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- 811: Digging By Seamus Heaney
- ... look like they rhyme. Which is shown quite regularly through this poem. Free verse also complements the style of the poet 'connecting' with the reader in the way that it seems like the poet is writing directly to the reader. Making it a more 'in touch' and personal poem to subjects that we can relate to. In this case. Having a respect for your Father or your heritage. The poems opening line, in a simple, complete one line statement, conveys the impression of ... he can never be like them. In this, he compares himself to these men. However, the poem ends when he reflects on what he can do-what he as an individual can do, that being writing. He ends this poem with a confident line where he writes: "I'll dig with it." This can be interpreted in the way that their lives are connected between his Father, Grandfather and himself, ...
- 812: Jack London’s Apparent Conflic
- ... ventured to sea on a sealing ship. The turning point of his life was a thirty-day imprisonment that was so degrading it made him decide to turn to education and pursue a career in writing. His years in the Klondike searching for gold left their mark in his best short stories; among them, The Call of the Wild, and White Fang. His novel, The Sea-Wolf, was based on his ... 321 ) London again shows mans flaws and the inner conflicts they have among them in John Barleycorn. In this story, London writes about himself and his own struggles against alcoholism. This story about his own personal wars within him shows why he writes about so many different conflicts; he is constantly in conflict within himself and displays these conflicts in his stories. (Walcutt 41). In “Burning Light,” London plays a hero ... exquisite hotel in town (Walcutt 29). London loved to insert these “twists” in his stories to make fun of society. In the short story “Planchette”, London deices to take an alternate route to his normal writing and writes a bizarre mystery about two lovers and the reason they would not marry. A very unclear story told, London’s characters tend to be clueless and make no sense throughout the novel. ...
- 813: I Am The Cheese
- I am the Cheese By Robert Cormier I am the Cheese is a compelling and unconventional novel. The novel's major strengths include the uses of a powerful theme, an intriguing title, and sophisticated writing techniques. It has three levels of narration that are interdependent, and yet keep the reader in a permanent state of confusion. Robert Cormier manages to create a puzzling, disturbing atmosphere for the most part of ... the novel, which fits in well with the theme of the book. He effectively reveals the theme, which is a revelation about the lies in our depraved society, with the use of manipulation and complex writing techniques. The title of the novel is also a extension of the book's message, which contributes to the intensity of the story. In I am the Cheese, the main theme of the story deals ... I am the cheese." (P217) The perplexing title of this book is an extension of the mood in this novel, which is somewhat ambivalent, due to the shifts from a perpetuating bike ride, to confusing, personal flashbacks and stoical interviews with Brint. The readers would feel uneasy as they follow Adam on his bike ride and the interview tapes, as if some things did not seem right in the plot. ...
- 814: John Dryden
- ... regarded as the enemy of the English monarchy. Some of the members have been accused, and others falsely accused, of setting plots against the crown (Hopkins 85). In 1663, Dryden, "under the cloud of some personal disgrace," married Sir Robert Howard's sister, Lady Elizabeth. The marriage provided no financial advantages or much compatibility for the couple, but Dryden did gain some social status because of her nobility. Because of his ... has been divided into two time periods of his career. The first was during the Restoration period and ended in 1667. He did not write another poem for fourteen years; during this time he was writing plays and critiques. The second period began during the later part of his life and ended in 1681 (Harth 3). Some of Dryden's more popular poems "The Cock and the Fox," "All For Love ... famous "Mac Cunningham 5 Flecknoe." In the poem "All For Love," it portrays the love story between Cleopatra, the breath-taking, beautiful, Queen of the Nile and her lover Antony. He also knew that when writing this poem it would be nothing new to the poetic world (Dryden 14). "All For Love" is a pale, beautiful play. The theme "All For Love" was meant to be that "punishment inexorably follows ...
- 815: Pride And Prejudice
- ... At fourteen she began to write little plays for home theatricals. She also wrote nonsense story’s to entertain her family. After her father’s retirement they moved to the town of Bath. She was writing First Impression, now called Pride and Prejudice but couldn’t get it published till 1813. Jane led a quiet life and never married. She died in 1817. She has written several novels: Sense and Sensibility ... Bingley when he is given the ball he promised to give. He tells her to wait until at least her sister has recovered from her cold. [Chapter 10] A few days later Mr. Darcy is writing a letter to his sister. He is interrupted by Miss Bingley every few minutes. At least Elizabeth takes part in the conversation. She has a polite quarrel with Darcy and finally he ends his letter ... and Jane leave for London and soon after that Mr. Collins returns. Jane promises Charlotte to visit her in Hunsford in March, with Charlotte’s father and her sister Maria. After the wedding they started writing to each other. Charlotte pretends to be very happy and she praises everything she has and every one she meets. Then Elizabeth receives a letter from Jane. She has visited Caroline and it took ...
