Essays 481 - 510
the end, ones heart may win over ones intellect. In Diane Ackermans poem, which may very well be a modern retelling of...
reflect an attitude of equality instead of segregation between blacks and whites; however, inasmuch as much as humanity has succes...
not apply. First, the tragic hero is supposed to be a combination of good and bad traits. Othello is a Moorish commander who has...
and spiritual war is evident in the quote, "Faith is a fine invention for gentlemen who see; But microscopes are prudent in an eme...
cohesive literary glue that holds it all together. One of the ingredients of that glue is the use of language. His particular use ...
Athens and the Amazon Queen Hippolyta. Although the setting is Athens, Shakespeare originally staged the production at the Globe ...
the street, / Rubbing its back upon the window-panes; / There will be time, there will be time / To prepare a face to meet the fac...
In this we are set up with a very quiet and harmless love that is only waiting for consummation. It is a pleasant little scene tha...
primarily agricultural pursuits to one which depended almost solely on complex machinery. The simpler hand tools which had been s...
The urn it seems, inanimate or not, is alive in some peculiar sense. In...
own anguish, illustrating the poets "mastery of weaving spontaneously narrative, meditative, and descriptive elements into a seemi...
For example, in verse six, Whitman is ". . . Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms/strong and content I tra...
this book. Baca runs the gamut of emotions in this text that is true, but what the reader finds within Healing Earthquakes is onl...
is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods...
she is dead. This interpretation is substantiated in the next stanza when she describes hearing the mourners lift a box, which c...
understands that youth and life cannot remain, for "nothing gold can stay." Metaphor When we take the poem in its entirety, and...
In five pages this paper presents a poetic explication of the work by Langston Hughes in a discussion of what exactly 'land of the...
upon the very nature of man to enjoy learning something about others and in return about him or herself. In this way, he argues, w...
be expected that the earlier writing would be more explicit, because of Augustus reputation for demanding morality. This is not t...
Friendship, within which the members each assumed classical pseudonyms. Katherine was known as Orinda," and in her "her poetry, sh...
obviously take the most tragic of subjects and place the words in a way that would make us, the reader, want more, and yet cause u...
behind. Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!--An ecstasy of fumbling Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time, But someone still was yelling out...
important, yet we are not really told who it is. We are puzzled at one point for the narrator uses the word I in such a way that i...
This 3 page paper gives answers to questions about the works Song of Myself, slave narratives, Bartleby the Scrivener the subtitle...
Twenty-eight young men bathe by the shore, Twenty-eight young men and all so friendly; Twenty-eight years of womanly life and all ...
. . sure, Sgt. Pepper gave the Summer of Love its soundtrack, but White Rabbit melted the patchouli-scented essence of 1967 into t...
Iin five pages this poetic analysis of 'The Solitary Reaper' by William Wordsworth focuses upon the sights and language that sugge...
elements used by the author. The work begins as follows: BEHOLD her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland Lass! Reapi...
This research paper/essay pertains to the subject of sexual molestation and domestic violence in black literature. The writer disc...
This paper offers two blog posts. One on "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and the other on "Sex without Love" by Sharon Olds....