Articles by Natasha L. Richter

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Female Writers in the 18th Century: The Power of Imagination

October 15, 2010 - 3923 words | English » Female Writers

Female writers of the Eighteenth Century often focused on the role of the female imagination in novel writing, poetry composition, and as an outlet for temporarily escaping a harsh world. In Maria, or The Wrongs of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft focused mostly on... Read Article »

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Imagination Eighteenth Century Female Writers 18th Century Frankenstein Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Anna Letitia Barbauld

Virginia Woolf on the Role of the Artist in the Modern World

February 2, 2010 - 2041 words | English » Virgina Woolf

Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse follows the development of the painter, Lily Briscoe, as she strives to create a meaningful space for her artwork in an increasingly critical and unkind world. Woolf’s stylistic devices, especially those employed... Read Article »

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Virginia Woolf Modernism Poetry Art Form Time Impermanence Modernity

A Second Look at Don John, Shakespeare's Most Passive Villain

January 22, 2010 - 2228 words | English » Shakespeare

In William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, all of the main characters experience and participate in some form of deceit designed to dupe another character. However, among the societal members of Messina, Don John particularly stands out as a villain... Read Article »

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Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing Don John Villain Marginalized Victim Hypocritical Society

Sylvia Plath's "Bee Sequence": A Microcosm of Poetic Development

January 21, 2010 - 4017 words | English » Sylvia Plath

The poems which Sylvia Plath composed in the weeks and days immediately preceding her death contain some of the most disturbing themes present in Modernist poetry. In Ariel, an anthology containing her most fervent, emotional, and troubling poetry yet, poems such... Read Article »

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Sylvia Plath Bee Sequence Ariel Poetry Development Endurance Self-recovery Identity

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Imagination, Romantic Love, and the Creation of Art

January 20, 2010 - 1970 words | English » Shakespeare

In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare plays with the themes of love, art, imagination, and dreaming to forge an overall meaning for his work. His play within a play, found in Act V, expands on his themes and portrays the relationship between the audience... Read Article »

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Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream Shakespeare Imagination Creation Romantic Love Dreaming Versus Reality

Losing and Writing: Synonymous Art Forms for Poet Elizabeth Bishop

January 15, 2010 - 998 words | English » Poetry

Elizabeth Bishop, known for her reticent poetic style, reveals the secrets of her personal life through carefully wrought metaphors. In her villanelle, “One Art,” Bishop reveals the purpose of art and the significance of poetic form. In her... Read Article »

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Elizabeth Bishop One Art Poetry Losing And Writing Villanelle

Natasha L. Richter graduated in 2011 with a concentration in English/Biology from University Of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA United States Of America.