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A Biography of Alfred Edward Housman an English Classical Poet (3151 words, 12 pages)

Alfred Edward Housman, a classical scholar and poet, was born in Fockbury in thecounty of Worcestershire, England on March 26, 1859. His poems are variations onthe themes of mortality and the miseries of human condition (Magill 1411). Mostof Housmans poems were written in the 1890s when he was under greatpsychological ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock (1074 words, 5 pages)

The plot of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 "The Birds," taken from a DaphneDu Maurier (who wrote the novel "Rebecca") short story, seemsludicrous. Birds attacking a small town, actually killing people. But in thecompetent hands of the master of suspense, the movie is frighteningly, well,suspenseful. Evan Hunter (who also writes under the ... Read More

The Bombing of Alfred Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City (974 words, 2 pages)

On April 15, 1995, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City blew up. The bombing left one hundred sixty-eight men, women, and children dead and hundreds injured. One of the suspects, Timothy McVeigh has been found guilty and sentenced to death for committing the worst act of terrorism ... Read More

An Introduction to the Theories of Evolution by Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace (1081 words, 2 pages)

What is a theory? What are some different theories of evolution? These questions and many more will be answered in this paper. This paper includes some amazing facts. People once believed that maggots (a fly-like insect) came from rotten meat, not from their parents like all animals do. Charles Darwin ... Read More

An Introduction to the Analysis of the Birds by Alfred Hitchcock (427 words, 1 pages)

The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock is a stunning is a drama where the majority of the film is taken up by panoramic shots of the birds flying over Bodega Bay. When the birds are gathering planning to attack there is no music there is also very little conversation, save the ... Read More

The Life and Works of Alfred Edward Housman (1346 words, 3 pages)

English 190-19Housmans Attack of the CrucifixionMuch symbolism and imagery exists in Alfred Edward Housmans famous collections of poems. This prominent poets reflections of historically important occurrences are filled with implicit meanings. A Shropshire Lad, first published in 1896, was Housmans first compilation of poetry. In his forty-seventh poem of this ... Read More

An Analysis of To Catch a Thief by Alfred Hitchcock (1004 words, 4 pages)

2. Hitchcock likes to blur the ideas of love and obsession, and of safety and danger into relation,or association. In To Catch a Thief, Danielle a bit illicitly tells Robie "I do one favor per day". She's like a siren sex symbol, meeting Robie for the first time in the ... Read More

Alfred Hitchcock and His Choice of Black and White Film (572 words, 1 pages)

Alfred Hitchcock is renown as a master cinematographer (and editor), notwithstanding his overall brilliance in the craft of film. His choice of black and white film for 1960 was regarded within the film industry as unconventional since color was perhaps at least five years the new standard. But this worked ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Tithonus by Alfred Lord Tennyson (842 words, 6 pages)

Regret A Hopeless QualityTenets of Tenneyson in TithonusTithonus was written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The poems setting is the ancientstory of Tithonus. Tithonus fell in love with Eos, goddess of the dawn, and asked her forimmortality. Unfortunately for Tithonus he did not ask for eternal youth, only eternal life. He,therefore, ... Read More

An Introduction to the Analysis of Crosby’s Diary (473 words, 2 pages)

Holograph version Different versions of this poem exist. This is the original, which Crosby offered to Transition as a filler for a 2-page portion of the magazine set aside for his work. Editor Eugene Jolas took portions which he rearranged in a shorter sequence.Reproduced with the Permissionof Special Collections, Morris ... Read More

An Introduction to Cary Nelson’s Foonote for Crosby in Repression and Recovery (451 words, 3 pages)

Cary Nelsons foonote for Crosby in Repression and Recovery suggested that his writing may have been more various than had been heretofore recognized. As he states "Although Crosby is now almost exclusively identified with an apolitical experimental modernism, his identity was more contested during his life. His radical rejection of ... Read More

An Analysis of Crane Crosby’s “Shadows of the Sun” (262 words, 2 pages)

Sy KahnOn Crosby and CraneCrosbys own books of poetry and his diaries, Shadowsof the Sun, testify that he apprehended and rendered reality in much the same way asCrane. For example, both shared an enthusiasm for the technology of the century and saw inthe symbol of the machine a dynamic expression ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of Harry Crosby’s Brief Transit (4593 words, 18 pages)

Edward BrunnerHarry Crosbys "Brief Transit" He had gifts that would have made him an explorer, a soldier of fortune, a revolutionist they were qualities fatal to a poet. --Malcolm Cowleys summary of Harry CrosbyHarry Crosby has been twice cursed with exceptional biographers(Malcolm Cowley in 1934 and Geoffrey Wolff in 1976) ... Read More

An Introduction to What to Expect from the Surrealist Text by Harry Crosby (790 words, 4 pages)

Harry CrosbyWhat to Expect from the Surrealist Text Crosby regularly wrote to his mother, sharing with her his plans for publishing books, his own ideas about poetry even speaking openly about extramarital relationships. They shared projects, including an exhaustive reading of books in the Bible (Crosby has over one hundred ... Read More

An Analysis of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, a Poem by T. S. Eliot (1276 words, 2 pages)

