Rimbaud The Drunken Boat Introduction Arthur Rimbaud was a french poet that lived in Paris during the second half of the nineteenth century. He is remembered for his writing of three major works: The Drunken Boat, Illuminations, and A Season in Hell. Of the three, The Drunken Boat is the most celebrated; it is filled with symbolic exaggerations and metaphorical clauses. In fact, his work was the poetic equivalent to the impressionist and symbolist movements that were developing in all branches of the arts at that time. Rimbaud has had a profound effect on many celebrated poets since his death in late 1891 after being diagnosed with cancer.
Reflections of Edgar Allan Poe's Life in "The Masque of the Red Death" In the year 1842, Edgar Allan Poe wrote "The Masque of the Red Death." “Personal tragedy was, unfortunately, a recurring theme throughout Edgar Allan Poe’s life.” (Mondragon 1997) At the time this short story was written, Poe was experiencing another life-changing event which is clearly visible within the story. His wife, Virginia, showed her first sign of consumption, known in today’s society as Tuberculosis, and Poe knew her death was inevitable. "The Masque of the Red Death" in many ways, is riddled with references to her tuberculosis. "At a supper party in January of 1842, Virginia was playing the harp when she suddenly caught her breath and coughed violently, then blood spouted from her mouth, staining her white dress."
Unfortunatley Dumont's whole family perished in the flames of what was to be the first French railway disaster of that time. Dumont's remains were identified by Dumontier, a doctor on board the ship the Astrolabe and a phrenologist. He had taken a cast of Dumont's head previously and was able to recognize his remains by its shape and characteristic. This was an early example of forensic identification. Dumont was buried in Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris.
Yasmine Reza’s God of Carnage depicts precisely what the title of her play states. Two couples, both of the upper-middle to upper class, meet together one night to discuss a seemingly simple matter: one couple’s son has knocked out two incisors of the other’s with a stick. Initially, the parents—Alan and Annette Raleigh and Michael and Veronica Novak—act as civilized adults trying to sort out the problem without hurting anyone’s feelings. Socially awkward, Annette compliments the Novaks’ tulips; Alan remains completely disengaged; Michael tries to make the Raleighs feel at home; and Veronica seems to be the only one truly caring about the issue. The entire dynamic of the play shifts when Annette, tired of Alan’s shamelessness in talking on his cell phone constantly, vomits all over the Novaks’ coffee table and Veronica’s precious books.
9-19-09 Period 3 Pre-AP “The Chaser” Essay It is very easy to get caught blind eyed in the sight of love. In the story “The Chaser”, Alan Austin goes to a potion shop with the fact in his mind that with one sip of certain “love potion” the girl he loves will fall deeply in love with him. What he does not key into though, is that according to the old shop keeper, every one who buys one product and is pleased will always come back, and all the potions described have the potential of being fake. "Here is a liquid as colourless as water, almost tasteless, quite imperceptible in coffee, wine, or any other beverage. It is also quite imperceptible to any known method of autopsy."
It was during this point in time that Poe wrote poetry such as The Raven, which made Poe extremely popular and was reprinted in several newspapers. Poe continued writing darker poetry until 1849, when he was found on the streets of Baltimore by Joseph Walker, who took him to the hospital per poes request. Unfortunately, we do not know what killed Poe, but we do know that he died four days after he was admitted to the hospital. Although Poe’s writings were varied, and generally considered dark and gloomy, he is still considered one of the prominent poets of the dark romanticism era, and his poetry is still widely read and
George Handel perished on April 14, 1759, in London, England. George Handel was a composer of operas, of oratorios, and of instrumentals. His 1741 exertion, Messiah, is the most famous oratorio. At an early age, Handel yearned to study music, but his parents objected, doubtful that music was a genuine source of revenue.
Thomas Foster writes in Read Literature Like a Professor, that heart disease is a very common symbolic pattern in literature as well. He said, “there is no better, no more lyrical, no more perfectly metaphorical illness than heart disease” (Foster 208). The heart is, “the symbolic repository of emotion” (Foster 208). The main character of Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”, supposedly suffers and dies from this very disease. Like many stories, Mrs. Mallard exhibits a romantic detachment as an illness of the heart.
(Shelley, 2008, p.19) The first death is Frankenstein's friend, Beaufort, dies, and his daughter, Caroline, is delirious. It shows how deeply Caroline Beaufort is influenced from the death
KEATS ESSAY. JP SALEH John Keats, as well as William Wordsworth, Samuel Coleridge, Lord Byron and others, was a romantic poet; who wrote about the current issues at the time such as the French revolution and the industrial revolution's impact on society and countryside. The period which the term romantic was associated with was from 1789 to 1824, 1789 being the beginning of the French revolution and 1824 being the date of Lord Byron’s death. Some famous quotes by Keats are “A thing of beauty is a joy forever”- “A son of this earth unveiled this lore divine. 
O lover of beauty, thy "Endymion” “Health is my expected heaven.” The quote on his health is referring to Keats breakdown of health after he received a vast amount of criticism, related to his poems and phrases, from critics and even, close friends.