Romeo and Juliet's youth produces a problem for Shakespeare he must convince the audience of the sincerity and genuineness of their love for each other. He accomplishes this in a variety of ways. He presents courtly love and romantic love to highlight the authenticity of the romantic love and uses ... Read More
Final Exam Each of the many different works of art we have read this semester were written in different genres, form, and points of view. T.S. Eliot proposes that every great author writes according to two main principles, whether they know it or not. Eliot believes that every writer incorporates ... Read More
A Looking Glass for Women For a long time, women have always been in an unfortunatecircumstance of being disadvantaged. In A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolfexplores the history of women, specifically in the literary tradition, inwhich they are deprived of the basic necessities required to write fiction.Along with other ... Read More
Within the work, To Autumn by John Keats, there is a central theme that pays respect to all the aspects of autumn. Keats uses dramatic and even romantic devices in order to create a work that is centered in the genre of the ode. This use of imagery, diction, and ... Read More
The theory that we analyzed the text through is African American criticism. The basis of this theory is that black writing comes out of a sociological, political, ideological and cultural standpoint marked by oppression and marginalization. One of the main purposes of this theory is for theorists to recognize and ... Read More
DiglossiaDiglossia is not something that is narrowed specifically to one definition, as many linguists have different perceptions on it. The one main idea that linguists can base their theories around diglossia is situations in which there is a difference between the homecommunity based variety and the official language variety of ... Read More
Partaking in a dialogue as to the meaning of nature expanded itself into a literary tradition. American authors seeking higher power, belonging, meaning, and more engage in this literary discussion by asserting their own interpretation. To illustrate the vast shift of the role of nature in American literature, I look ... Read More
The Hindu Balinese people represent a religious and ethnic minority in Indonesia. This paper will allow for the exploration of the past and present of the Hindu Balinese culture through the examination of the clothing. The reason I have chosen to conduct my research and write my paper on the ... Read More
In modern literary tradition it is common for one to think of the protagonist as a hero. This is a theme that is portrayed commonly through many types of literature, be it Roman, Greek, British, or even through the multitudes of Asian epics. Without question if someone asks about the ... Read More
The biblical imagery of the fruit intertwined with temptation has traditionally been used to show a linear devolution for a character. The fruit offers no actual salvation, except through affirmation of the Christ figure. However in Christina Rossettis poem The Goblin Market, the offered fruit not only produces a revelation ... Read More
Real Rhetoric The Rhetorical Implications of Realness in Hip-HopChuck D of Public Enemy once said that Rap is black Americas CNN. This statement grounds itself in three central claims. First, Rap is an African American tradition, language, and art. Second, CNN, and other news networks for that matter, are inaccessible ... Read More
Rhetorical Strategies of White Hip Hop Artists in Navigating Black IdentityRap is a sub-culture of African American expression that stems from Hip-Hop. Its performers base their cultural identity on a large power distance between themselves and authority, a collective community, and brazen demonstrations of masculinity. Hip-Hop, just like other African ... Read More
In her 1928 novel, Quicksand, suffragette writer Nella Larsen takes on the monumental task of rewriting the role of the sexually free black woman in America. Navigating through the tacit waters of the Harlem Renaissance, (explain how she accepted the challenges of the HR). Wading through the seas of the ... Read More
Arnold Friend Symbolism AnalysisIn Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been by Joyce Carol Oates, fifteen-year-old Connie has just started to sexually mature, when she is abruptly overtaken by Arnold Friend-- an unfamiliar man who shows up at Connies house when her family is away. The story ends in ... Read More
Oroonoko and the Characterization of the Other Typically referring to a person of color, the Uncle Tom epithet is used to describe a person who willingly submits to the authority of a white person and thus participates in the oppression of their own people. While Harriet Beecher Stowe may have ... Read More
Final Exam Each of the many different works of art we have read this semester were written in different genres, form, and points of view. T.S. Eliot proposes that every great author writes according to two main principles, whether they know it or not. Eliot believes that every writer incorporates ... Read More
In the history of Chinese poetry, the Tang Dynasty is generally considered to be the source of some of the greatest works and poets in all of China's illustrious literary tradition. In particular, the reign of the Tang emperor Xuan-zong from 712 to 755 A.D., a period also known as ... Read More
Comparing and Contrasting the Purposes and Methods of Communication of three important literary works The Iliad, Oedipus the King, and Aristotle's Poetics. Upon reading a piece of literature, one of the first things a reader does is to identify the purpose and the mode of communication employed by the author. ... Read More
Due to the work of Byzantine and Islamic scholars, ancient Greek science and scholarship found their way into the West. Europeans had been separated from their classical cultural heritage for almost eight centuries. No other world civilization had experienced such a disjunction from its cultural past. There were many events ... Read More
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
Irvings American ProgenyWashington Irving had the unique opportunity of helping a new nation forge its own identity. America, fresh out of the revolution, looked for an author to take charge and create something that seemed to be missing from the newly born nation. He took this responsibility seriously and made ... Read More
Virginia Woolf, a founder of Modernism, is one of the most important woman writers. Her essays and novels give an example into her own life experiences and of women of the 20th century. Her most famous works include Mrs. Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), Orlando A Biography (1928), The ... Read More
If I were asked who my favourite Western Zen philosopher was, without any hesitation, I would declare it to be Henry David Thoreau. Although he knew in translation the religious writings of the Hindus, it may be unlikely that Henry David Thoreau ever studied the teachings of the Zen Masters. ... Read More
QUESTION 7.DISCUSS THE CULTURAL NATURE OF FAME AND ITS TEXTUALEXPRESSION WITH REFERENCE TO ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ORAL HEROIC POETRY, CHAUCER'S DEPICTION IN THE HOUSE OF FAMEAND THE MODERN CONSTRUCTION OF THE CANON OF ENGLISHLITERATURE. YOU SHOULD FOCUS YOUR ANALYSIS ON THE INTERPLAY OF ORALAND LITERARY TRADITIONS IN ... Read More
The Beginnings of a National Literary TraditionCanadians 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 ... Read More
Crane's Use of Ironic Symbolism in "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky"Stephen Crane's "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," as well as his other Western stories, owe much to Mark Twain's approach to the West. According to Eric Solomon, "both authorsused humor to comment on the flaws of traditional fictional ... Read More
There are numerous sources of literary criticism of The Canterbury Tales, as well as specifically about "The Miller's Tale." "Telling stories of low sexual intrigue (fabliaux)...There is nothing like these tales in Middle English and nothing like these tales anywhere in English literature" (Life of Geoffrey Chaucer, 172). Chaucer often ... Read More
Cities in East remained part of a tight imperial system and did not have invasions to deal with. Empire depended on the cities. Evidence of marginal cultivation etc shows population growing from mid 4th century until limit of sustainability in early 6th century. Difficult to pinpoint economic differences between east ... Read More
Barbarian invasion and settlement by Vandals and Goths less effect on city than thought, genral effect to accelerate trends started in 4th century depopulation of surrounding country make feeding urban population difficult. Factors make city vulnerable small territory, infertile soil, weak manufacturing, absence of admin organs (civil, military, ecclesiastical). Not ... Read More
Jeffrey Alan TriggsThis is a subtly organized poem, whose theme is well realized in its language. Theincessant "ands," the persistent refusal of the syntax to come to rest, theliterate colloquial tone all contribute to the poem's feeling of restless dissatisfaction.Berryman satirizes in particular middle class ecstasy over the common functioning ... Read More