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Murder and Its Effects on the Roman Society (635 words, 1 pages)

The Effect of Murder on Roman Society The conspirators, in Shakespeares Julius Caesar, murder Caesar because he wanted to be king and a tyrant. His death created an avalanche of violence and murder. The conspirators were not right to kill Caesar. This can be best explained by examining the personal ... Read More

An Aalysis of the Early Evolution of Motion Pictures (973 words, 2 pages)

The Early Evolution of Motion Pictures Many inventors and scientists observed the visual phenomenon that a series of individual still pictures set into motion created the illusion of movement - a concept termed persistence of vision by Roman poet Lucretius who discovered the phenomenon. A number of technologies and inventions ... Read More

The Memories of Frankish Crusader Barbarians (351 words, 1 pages)

Near the end of November, 1098, soon after taking the Muslim city of Antioch, thousands of Frankish Crusader barbarians surrounded the city of Ma'arra. All the city had was a small untrained urban militia but for two weeks they effectively resisted the crusaders. On December 11, the barbarians agreed with ... Read More

A Description of the Bell Jar Which Was First Published in London By William Heinemann Limited (426 words, 1 pages)

The Bell Jar was first published in London in January 1963 by William Heinemann Limited publishers under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas, for Sylvia Plath questioned the literary value of the novel and did not believe that it was a "serious work." More importantly, the novel had numerous parallels to the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of the Canadian History (3812 words, 6 pages)

Canadians throughout their history have been concerned over the status of their national literature. One of the major problems facing early Canadian writers was that the language and poetic conventions that they had inherited from the Old World were inadequate for the new scenery and conditions in which they now ... Read More

A Review of the Poem “The Farewell Of A Virginia Slave Mother” (2104 words, 4 pages)

In a letter to William Lloyd Garrison dated November 24, 1863, John Greenleaf Whittier comments on his joy over the "prospect of the speedy emancipation of the slaves of the United States". He also declares "I set a higher value on my name as appended to the Antislavery Declaration of ... Read More

A Biography of Thomas Stearns Eliot (1466 words, 3 pages)

About the time of World War I came a man that would help change the thinking of many people. T.S. Eliot, along with many other poets and artists, headed a new revolution known as Modernism. According to Lavender, (1998) modernism is a rebellion against the Victorian traditions of that time. ... Read More

A Biography of Thomas Stearns Eliot (804 words, 2 pages)

T(homas) S(tearns) Eliot was born in St. Louis in 1888 to a family with prominent New England roots. Eliot largely abandoned his Midwestern roots and chose to ally himself with both New and old England throughout his life. He attended Harvard as an undergraduate in 1906, was accepted into the ... Read More

An Analysis of Style and Theme in For Colored Girls (746 words, 1 pages)

Style and Theme in For Colored Girls who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf For Colored Girls who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf is a piece of work written by Ntozake Shange. It is written in an unusual style that is called a choreopoem. This ... Read More

An Analysis of Storm Warning by Adrienne Rich (463 words, 1 pages)

In the poem Storm Warnings, by Adrienne Rich, there are created both literal and metaphorical meanings through the use of concrete details and its overall organization, which correlate to the title. The contrast presented is that of a physical storm, portrayed in the disability to avoid weathers onset, and that ... Read More

A Comparison of Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and Anne Sexton (809 words, 2 pages)

Starry Night Vincent van Gogh is one of the most famous artists of all time. He completed many paintings that have become world-renown, even by the average layman. According to one critic, Van Gogh was filled with lonely feelings and endless creative energy. He wasnt a successful artist during his ... Read More

A Comparison of Journeys in the Inferno and the Tale of Saigyo (328 words, 1 pages)

The Tale of Saigyo and The Inferno both trace the unique journeys of two interesting figures, Saigyo and Dante. The two journeys are differing in that one is a journey through the life of a Buddhist monk, and the other is a journey through the different circles of hell. The ... Read More

The Three Tragic Poets at the Annual Festival of Dionysus (6039 words, 8 pages)

Tragedy was performed in Athens at the annual festival of Dionysus, the Great, or the City, Dionysia in late March. Competition was held on three successive mornings of the festival. Three tragic poets, who had been selected earlier in the year, each presented a tetralogy, consisting of three tragedies and ... Read More

An Analysis of Allegory in the Epic of Beowulf (804 words, 1 pages)

Allegory is defined the representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative or dramatic form. Abstract ideas or principles can be anything, from the evil potential in man to God's greatness. Allegory and ambiguity often go hand and hand, because just like two people cannot ... Read More

The Fault of Sir Gawain in the Verse, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Pearl Poet (2839 words, 5 pages)

Sir Gawain's Fault in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" What's all the fuss about anyway? A question of life, death, and ethics in the 14th Century What happens when a Kantian mind meets a Machievellian body? Sir Gawain lied and kept the green girdle, so what? He wanted to ... Read More

A Summary of the Poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Pearl Poet (1142 words, 2 pages)

