Nowadays the traditional festivals are not the signals of the culture and history anymore. There become the tools of the business people who do not have conscience. For New Year, many people chose to go outside to have the New Year eve dinner, and they do not make dumplings any longer. When they go outside, the business people tried to names their dishes with beautiful implied meanings, and then raise the price to earn more money. In the mid-autumn festival, the moon cake became a fancy gift but not a little cake that use for remembering relatives who are far away from the family.
‘The Eve of St Agnes’ alludes to the legend of St Agnes’ Eve, where women saw visions of their future husband if they performed certain rituals before sleeping. The idea of rituals and visions adds an ambiguity to the tale, and the mysterious establishment of such visions generates a sense of mystic and magic. This hints at Negative Capability as this ethereal tale is incapable of being constricted by science, thereby creating a magic and wondrous atmosphere. Keats frequented in the idea of Negative Capability, and this may have prompted him to write about the mystical phenomena on St Agnes’ Eve, as he recurrently delved into the realms of idealism and fantasy. Furthermore, the notion that girls will witness their future husbands adds a romantic and passionate feeling, endorsing Keats’ adherence to romanticism instead of rationalism.
But a short sentence later, he is listing off flaws of the boy, such as how dependent he is, how he must act upon more generous morals, and essentially, get his act together. But like a tea kettle that has been boiling for a short while, the boiling point is yet to come, and when the harsh words fly, the Lord reveals his true intentions. In his final paragraph, which happens to be a full on roast of the boy, we learn that the boy has not fulfilled duties to the Lord’s standards. Later saying: “your shame and regret must be greater than anybody’s”. Implying that the boy’s life decisions are what brought the Lord to his boiling point.
Dreams in the Dust In the nineteen twenties, the American dream declined. Ideas and dreams became lost in the dust. Culture, segregated by money, led to this decline. Fitzgerald uses light and dark, money, love, colors, death and ashes and dust to show the decline of the American dream in the nineteen twenties, From shadows to glares, “Fitzgerald uses light imagery to point out idealism and illusions.” A green light shines across the bay, representing a dream, Gatsby states, “‘You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock.’” “The green light that shines off Daisy’s dock is one example. Gatsby sees it as his dream, away from his humble beginnings, towards a successful future with the girl of his desire.” Gatsby moved directly across from Daisy on purpose.
Ali Kimmel Professor White A Raisin in the Sun Critique 1 April, 2011 A Raisin in the Sun I have never even heard of the movie or play, “A Raisin in the Sun.” Yet, it was an excellent story about a believable family’s story in the time period that it was in. I liked the newer version of the play with Sean Combs and Sanaa Lathan because it was more interesting for me to watch and get hooked into. I did watch a little bit of the older play version of this story but I liked the newer one even more. This is really a sad story but it really shows what real people and families went through financially and emotionally during that time, especially for being an African American citizen in a white community. This story took place in the 1950’s with an poor African American family.
Emma Cutroni Romeo and Juliet Essay Rules were made to prevent bad things from happening. But are all rules really necessary? Sometimes people have to break the rules in order to accomplish tasks. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Romeo gets news of the Capulet party he crashes it knowing his household isn’t allowed but enters anyway to see Rosaline. Upon arrival he spots Juliet from across the room and asks himself, “Did my heart love till now?” When they first met it was as if the stars aligned and everything was perfect until they realized what household each other were from.
His skill illuminates his willingness and desire to truly live. He does not take for granted the skills that he has been given, rather he takes life with all full use of the throttle. The oddest, most exhilarating and exhausting thing was this: he never quit. The music had no periods no rests or endings, the poetry’s beautiful sentence never ended; the line had no finish, the sculpted forms piled overhead, one into another without surcease.” Dillard showcases the beauty of life that the stunt pilot has. His skill is an embodiment of living life to the fullest
Lastly as the opening quotation shows, the last thing Charlie needed to be happy when dying was to hear Ellie’s paper about Moby Dick one more time. In all, the play The Whale has many different meanings and themes. All of which come together to create the overall message that everyone finds happiness in their own way. Elder Thomas, Ellie, Liz, Charlie all share a feature that they all want to find happiness and they all do it in their own
This corresponds to the tragedy of Othello, the noble hero who falls from grace. The villain Napoleon is left somewhat unknown as we don’t necessarily find out what happens to him, such as the similarity to Iago last words “I will never speak for this day forth”. Contrasting to the unclear resolution of the play Othello, Orwell did mention at the end that the farm was now better off than it had ever been, leaving the conclusions somewhat peaceful and content for the viewers. Through the play Othello by Shakespeare and the novel Animal farm by Orwell, both composers have successfully achieve their corresponding purpose in relevant to the construction of the villain archetype. The novel and play have explored the recurring motifs of our human condition that causes us to reflect on menacing thoughts such as revenge, greed and
Hamlet is clearly not insane during any part of Shakespeare’s play. Ernest Jones wrote “Shakespeare certainly never intended us to regard Hamlet as insane…” (130-131). Many scholars believe the same as Jones, and Hamlet’s sanity has been proven many times. Hamlet could not have been insane because he made too much sense in his speech and he acts completely sane around people he trusts. Henry Mackenzie also refers to Hamlet’s antic disposition as “counterfeited madness” (1095).