Essays on Experience Of Life

Philosophy

Jean-Paul Sartre is the most recognized name of a philosopher of the 20th century. “His diligent striving towards the philosophical reflection, literary creativity and, in the second half of his life, active political commitment gained him worldwide renown, if not admiration” (Flynn 1). Many of his stories and plays have deserved critical praise that exceeds that of other contemporary philosophers. It is mostly because “he is commonly considered to be the father of the leading philosophy of Existentialism, and whose writings set the tone for intellectual life in the decade immediately after the Second World War” (Flynn 1). In ...

Book I

- What is the reference in the epigraph, "Sixty Million and more"? This epigraph is in reference here is the total number of slaves who lost their lives by the time we get to what the author refers to as the ‘middle passage.’ - Why do you think the book is titled "Beloved" rather than "Sethe" or "The Ghost" or some such? What features of the book does the title emphasize? The title emphasizes the concept of trauma literature. The title brings out those traumatic experiences that were experienced by slaves in the hands of ...

Robert Frost has written the poem “To Earthward” by using eight cross rhymed stanzas. The author has selected his very regular meter, iambic for this poem. Three iambic feet are visible in the first three lines of every verse of the poem however fourth line of the stanza contains only two iambic feet. It is easy to recognize the meter of the poem for those who are familiar with the hymnal representation meter. There is a prolific cross-pollination of sounds and rhymes throughout the poem. The lyric richness used by the author in this poem is exemplary. The author has ...

"'Deconstruction' is the name given to the critical operation by which such oppositions can be partly undermined, or by which they can be shown partly to undermine each other in the process of textual meaning" (Eagleton, p. 115). The final paragraph of Mary Elizabeth Braddon's novel Lady Audley's Secret provides a final salutation from the author herself - a rare breaking of the fourth wall, but this is done as a means to provide closure and a moralistic, fable-like ending to the story. By deconstructing the paragraph, one can see that it is the hope of diffusing the tension provided by the end ...