Death of a Salesman is a play that has come to redefine the concept of modern tragedy The Greeks first defined dramatic tragedy it is evident that the Greek tragedies were a profound influence on Arthur Miller He was drawn to the Greek tragedies for their magnificent form the symmetry Aristotle wrote a significant thesis on tragedy in his Poetics His analogy was that there are four crucial elements that must be present in order to define a play as a classical tragedy Namely the play must incorp
An Erotic Marriage Argument A Discussion of John Donnes The Flea A discussion of the John Donne poem The Flea in reference to the relation between the erotic and religious language found throughout finds relevance in almost every line of the poem The two seemingly opposite ideas exist in a congruent fashion without compromising the positions the entities stand upon Although Donnes agenda when composing The Flea is not certain the tone and the subject of his other work give the reader a good imp
The Character of Iago in Othello In the Shakespeare play of Othello Iago plays an important role Iago is a compelling sophisticated villain who revels in his own ability to dissemble Shakespeares Iago is one of Shakespeares most complex villains At first glance Iago is pure evil Perhaps the most interesting character in the tragic play Othello is honest Iago during the play Iago uses carefully thought out words and actions which enable him to manipulate others and do things in a way which benef
ENGLISH ESSAY The full enjoyment of Frosts poetry lies in unpeeling layer upon layer of meaning and this can be clearly seen in the poems Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening and The Road Not Taken written by Robert Frost These poems are layered with surface meaning and deeper meaning and it requires the reader to contemplate Frosts emotions behind the words The surface meaning tells us what the poem is simply about The deeper meaning shows Frosts profound feelings through which he is conveying
How does the poet powerfully convey the sorrow of human life in sonnet 29 In Sonnet 29 Edna St Vincent Millay uses loss and pain in love and features in the nature as devises to reflect the sorrows of human life By using multiple metaphors Millay was able to associate her personal melancholy with certain aspects of nature which helps to emphasize the sorrow in human life At the start of the poem Millay encapsulates the sorrow of loss in the four starting lines In the first two lines Millay uses
Alice Walker is a well known African American writer known for published fiction poetry and biography She received a number of awards for many of her publications One of Walkers best short stories titled Everyday Use tells the story of a mother and her two daughters conflicting ideas about their heritage The mother narrates the story of the visit by her daughter Dee Wangero She is an educated woman who now lives in the city and is visiting from college She begins a conflict with her younger sis
What thoughts come to mind when you think of The Lottery Positive thoughts including money a new home excitement and happiness are all associated with the lottery in most cases However this is not the case in Shirley Jacksons short story The Lottery Here the characters in the story are not gambling for money instead they are gambling for their life A shock that surprises the reader as she unveils this horrifying tradition in the village on this beautiful summer day This gamble for their life is
In Scene one of A streetcar named desire Williams hints at many clues which suggest there will be conflict further into the play One clue which Williams uses to hint that there will be conflict further into the play is the way he presents Stanleys and Blanches first meeting and their initial relationship Stanley and Blanche are immediately characterized as polar opposites with Stella being the link between them He is brutish coarse primitive she is dainty elegant delicate He sizes her up with a
The Road Not Taken and Other Poems by Robert Frost Robert Frost born March 26 1874 Robert Frost is considered by most to be one of America is leading 20th century poets Frost Some of his most famous work includes The Road Not Taken Design and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Frost won an unprecedented number of literary academic and public honors http encarta msn com because he allows all readers from all different experiences to relate to his poems Frosts poetry is based mainly upon the li
Lazarus of Bethany is the subject of a miracle recounted in the Bible where Jesus restores Lazarus to life after four days of being dead Plath sees herself as the female Lazarus who has been raised from the dead three times and thus a miracle Like the sense of miracle Plath sees her deaths like Lazaruss for they dont fall into the category of usual deaths Sylvia Plath completed her masterpiece Lady Lazarus in the days before her suicide in 1963 while in a condition of disturbance suffering and