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- 191: Hamlet: Tragedy of Failure
- ... from Richard Burbage to Edwin Booth to Laurence Olivier to Mel Gibson, have played the role? Published in 1604, it is still being read, studied and performed worldwide. "Hamlet" is the champion of English dramatic literature. Notwithstanding the preponderance of literature explaining, if not justifying, Hamlet's delay in killing Claudius, it is still possible to conclude that Hamlet had no reason to delay. He might, indeed, have swept to his revenge as he had promised ... heard of Amlethus-or Saxo Grammaticus, for that matter-the play must still be comprehensible. But it isn't. Instead, the play contains an unanswered question of such monumental importance that a huge corpus of literature has been devoted to nothing but answering it-and has failed. Is there something lacking in our comprehension? Have we not done requisite historical research? Or having done our homework, have we failed to ...
- 192: Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
- ... 3?xrn_3. Feb.1997. "Jonathan Swift & A Modest Proposal'." [Online] Available http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu / ~ babydoll/coursematerial/fall96/fallstudentwork/rbpublic_html/indexmod.html. Feb 1997. Landa, Louis A. Essays in Eighteenth-Century English Literature. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1980. Landa, Louis A. & James Edward Tobin. Jonathan Swift: A List of Critical Studies Published from 1895 to 1945. New York: Octagon Books, 1974. McCoy, Kathleen & Judith A. V. Harlan. "Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)." English Literature to 1785, 1992 Edition. [Online] Available http://www.encarta.cognito.com/cgi-bin/cgi_appl.cgi/1/6/16861/3?xrn_4. Feb. 1997. "A Modest Proposal." Benet's Readers Encyclopedia 1987 Edition. [Online] Available ... www2.elibrary.com/getdoc.cgi? id=62216961x0y848 &Form=EN&Button=MEM&OIDS=0Q001D003 &pubname=Monarch_ Notes&puburl=0. Feb. 1997. Phiddian, Robert. "Have you eaten yet? The reader in A Modest Proposal'." Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 v36 n3 [Online] Available http://www.encarta.cognito.com/cgi-bin/cgi_ appl.cgi/1/6/16861/3?xrn_17 (Summer 1996): 603. Quintana, Ricardo. "Jonathan Swift." Collier's Encyclopedia 1996 Edition. [ ...
- 193: Abigail Vs Hester
- Often in exceptional works of literature, identities, personalities, and surroundings can be quite similar or distinct with characters in other works. Two works of literature that display both aspects are The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. Abigail Williams and Hester Prynne are two women with many similarities while they also can be illuminated with many differences. The two works of literature have very similar qualities, including setting, conflict,and general aspects of the characters, while there are also specific parallels between characters, such as Abigail Williams and Hester Prynne. The time period, for which Abigail ...
- 194: Fallen Souls in "The Inferno"
- ... Jason is reputed to the Carnal a place where souls who give up there own life for passion are swept forever in the tempest of Hell, forever denied the light of reason and of God, (Literature 635). He is forever with the judge of Hell, Minos. The Caina is the first ring of the last circle where those who performed acts of treachery against their kin, (Literature 638). One destined for the Caina is O. J. Simpson. This man committed a sin that would send him to Canto XXXII. Simpson killed his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in ... the pain that he will experience in Hell. The last Circle of Canto XXXIV, Circle Nine, Cocytus, is the final and most punished place for souls. In Cocytus the people were treacherous to their masters, (Literature 641). The punishment in Cocytus is given by Satan himself. The souls of the last class (with fear my verses tell it) were covered wholly; they shone below the ice like straws in glass, ( ...
- 195: Similarities And Differences Between The Romantic Age And The Victorian Period
- ... writing styles, and beliefs. The Industrial Revolution also had an effect on both time periods. The Romantic Period was from 1784 until 1832. The Romantics brought a more brave, individual, and imaginative approach to both literature and life. During the Romantic Age the individual became more important than society. Individualism became the center of the Romantic vision (Pfordresher, 423). The Romantic Age in England was a movement that effected all the ... select people as more important than others because of wealth, position, or name," said Pfordresher (Pfordresher, 424). From 1786 to 1830 a few major poets emerged who permanently affects the nature of English language and literature (Pfordresher, 426). Robert Burns was a Scottish writer who wrote about characters, sometimes with a Scottish dialect (Pfordresher, 319) Another writer of the Romantic Age was Percy Bysshe Shelley, and idealist and social reformer. John ... a new, deeper understanding of character. Lord Tennyson has been called the voice of Victorian England. Lord Tennyson reflects the Victorian concern with moral codes in the retelling of King Works Cited Fuller, Edmond. "English Literature." The New Book of Knowledge. volume 5. Danbury, Connecticut: 1995. Merritt, James Douglas. "English Literature." World Book Encyclopedia. volume 6. Chicago: 1996. Pfordresher, John. England in Literature. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman and Company; 1991.
