Essays About Present
Jane Austen was the author of the famous novel Pride and Prejudice. Austen was born in December 1775 in the village of Steventon in Hampshire and died in 1817. Through the years that she was alive Austen wrote 6 novels, one of which was the famous novel, Pride and Prejudice. Austen was part of a…
Love is possibly the most talked about subject of all time but unfortunately it has not always been as fair, free or co-equal as we like to believe it is today. Pre-twentieth century poems clearly show us that love was very male dominated. This was often the faults of the woman’s fathers who set up…
‘Poison Tree,’ by William Blake, a poem of an enemy being poisoned by an apple from a tree and ‘Strange Meeting,’ By Wilfred Owen, a conversation between two enemies; are both a subject of friendship and enemies. However both writers, in completely diverse methods express the running theme of ‘friendship’. The theme of friendship in…
Ambition is not the same as happiness, and happiness is not the ultimate goal in The Tempest. For Prospero, his ultimate ambition is to become Duke of Milan again after being usurped by his brother Antonio. Ambition should be directed towards a concept of duty and selflessness, yet once becoming ruler of the island, Prospero takes…
“How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? ” Albert Einstein. The subject of love has always inspired poets, writers, and those lucky in love as well. Love is everything its cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting…
Shakespeare presents women in the play in a number of guises, most of these promote women as the superior sex. For example he presents Hermione as essentially the heroine of the play. In the court she stands up to the mad tyrant that is Leontes in the face of almost certain death. She doesn’t lose…
The presentations of both love and hate reach their first climaxes in Act 1, in the meeting of Romeo and Juliet, and in the hatred that Romeo stirs in Tybalt during that meeting. The characters playing major roles in this scene, Romeo, Juliet and Tybalt, are each seen to experience both ends of the emotional…
Shakespeare presents Isabella as a key character in Measure for Measure. Isabella is the sister of Claudio who has been condemned to die under the power of Lord Angelo, so she is vital to the plot as she attempts to persuade Angelo to pardon her brother. Interestingly, at the beginning Isabella is joining a convent…
“Choose three poems from the pre-1900 section of your anthology in which the poets present powerful feelings and emotions. Compare the poems showing how the poet uses language to produce these effects” For my three poems I have chosen to do two by John Keats, ‘To Autumn’ and ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’, and ‘To His…
Dickens was born on February 7th 1812, during the Victorian era. He wrote of the conditions and the people of his time while working as a reporter (for a paper called ‘Household Words’) being sent around the country. He spent much of his time exploring in the streets of London and wrote from experience and…
The story Romeo and Juliet was written roughly between 1594-1595 by William Shakespeare, In Shakespeare’s time England was an all-Christian country. All children were born baptized into the Church of England. In those days the church was very strict, if someone missed church without a good excuse they were punished with a fine. Only boys…
In Shakespeare’s times, Romeo and Juliet’s first meeting would’ve been very challenging to perform with true passion. Firstly, this is because both of the characters are played by men, so it would have been hard to show the chemistry between the two characters .This is because, I feel, that men would find it a great…
Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare. The play is about tragic love. Love, in the play, is presented in many different forms such as unrequited love, filial love, forbidden love, platonic love, romantic love and sexual love. The most important type of love that Shakespeare presented was true love. At the…
Look again at the engagement party at the beginning of the party, up to the point where the Inspector first enters. In what ways does Priestley present Mr. Birling to us here so that we are prepared for his attitudes and behaviour in the rest of the play? (Refer in detail to language and events)…
The relationship between the speaker and to whom he or she is speaking to, should definitely be taken into account when evaluating if this usage is hateful or offensive. Randall Kennedy addresses the idea of race and the intention of the speaker, in his book, Nigger, when he says, “There is nothing necessarily wrong…
