What choice would you make between lust and moral obligation The same decision faces Ethan Frome in Edith Whartons novella Ethan Frome In the novella Ethan must choose between staying in his hometown of Starkfield with his wife Zeena or giving into lust and running away with Zeenas cousin and their housekeeper Mattie Silver Ethan knows his obligation to stay with Zeena but he does not actually love her She has no positive characteristics and brings nothing but restrain and burden to Ethan Ethan
Discovery Within The authors of these two pieces of literature are married They are both known for their short stories and poems Raymond Carver the author of Cathedral shows his writing style through the blind mans hardships in life and abrupt ending Tess Gallagher the author of Sudden Journey shows her intimate personal style of writing by portraying a little girl and how she feels about the rain Cathedral and Sudden Journey both depict transformation while Cathedral shows self transformation
Macbeth is a story of a mans downward fall from a hero to a tyrant in which his pride contributes to his descent It is a tale of the dangers of lust for power and betrayal of friends In this essay I will be exploring how the audience witness Macbeths demise William Shakespeare was one of the most successful dramatists of his time In August 1606 a play was performed for James VI and his brother in law King Christian of Denmark The play was called Macbeth it was a new play but the story was old T
In the Divine Comedy Dante goes through many changes as he travels through Hell on through Purgatory and ending in Heaven As the story progresses and Dante goes through hell he changes from being sympathetic to the residents of hell to being less sympathetic and believing more that you get what you deserve Not only does Dante change throughout the story but the style in which the poem is written changes Just like Dante the writing becomes more refined as the story unravels Right off the bat in
Throughout the centuries men have strived to perfect the art of seduction attempting to convince and invite females to sleep with them In Marvells To His Coy Mistress and Donnes The Flea the speakers propose a sinful offer so cunningly backed up with argument and presented to each female when the generous request has been declined The persuasions used by each are completely different but are structured entirely for one purpose In The Flea Donne is trying to persuade his love to engage in premar
Poes Pain and Suffering The Raven The Masque of the Red Death and The Pit and the Pendulum are all stories where the soul of the narrator will often become a focus of pain and suffering The infamous more commonly known as a poet Edgar Allen Poe shows he is a renounced writer who focuses his talent toward intense morbid tales that engulf the mind in a mental torture With his reference to the soul in his pieces Poe had a different mindset that could captivate many in a strange way Thy God hath le
Emily Bront and Wuthering Heights Art is part of its creator and authors poets singers and artists are part of the work they create Every idea has to come from somewhere and work is usually inspired by something in the creators life You can see an author in her characters her plot her setting and strewn throughout the rest of the novel Emily Bront was no different her writing reflected her as a person Many aspects of Bronts novel Wuthering Heights are based on the authors own life whether these
Transformations How has your perceptions of transformations been illuminated by your comparative study of the prescribed texts The responders understanding of transformations has been illuminated by a comparative study of Jane Austens Emma and Amy Heckerlings Clueless The word transformation refers to the change of form or appearance In order for Heckerling to transform Emma she needed to change the context of Austens 19th Century English novel Emma to better fit her 20th Century American film
Ethan Frome written by Edith Wharton is a marvelous novel that contains countless numbers of themes that touch the lives of people even today Set in the odd gloomy desolate town of Starkfield Ethan Frome explains ones need for affection and belonging in society sometimes only brought about by tragedy The themes of the novel solely surround the main characters of Ethan Frome Zeena Frome Ethans wife and Mattie Silver a distant cousin of Zeenas The most important theme in this novel deals with the
SONNET ARGUMENT PORTRAYING DONNES WIT AND SYMBOLISM HOLY SONNETS VIII AND XVII The two subjects in which John Donne went deepest are those which try the understanding most love and religion mentions George Williamson Furthermore he pointed out From these twin sources flow significant currents in English poetry Love poetry could never be quite the same after him and religious verse that is also poetry descends from him Many critics for years focused on one of these currents The Songs and Sonets