Commentary Plato’s Allegory of the Cave is the factual perception on what human’s ignorant minds accept whatever they perceive without envisioning the reality. His use of “dark” imagery illustrates how a person is trapped and isolated in his own “cave” and conceives everything without visually seeing the “light” outside the cave. He conveys the idea that the “prisoners” are stuck and “chained” in their own reality because they were only shown one perspective from “childhood”. Plato wisely suggests
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2010 The Memory of the Waltz After reading the poem “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke (807)‚ I realized that there are many different opinions about this poem. Some people think that this poem is about parental abuse‚ the other also think that it is about the happy memory of the relationship between father and son. In my point of view‚ the speaker in the poem is expressing his joyful time when he’s dancing with his father. The whole poem is talking about the memory of the author about waltzing
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Analysis of the grandmother: The contributing factor I decided to do my character analysis on the grandmother from the short story ‘A Good Man Is Hard to Find.’ The story starts off as a family getting ready for their road trip to Florida. The main characters are the grandmother (whose name is never said in the story)‚ the mother‚ Bailey‚ June Star and John Westley. The Grandmother wants to go to Tennessee but everyone wants to go to Florida. Even though they tell the grandmother she doesn’t have
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purpose? The poem’s expressive purpose is to explain to the Count’s servant why he‚ the Duke‚ doesn’t have a Duchess anymore. The first line of the poem‚ “That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall‚ looking as if she were alive‚” hints of the last Duchess’s death and the rest of the poem elaborates on the complete story of the last Duchess. Throughout the poem‚ we discover that the main reason for the last Duchess’s disappearance was because the Duke felt threatened by her friendly nature towards everything
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The poem that was chosen was “Stone” by Charles Simic. Charles Simic argues that it is better to be as simple as a stone‚ than being energetic and some other kind of creature or object that has action in its life. The narrator is telling us that his idea of perfection or tranquility is being a stone‚ lying there‚ doing nothing for eternity. He prefers this over being something like a tiger or something with action. In the beginning of the poem‚ Charles Simic says the he would go straight to doing
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UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGÓGICA NACIONAL LITERATURE IN ENGLISH II LAURA CAROLINA VELANDIA 2008134060 GROUP 1 COMMENTARY ABOUT HAMLET In the following commentary‚ I will introduce‚ on the one hand‚ a brief comparative data from the play “Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark” by William Shakespeare and film “Hamlet‚ the honor of revenge” by Franco Zeffirelli.. As regards to analysis of the work itself and the characters I will address various topics‚ such as: revenge‚ doubt‚ fate and ambition. The tragedy
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Through social commentary‚ Anzaldua expresses the feelings and flaws that Latin@s see in themselves as a way to illustrate how they have been treated by Latin@s. Across history‚ groups of humans in power have put other groups of humans down as a way to maintain their power. This constant condemnation of a group of people leaves said group of people with the feeling that the oppressors have reason for the oppression. Anzaldua and her commentary is an example of this history when she writes‚ “As a
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Analysis Of William Blake’s Poems Infant Joy Notes This simple poem is two stanzas of six lines each. The two stanzas each follow an ABCDDC rhyme scheme‚ a contrast to most of Blake’s other poetic patterns. The rhyming words are always framed by the repetition of "thee" at the end of the fourth and sixth lines‚ drawing the reader’s attention to the parent‚ who speaks‚ and his or her concern with the baby. The infant’s words‚ or those imagined by the parent to be spoken by the infant‚ are set
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Though we don’t know who wrote this poem by name‚ if we look deep in our heart we all know what was a man or woman that come to our country seeking refuge‚ but found only pain and suffering. You can feel how hopeless this person’s situation was simply by the words you wrote. The last line of this poem is most heart wrenching line any individual could bring himself to write. To bow your head in reflection and hopelessness
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story “A Good Man is Hard to Find‚” shows a family vacation to Florida that ends in tragedy. Although The Grandmother and her selfish attitude seem to be the only causes of the accident‚ the actions and personalities of the other family members also play a large role in this turning point in the story. In this story‚ the Grandmother considers herself “the lady” of the family. The Grandmother considers herself having higher standards of other people and frequently passes judgment on others. She is
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