There is a difference between the way Prufrock sees himself, and the way the poem reveals him to us. He dramatises himself as a sensitive and slightly tragic figure the poem exposes him as comic. Does this correspond to your own reading of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock?In ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry (1262 words, 2 pages)

This paper is a critique of a production of The Last Night of Ballyhoo, a play written by Alfred Uhry, which was performed and produced by the Ball State University Theatre. Gilbert L. Bloom directed the production and was very successful with producing a truly entertaining, comedic play with an ... Read More

The Present Day Practical Application of Alfred Binet’s Theory (1371 words, 7 pages)

Alfred BinetThe following essay offers both a short biography of Psychologist AlfredBinet and a present day practical application using the theory from whichBinet developed his Intelligence test.Alfred Binet, born in Nice, France, on the eleventh of July, whose motherwas an artist and whose father was a physician, became one of ... Read More

The Early Works and Life of Alfred Einstein (1668 words, 8 pages)

Of all the scientists to emerge from the nineteenth and twentieth centuriesthere is one whose name is known by almost all living people. While mostof these do not understand this man's work, everyone knows that its impacton the world of science is astonishing. Yes, many have heard of Albert Einstein'sGeneral ... Read More

The Early Life Struggles of Alfred Lord Tennyson (941 words, 5 pages)

Alfred Tennyson was born on August 6th, 1809, at Somersby, Lincolnshire,fourth of twelve children of George and Elizabeth Tennyson. Tennyson, saidto be the best poet of the Victorian era and his poetry will be discussedin this essay. Tennyson had a lifelong fear of mental illness, becauseseveral men in his family ... Read More

The Life and Works of Alfred Nobel (1513 words, 7 pages)

Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden on October 21, 1833.(Encarta)His father Immanuel Nobel was an engineer and inventor who built bridgesand buildings in Stockholm. In connection with his construction work ImmanuelNobel also experimented with different techniques of blasting rock. Alfred'smother, Andrietta Ahlsell came from a wealthy family. Due to ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poetic Monologue Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1046 words, 2 pages)

A Hero Among Men, A Man Among Heroes The name Ulysses instantly conjures up images of heroism and adventure. Even modern readers who are less versed in classical literature recognize the larger-than-life character, if not the specific details of this legend. It is with these associations in mind that one ... Read More

Masters of Their DomainThe similarities between The Eagle, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Hawk Roosting, by Ted Hughes, are far more prominent than the differences. There is one glaring contradiction between the two poems. The hawk is an accomplished killer whereas the eagle is just perched ready for dinner only ... Read More

A Biography of Alfred Hitchcock, an American Movie Director (640 words, 1 pages)

Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in the East London area of Leytonstone. He was the youngest son of William and Emma Whelan Hitchcock. His strict Irish Catholic upbringing and education at the Jesuits St. Iganatius College is apparent in many of his films. At the young age of 16, he ... Read More

An Analysis of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, a Poem by T. S. Eliot (1593 words, 3 pages)

TS EliotThe love songIt is an examination of the pitiful outcast of a modern man--overeducated, well-spoken, irrational, and emotionally awkward. Prufrock, the poem's speaker, seems to be addressing a potential lover, with whom he would like to "force the moment to its crisis" by somehow fixing their relationship. But Prufrock ... Read More

A Summary of the Poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by S. Eliot (543 words, 1 pages)

.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is a poem which enters the dynamic consciousness of its title character, whose feelings, thoughts and emotions are displayed in a motley but organized sequence, as they ride the man's wavering mood. His is a mood wavering more often towards haplessness ... Read More

An Analysis of The Lady of Shalott, a Poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1061 words, 4 pages)

Tennyson s 1832 poem, The Lady of Shalott , found itself born again in its revised stateafter Tennyson s ten year silent period. In both versions, the Lady of Shalott is a body ofcreativity. Her weaving is an artform. Enveloped in the tapestry are images and picturesof the reflections she ... Read More

An Analysis of Bricklayer’s Boy, an Essay by Alfred Lubrano (694 words, 1 pages)

UnderstandingIn a world of many different opinions, understanding one another is difficult, but possible. Maybe not always a full understanding, but at least a partial understanding. In order to reach this understanding people must first have a tolerance for one another. Second they must experience what the other person is ... Read More

A Comparison of Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson and the Odyssey by Homer (708 words, 1 pages)

Ulysses By TennysonThe poem I chose to write about is Ulysses , by Alfred Lord Tennyson. It is a poem based on Homer s Odyssey, which is the story of Odysseus (Ulysses) and his journeys. Odysseus was King of Ithaca and leader of the Greek army. The Greeks sailed into ... Read More

The Transformation of Religion in Alfred Whitehead’s “The Making of Religion” (4457 words, 7 pages)

In The Making of Religion, Alfred North Whitehead attempts to give a concise analysis of the various causes in human nature, which go to form a religion. To reveal the unavoidable transformation of religion with the transformation of knowledge, and also to direct attention to the origin of religion on ... Read More

An Overview of the Plate Tectonics Theory by Alfred Wegener (2456 words, 4 pages)

Plate TectonicsPlate tectonics are a relatively new theory that has revolutionized the way geologists think about the Earth. According to the theory, the surface of the Earth is broken into large plates. The size and position of these plates change over time. The edges of these plates, where they move ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013