However, if suffering includes unpleasantries such as the above, then Nietzsche is most likely correct, as most, if not all of man’s inventions have been created in order to abolish slight, or significant problems and discomforts. On the other hand, I think that Nietzsche generalizes, and uses the word ‘improvements’ far too freely. Humanity has…
A monologue from the play by Percy Bysshe Shelley NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from Prometheus Unbound; A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts with Other Poems. Percy Bysshe Shelley. London: C and J Ollier, 1820. MERCURY: Crouch then in silence. Awful Sufferer!To thee unwilling, most unwillinglyI come, by the great Father’s will driven down,To execute…
Compare how poets present the effects of conflict in ‘Belfast Confetti’ and one other poem from Conflict. “Belfast Confetti” and “Yellow Palm” “Belfast Confetti” and “Yellow Palm” are both major set around the imagery language used, and the effects of the devastation happening to the communities. Both poems are similarly themed; “Belfast Confetti” depicts the…
Compare how the poets present workmanship and their journey of life and composing ‘to a friend ‘Proven shakier and ‘on top’ Gary Snyder. By alterable Compare how the poets present workmanship and their journey of life and composing to a friend Proven shakier and ‘on top’ Gary Snyder. Introduction: ‘All you have to do then…
Compare the ways poets present a speaker’s attitudes towards another person in ‘Harmonium’ and ‘Manhunt’. The speaker’s attitude towards his father In ‘Harmonium’ is honest and realistic. The speaker names the brand of his organ “Farad Chaplet” and he names places such as ‘Married’ in Yorkshire possibly having a connection of where he and his…
Parents have their own way of showing their feelings towards their children, whether It’s by their actions or words, they all have a meaning behind them. Larkin and Cannels both show their affection towards their child In different ways, but both want to achieve the same goal for their child, happiness. In the poem Born…
Within Keats’ poetry there are some repeating themes, with some poems being constructed around certain ideas. One such is women, and how Keats feels towards them. His poetry reflects different periods of his live, when he feels a certain way about them. Generally, there is a sense of ambiguity about his feelings towards women, as…
Compare how poets use language to present feelings in “The Manhunt” and one other poem (Nettles) In ‘Manhunt’, Simon Remarriage uses rhyme to reflect the togetherness of a relationship. He says “After the first phase, after passionate nights and intimate days. ” As the poem goes on, the reader can start to recognize that the…
Fenton uses ‘In Paris with You’ to give you he false security that you will read a romantic love poem however he then upturns your expectations as the poem displays the unrequited love of a couple stuck in Paris which helps to display the anger in the couples relationship as one partner is expecting a…
Instead of conveying an image of a bloody battle scene, Smith uses a young girl deprived of her memory as a result of a future war. Describing her mind as ‘black and ‘ominous’ this delicate creature gives the reader an idea of the damage of war, not only on the soldiers but the innocent civilians…
How could the painter Pieter Bruegel and writer Wislawa Szymborska have anything remotely in common, when the fact is that four hundred years separate their works? A painting by Pieter Bruegel connects these two artists over four hundred years of time. Pieter Bruegel the Elder was born sometime between 1525 and 1530. Originally a student…
In this essay I will be looking at how cinema used to be an attraction of the time and whether it is still considered an attraction now-a-days. I’ll be looking at two articles that relate to this topic, Cinema of Attraction by Tom Gunning and Cinema of Attraction Reloaded by Wanda Strauven. Tom Gunning’s ‘Cinema…
As life goes on, we try to live without any problems, misfortunes, bad events and to have only happy days, which we can remember and remember whenever we want. So, these days are valuable with wonderful memories, ridiculous events, and merry and interesting situations in our life. Everyone has his own life, which maybe full…
Role of student in present society Student period is the formative period in one’s life. A student must develop all such qualities in him during this period as enable him to lead a successful life. All activities are good if one remains with in reasonable limits. Students should therefore, pay attention to their studies. In…
2 SEP 2002WAR FROM THE COLD WAR TO PRESENTThe end of World War II was the spawn of a new war that would continue for over fifty years: The Cold War. Technically this war was not a fifty-year physical confrontation between two countries but more of a political confrontation between the worlds two remaining super-powers….