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When reading “The Speckled Band”, it is clear that it does not immediately fall into the realism category. Almost everything that happens in the story is so bizarre that there would be no way for it to happen in real life. Though if we were to come at this story with the task of connectingContinue reading “Realism Blog Post”

When we look for a new book to read, especially in this modern day, most readers tend to reach for something that would be a bit relatable to them. While we still enjoy the “classics” of literature there is a toughness to them. This is especially true for Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. From theContinue reading “Northanger Abbey Post”

When William Wordsworth wrote the Preface to the Lyrical Ballads he wanted poets to have three take aways which were simply for poets to use clear and distinguishable language, use nature to connect humans, and to write poems that withdraw emotion from the reader. Wordsworth suggests that if these rules are followed it would beContinue reading “A Look at Lucy Gray”