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Articles by Natasha L. Richter

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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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »

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