WILLIAM BLAKE William Blake was born in 1757‚ the third son of a London tradesman who sold knitwear. Blake lived in London which dominated much of his work. He was a British poet‚ painter‚ and engraver‚ who illustrated and printed his own books. He spent most of his life in relative poverty. He was very influenced by his brother’s death which he claimed he saw "ascend heavenward clapping its hands for joy" who died of consumption at the age of 20. He uses the illustrations and engravings in his
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A Southern Setting William Faulkner is a great American Southern writer of modern times. He has won many awards including the Nobel Prize for literature. Although Faulkner stories are different‚ all of them took place in the South. In “A Rose for Emily” there are three things to show this story takes place in a small Southern town: elements of setting‚ social structure‚ and the characters’ name and title. The first thing that shows the story takes place in the South is elements of setting
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William Blake’s philosophy on growth and change was that when you are born‚ you are born into a state of innocence. As you grow up you realize that the world around you is not prefect and there are dark elements to it. Blake believed that everyone needed to remember the innocence of childhood and the truth and beauty that can be seen in the world. William Wordsworth believed that before we were born‚ we existed in a pure world‚ something like heaven perhaps and as we grow up we forget about this
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Abigail Williams is a dominant figure in The Crucible. She is both malicious and manipulative. She is astute and knows how to use power to her own advantage. She is a marvellous antagonist with vengeful desires and she is ruthless for the mass hysteria and death which happens later in the play. Throughout the first act‚ we learn that Abigail is dominant and has authority over other characters within the play. “(Betty doesn’t move. She shakes her.) Now stop this! Betty! Sit up now!” The use of the
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The balance between nature and “progress” plays out with dramatic tension in William Faulkner’s short story‚ “The Bear.” Progress will be our downfall‚ Faulkner seems to suggest through this complex tale of a boy’s evolving understanding of nature‚ experienced through the annual ritual of a hunting expedition in pursuit of an imposing and elusive bear‚ Old Ben. As we destroy the wilderness‚ the story tells us‚ we lose ourselves. Heavy on symbolism and characterized by numerous sub-themes that weave
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William Carlos Williams is known for writing ‘A Red Wheelbarrow’ in 1923‚ an iconic poem during the modernist movement. He is also known for writing small‚ yet simple and powerful pieces of literature such as the poem ‘This Is Just To Say’ written in 1934. Although the poem is short and to the point‚ there is a lot going on in this poem more than meets the readers eye. Most of the poem is very literal and some of it is left for the readers imagination and creativity to see what williams see’s as
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Constance Washington Prof: Mr. McKenzie EN COMP II Essay: Final Writing Project Final Draft May 3‚ 2013 William Carlos William “Landscape with the fall of Icarus” The poem tells a story of Icarus’ fall and includes many contextual details. “Sweating in the sun that melted the wings’ wax” From the beginning of the poem‚ the reader is involved with Icarus’ flight through the sky. Williams tells us of Icarus’ fall and includes many contextual details. “Sweating in the sun that melted the wings’ wax”
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central theme in ‘Strange fits of passion’; even in the title we have “Passion”‚ shown in the Poet’s feelings for Lucy and in the sudden (seemingly unfounded) idea that “Lucy should be dead” Overseeing the whole scene we also have the moon‚ used by Wordsworth to counterpoint the Poet’s Journey to “Lucy’s cot”. As he draws closer to the cottage the moon descends until suddenly “the planet dropped” which in turn causes the Poet to have a startling thought exclaiming “O mercy!” “If Lucy should be dead!”
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This Is Just to Say This is a poem written by William Carlos Williams. The poem appears in the form of a note‚ such as a spouse might write to explain missing plums that had been stored in the refrigerator. “ThiThis Is Just to Say” contains three sentences‚ each composed of four short lines. No line exceeds three words. This is a unique modern poem which shows that poems can be written about anything and everything. This poem talks about a subject which is very ordinary event of daily and family
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An unfolding of the symbolism in William Wordsworth’s “A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal” “A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal” written by William Wordsworth is an eight-line poem written on the topic of death. Usually any writing on the topic of death‚ whether it be a poem or an article from a newspaper‚ is written in a negative light‚ but “A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal” shows death in a positive light. The narrator‚ or mourner‚ of this poem although depressed with the death of his loved one‚ finds the positive
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