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- 10921: Major Themes in Faulkner's "Light in August"
- Major Themes in Faulkner's "Light in August" Light In August: A Study of 20th Century Man's Search for Self A Study of the Origins of Evil"...a man's future is inherent in that man..." -Faulkner in the University. p.139 Faulkner's Light in August is a metaphor. In fact it is many metaphors, almost infinitely many. It is a jumble of ...
- 10922: Hamlet - Revenge Was Not An Ac
- ... as a separate character in Hamlet. Revenge is set to overcome anyone who seeks it. Initially, after each of the murders, every son had a definite course of action to obtain vengeance. Or in Hamlet’s case the choice was to seek no vengeance. As the play unfolds, each young man approaches the desire for revenge and chooses a different path towards gaining it based on the guidance of another character ... revenge. Although King Hamlet, the now deceased King of Denmark, held sole responsibility for the death of King Fortinbras, young Prince Fortinbras seeks vengeance toward the entire country of Denmark. Horatio, a friend of Hamlet’s, said, “As it doth well appear unto our state, but to recover of us by strong hand and terms compulsatory, those foresaid lands so by his father lost…” (I.i.101-104). By this, Horatio ... your majesty,” (II.ii.70-71). This intervention could be what saves Fortinbras’ life. With the counseling of his uncle, Fortinbras is able to put aside his longing to settle the score for his father’s murder. In the end, he is greatly rewarded. Because of his persistent doubt of whether Claudius did, in fact, kill his father Hamlet defers making plans to act out his revenge. Hamlet is the ...
- 10923: Blake's "London" and "The Garden of Love"
- Blake's "London" and "The Garden of Love" William Blake is one of the greatest poets to have ever lived. Some critics have discussed the notion that William Blake was insane or crazy. One critic of his ... 19th centuries, the Industrial Revolution was born in England. With this new growth in industry and capitalism, businessmen recognized the advantage of cheap labor. Children were among the most abused work force in that country's history. William Blake saw this increase of social injustice and was overwhelmed, so he began to write about this hypocrisy of social values that he felt was being carefully hidden from the mainstream. While most ... has even corrupted nature. In the next two lines he comments on the beaten men of society: “. . . every face I meet / Marks of weakness, marks of woe." This behavior is the thief of the individual's innocence as the city of London represents what is manmade: "In every voice, in every ban, / the mind-fog manacles I hear": Blake turns to the root of the problem in the next stanza ...
- 10924: Ben Franklin 2
- Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography is broken up into four integral parts, all written during different periods in Franklin's life. The first part, addressed to his son, William, was written when Franklin was sixty-five years old. Before he began the task of recording his past, Franklin carefully wrote out a list of topics ... of his autobiography in France where he served as a peace commissioner, and in 1788, Franklin composed the longest part of his autobiography at the age of eighty-three. The tangled history of how Franklin's autobiography became to be is interesting in itself. It shows Franklin's motives behind writing his autobiography. When Abel James wrote "kind, humane, and benevolent" Franklin to finish his life story, he told Franklin ...
- 10925: "Paul's Case": Willa Cathers
- "Paul's Case": Willa Cathers The story "Paul's Case" describes Willa Cathers belief that in the early 1900's, economically disadvantaged people were not subject to such a beautiful atmosphere unlike that of the bourgeoisie. Cathers tells a story of a young boy who desperately wants to be a part of this world ...
- 10926: The Albanian Virgin
- ALICE MUNRO’S THE ALBANIAN VIRGIN IN OPEN SECRETS EXEMPLIES HER CHARACTERISTIC APPROACH To try to trace Alice Munro’s narrative techniques to any particular development in the short story The Albanian Virgin would be difficult. This could be because it is simply written from careful observations as are many of her other short stories ... though she tries to transform a common, ordinary world into something that is unsettling and mysterious as was seen in Vandals. Most of her stories found in Open Secrets, are set or focused on Munro’s native Canada, Huron County, and particularly in the small fictional Ontario town of Carstairs, although the setting in The Albanian Virgin is in British Columbia. The story, The Albanian Virgin, found in Open Secrets, ...
- 10927: 16th And 17th Century English
- ... of literature, but also changed the ideals of what literature could be. One of the first occurrences to set off the issue of religion, not only in England, but all of Europe was Martin Luther s demand for Catholic reform in Germany. This was a sort of spark to ignite the powder keg among citizens of Europe. Once the battle between Catholics and Protestants began, the Reformation, and Counter Reformation produced inspired works of literature. This topic as well relates to politics, therefore I shall include both in this discussion. As the struggle for religious power continued, a monumental cultural shift occurred as Queen Elizabeth s style of self-representation was replaced by the theories of James I's belief in absolute monarchy and divine right of kings. He referred to himself as God s anointed deputy. (Norton Topics #1) James, who was already an author when he took the throne, reprinted his ...
- 10928: Analysis of Whitman's "Drum Taps" and "The Wound Dresser"
- Analysis of Whitman's "Drum Taps" and "The Wound Dresser" Like most of the unprepared, naive Americans who believed the Civil War would consist of a few short battles and little casualties, who then after the war reached it's second year truly saw the Civil War for what it really was- the bloodiest in America's history; Walt Whitman's "Drum Taps" represents this ideal from start to finish. From the war's first battle in 1861 when Whitman saw the endeavor as a chance for the North to put ...
- 10929: Utopia
- ... perforce, for lack of better sources of information, rely on the book called Utopia We ourselves shall have to look very closely to separate the thinkers thought from the literary tricks of the trade. More's intentions in Utopia, must remain mysterious. A little more difficult to accept is the general implication of the review that the mysteriousness of the author's intent in Utopia is somehow a point in his favor, that the obscurity of his meaning enhances the merit of his work. The one point of unanimous agreement about Utopia is it is a work ... of course to expand the book unless one has some notion of the hierarchy of conception in it. A caretul reading of Utopia does seem to me to reveal clearly the hierarchy of it author's ideas at the time he composed the book. Although the interpretation of Utopia which follows has no pretension to substantial novelty, but rather disavows it, my approach to the problem may seem singular and ...
- 10930: Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest
- Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest While some critics contend that The Importance of Being Earnest is completely fanciful and has no relation to the real world, others maintain that Oscar Wilde's "trivial comedy for serious people" does make significant comments about social class and the institution of marriage. These observations include the prevalent utilization of deceit in everyday affairs. Indeed the characters and plot of the ... portrays each of the main characters in a way that reflects his views of the English aristocracy. Algernon Moncrieff and Jack(Ernest) Worthington represent the prototypical male bachelors. In the opening act, set in Algernon's flat, the two meet and display what appears to be their usual daily activities. Neither is employed, and it is apparent that their only occupation is the pursuit of leisure activities and social matters, ...
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