Bliss is the story of a young couple throwing a dinner party. Bertha, the wife, is a very emotional person, and spends most of the story feeling ecstatically happy and connected to everything; the night seems special to her. Her husband Harry is much more gruff, and spends the evening appearing to act rude toward Pearl, one of the guests at the party. However, Bertha's blissful ignorance is soon punctured. This short story explores themes of homosexuality, truth, and fantasy.
Giving an informed explanation of the dramatic monologue Compare and Contrast Alfred Lord Tennysons Ulysses With Tithonus Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote Ulysses and Tithonus as dramatic monologues A dramatic monologue involves a single character giving an extended speech at a critical moment to a silent listener and is used to characterise the speaker Indeed this form of poetry was favoured by many of the poets in the Victorian period including Matthew Arnold 24 December 1822 15 April 1888 who wrot
Hemingways TheSun Also Risesskillfully details the pertinent 1920s issues of the Lost Generation expatriates prohibition and effects of WWI Most significantly it depicts the physical and psychological wounds Jake Barns suffered from the war his failed relationship with Brett and ultimately his psychic awakening and coming to terms with himself Jake Barnes a wounded WWI veteran suffers the long term effects of war through the physical and mental torment of being sexually impotent and being unabl
Original work The Story of an Hour Kate Chopin Womens Rights in the 19th Century female oppression in marriages and the entrapment of women within social codes and taboos of the time were the main inspiring streamlines for Kate Chopin to shape out Mrs Mallard in the Story of an hour a married woman who died in the lost of the just found freedom By revealing the tragedy of the poor matron through an ironical and profound tone the writer intentionally makes the readers come up with different thou
A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE NOVEL The Return of the Native looks at first like a typical nineteenth century novel long with several plots and set in a wide landscape But this tale is really very compact The major action takes place in a years time All of the characters live in the Egdon area and the outside world does not intrude we do not hear for example about the national problems of England All of the major characters are bound together in a dense knot of relationships The structure of this
Love Versus the Idea of Love In many instances infatuation with an idea of something or someone can mislead many into believing in a false interpretation of love In F Scott Fitzgeralds novel The Great Gatsby the main character Jay Gatsby is a victim of such deceit A charming affluent girl named Daisy Buchanan attracts him at a young age and his desire for her grows as they take separate paths in life Although Gatsby proclaims his love for Daisy what he fails to mention is why he has these feeli
Siddhartha By Herman Hesse Herman Hesses novel Siddhartha is about ones journey to search for spiritual enlightenment and the ability to be one with nature and spirit Almost anyone can relate or be influenced by this novel everyone is in search of life filled with self bliss to obtain happiness threw spiritual enlightenment and not threw materials Herman Hesse does a good job of showing Siddharthas journey using theme such as the search for spiritual enlightenment inner versus exterior guidance
Romeo and Juliet is often prompted as a romantic love story between two teenagers To what extent would it be more accurate to say that Shakespeare explores many kinds of love between people Romeo and Juliet is known as one of the greatest love stories of all time the love shared by Romeo and Juliet is not the only love explored throughout the play One kind of love becomes evident when Mercutio lays down his life in order to prevent Romeo from dying This form of bravery demonstrates the strength
The Love Wealth and Death of Emilia and Desdemona in Othello In the play Othello by William Shakespeare Desdemona and Emilia are very different Emilia demonstrates practicality while Desdemona is extremely committed in her views of love and faith Both Emilia and Desdemona belong to different classes one lower class and one higher class which effects there thinking on certain subjects especially cheating Emilia and Desdemona have opposite attitudes towards men and marriage Both Emilia and Desdem