Poetry Course Works Samples For Students

“Barbie Doll” Questions

- In the poem “Barbie Doll”, the phrase “consummation at last” may mean two things. First, it may mean that in death, the girl no longer have to impress anybody. In death, she can be anybody she wants. The struggle to be accepted in society ends in death. She does not have to look and act according to the dictates of society. On the other hand, the line “consummation at last” may also mean that in death, the physical appearance that she wanted to have is finally given to her. With the help of the undertaker’s cosmetics, she ...

Part I: Quote Identification

Identify the title of the work, the author's name, and the significance of the line to the overall meaning/theme of the work [not a restatement of exactly what the line says] for 12 of the following 15 quote ids. Be sure to identify clearly the term that applies to the lines indicated {if applicable}. You need not write a great deal in the “Significance” line: you need ONLY identify the term that applies and how the line suggests an interpretation, {or adds to the interpretation} of the work in two to three complete sentences. Do NOT restate the lines or simply ...

We Real Cool

The three videos watched are The Sentence by Anna Akhmatova and read by Nancy Narsessian, The Emigrant Irish by Eavan Boland and read by Stephen Murphy and We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks and read by John Ulrich. Out of these three, I liked most We Real Cool mainly because it vividly portrayed the reality faced by the youths once they went for the option to drop out of school. The poem was written in the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement. The poet further describes the lives of uneducated youths. She lists out the illegal activities they partook ...

A Postcard from the Volcano by Steven Wallace

This short poem written by Steven Wallace is more about the remains of a person after his demise. It is related more to the impact that the future generations would have as a result of the remains after the death of an individual.

The poem is written in verses of three lines. This short poem written by Steven Wallace, offers a unique perspective to its readers. Steven Wallace starts the poem with imagery as the tone for the entire poem is set through its imagery. Every image that Wallace uses in the poem convey various emotions.

There is significant shift ...

According to Jürgen Lawrenz, music as an art has power and that its profundity and truthfulness is linked to factors such as unconsummated symbols, root experiences, imprinted words and images and perceptual present. His essay is based on ideas from, Jung, Langer, Schopenhauer and others which he puts together to come up with his own views on music, owing to information that he obtained after reading Peter Kivy’s work, Music Alone. Jürgen Lawrenz talks about music and art as a whole based on the various perspectives of judging music and its effects. These perspectives are those above ...

The purpose of a pen is used to apply ink on a surface such as paper for writing or drawing with different types like ink pen, ballpen, mechanical pen, and fountain pen and many colors . For many, a pen is just a simple instrument in writing. In a deep sense, for me a pen is a helpful tool for a person with an artistic mind and heart. It can contribute changes in the outlook of life through writing. It is everything because I considered a pen as my life and my friend. Every word I write touches my soul and leaves a ...

Since time immemorial, English literature has incorporated pagan ideas as well as Christian beliefs. In the pagan culture, warriors got the treatment of heroes, people believed in battles with blood and gore, and revenge was carried in the presence of wrong doings. On the other hand, Christian values ensured they promoted loyalty, sympathy, and sacrifice to make the world a better place for every individual. In this paper, I will elucidate on how the two concepts amalgamated to establish most appreciated literary works in the history. The Dream of the Rood and Caedmon’s Hymn portrays several incidences associated with ...

Shigeji Tsuboi was a prominent Japanese poet of the new age of Japanese literature. He was born on October 10, 1897 and died in September 4, 1975 at the age of 77 years. Tsuboi was born on the island of Shodoshima. He went to the Waseda University in Tokyo, but he never completed his studies. Initially, Tsuboi started out as a modernist and anarchist. As the wave of Marxism grew stronger in Japan, It away Tsuboi, and he broke up with the anarchists. The breaking away from the anarchist movement resulted in a broken arm.

Tsuboi started operating with the proletarian association; ...

I am quite familiar with the verse of 1Timothy 6:10 warning against the dangers of idolizing money. This verse has been used in the past by some Christian sects to convince adherents to take a vow of poverty. The passage has been misinterpreted by both proponents of extreme views that being wealthy is a sin and poverty is a curse. I often encounter this verse during debates about the “prosperity gospel” that is popular among some prominent celebrity pastors. There irony is that the apologists of the prosperity gospel get the initial interpretation right that being rich is not a sin, but ...

