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The Story of Mother and Daughter in Janet Fitch’s “White Oleander” (1048 words, 2 pages)

White Oleander, a dramatic fiction by Janet Fitch, was published by Little, Brown and Company in Boston. The story is about a mother and daughter, Ingred and Astrid have a very unusual relationship. Ingred loves her daughter but never asks her what she thinks so therefore doesn't know her daughter ... Read More

A Review of the Poems Howl and Kaddish by Allen Ginsberg (2416 words, 3 pages)

As you read the first lines of "Howl" and "Kaddish", the overall tone of the poem hits you right in the face. Allen Ginsberg, the poet, presents these two poems as complaints and injustices. He justifies these complaints in the pages that follow. Ginsberg also uses several literary techniques in ... Read More

An Analysis of the Examples of How Finny Takes Advantage of Life (454 words, 1 pages)

"He was everywhere, he enjoyed himself hugely, he laughed out loud at passing sea gulls"(39). This line is describing Phineas, or Finny, and how he lives life to its fullest and seizes the day. Finny is an example of living the "carpe diem" (seize the day) philosophy from the movie ... Read More

The Symbolism of Horror in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1323 words, 2 pages)

Heart of Darkness In Heart of Darkness it is the white invaders for instance, who are, almost without exception, embodiments of blindness, selfishness, and cruelty and even in the cognitive domain, where such positive phrases as "to enlighten," for instance, are conventionally opposed to negative ones such as "to be ... Read More

Understanding Why Emily Dickinson Is Considered a Brilliant Writer of American Poetry (2069 words, 10 pages)

Emily Dickinson, a creative poet during the mid-nineteenth century, wrote what manyconsider to be truly American poetry. To understand why Dickinson is considered abrilliant writer of American poetry, one must know about the time period in which shewrote her poetry. Dickinson wrote during the era of American literature known as ... Read More

A Plot Summary of Ralph Waldo Ellison’s “Flying Home” (1621 words, 2 pages)

"Flying Home" a Living Story. Ralph Waldo Ellison is perhaps one of the most influential African-American writers of the twentieth century. Ellison is best known for writing about such topics as self-awareness, identity, and the racial repression of African-Americans in the United States. His masterpiece, Invisible Man, chronicles the story ... Read More

An Analysis of the Concept of Zen in the Buddhist Religion (1745 words, 3 pages)

What is ZenIt is a conservative view of some, that the world is a very strange place. Once upon a time, four men and a woman all wished they could meet the perfect person. Each in his or her own way received a message to be at a certain bar ... Read More

A Biography of the Life and Achievements of Thich Naht Hahn (1124 words, 2 pages)

Thich Naht Hahn and His LifeThich Naht Hahn is wonderful Buddhist monk and a great asset to the Buddhist religion. He has had and is having an interesting life. He is known for many things. These include he talks during the Vietnam War for peace, organizing help for villages, instituting ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Robert Frost (1626 words, 5 pages)

I think Robert Frost is an 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 poems. I am going to ... Read More

An Analysis of the Themes in The Road Not Taken and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost (1010 words, 2 pages)

Robert Frost is America's most beloved poets. Throughout most of his work, we can see his ongoing battle between good and evil. In his works, we see many people who are forced to face challenges that are essential in the course of ones life. Frost exhibits these themes in "Stopping ... Read More

A Look at Robert Brownings Dramatic Monologues During the Victorian Periods (2219 words, 10 pages)

Robert Browning, one of the most talented poets of the Victorian period, is famous especially for his dramatic monologues. Often these long poems deal with such issues as love, death, and faith. Much of his work is directly reflective of his life and of those issues that were of direct ... Read More

A Biography of Saint Catherine, A.K.A Caterina Benincasa (1612 words, 5 pages)

Saint Catherine, originally named Caterina Benincasa, was born in Siena, a city in west-central Italy south of Florence. She was born on March 25, 1347, the feast of the Annunciation. She had a twin sister who did not live long after her birth. Catherine was the youngest of twenty-five children. ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Edgar Allan Poe (731 words, 1 pages)

Poe's Menacing MindEdgar Allan Poe is a major American Poet of the Nineteenth Century. He is also known for his achievements in short fiction and criticism for American Literature. In Poe's tales he uses setting to set the mood and to foreshadow certain things in his essays. In the two ... Read More

A Comparison on the Beliefs of Thomas Merton and Mahatma Gandhi (2358 words, 4 pages)

The Beliefs of Thomas Merton and Mahatma GandhiDavid Wardwell Religion and Personal Experience. Thomas Merton and Mahatma Gandhi both speak of God in a personal way. They both speak of God as truth. Famous Thomas Merton, Trappist American monk, was a traditional Christian. Born in France in 1915 and died ... Read More

An Analysis of Major Themes in Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (853 words, 2 pages)

Maya Angelou explains ( in her autobiography, Why the Caged Bird Sings,) why her religious background and church upbringing are so important to her life and poetic writing. "I came to know Jesus, as I was married and sad, I found in him a resting place, and He made me ... Read More

