His tone is singularly effective—wild, plaintive, thoughtful, and in full accordance with his themes... We look upon him as one of the few men of indisputable genius to whom our country has as yet given birth". Nathanael was a well-respected man and even Author Herman Melville dedicated his great novel Moby Dick to Mr. Hawthorne. I learned many interesting facts about Mr. Nathanael Hawthorne, but the one thing I absolutely loved was he was intelligent, inspiring, exhilarating, and inspirational when he wrote. The one novel I love and happened to read was The Scarlet Letter, It was about a red letter “A “being sewn onto a woman’s dress for adultery and was considered sinful. Can you imagine if we had the scarlet letter now days?
People thought that Brown’s irony was sharp, his ideas were exciting, and he was not only and protestor of his time but one of the first times. Brown’s Work protested the classical folklore in the way it was written. “He infused his poetry with genuine characteristic flavor by adopting his medium geniality and optimism” was James Johnson reaction to his
Odysseus Paragraphs March 13, 2013 Odysseus Paragraphs “As soon as rose-fingered early dawn appear[s]”, Odysseus sets off on another contradistinctive adventure that will soon lead to his homecoming to Ithaca (9,576). All these small quests build up the amazing epic poem which Homer creates. Odysseus, who has a multi-faceted personality, evolves over the course of Homer’s Odyssey as he transforms and acquires a new understanding of the world around him. In the novel The Odyssey, Odysseus, who is the hero, acts out positive traits which give him a successful experience at the beginning of his journey. Before Odysseus leaves Ismarcus, he performs a “ritual call for the poor comrades” who was lost in the battle against the Cicones (9, 88).
Produce a close analysis saying how typical the section of ‘The love Song of Alfred J Prufrock’ that you have chosen is of Eliot’s style and concern T. S. Eliot is known as one of the most influential poets of the 20th century as his poems pushed the boundaries of traditional poetry. I believe the first forty lines of ‘The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock’ reflect many typical themes which occur in Eliot poetry in this collection. The main theme of ‘The Love Song of J Arthur Prufrock’ is of a man looking at his life and believing that it is all over and that he has lived out his best days. He immediately draws the reader into the mindset of the persona or Prufrock by having Prufrock interact with his audience by using second person as well as first person narrative. Eliot uses the simile of ‘a patient etherised upon a table’ which could be said to symbolise the fact that Prufrock is as numb as the unconscious patient as he too has put his life on hold however unlike the patient it is because Prufrock is too scared to make any change to scared rather than because he is knocked unconscious by a drug.
English 12 name__________________________________ “The Seafarer” 1. Why does the speaker begin the poem by saying that the tale is true and about him? To make it know to the readers, to set the tone/mood 2. How does the mood in the first few lines reflect Anglo-Saxon society and values? They take pride and value in telling their stories.
In Ray Bradbury’s novel ‘Fahrenheit 451’ Bradbury explores the development of his protagonist Guy Montag. Guy gradually increases to rebel the dystopian society in which he is inhabited. Bradbury investigates this through a wide range of literary techniques to convey the development of his protagonist. At first, the reader is shown that Montag is pleased and contented with his life. This is proved by the effective and striking first line; ‘It was a pleasure to burn’ The reader may be potentially shocked at the interesting word choice as the noun ‘pleasure’ – which has strong positive connotations and linked with happiness and enjoyment – is juxtaposed with ‘burn’ which is associated with destruction.
Hugo Valdez 12/09/11 Final Exam Essay HIS 3060-002 Prof. O’Bryan Aeneas Influence on Rome and Augustus Virgil’s the Aeneid serves as a great poem that is highly influential in Roman society, especially during Augustus rule over Rome. The Aeneid and Aeneas were an influence over Rome for many reasons, one of the most important is that it offered Romans a story/tale in which the people could believe in and look up to. Virgil mentions many gods who often commanded the Roman’s ancestors, the Trojans, and serves as a great story as to how Rome came to be and what Rome would be like. Aeneas’ struggles and long voyage towards the founding Rome is an inspirational story that shows us how the Roman gods had a plan for Aeneas and Rome. As
Gabie Pointer 2/10/14 Block: A2 Hearn Constatine Cavafy’s Ithaca Constantine Cavafy wrote the poem, “Ithaca”, which is an allusion to the epic poem, The Odyssey by Homer where the main character was from an island named Ithaca. Cavafy’s poem suggests that life is a journey and through out the journey one should experience new things and enjoy it. He supports his idea by alluding to the Odysseus’ journey and the trials and obstacles he dealt with on his way back home to Ithaca. Then, he further develops his inference on life by using symbolizing the good, luxurious things in life. Finally, he concludes that life is a journey that is to be enjoyed by everyone who lives and that wisdom will be gained from this experience.
Odysseus and His Monsters: "Notable Images of ... Vices" Odysseus and The Odyssey have earned their places in western consciousness in a number of ways: he as both crafty warrior and paradigm for a variety of literary figures millennia in his future; his story as model for later epics, as guide to nautical sites of the Mediterranean, and—sine qua non for the others—as one of the world's great, if at times fantastical, adventure stories. They are also, as we shall see, biblical in a special sense. For Odysseus is both heroic and moral model for his own time, and through what Sir Philip Sidney called "notable images of virtues [and] vices" his story offers a clear statement of the values by which Greeks (particularly men) should live.
It is, not less than Queen Mab and The Revolt of Islam, a poem of the moral perfection of man; and, not less than Alastor and Epipsychidion, a poem of spiritual ideality. He was himself in love with it: 'a poem of a higher character than anything I have yet attempted and perhaps less an imitation of anything that has gone before it,' he writes to Ollier; and again, 'a poem in my best style, whatever that may amount to,... the most perfect of my productions,' and 'the best thing I ever wrote;' and finally he says, 'Prometheus Unbound, I must tell you, is my favorite poem; I charge you, therefore, especially to pet him and feed him with fine ink and good paper.... I think, if I can judge by its merits, the Prometheus cannot sell beyond twenty copies.' Nor did he lose his affection for it. Trelawny records him as saying, 'If that is not durable poetry, tried by the severest test, I do not know what is.