After the War by May Wedderburn Cannan is a beautifully written poem that has a strong emotional and moral appeal. In the poem, the poet has tried to develop a deep sense on the terrors of the war. The two stanzas poem is showing a cause that the war is a dreadful thing. She further emphasizes that hope is all what she is left with. The poet emphasizes that after the war she is going to sit with her friend on the terrace, where she used to sit with her, and will watch the beautiful sky changing to blue; the sky which once used to ...

Authorship of the Gospels

The Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke and John have or have not been written by specific individuals. The Catholic tradition has always believed that Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are specific persons who have recorded the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. According to Felix Just, SJ. (Who Really Wrote the Gospels, and Why Should we Care), recent scholars have argued the anonymity of the original authors. In his comparative chart of the gospels, Just identified the gospels’ traditionally attributed as well as the implied authors. Mark was John Mark of Jerusalem; Matthew was a tax collector and apostle; Luke ...

Questions

John Bunyan’s "The Pilgrim’s Progress" is a work of Puritanism. Puritanism is a religious movement of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries meant for purification of English church or the Church of England from all the elements of Catholic belief. The group that wanted to purify the church during the Puritanism became famous as the Puritans (McKay, Hill, and Buckler). The Puritans has common ideology.

However, Puritanism is different from the Church of England, and the religious variation between the Church of England and Puritanism became obvious during the reign of Elizabeth. The beliefs of Puritans had played a significant ...

Using the 9 items to consider when reading sentences as listed in chapter 3 of Grasping God's Word (i.e., repetition of words, contrasts, comparisons, lists, cause and effect, figures of speech, conjunctions, verbs, pronouns), list as many observations as you can find in Acts 1:8. You may list these by noting what category the item falls under (e.g., "contrasts") and then offering an example of that item. For example, an observation would be to note that the sentence starts off with the conjunction "but," which connects the sentence to the one above it in a contrasting ...

Is a writer (“Poetry is my thing”), but once upon a time used to be a visual artist.

In 1994 – came from Toronto. Had a dream of becoming a visual artist then. Worked in collage, photography, installation and a little bit in performance.
Two years after she moved to West Coast – started writing in a more serious way. Writing went further than visual arts. Started practicing spoken word.

Got her start as a poet during the poetry reading series in late 1990s – early 2000s. Spoken word – memory work, but also realizing what your body can do (“Inside your body, inside ...

The Song of Songs poem has two voices that must be thought together. The voices within the poem are two women. The first one is holding back to love whereas the second one is giving herself too much to love. The girl must decide if she will marry King Solomon for his money or love a shepherd boy for love. In the beginning, she swoons for Solomon and is astounded in her good fate of marrying a dreamy but on the other hand she is disconcerted when her heart keeps on thinking about the shepherd back home. Her dilemma of having ...

Introduction

Hegemony is a circumstance where certain social alliance group exerts social authority over a smaller group in the social alliance by restraining, or by unfairly questioning their ideas so that the power of a superior class appears logically acceptable and natural. The purpose of hegemony is to maintain a moving equilibrium in order to restrict any disagreement that might arise. It is as a result of making meanings conform to the group’s ways of thinking.

The test case of “A slumber did my spirit seal” by William Wordsworth: is among his elegies of Lucy poems. This short poem received much criticism, as ...

Abstract: A Poetic Translation of the Willie Lynch Letter

One day, a self-proclaimed brilliant man arrived at a podium to address a crowd of slavers. Together, they filled the air with enough heart-felt hatred to make the Lord want to start the whole world over from scratch. His name was Willie Lynch. As his surname would suggest, his message was one that suggested both physical and mental brutality as the magic ingredients to creating a loyal, fearful and well-controlled slave.

This letter has inserted itself into American history whether or not the authors of modern day textbooks would like to admit it. Consequently, this brings about a new challenge. Willie Lynch wrote a letter ...