- 816: Robert Browning
- ... Robert Browning's tendency toward skepticism was recorded early on. Robert Browning's first deviation from his faith was at the age of fifteen or sixteen. His primary influences were the Flower family and the writing of P.B Shelley. Browning often traveled to the Flower's house to discuss music, poetry, and aethism (Irvine & Honan, 1974). Eliza Flower , with whom Browning was infatuated was an influence in Browning's aethism. She was one of the primary influences that turned Browning away from the Christianity of his mother. His other influence, the writing of Shelley, a known aethist, taught Browning to be an independent free thinker. After reading Shelley's book, Queen Mab , Browning became an aethist and a vegetarian(DeVane & Smalley, 1984). He rejected his mother's ... Payne, 1967, p.199). Browning clearly possessed a great respect for Shelley which followed him through much of his early poetry. Browning's life was "fundamentally affected"(Miller, 1953, p.9) by the Shelley's writing. During his adolescence, Browning may have recognized Shelley's, "fearless spiritual independence"(Miller, 1953, p.9). He noticed a "principal of conduct whereby to measure in the years to come not only the sum ...
- 817: The Black Cat
- ... By beginning the story with the phrase, "For the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither solicit belief," the narrator makes several things quite explicit: that he is writing rather than speaking , that the story, although hard to believe, is true and that he doesn’t expect any one to believe him (Poe 1). He also makes it clear that what he will describe ... that took place which he calls "an ordinary succession of very natural causes and effects" (Poe 1). When the narrator declares this, he causes the reader to believe quite the opposite of what he is writing, which in fact is that the narrator of the story is crazy and causes us to question if the story is in fact the truth. By telling the story from the first person point of ... about her and maybe he, himself, want us not to think much about her. The point of view of the story can best be described when Womack implies what we get out of it by writing, "Once again, the reader is invited to delve into the inner workings of the dark side of the mind" (5). This statement shows how from the first person point of view the reader is ...
- 818: Witchcraft
- ... Solitary", means a Witch that worships on his/her own without joining any Coven. Further details about coven will be mentioned in later section. "Charge" is a Magickal act, which saturates a certain object with personal power (Wiccan Definiton). The method that Witches would use to worship the Goddess and the Horned God is called "Ritual". They request and wish through Magick while they perform Rituals. Although each tradition works on ... stage. They think they can communicate with their Gods best in this psychological condition (Wicca: A Guide For The Solitary Practitioner, Cunningham 81). Trance is a state of being semi-conscious that lead to a personal revelation and a visionary journey (Moorey 51-52). Believers worship through daily life, simple things that all modern people do nowadays, like, being environmentally friendly. It is because they think that if the nature suffer ... it according to the Rede, not to harm anybody including him or herself (Alaya). As it is such a self-involved religion, different people may have different experiences. Normally, Witches keep a record of their personal experiences, feelings and some spells that they have composed in a journal called "The Book of Shadows" (Wicca: A Guide For The Solitary Practitioner, Cunningham 196). This book usually passes from generation to generation. ...
- 819: Brave New World Essays
- ... way. Being a child from the savage reservation, John was taught that morality, rather than conditioned by the Controller. John learned his rights and wrongs from his mother, and his own experiences. John knew a personal relationship was valued, and everyone loved one another. He learned that religion was a major part of his morals. Sex was something done with a mate that is loved. When John was brought to the ... the savage reservation. A piece of a mother and father could be put together for a child in the savage society, but in the Brave New World, everyone had their own life. There were no personal relationships, and there was no love. Also, drugs were looked down upon by the reservation, and yet, in the Brave New World, drugs, specifically soma, are the food for life. Instead of living through rough ... up! John finds that the happiness philosophy is based on things that shouldn’t show true happiness. In the savage reservation, and in our society today, there are many things that mean true happiness. Family, personal relationships, and nature all represent happiness to us. Our family is whom we love, and who we are. We value our family greatly. John does as well. The savages and our society value personal ...
- 820: Comparison Between Virginia Wo
- ... that of the Romantics insofar as he sees the poet as a vessel or channel through which, to put it cruisely, inspiration passes. If there is to be any element of continuity, which of earlier writing, the more effective his improduct and more closely linked to the tradition. Eliot goes on to claim the necessity of a tradition in literary criticism aswell, No poet, no artist of any art, has his ... called them materialistic. She finds realism dull that s why. Although, she does contradict her own views because she does approve of Conrad and Hardy who deal with real aspects of life.Woolf believes in writing without concentrating on plots or characters. Woolf, like Joyce, practiced the technique of stream of consciousness in her writings. Woolf also believed that only the worthy gets recorded in the mind. It is only fair to view the two essays within the contexts of their times. Whilst Eliot was concentrating on the poetic tradition, Woolf was writing as a novelist, an art form that had peeked to some extent to the nineteenth century and was undergoing serious metamorphosis. If we consider this we may see that there are some justifications in ...
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