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- 101: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
- ... Goethe to learn the current events. He summarized his feelings in Wilheim Meistres Wanderjahrde. He kept track of the technological and social progress, such as the building of the Panama and Suez canals. Just as Dante wrote his Divine Comedy, summarizing all of his life's experiences and feelings, just so did Goethe come up with Faust, writing in completely different styles and ways. It has elements of both the five ...
- 102: Allegory
- ... story is that people may pretend the things they cannot have are not worth having. Allegories had their greatest popularity during medieval and Renaissance times in Europe. The Divine Comedy, written by the Italian author Dante Alighieri in the early 1300's, literally tells of a man's journey to heaven through hell and purgatory. Allegorically, the poem describes a Christian soul rising from a state of sin to a state ...
- 103: Achilles Anophtheis (Achilles revisited)
- ... to being the source of this perversion of his theories, were he alive to object. All that now remains is to offer a brief explanation of the story itself, perhaps something along the lines of Dante's letter to Can Grande Della Scala. The story is basically a modernization of the themes of the Iliad. In order to retain the father-son theme, I used an unresolved Oedipus complex. Achilles' wrath ...
- 104: Boo
- ... apparent from the title, for this is not a conventional love song. Prufrock would like to speak of love to a woman, but he does not dare. The poem opens with a quoted passage from Dante's INFERNO, suggesting that Prufrock is one of the damned and that he speaks only because he is sure no one will listen. Since the reader is overhearing his thoughts, the poem seems at first ...
- 105: Imagery And Symbolism In THE T
- ... say that the tiger is symbolic of evil. Some people may go even further to conclude that the tiger is a symbol of Satan. Perhaps mainly the people who derive their interpretation of hell from Dante’s Inferno, or other works of literature that portray the devil as a predator, cloaked in flames residing in the darkness of hell. The same type of imagery and symbolism is used in the first ...
- 106: Jane Eyre 5
- ... committed to finding and rejoicing with his love: You tiny creature, it is your professor who seeks you now. It is I, who must love you entirely. For you have become my companion and confi- dante and you must have me the same. 9 Resembling Jane Eyre who also stayed committed to Rochester during her stay at Thornfield, both characters pursue their personal goal to fulfill their need and want for ...
- 107: Chaucer 2
- ... read in their original languages. He also translated many major texts from Latin and French into English (Williams 1). An avid traveler, Chaucer visited Italy in 1373 and 1378. Here he discovered the poetry of Dante and Petrach (Anderson 85). He was very impressed by the work of these two poets and studied them intensively. The Canterbury Tales utilize several writing techniques and styles throughout. His work is strewn with allusions ...
- 108: The Book Of Matthew
- ... mind." The result will be that you will love your neighbor as yourself. Countless famous authors and other literary masterpieces have drawn parallels and made references to many of the ideas of Matthew's Gospel. Dante, St. Augustine, Machiavelli, and Erasmus to name a few. It continues to be a source of inspiration. For many people in the world, the book of Matthew is like a second creation story. This is ...
- 109: The Lords Of Discipline
- ... rebellious young boy, who aspires to be an "institiute man". He is an intelligent, honest, sarcastic and incredibly funny Irish, working class youth who doesn't hide from the truth or his fears. Secondary characters Dante Pignetti, Mark Santoro, and Tradd St. Croix, come into Will's life as he studies at the institute. Tradd is a fragile young man who chooses military training to please his father. He is sensitive ...
- 110: The Cask Of Amontillado
- ... hover over Fortunato and Montresor, the walls lined with human remains, and the insufferably damp atmosphere cause a feeling of terror to escalate for the reader. The descent down into the vaults is reminiscent of Dante's "Inferno," going down into the depths of hell. Through Poe's descriptions, the reader can feel the dripping dampness, smell the "foulness" of the air" (Poe, 114), see the eerie glow of the flambeaux ...
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