Each genre of literature have its own inimitable flavor. All literature leaves an indispensable portrait on reader’s mind that fashions mesmerizing circle of euphoria that knows no bound.Dramas sometimes are very personal; depicting very close view of the character. While reading it; you can immensely feel the sorrows, happiness and all emotions of that character.

When it inculcates more shades of the story and unfolds all the chapters; it becomes truly astonishing. Fiction stories are real page turners when they lead you to the edge and take you to a voyage with the pinches of suspense, thrill, romance and ...

The Iliad

In history, The Iliad is included in epic poetry’s oldest collection. The Iliad is an ancient poem in which similar with the Odyssey, was argued saying that it was created by a person named Homer. Even though no one provided reliable evidence in relation to the creator of this Greek poem, it was generally accepted that the alleged creator, Homer is a visually challenged poet. This poet was written sometime between eight hundred and seven hundred Before Christ. The Iliad was translated to many languages, which was then used in silver screen and stage presentations and even motivated many untold ...

Langston Hughes, What happens to a Dream Deferred

Langston Hughes excellent poem is short, yet it is also very deep and focuses on the terrible times the South went through with racial prejudice and injustice the order of the day. Hughes explores the themes of alienation and marginality when he talks about the black man who ends up strung from a tree after being lynched. Although the white man saw lynching as a right, as well as a form of control, the black man was constantly and consistently humiliated by such terrible injustice. Hughes himself experienced alienation and terror almost on a daily basis, and this is not just reflected in ...

Analysis of Poems

The new woman is portrayed as different from the True Woman who was very domestic and saintly. One thing that stands out about the New Woman is the fact she recognized her rights and therefore became autonomous. This cultural change was in itself liberation for the New Woman from the true Woman who had to live according the standards set by a male dominated society (Cutter & Parini 2008). A couple of poems show how these women sought to stand out from the crowd and prove that they were on the same platform if not better than that of men ( ...

Summary:

These ten letters by Rilke are replies to a young poet in which he encourages the poet to develop a connection to, and an understanding, of his inner creative soul. In these letters, Rilke explores themes related to how creativity, nature and sexuality are interrelated, the importance of living a full life, and the necessity of solitude. These letters can be seen as sort of a guide to life, not merely for creative individuals for just about anyone has the desire to develop a connection with their own humanity.

Quotes:

Some of the most notable quotes from the last three letters by Rilke include:

1. ...

Billy Joel’s 1973 song “Piano Man” is one of the most popular pop songs of its era, and an endlessly catchy and fascinating song to listen to. A piano and harmonica-driven ballad about a piano lounge singer and the characters that inhabit that lounge, Joel provides wonderfully clear, tenor singing to back up sprightly instrumentation

The song begins with a piano solo that has its roots in jazz improvisation; syncopated piano playing starts out the song, uneven rhythms providing an explosion of music right at the beginning before the song settles into its harmonica-and-piano melody. A steady 3/4 tempo ...

Section A - Observing a Verse (Psalm 93:1)

The theme of the verse is the greatness of the Lord. The verse talks of how great and mighty the Lord is and praises him for his marvelous works. It expresses the Strength of the Lord and his majesty. The verse praises the name of the Lord and praises him for his wonderful work of creating the earth and protecting it from destruction.

Section B - Reading the Bible as for the First Time (Luke 15:11-32)

As you read through the eyes of these various people, the text might reveal new insights you had not noticed yet.
Reading with the perspective of different people helps one understand the story of the ...

- Virgil. Classical poet, who lived in the 1st century B.C. His most important work was Aeneid, which describes adventures of Aeneas, the leader of Trojans.
- Homer. Ancient poet, the author of Iliad and Odyssey.
- Ovid. Roman poet, author of the Metamorphoses, which provides an insight into dozens of Roman myths.
- Lucan. Roman poet and historian. His most famous work named Bellum civile sive Pharsalia. It describes war between Caesar and Pompey.
- Beatrice. Beatrice Portinari, Dante’s muse. She died in younger age and Dante placed her in Heaven.
- ...