"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" is a poem written by a poet (name unknown) approximately 6000 years ago in the late 1300's in the medieval times. This story was originally written in medieval literature with a real unique rhyme scheme, but was translated later in time to regular English ... Read More

The Tragedy in the Romantic Story of William Shakespeare (1053 words, 2 pages)

William Shakespeare, the English poet and playwright of the 16th -17th centuries, is known as the best dramatist in the world. He is also known as the best author who has written in the English language. He has written a lot of great plays and sonnets, which are read and ... Read More

An Analysis of the Imperfecions of Humanity Through Characters in Plays by William Shakespeare (323 words, 1 pages)

The purpose of this paper is to show that poets, play writers, and dramatists do in fact want to teach you about how, in every day lives, humans are perceived or would be perceived if others could see their thoughts and actions. William Shakespeare did this with many plays, sonnets, ... Read More

An Analysis of William Shakespeare’s Sonnet (635 words, 1 pages)

How plainly here the poet speaks! In the enormous plenitude of his conceptions which have not as yet found a human sphere to vent themselves, the thought occupies him that his mind as well as his body will grow old, that the exuberance, or beauty, of his intellect, now gazed ... Read More

A Biography of William Shakespeare the English Playwright and Dramatist (872 words, 2 pages)

William Shakespeare was a great English playwright, dramatist and poet that lived in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Shakespeare is considered to be the greatest playwright of all time. No other writer's plays have been produced so many times or read so widely in so many countries as ... Read More

The Sexual Activities in Sharon Old’s Poem “Sex Without Love” (1065 words, 2 pages)

Sharon Olds poem, "Sex without Love", quite passionately expresses the poet's attitude toward loveless sex as a cold and hurtful act. She accomplishes this through her use of various poetic techniques which evoke clear images in the reader. Her opening words, "How do they do it,...", do not simply offer ... Read More

An Analysis of A Small Elegy, a Poem by Jir Orten (755 words, 1 pages)

The title of this specific piece of poetry is "A Small Elegy". Now, this title does not really give a reader much to go on. The only thing one would know about this poem is that it is a small one and that it may be about a deceased person ... Read More

An Essay on the Five Best Pieces of Robert Frost (1584 words, 2 pages)

Five Great Pieces of Thought I think Robert Frost is a understandable, but yet an unconventional poet. Frost wrote in his own style, and as a result, he took quite a bit of heat from the critics of his period. Frost has an elegant style of writing descriptive and understandable ... Read More

A Glimpse into the Life of Robert Frost (807 words, 2 pages)

Robert Frost Robert Lee Frost was born March 26, 1874, Robert was named after confederate general Robert E. Lee. Robert was born in San Francisco, California, where he lived until the age of 11(1). Robert is still known today as one of best known and loved poets of all time. ... Read More

An Examination of the Modern Poets, Rimbaud and Ginsberg (889 words, 2 pages)

Rimbaud and Ginsberg as Modern Poets Anyone who has read a fair sampling of modernist poetry or studied some representative visionary poets has found the experience something of a revelation. Immediately exhilarating for some, initially intimidating for others and, for all of us, a profound departure from traditional literature. According ... Read More

A Biography of Rainer Maria Rilke, a Bohemian-Austrian Poet and Novelist (388 words, 1 pages)

Rainer Maria Rilke Rose, o pure contradiction, desire to be no ones sleep beneath so many lids. This was Rainer Maria Rilkes self-composed epitaph, written before leukemia took his life on December 29, 1926. The rose was a symbol of love, beauty, and devotion in many of Rilkes writings.With quotes ... Read More

The Influence of the Puritan Faith on the Writings of Edward Taylor (597 words, 1 pages)

The Puritans produced many poets over the colonial period. Puritan lifestyle was based on three major principles. These principles were humbleness, simple life, and faith in G-d. The puritans strictly adhered to these principles. Another principle, although not as important, was the principle of regeneration. This is accepting people back ... Read More

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Parmenides (2218 words, 3 pages)

Pre-Socratic Philosophy Parmenides Parmenides (pronounced as prmenidz) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and poet, as well as a leading figure of the Eleatic school of philosophy. Son of Pyres, Parmenides was born of an illustrious family in Elea between B.C. 505-515. Elea was a colony located in southern Italy and ... Read More

An Analysis of Individual Freedom as an Important Element of Aristotle’s Democratic Principles (552 words, 1 pages)

Aristotle names popular sovereignty and individual liberty the two characteristic principles of democracy, and he expresses them, in language similar to that of Plato, as incompatible with the stability of the existence moral and political order "Men think that what is just is equal and that equality is the supremacy ... Read More

The Literary Techniques Used by Robert Frost in the Road Not Taken (1106 words, 2 pages)

Poets use imagery to convey meaning, feelings, and emotions. The contemporary poet best know for his use of imagery is Robert Frost. The Road Not Taken, opened the eyes of poetic readers and critics to Frosts artistic creations. He uses forms of language such as diction and syntax to capture ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013