The Catcher in the Rye Response I felt so lonesome all of a sudden I almost wish I was dead Salinger 48 Loneliness and depression is exhibited by Holden the main character in the book The Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger In the Poem Hanging Fire Audre Lorde the author focuses on a young person who also suffers from being lonely and depressed and feels many of the same emotions Holden does There is a common theme between this poem and this book the loneliness depression and neglect teenagers f
For us to be able to understand Othellos tragedy we may consider what the essence of tragedy is and how other classical tragic heroes of a similar vein have been presented A tragedy is in its simplest form a serious drama typically depicting a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force such as fate or destiny In the case of Othello however it could be argued that the superior forces with which he battles are the racial abuse of his peers or the treacherous Iago but I will address the
In this Essay I will be Comparing Dulce et Decorum Est And Anthem for Doomed Youth by Willfred Owen The Soldier By Rupert Brooke and Romeo And Juliet By William Shakespeare showing how each one presents the issues of war In the two poems Dulce et Decorum est and Anthem for Doomed Youth both written by Wilfred Owen the authors main purpose was to expose the true horrors of the war and to challenge the romanticized view of war that the poet Rupert Brooke had Owen used familiar imagery techniques
Compare the ways in which Owen powerfully portrays the physical and mental consequences of war in Dulce et Decorum and Disabled Wilfred Owens Dulce et Decorum Est is a magnificent and terrible description of a gas attack suffered by a group of soldiers in World War I One of this group is unable to get on his helmet and suffers horribly Through his shifting rhythms dramatic description and rich raw images Owen seeks to convince us that thehorror of warfar outweighs the patriotic cliches of those
Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the worlds pre eminent dramatist He produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613 His early plays were mainly comedies and histories genres he raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the 16th century He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608 In his last phase he wrote tragicomedies also known as romances and collaborated with other playwrights Shakespearean comedy always invol
ENDINGS IN RENAISSANCE TRAGEDY Among the various definitions of tragedy the one most commonly proffered is a play that treats at the most uncompromising level human suffering or pathos with death being the usual conclusion According to Aristotles Poetics the purpose of tragedy is to show how humans are at the mercy of fate and to cleanse the audience by provoking extreme emotions of pity and terror The tragic actions on the dramatic stage cause the audience to experience these extreme feelings