SECTION A: Observing a Verse (Psalm 93:1)

- What would you say is the main theme of the verse?
In my opinion, the main theme of this verse is God’s strength, and how the world is controlled by such strength.
- Forget about religious language for a moment. What comes to your mind when you think about a “lord”?
A lord, to me, is somebody mighty and powerful. A lord is a person that is capable of commanding the armies and the nations. He is a powerful figure with limitless authority, some kind of king perhaps.
- What words or phrases are repeated? Why ...

Section A - Asking the Right Questions (1 Thessalonians 5)

In Thessalonian, five verse eight, the bible talks of wearing the breastplate of faith and love and a helmet of the hope for salvation. It is telling as to be prepared like a soldier. A soldier in battle is always armed and ready for the enemy to attack, he does not lay his weapons aside. As Christians, we should also be ready for the coming of the Lord, for like a thief or an enemy. He may come at any time. The bible says we should fast and pray and be like the five wise girls so that when the bridegroom cometh ...

The Aeneid is an ancient Latin poem, telling the legendary story of a Trojan who travels to Italy and later becomes the ancestor of the Romans. The poem depicts many themes that are resonant with the era in which the poem is set and with the Roman people. Below is an analysis of some of the themes/symbols that are listed in the poem and hence will go ahead to explain their authenticity as themes. Themes are fundamental, and sometimes universal ideas that have been explored in literary work. They include the following:

Favour

During the Aeneid, many of the characters make ...

Summary of the Article

The discourse entitled Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke presented diverse letters starting from one which was written in Paris on February 1903 and ending with a letter, five years later which was dated December 1908, also in Paris, and written by the author to a young poet, named Mr. Kappus. Letters five to seven actually started with the letter written in Rome on October 29, 1903 which talked about Rilke’s travel to Rome; letter six, dated December 29, 1903, talked about solitude and God; while the seventh letter (dated May 14, 1904) continued relevant discussions on topics ...

The excerpts of The Dhammapada are considered as the simple and comprehensive representation of Buddhism. This paper discusses some of verses in The Dhammapada.

Verse 2 speaks of having mind precede objects around us. Combining this with verse 6 – which talks about self-control – presents a perfect match. Self-control is never common for any man. Drawn with anger, people’s way is always to resort to quarrel. However, these verses imply that if only one would think and see that there are better ways to resolve things than quarrelling, quarrels will not happen at all. Although feelings and situations ...

Literature

Anzia Yezierska draws Hanneh Hayyeh in a way that makes readers to sympathize with her. Hanneh is a lower class lady who works for Mrs. Preston. She owns nothing that she can really attribute to herself. More so, Preston discriminates her and does not want to treat her in decent manner although she has the ability to do so. This also makes me to dislike Mrs. Preston since she lacks the sense of humanity though she is not fully heartless. She does not view Hanneh as her equal simply because Hanney is poor. A writer can use strong characters that should take ...

Abstract

This is a short analysis of Deborah Boe’s, “Factory Worker” and description of women in the work-place.

Deborah Boe’s poem, Factory Worker is an enjoyable one that depicts the typecast of the eighties. In the poem it is clear that Deborah is working in a place that is usually a man’s domain. She is good at her job and she does so well; she hardly thinks about what she is doing while she is performing her duties. She does not particularly like her job, she just do it; “All day I stand here, like this,/over the ...

The metaphysical poets John Donne and Andrew Marvell were two of the most known and most influential people with regards to metaphysical poetry. Although for the case of Marvell, it was only until after he died when his poems were published. Thus, it is only right that this discussion on metaphysical poetry be an analysis and literary assessment of their works. I have acquired two poems to discuss in this paper of comparison which are John Donne’s “The Flea” and Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” and see what defines these works as metaphysical and what ...

The poem entitled “I Ask It,” written by a renowned Aztec poet Nezahualcoyotl is a very short piece, though very potent as it touches upon profound human truths of existence and being, which is actually what the Aztec religion concerned itself with. The Aztec people understood their place on earth; that all life is transitory, and that humans are not granted the life cycle of nature, which is to die and be reborn every spring. The life of a human being is merely a speck in time, barely perceptible, and their fate is subject to the whimsies of the gods, who ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow a successful American poet whose works carry a lot of sentimentalism. Sentimentalism is the act of stimulating tender emotional responses towards a given work of art that are not really due that work. Wadsworth successfully brings out this aspect especially in A Psalm of Life. “ tell me not in mournful numbers, life is but an empty dream (Longfellow n.p).” The two lines bring out a sense of hopelessness that there is no much meaning to life no matter how hard we attempt to live. Wadsworth was trying to show human beings the vagueness in life and the need ...

