Have I done well or ill This is what Steinbeck says will be the question looking back at the end of our lives In the telling of the story of the Trask family the author goes through the generations showing the patterns of their similar struggles Cyrus Trask the patriarch of the Trask family and father of Adam and Charles favors Adam over Charles which drives Charles into a deep rage filled jealousy and he tries to kill Adam like Cain and Abel Adam then relieves the story of Cain and Abel with h
To what extent does the time in which composers live influence their response to enduring human concerns Discuss with reference to your two prescribed texts Elizabethan Barrett Brownings Sonnet from the Portuguese and F Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby were both composed during times of significant change Influenced by the growing optimism of the Victorian era Brownings Sonnets are a written reflection of her own experiences depersonalized to represent a broad female perspective On the other
Israfel Israfel is a mesmerizing poem the beginning of which was first set down by Poe during his days at West Point College Allen 233 The poem itself is a direct contrast to Poes usual poetry which usually deal with death and dark thoughts or other melancholy Gothic ideas Poes idea of the death of beautiful woman being the most poetical of all topics is here nowhere to be found This proves that Poe when so inclined could indeed write about something other than opium induced nightmares and para
Eliots Journey Journey of the Magi is a dramatic monologue dealing with a mans death and reincarnation in his religious belief T S Elliot fulfills one of the requirements of a dramatic monologue by using a singular speaker He uses one of the magi in order to accomplish this task of portraying his speech and thought By expressing a point of view through the use of a character Eliot fulfills another requirement of a dramatic monologue Some scholars argue this as a free verse poem bearing no resem
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said Is not marriage an open question when it is alleged from the beginning of the world that such as are in the institution wish to get out and such as are out wish to get in Brainy Quote Emersons expressions are all too true for many married people as well as those in serious relationships It seems that engaging in marriage is a step that many take only to find out it was a mistake Nothing is ever perfect in relationships as well as in life and in death D H Lawrence s
The first section of The Waste Land takes its title from a line in the Anglican burial service It is made up of four vignettes each seemingly from the perspective of a different speaker The first is an autobiographical snippet from the childhood of an aristocratic woman in which she recalls sledding and claims that she is German not Russian this would be important if the woman is meant to be a member of the recently defeated Austrian imperial family The woman mixes a meditation on the seasons w
Individual Oral Commentary Merchant of Venice Act Scene 1 Lines 8 45 This extract is from the play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare and is placed in Act 1 Scene 1 of the play which can also be called the expository scene of the play Right before the extract we as readers have been introduced to the confused character of Antonio a rich Jewish merchant by the author who doesnt even know the source of his extreme sadness and depression Through the extract from lines 8 45 the author ha
In a typical novel the desire for power often drives the storys antagonist This obsession gives the story its focus as well as its obstacles But in putting the obsession in the hands of the central figure in the story the dynamic becomes warped completely Both Emily Brontes Wuthering Heights and Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness present the reader with this dilemma the driving force of both novels takes form in a character whos cravings overpower everything else albeit for graspable reasons Bron
Frankenstein a classic in literature was written by Mary Shelley Its author incorporated several complex elements making the novel a piece of literary art One of these elements is the Enlightenment versus the Romantic views of science knowledge and progress which make up an important part in her everyday life and her surroundings This is exactly why she decided to incorporate such views in her novel using the main character Victor Frankenstein and his creation Victor Frankenstein is affected by
Many people in society feel alienated from the world and separated from their fellow man while others try to find meaning which escapes them In James Joyces The Dead Gabriel Conroy faces both these problems and questions his own identity due to a series of encounters that lead him to an epiphany about his relationship to the world This epiphany grants him a new beginning Gabriels progression from one who feels disconnected to one who has hope parallels Joyces changing view of Ireland from findi