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- 571: Biography of William Shakespeare
- ... view of human nature, Shakespeare had a vast knowledge of a variety of subjects. These subjects include music, law, Bible, stage, art, politics, history, hunting, and sports. Shakespeare had a tremendous influence on culture and literature throughout the world. He contributed greatly to the development of the English language. Many words and phrases from Shakespeare's plays and poems have become part of our speech. Shakespeare's plays and poems have ... written in history books. The world has admired and respected many great writers, but only Shakespeare has generated such enormous continuing interest. My source states explanations rather than opinions on why Shakespeare's contributions to literature are so vast. My source devoted thirty pages to William Shakespeare. Shakespeare's plays are usually divided into three major categories. These are comedy, tragedy, and history. Three plays which are in the category of ...
- 572: Langston Hughes
- African American Voices.Conneticutt:The Millbrook Press, 1995 Adventures in American Literature. Chicago: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1980 Langston Hughes. We Too Sing America. G. Casey Cassidy.Online. Yale New Haven Teachers Institute. 1998 Langston Hughes. The Influence of Musical Folk Traditions in the Poetry of Langston ... 1927).2 Mainly because of the depression Hughes became a socialist in the 1930s. He never joined the Communist party, but he wrote many radical poems and essays in magazines like New Masses and International Literature and spent a year in the Soviet Union. In 1939 Hughes moved away from the political scene. During the war he supported the Allies with patriotic songs and sketches and published a collection of poems ...
- 573: 1920s And 1930s With Reference
- ... surrounded them left them orphaned in a sea of debt. In this era, Americans soon learned that the American Dream was a legend that only few could achieve although it was wanted by all. The literature of the time often reflected the desperation and despair of the people in the nation. Two of the books that most displayed the nations feelings of hopelessness and regret, were The Sun Also Rises by ... 1996 Cronon, E. David. A History: Politics, Depression, and War 1925-1945. U. of Wisconsin: Wisconsin, 1994 Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Simon&Schuster Inc.:New York, 1925 Heath, D. Heath Anthology of American Literature. Heath D.C.: Lexington MA, 1990 Hemingway, Ernest M. The Sun Also Rises. Charles Shcribner’s Sons: New York, 1926 Stein, Richard Conrad. The Roaring Twenties. West House: New York, 1994 Word Count: 3368
- 574: Analysis Of Jack Turners The A
- ... to violently defend something we love or feel is sacred. Ecological preservation is only possible through a loving and intimate relationship between humans and wild nature. Our love of nature is supported by the art, literature, poetry, myth and lore of wild nature. It is these things that develop the language that our society so greatly lacks. Turner finds his solutions more from the ideas of Thoreau and Muir. He finds ... necessary for its defense and preservation. In chapter seven, Turner discusses the importance of Doug Peacock. Turner comments on how unique Peacock s message about wildness is and how different it is from most nature literature. Through Peacock s Grizzly Years and Faulkner s Big Two Hearted-River, Turner describes the wild as a place of healing. He also explain some of the rituals, traditions, and experiences that help restore the ...
- 575: Science Fiction
- ... its highly ironical form, is a perfect demonstration of the time's combination of satire and alienation; while from the 19th century, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, is a parody of gothic literature and of Oedipus Rex. Ultimately, 18th century Science Fiction uses satire and alienation while 19th century Science Fiction deals mainly with a parody of the ‘Oedipus Complex’. In Micromegas, Voltaire uses science to present the ... with a combination of satire and alienation while Shelley’s Frankenstein is a parody of creation and the ‘Oedipus Complex’. Therefore, 18th century uses both alienation and satire to elucidate their points while 19th century literature uses a parody of creation and the ‘Oedipus Complex’.
- 576: Imagery And Symbolism In THE T
- ... 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 two lines of the second stanza, where ... all the more dramatic. The spiritual aspects of this poem are apparent and undeniable. Equally so is Blake’s use of symbolism and imagery which contribute to these. The Tyger just goes to show that literature need not be divinely inspired in order in order to be spiritually thought provoking.
- 577: Edgar Allan Poe
- Edgar Allan Poe Many authors have made great contributions to the world of literature. Mark Twain introduced Americans to life on the Mississippi. Thomas Hardy wrote on his pessimistic views of the Victorian Age. Another author that influenced literature is Edgar Allan Poe. Poe is known as the father of the American short story and father of the detective story. To understand the literary contributions of Edgar Allan Poe, one must look at his ...
- 578: Adam Smith
- ... of statement which I have hitherto observed, and to group together our material according to theories. To this end I shall try first of all to make a methodical survey of the whole mass of literature which will occupy our attention. This will be most easily done by putting the characteristic and central question of the problem in the foreground. We shall then see at a glance how the theory differentiates ... century, but has been gradually abandoned since then. I shall group these answers together under the name of the Colourless theories. A second party says, Capital produces the surplus. This school, amply represented in economic literature, may be conveniently called that of the Productivity theories. I may here note that in their later development we shall find the productivity theories splitting up into many varieties; into Productivity theories in the narrower ...
- 579: The Outsiders: Character Changes
- The Outsiders: Character Changes In literature, a character often changes from the beginning to middle and to the end of a novel. In the novel The Outsiders, Ponyboy and Johnny undergo many changes. Ponyboy is an honor roll student and a ... broken back and his burns he died from serious critical condition. He was made a hero to many and always remained in the memory of the gang. As you can see, change affects characters in literature in many different ways. Ponyboy got over Johnny's death and wrote an essay for English. Johnny became bolder, not scared, and lost his life do to injury.
- 580: Aristotle On Tragedy
- ... modern, does not have a hamartia at all). The terms hamartia and hubris should become basic tools of your critical apparatus. The Concept of Tragedy: The word tragedy can be applied to a genre of literature. It can mean 'any serious and dignified drama that describes a conflict between the hero (protagonist) and a superior force (destiny, chance, society, god) and reaches a sorrowful conclusion that arouses pity or fear in ... certain scholars tragedy is logically impossible. Of course a possible variation of the tragic concept would allow a character to have a fault which leads to consequences far more dire than he deserves. But tragic literature is not intended to make people sad. It may arouse pity and fear for the suffering protagonist, or for all humanity, especially ourselves. But usually it also is intended to inspire admiration for the central ...
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