Summary

This poem has to do with the ways that anger and resentment can end up harming us not just as individuals but as a society. Six people sit around a fire, each with a piece of wood that could keep the fire burning. However, they look across the fire at one another, and several different areas of difference bubble up between them, and so they sit and wait. The first person is a woman who looks across and sees a black man sitting across from her. The prejudice she feels keeps her from putting her wood into the fire. Then, a person sees someone not ...

The epic poem Beowulf is one of the earliest long-form stories known to man, and it suitably deals with the themes of good versus evil in a very straightforward way. Heroes are virtuous, villains are villainous, and characters are less real people than they are forces of nature. The allure of good is even illustrated through the narrator's treatment of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes: "In the end each clan on the outlying coasts beyond the whale-road had to yield to him and began to pay tribute. That was one good king" (pg. 1). At the same time, these ...

We have read such a wide variety of texts that it hard to pick out with confidence those that have influenced me the most or had the biggest impact on me. On reflection though, I have realized that there are some texts which I will remember for a long time – and those texts are ones which use language in a significant, interesting and original way.

So for me a very memorable text is Gail Godwin’s “A Sorrowful Woman” which uses fairy tales elements – even in the words she uses – and yet also manages to evoke a modern setting in ...

1. “Much Madness”

This short poem denotes the juxtaposing idea that madness can actually be perceived as a profound, truest kind of sanity, in the lines “Much madness is divinest sense,” because for one to be aware of the fact that one is insane, one has to be in full possession of his senses to grasp this notion. In other words, to be insane and know it is to hold a firm grasp on one’s reason. But still, Dickinson is referring to it as “sense” exactly because it is not defined by reason, but what the majority of people consider ...

The poem “Annabelle Lee” makes me feel sad that the time these lovers had together was cut short by Annabelle Lee’s illness. The poem talks about a love that even the angels covet. Even though Annabelle Lee is now dead, the author of the poem still loves Annabelle Lee just as much as when she was living. The fact that Annabelle Lee’s lover sleeps by her grave every night makes me wish I had someone who loves me that much. The author is so determined to stay with Annabelle Lee that he says neither angels nor demons can ...

The poem introduces three characters: the father, the mother and the author. It seems to me that the author is a little boy, a boy being punished, perhaps for no or very little reason, by his father. Although the poem is called “Papa’s Waltz”, the dance that we observe vaguely remind of this graceful, peaceful and enjoyable dance. The couple – papa and his son - dance together with little harmony. The father is obviously dominating and taking the leading role. The dance looses all the pleasure for the little boy and all that is left is to follow blindly. The ...

Slide 1.

A community book festival would be an exciting way of getting the people of New York City involved in the literary world. An event such as this requires a great deal of forward thinking and organisation.

Slide 2.

One of the first steps in the organisation process is to set up a fundraising committee. Advertising can be done by way of newsletters, emails and flyers. Also, if there are people who you already feel will be valuable to the team, then approach them personally. They will be flattered to have been asked, and it may make them more likely to want to be ...

The Dramatic Form and Riders to the Sea

A major difference between dramatic form and other literary forms is its desire to “embody the human experience not only visually and aurally but profoundly (as a true representation).” (Clugston, 2010, 13.3). This means that whilst it utilises poetic and literary techniques, it engages its audience through its presentation of setting, its actors’ portrayal of characters, the expression of language, emotions and its presentation of values which are implicit to the play and the human condition equally. This is presented in John Synge’s Riders to the Sea his presentation of his characters as being true representatives of Ireland in ...

