Poetry‚ which appeared in 1888 as the first entry of his Essays in Criticism‚ Second Series‚ presents Matthew Arnold’s case for the importance of poetry. According to Arnold‚ poetry is the criticism of life‚ “and the criticism of life will be of power in proportion as the poetry conveying it is excellent rather than inferior” (237). Arnold argues that the purpose of poetry is to interpret life‚ to explain meanings beyond our comprehension: “more and more mankind will discover that we have to turn to
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The Misfits is a funny and sensitive story that will touch the reader’s heart. This novel‚ written by the famous and wonderful author‚ James Howe‚ is about four best friends who are trying to win the student council elections in their school. The only problem is that these students aren’t quite popular‚ but as they call themselves‚ they are misfits. The reader is exposed to the thoughts‚ feelings‚ and emotions of the main character‚ Bobby Godspeed. Twelve year-old Bobby has been called
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Arnold speech Well‚ thank you very much. (Applause) Hello‚ everybody. What a great introduction‚ what a wonderful thing. What a great‚ great welcome I’m getting here‚ so thank you very much. I mean‚ I haven’t heard applause like that since I announced that I was going to stop acting. (Applause) But anyway‚ it is really terrific to see here so many graduate students and undergraduate students graduating here today. I heard that there are 4‚500 graduating here today‚ undergraduate students‚ so this
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grandmother see’s in the newspaper that the misfit has escaped in Florida and that they should not head that way‚ but everyone ignores her and they go anyway. On the way to Florida the family “... passed a large cotton field with five or six graves fenced in the middle of it‚ like a small island.”(203) foreshadowing the death of the family. Some other foreshadowing in the story is when they end up at Red Sammy’s Barbeque where they again here about the misfit through Sammy‚ the owner. Grandmother and
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important theme to O’Connor‚ is given to both The Grandmother and The Misfit‚ neither of whom is particularly deserving. As she realizes what is happening‚ The Grandmother begins to beg The Misfit to pray so that Jesus will help him. Right before The Misfit kills her‚ The Grandmother calls him one of her own children‚ recognizing him as a fellow human capable of being saved by God’s Grace. Even though he murders her‚ the Misfit is implied to have achieved some level of Grace as well when he ends the
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classicism as well his views on grand poetic style . Arnold was classicist who loved art ‚ literature and Hellenic culture . His most famous piece of literary criticism is in his essay " The study of poetry ". In this workhe talks about poetry’s " high destiny " . He belives " mankind will discover that we have to turn poetry to interpret life for us ‚to console us ‚to sustain us " . Arnold lived in a materialistic world where advancement
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Desire Thou‚ who dost dwell alone; Thou‚ who dost know thine own; Thou‚ to whom all are known‚ From the cradle to the grave‚-- Save‚ O‚ save! From the world’s temptations; From tribulations; From that fierce anguish Wherein we languish; From that torpor deep Wherein we lie asleep‚ Heavy as death‚ cold as the grave‚-- Save‚ O‚ save! When the soul‚ growing clearer‚ Sees God no nearer; When the soul‚ mounting higher‚ To God comes no nigher; But the arch-fiend Pride Mounts at
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Matthew Arnold: Poems Summary and Analysis of "The Scholar-Gipsy" (1853) Summary The speaker of "The Scholar-Gipsy" describes a beautiful rural setting in the pastures‚ with the town of Oxford lying in the distance. He watches the shepherd and reapers working amongst the field‚ and then tells the shepherd that he will remain out there until sundown‚ enjoying the scenery and studying the towers of Oxford. All the while‚ he will keep his book beside him. His book tells the famous story by Joseph Glanvill
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common traits. The Misfit and the grandmother share major characteristics that coincide with the story such as selfishness‚ brashness‚ and determination. Their lifestyles are polar opposites with the Misfit living a lawless‚ heartless‚ and detached life while the grandmother comes from a very family centered past. Together they show how similar personalities can lead to a common ground where the reader can infer that both characters share the same overall objective. The Misfit and the
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Arnold Toynbee’s Thought Analysis of the book " The World and the West " I have proposed to do an analysis on the main ideas of Arnold Toynbee’s book " The World and the West "‚ written in 1953. Though it has already passed more than half a century from its publication‚ I believe that the thoughts exposed in this work continue being in force. The significance of each one of Toynbee’s theses are still a motive of discussion between intellectuals of the most diverse tendencies. For the public
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