An Analysis of Emily Dickinson’s Famous Poems (1379 words, 2 pages)

Faith Is Not All Its Cracked Up to Be. While much of Emily Dickinson's poetry has been described as sad or morose, the poet did use humor and irony in many of her poems. This essay will address the humor or irony found in five of Dickinson's poems "Faith" is ... Read More

Edgar Allan Poe’s Life and Works (1106 words, 2 pages)

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Written and Contributed by SUGABUGA456 Edgar Allan Poe was one of Americas famous poets, fiction short-story writers, and literary critics. He is known as the first master of short story form especially in tales of horror, and mystery. The work he produced was considered to be ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem Dulce Et Decorum Est (1362 words, 2 pages)

Dulce et Decorum Est Through vivid imagery and compelling metaphors "Dulce et Decorum Est" gives the reader the exact feeling the author wanted. The poem is an anti-war poem by Wilfred Owen and makes great use of these devices. This poem is very effective because of its excellent manipulation of ... Read More

Selling His Soul to Make a Point in Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (716 words, 1 pages)

Selling His Soul to Make a Point In Dr. Faustus, Christopher Marlowe has vividly drawn up the character of an intelligent, learned man tragically seduced by the lure of power greater than he was mortally meant to have. The character of Dr. Faustus is, in conception, an ideal of humanism, ... Read More

The Poetry, Passion and Power in the Lyrics of Andal Goda (1543 words, 3 pages)

"Poetry, Passion, and Power The Lyrics of Andal-Goda and the Music of Goda Mandali," Vasudha Narayanan "Mirabai Inscribed in Text, Embodied in Life," Nancy M. Martin-KershawThis is a summary and reaction to the above articles, both of which have similar foci in that they each discuss different female Hindu saints. ... Read More

A Biography of Rainer Maria Rilke (396 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 such ... Read More

A Short Review of the Story of Dead Poets Society (956 words, 1 pages)

DEAD POETS SOCIETY Sometimes in life people can come along and touch our lives in unexpected ways. This was the case with Mr. Keating and the boys in the movie "Dead Poets Society". He taught the boys so many lessons that they would have never learned from any other teacher. ... Read More

Carpe Diem in the Movie “Dead Poets Society” (574 words, 1 pages)

"Carpe Diem" In the film Dead Poets Society there is an environment created that was rigid and strict. At Welton Academy there were four pillars of ideals that students must attain to and follow. These were excellence, honor, tradition, and discipline. A new teacher was appointed to teach English. John ... Read More

An Analysis of the Puritans (394 words, 2 pages)

During the birth of this country, Puritans had to work hard to ensure the success of the new state. In order to make work more appealing, the Puritans emphasized the fruits of labor. This attitude, reflected in modern day by the act of "working for a living," is considered as ... Read More

Geography and Culture of the Philippines (3165 words, 9 pages)

INTRODUCTIONPhilippines, republic in the western Pacific Ocean, made up of the Philippine Islands and forming in physical geography a part of the Malay Archipelago. Situated about 1210 km (about 750 mi.) east of the coast of Vietnam, the Philippines is separated from Taiwan on the north by the Bashi Channel. ... Read More

A Comparison of Woman and Man by Judith Wright (1086 words, 3 pages)

Woman to Man by Judith WrightAt first glance, the title seemed to have more than one connotation."Woman to Man" is the woman giving something to the man, maybe a gift?"Woman to Man."Maybe the title is trying to compare the two genders?I was slightly confused when I read this poem at ... Read More

A Biography of the Life and Literary Works of Langston Hughes (657 words, 2 pages)

Poetry in Motion - Langston Hughes Langston Hughes was a poet that lived from 1902-1967. He was a very distinguished poet of the Harlem Renaissance, the great out pouring of african-american art. The poetry of Langston Huges is very different, yet it held the reader's attention. As a poet, he ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of When We Dead Awaken: Writing as Re-Vision by Adrienne Rich (1386 words, 2 pages)

Revision In Adrienne Rich's essay "When We Dead Awaken Writing as Re-vision", the author writes about her personal experience as a woman writer in a male dominated society. Her essay consists of poems, which she had written throughout different times in her life, to demonstrate the transformation in her writing. ... Read More

Life and Works of Alfred Edward Housman (3157 words, 16 pages)

A.E. Housman Scholar and PoetAlfred Edward Housman, a classical scholar and poet, was born inFockbury in the county of Worcestershire, England on March 26, 1859. Hispoems are variations on the themes of mortality and the miseries of humancondition (Magill 1411). Most of Housmans poems were written in the 1890swhen he ... Read More

A Biography of Chicana Poet and Writer Ana Castillo (575 words, 1 pages)

Chicana poet and writer Ana Castillo was born and raised in Chicago, but has spent most of her writing career studying her Mestiza heritage. In her first novel, The Mixquiahuala Letters (1986), Castillo explores the relationship between two women who travel to Mexico in search of a better understanding of ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013