1. The Short Story and Poem: A Comparison of Literary Forms.

Often, poetry is seen as being a narrative and indeed, in its most traditional form, narrative poetry is best seen as the epic poems such as Beowulf and Gilgamesh (Clugston, 2010, 11.1). The narrative poem tells a story through a number of narrative traits including plot, setting, characters and imagery – much like a short story. One major comparison between the two forms is their ability to tell a story in a short space. For example, in John Keats’ La Bella Dame Sans Merci, the reader is told of a knight who falls in love with a beautiful woman who turns out to be harpy-like in her actions ...

What is the tone/language of the three Charles Bukowski poems? Is the tone/language the same for all three?

All three poems by Charles Bukowski (namely, ‘so you want to be a writer?’, ‘the suicide kid’ and ‘The meek have inherited’) can be united due to their dramatic, and even tragic tone. One can feel the dull mood of everyday reality, man’s aversion to life and desire to die. To create the following tone of the poems, poet demonstrated his perfect mastery in using stylistic devices.

To be more precise, there are a lot of metaphors in all three poems, mostly personification, (e.g. ‘the libraries of the world have yawned themselves to sleep’, ‘the next day waited for me’, ‘ ...

Abstract

The book of Job is regarded as a literature of wisdom. It is one of the books of the Old Testament. Through the years this book has been praised extravagantly. Luther ounces said that the book of Job is sublime and magnificent and that there is no other book of the scriptures that can be compared to it. Carlyle also making his contribution about the book of Job said that it has no equal in and out of the bible. The book of Job comprises of three sections: the prologue, epilogue and the conclusion. Both the prologue and epilogue are ...

A. Introduce the three works you will be analyzing (suggested length of 4–5 slides) by doing the following:

1. Summarize background details about the three works, including author or artist names, titles of the works, and the disciplines to which the works belong.
2. Provide a thesis statement to clarify for your audience how all three works connect to a common theme that applies directly to your chosen profession.

B. Provide an objective analysis (suggested length of 4–6 slides) by doing the following:

1. Describe the literary work-- description includes:-

• Form

• Subject matter (Explain in 2–3 sentences.)
a. Summarize, in list form, how the author approaches the subject matter (reveals what the work is about) without discussing your personal opinions.
2. Describe the first nonliterary work of art - ...

This poem gives an amazingly cozy feeling to the reader. It is as if the poem invites us from the start, from the very title - Home-baked bread. The title itself already creates the aroma of cooking. But this poem is more than just about great dishes. The author talks about the “cunning triumphs”. It seems that her triumph is the mastery of a recipe passed down to her from her aunt. It is a goal that she has finally reached. The image of the aunt from Massachusetts at the same time sounds a lot like magic. The “spices and ...

1. Paraphrase the poem: "Lines composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey."
Despite that these forms of beauty are not easily seen, they are unseen to me. The situation is just like that of a blind man, who cannot explain the appearance of a landscape. I am owed to them to them like a man in solitary in a quite room does to the middle of a busy city. I have owed to their familiarization for knowledge in my pure mind.

The goodness of a man is owed to pleasure and good acts. This quality is worth trustfulness irrespective of the burden of mystery which ...

In the most unlikely places are literary themes that are eerily similar. Such is the case for “The Ballad of Reading Gaol,” In Cold Blood, and “The Crucible,” a poem by Oscar Wilde, a novel by Truman Capote, and a play by Arthur Miller, respectively. Although each of these pieces of literature deal with different time periods and different experiences, each discusses the darkness inside the human soul, the piercing reality of very banal, human evil that burns inside most people. While Capote’s characters chase the ghost of a murderer around a complex, interwoven plot, Miller’s characters fight against a corrupt, hysterical system ...

Essay One

Gender discrimination has been an issue of concern. Many people have been subjected to discrimination because of their gender. In the workplace, a lot of people especially the female are often oppressed because of their feminism. A lot of employers have taken the advantage of the females to treat them as less important as compared to their male counterparts.

In the workplace, the females are discriminated during recruitment, remuneration and promotion. Instead of treating the female workers in a similar manner to the male employees, many employers discriminate upon them. For instance, when there is a job vacancy to be filled, a qualified ...

