "The Open Boat", the American literary school of naturalism is used and ... e eight features are determinism, objectivity, and pessimism. They show, some more than others, how Stephen Crane viewed the world and the environment around him.Determinism is of course the most obvi ...

(3 pages) 133 0 3.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Cosmic irony in "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane.

Stephen Crane's 'The Open Boat,' is thought to be one of the finest stories ever written by an Ameri ... an versus society.The belief of cosmic irony holds great significance in the writers of the time of Stephen Crane. The new philosophiesportrayed in cosmic irony were so new and different. They taught ...

(2 pages) 160 0 3.8 Apr/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Color Imagery in The Red Badge of Courage. A description of what red, green, and gray represent in Stephen Crane's novel.

Color Imagery in The Red Badge of CourageStephen Crane uses color imagery and color symbols in The Red Badge of Courage. Green represents you ... n.Works CitedAisling - Dream Interpretation. http://www.avcweb.com/dreams/colour-meaning.htm*Crane, Stephen. The Red Badge of Courage. American Literature. Ed. George Kerns. New York: Macmillan, 1984G ...

(4 pages) 182 4 3.2 Jun/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

What are the themes found in Crane's Open Boat?

In "The Open Boat" Stephen Crane uses repeating themes of character experience, action and imagery to convey feelings o ... an eye out for as he guides his audience into an open-ended question of existence and truth.Crane, Stephen. "The Open Boat." Rpt. in The Norton Anthology of American Literature. 5th Edition. Ed. Juli ... ican Literature. 5th Edition. Ed. Julia Reidhead. New York. 1979. 743-760. The InterpretersIn 1894, Stephen Crane said, "A man said to the universe: 'Sir, I exist!' 'However,' replied the universe, 'T ...

(10 pages) 218 0 4.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane - comparison essay to the responses of characters in a short story. 600-700wrds - Discuss the responses to Nature of a character or number of characters in

The short story "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane, tells a story about the physical and emotional pressure caused by nature, which four ...

(3 pages) 106 0 4.2 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The theme of manhood in "The Red Badge of Courage" by Stephen Crane.

e Red Badge of CourageAP English Per. 1stManhood is hard to describe and even harder to achieve. In Stephen Crane's book the theme of not only manhood, but also maturity is spread throughout the novel ... nd Henry, becoming a man of "quiet belief in his purposes and abilities" "The Red Badge of Courage" Stephen Crane. In the scene where the letter is given Henry has an epiphany. He suddenly figures out ...

(2 pages) 69 1 5.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane. Anlyzes the use and necessity of violence by Crane in the novel

Stephen Crane's Necessary ViolenceThe violence Stephen Crane depicts in his novel, Maggie: A Gir ...

(3 pages) 57 1 2.6 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War. By Stephen Crane

e Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil WarThe Red Badge of Courage was written by Stephen Crane, and published by D. Appleton and Company. It has 162 pages. During this report, I wil ...

(3 pages) 62 0 4.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"The Forces of Naturalism"

ticism in the nineteenth century, realism and naturalism became more prevalent in American fiction. Stephen Crane and Jack London embodied the naturalistic genre by writing stories that show how force ... in their representations of the possibilities of their characters.In Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, Stephen Crane places his main character, Maggie, into an urban environment. The indifference of this ...

(6 pages) 111 0 3.9 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The emotional journey of Henry Fleming in Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage.

owardiceIV. Support #3 - False Heroism and True CourageV. Conclusion - Four Stages of Henry's GrowthStephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage is a novel that depicts the emotional journey of a young ma ... e holding the flag, he overcomes his fears and selflessly leads his army to a surprising victory.In Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage, Henry Fleming encounters a multitude of challenges along h ...

(5 pages) 81 1 4.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Poems and Songs about War-Commentary.

ad very strong feelings about the subject at hand. Those four poets are Robert Browning, Bob Dylan, Stephen Crane, and Wilfred Owen. We will discuss and interpret the different viewpoints of certain p ... ind different poems that show the same feelings as the poem previously mentioned. Take for instance Stephen Crane's "Do Not Weep, Maiden, for War is Kind". Crane decides to use sarcasm to get his poin ...

(4 pages) 50 0 3.0 Apr/2003

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

"Naming of parts" by Henry Reed, and "War is Kind" by Stephen Crane.

or...absolutely nothing!" sang Edwin Starr in 1965. He felt the same vibe that both Henry Reed and Stephen Crane felt in their poems, "Naming of Parts" and "War is Kind." Although these authors may ... es, their usage of figurative language, and their attitudes toward war in general.Henry Reed and Stephen Crane both have very different writing styles. Reed's style in "Naming of Parts" is built u ...

(4 pages) 59 0 3.5 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

"The Red Badge of Courage" by Stephen Crane.

ed a time where a man shows what he ismade of or show off his manhood. In The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane representsHenry Fleming, who searches for himself while fighting in the Civil War. Cra ...

(3 pages) 52 0 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

An analaysis of the poem by Stephen Crane called "when a people reach the top of a hill".

The poem by Stephen Crane when a people reach the top of a hill was the first poem that I chose 2 read of him. I ... top of the mountain. God lead them both high and far. "The new battalions and the blue battalions".Stephen cranes poem expresses his private destiny. Crane could find his own sense of personal honor ...

(2 pages) 18 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

"A Girl of the Streets" by Stephen Crane.

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane shows that the environment that a person is raised in will have an effect on that pers ... ikely that she would have become a prostitute or have killed herself. Benfey, in The Double Life of Stephen Crane, notes "Crane chose a theme that invited sentimentality - the fall of an innocent slum ... (Irving 7). Katrina Irving in "Gendered space, Racialized Space: Nativism, The Immigrant Woman, and Stephen Crane's Maggie" notes that "Maggie's suicide at the end is not, as some critics have argued, ...

(10 pages) 81 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"The Tell-Tale Heart," by Edger Allen Poe, and "The Open Boat," by Stephen Crane

ImagesAs I read "The Tell-Tale Heart," by Edger Allen Poe, and "The Open Boat," by Stephen Crane, I was torn between the classic realism in "The Open Boat," and the atypical scenes fr ... e Heart." Both stories, however, were very effective in keeping my interest and imagination running.Stephen Crane gives a sense of realism to "The Open Boat" due to his real life tale of survival of a ... alize that nature is in control, we conclude that we are insignificant in the whole scheme of life. Stephen Crane talks about how cruel and disheartening this is by saying:"When it occurs to a man tha ...

(4 pages) 86 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe

Maggie: A girl of the Streets as an Exemplar of Literary Naturalism Author: Stephen Crane Title: Maggie: A girl of the Streets

Stephen Crane's interpretations of life are spawned from his own opinions of the world. These opinio ... ventually did, a creature of the streets. Maggie's fate was determined more by the environment that Stephen Crane created for her than by her actions as a response to the environment, classifying the ... arded against for he never fully grasped the concept that the poor actually thought for themselves. Stephen Crane began writing Maggie with little relatively knowledge about the characters as individu ...

(3 pages) 62 0 4.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Indifference of Nature vs. Virtue of Man in Stephen Crane's The Open Boat. Explores irony, symbolism, and color imagery.

"Although he failed to reach the tender age of twenty-nine, late-nineteenth-century American author Stephen Crane published innumerable works of notoriety during his lifetime. A poet, impressionist, j ...

(5 pages) 144 1 3.9 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American