A Streetcar Named Desire As the action of the play unfolds dramatic tension is often produced by the contrast of concealment and revelation A Streetcar Named Desire written by Tennessee Williams is a rather striking and intriguing play which presents the shift between the new order and the old order The production takes place in a working class district of New Orleans soon after World War II where aristocracy and pretensions are fading with reality and practicality taking its place Through the
A view from the bridge by Arthur Miller Explore the dramatic effectiveness of the last part of act one A View from the Bridge is a modern day tragedy based around the character of Eddie who begins as a good honest working class long shore man with mixed feelings towards his niece Catherine However tensions flare with the arrival of his wifes cousins Rodolpho and Marco both of whom are illegal immigrants brings about jealousy and anger that finally leads to Eddies own death When Eddie finally re
CHAPTER I INDRODUCTION ALDOUS HUXLEY AND THE MODERN NOVEL It is rightly said Aldous Huxleys writings express the disillusionment of the 1920s the cynicism of the 1930s and the questioning of the 1940s 45 Paul W P S Huxley was the product of the times and his novel and essays are the expression of his beliefs and concerns Huxley was twenty when the First World War began in 1914 His book of stories Limbo was published in 1920 and his last novel Island in 1962 His work covers forty there years whi
Erich Maria Remarque wrote All Quiet On The western Front The book focuses on the hardships of soldiers fighting on the Western Front in France in World War One in order to show the futileness of war The book is written in first person and it is written from a Germans point of view because the author Remarque was a German It is a story of comradeship of young soldiers fresh from school enrolling in the German army The main character in this book is the narrator Paul Baumer Paul Baumer comes fro
All a poet can do today is warn That is why the true poets must be truthful The quote above is taken from one of Wilfred Owens many letters home to his mother from the frontline Dulce et Decorum Est written from the Craiglockhart psychiatric hospital is one of the most famous pieces within the genre of war poetry Owen has become one of the most prolific poets of his generation he depicted war as the atrocity it really was His work was a contradiction to the patriotic works of writers such as Je
Repetition in the Aeneid Ancient Rome was highly dependent on repetition a repetition of Greek Architecture repetition of the Olympian Gods and even a repetition of Greek Literature This is not to say that Roman culture was a cheap knock off of the Greece for Romans strived to not only match Greeces rich culture but to rise above it Virgils The Aeneid is a fine example of the manner in which Romans aimed to glorify Rome by imitating Greece The theme of repetition is crucial to Virgils poem part
In my investigation in the service of the god I found that those who had the highest Reputation were nearly the most deficient while those who were thought to be inferior were more knowledgeable Socrates The Apology Of Platos is Socrates defense against the acquisition in his trial In the apology Socrates explains who he is and what kind of life he had It is the reflection of all Socrates ideas and philosophy In the apology the idea of wisdom resentment and death of Socrates are largely develop
Capotes structure in In Cold Blood is a subject that deserves discussion The book is told from two alternating perspectives that of the Clutter family who are the victims and that of the two murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith The different perspectives allow the reader to relive both sides of the story Capote presents them without bias Capote masterfully utilizes the third person omniscient point of view to express the two perspectives The non chronological sequencing of some events emphasi
The Canterbury Tales Geoffery Chaucers The Canterbury Tales is an example of an extremely complicated and wondrous piece of fictional work This story is a fourteenth frame narrative from Britain The main story lines plot is a contest between thirty pilgrims on their way to Thomas Beckets Canterbury shrine tell tales Harry Baily is the lead pilgrim and is identified as the host states that in order to win the contest the pilgrim must tell tales of best sentence and moost solaas this means that t
Life itself is a journey full of bonding and experiences which lead to wisdom and understanding Without maturity one may never have these life teaching experiences This leads to an empty shell of a person who has never truly felt passion love or self harmony Ghandi In a perfect world everyone would be happy with the way they are and everyone would accept and embrace the differences of others Unfortunately this is not the case the world we live in is far from perfect and not everyone accepts who