1. This particular passage about how God called Moses into God’s redemptive work upon Israel is from Exodus 3: 1-23 of the Old Testament. First, this passage is directly associated with Judaism. Looking at its historical context, Exodus, the second book of the Torah, shows the account of how Moses led the Hebrews from Egypt into the Mount Sinai. In fact, this is where the Hebrews received the law of God (1280 B.C.E). Judaism absolutely believes that everything that happened to the nation of Israel is only by the power of the Almighty God, and this passage clearly ...

In our speedy world with constant run for so-called better life, we often forget to live. We cannot abandon our ambitious and let it go. As a result, we are not satisfied with ourselves, relatives, and the whole world. However, there is always way to find harmony and joy in a daily routine which will help you to achieve encouraging results sooner. We should not forget that little things might turn out more rewarding than something pompous. To my mind, ‘little pleasures’ are different for everybody, but the main purpose is to restore balance with usual things. Generally, it does ...

Act I

- The ghost of the king may have returned as a way of bringing bad news to the country according to Horatio
- Guards are keeping watch because it is their duty to guard the castle. At the same time, the country is about to go to war and so they have to be ready for anything.
- In Act I Scene IV, there is foreshadowing where Hamlet’s father appears to him as a ghost and tells him about his murder.
Pathetic fallacy is seen when Francisco says that “its bitter cold and I am sick ...

America in the early 1900s faced a large amount of turmoil and change. From the onset of multiple devastating wars to the vast accumulation of wealth in the hands of a few people to the unrest of racial segregation and discrimination, nearly every person in the nation faced some sort of change or uncertainty. Naturally, some of the writers of the time used this as material for their works. Additionally, these writers, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Georgia Douglas Johnson used symbolism to make their points much more poignant. These writers used symbols such as doors and monsters to represent ...

In his poem Dante showed not only medieval perceptions of Heaven and Hell, good and evil but also his own view on human virtues and sins. As any other author he made the poem his own personal statement, therefore it reflects Dante’s political and moral principles. First of all, Dante was a catholic. Therefore, hardly any person without being baptized could enter the Gates of Heaven. On the other hand, Dante believed that person can be good and moral even without being catholic. This is why he created Limbo. Actually, it is the first circle of Hell but people ...

Steve Bantu Biko, a spouse to Ntsiki Mashalaba was born in December 1946 in King William’s town in South Africa. He was a son of Mathew who was occupied in the police force and Alice who worked as a domestic servant at a hospital in the town. He was an Anti-apartheid activist in the country between the year 1960 and the year 1970. At the University, he was the student leader that later spearheaded the formation of the Black Consciousness Movement. It is this movement that endeavored to empower as well as mobilize much of the urban black populace in the country.

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The Harlem Renaissance marks a phase in the black American civilization, where the black race coined a significant identity in the pursuit of self-emancipation. The events cascading this pertinent era is reminiscent of the Negro movement in the City of New York. The period tells of a time laden with turmoil amid a major initial world war. The early 1920s and 30s saw the outburst of civility and the demand for equal rights from the origin of races. Perhaps the cornerstone of this movement revolved around the great migration of African Americans to the urban areas (North) from their rural confines (South). This ...

Jimi Hendrix’s cover of the Bob Dylan folk song, “All Along the Watchtower,” adapts the song from Dylan’s mellow and malicious folk song to an exuberant, angry rock anthem for young people in the late 1960s. Under Jimi’s alterations, the instrumentation turns ominous and aggressive, his exuberant vocals sounding almost pleading. The song contains a limited chord structure and longer-than-usual musical sections, as well as unsettling improvisation and call-and-response from the vocals and guitar. The combination of all these musical elements make the listener, especially one who was young in 1968 (when the song was ...

The famous aboriginal personality whom I have chosen for the assessment on aboriginal personalities is David Unaipon. David Ngunaitponi or David Unaipon as he later came to be known as was born on 28 September, 1872 at Raukkan Mission in the Coorong region of South Australia. Being the fourth of the nine children of his parents James and Nymbulda Ngunaitponi, Unaipon started formal education at 7 from Point McLeay Mission School.

After being forced to leave school at the age of 13 he was then forced to work as a bootmaker. But, after his marriage to Katherine Carter, a Tangane woman ...