- 196: Henry David Thoreau
- ... love and devotion to nature and his writing was a key to his excellence in writing. Henry David Thoreau also felt that individualism was a great necessity to his writing style. In his piece of literature titled "Civil Disobedience", he expressed his belief in the power and the obligation of the individual to determine right from wrong, independent of the dictates of society. Thoreau's friends agreed with his views, but ... lived alone in the woods for two years, in seclusion. His nearest neighbor was at least a mile away. While he was living independently in the woods, he thought of many new ideas for his literature. Thoreau even tried to encourage others to assert their individuality, each in his or her own way. He also believed that independent, well-considered actions arose naturally from a questing attitude of mind. He was ... with another must wait till that other is ready,"(Walden, pg.72) Many of Thoreau's ideas of individualism can be found as major statements in his writing. Thoreau came to much of his great literature due to the amount of experiences he had throughout his life. His major experience was living at Walden Pond for two years and learning about his own life and about the wonders of nature. ...
- 197: Huckleberry Finn
- ... characters of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. The two are, in several respects, foils. But they still have some things in common. Through the character of Tom, Twain also pokes fun at romantic (non-realistic) literature. Tom insists that all his make-believe adventures be conducted "by the book." As Tom himself admits in regarding his gang's oath, he gets many of his ideas from fiction. In particular, Tom tries ... from Europe and achieved enormous popularity in nineteenth-century North America. Tom will be identified with this genre throughout the novel (though he will not appear in most of it). Twain detested this category of literature, an opinion that is developed more fully in the last chapters of Huckleberry Finn. Ironically, the book that Tom explicitly mentions as a model in these chapters is Cervantes's Don Quixote. Cervantes actually satirized ... group's secrets, but when a boy threatens to do this, Tom simply bribes him. Tom's above-mentioned character traits contrast sharply with Huckleberry's corresponding traits. While Tom puts great stock in the literature of civilization, Huck is as skeptical of it as he is of religion. For both literature and religion, Huck refuses to accept much on faith. In Chapter Three, he rejects both genies and prayers ...
- 198: The Societal Implications of "The Yellow Wallpaper"
- The Societal Implications of "The Yellow Wallpaper" In early nineteenth century literature, women were extremely confined in their topics of writing. It was rare to see a woman write about oppression, resentment towards the patriarchal society they lived in, or their frustration over the submissive relationships that ... bars around the wallpaper have trapped Jennie as well, but unlike the narrator and Gilman Jennie does not want to get out. Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a pioneer for women's rights. She used her literature to stimulate the thoughts of housewives throughout the United States. Although "The Yellow Wallpaper" contained the very controversial topic of women's liberation, Gilman's readers embraced it. Finally, someone had overstepped the societal boundaries ... Companion to Women's Writing in the United States. New York: Oxford UP, 1995. 423-24; 605; 307-14; 712-16; 851; 933-37 Gilman, Charlotte Perkins "The Yellow Wallpaper" The Norton Anthology of American Literature 5th ed. Ed. Baym, Nina. New York: W W Norton & Company, 1998. 657-69. Mainiero, Lina, ed. American Women Writers. vol 2. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Company, 1980. 131-33. Poupard, Dennis, ed. " ...
- 199: Mark Twain 2
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, is perhaps the most distinguished author of American Literature. Next to William Shakespeare, Clemens is arguably the most prominent writer the world has ever seen. In 1818, Jane Lampton found interest in a serious young lawyer named John Clemens. With the Lampton family in ... wife so he spent several weeks writing his second book, The Innocents Abroad. Young novelist and editor William Deam Howells said the book contained an abundance of pure human nature, such as rarely gets into literature... (qtd. in Lyttle 110). Following the birth of their first child, Langdon Clemens in 1870, Twain set out to write Roughing It, a story recounting his early adventures as a miner and journalist; and The Gilded Age. The Gilded Age was an immediate hit with the public and sold out three printings in the first month. Twain soon wrote perhaps the two most famous and influential stories in American Literature: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Howells would call Tom Sawyer the best story I ever read. It will be an immense success... (Lyttle 137). Though some people ...
- 200: Chaucerian Commentary
- ... of action and adventure. Those who are naive or foolish enough to trust their lives to the fates find their strings pulled by their adversaries. Chaucer looked at the individual in his setting. Chaucer s literature is diverse and satirical. His description of life is often influenced by his intimacy with the aristocracy, yet he still regards the common classes as a practical necessity. Chaucer is greatly known for his paradoxical illustrations, painting the differences between the ideal individual and the reality of the actual human being. Chaucerian literature is characterized by emphasis on the individual. Through colorful and shrewd description Chaucer paints an image of each pilgrim in the Canterbury tales. It is through each individual that Chaucer attempts to represent the whole ... occupation in the prologue. The pilgrims further reveal their true nature as they tell their tale to the travelers. Works Cited Abrams, M.H., Donaldson, Smith, Adams, Monk, Ford, Daiches. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. New York: W.W. Norton and Company Inc., 1962. 74-81. Brother Anthony. Chaucer and Religion. http://www.sogang.arc.kr/-anthony/religion.html Goffinet, Ben. Approaches to the Pardoner s Tale. http://www. ...
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