deal with the themes of mourning‚ loss‚ or memory?’ Wilfred Owen: Anthem for Doomed Youth and Futility. The first Word War which took place mostly in Europe from 1914 to 1918 left millions dead and shaped the modern world. After World War I poets started to write about their experiences. Most of these poets had been soldiers who wrote the poetry to reflect the horror of their experiences in an immediate and realistic way. Trench warfare in particular and the chaos of war in general were the source
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The Embodiment of Humanism in A Midsummer Night’s Dream Living in the Renaissance period in Europe‚ William Shakespeare’s works are inevitably colored with Humanism‚ which was prevalent during the time and emphasized men being the one controlling his own fate instead of religion or feudalism‚ and A Midsummer Night’s Dream is no exception. In Renaissance approximately back to 14th to 15th century‚ Humanism was a philosophy emerging due to the rise of middle class. It proposed that “people of tremendous
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Defining Humanism in the Early Italian Renaissance The Renaissance was a birthplace of revolutionary ideas starting around the middle of the 14th century. The earliest traces of this era can be linked back to Italy. During this time‚ many new ideas as well as resurfacing old ones began to change how the average person thought. One of the major concepts during the early Italian Renaissance was Humanism‚ though it is important to note that present-day Humanism is an evolution of the Humanism of the
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Dead Star Setting: house of Don Julian‚ House of Judge del Valle‚ Tanda where there are coconut plantation and a beach‚ Church of Our Lady of Sorrow‚ Calle Real‚ Calle Luz in Sta. Cruz (hometown of Julia) Time of the story: Lenten Season. Characters: Alfredo Salazar‚ Esperanza‚ Julia Salas‚ Don Julian‚ Carmen‚ Judge del Valle‚ Donna Adella‚ Calixta‚ Dionisio‚ Vicente‚ Brigida Samuy. Theme: forbidden love Moral: It was expectations and reality. We expect that there’s always a happy ever after
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John Donne ’s position as a revered and respected poet is not unjustified. The depth and breath of literary works written about him along with the esteemed position he held among his comtemporaries is evidence of his popularity. As a metaohysical poet his poetry was frequently abstract and theoritical and he utilised poetry to display his learning and above all his wit. He was most certainly an innovative love poet who moved away from the Shakespearian focus on form intensely literary style. He was
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Humanism During the Renaissance The Renaissance was an incredibly important turning point in Western Intellectual and Cultural Tradition. All of these changes centered around the idea of Humanism -- in which‚ people became less "God Centered" and more "Human-centered". I have narrowed down these changes‚ and will discuss in detail‚ these changes in three major categories: Political‚ Education‚ and the Humanism of Arts. The major pollical changes of the Renaissance were
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Anthem to Dead Youth What passing bells for you who die in herds? - Only the monstrous anger of the guns! - Only the stuttering rifles’ rattled words Can patter out your hasty orisons No chants for you‚ nor balms‚ nor wreaths‚ nor bells‚ Nor any voice of mourning‚ save the choirs‚ And long-drawn sighs of wailing shells; And bugles calling for you from sad shires. What candles may we hold to speed you all? Not in the hands of boys‚ but in their eyes Shall shine the holy lights of long
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Abstract The dissertation entitled ROBERT BROWNING AS A POET OF LOVE: A DIFFERENT STANDPOINT is an examination of different aspects of love represented in the poems of Robert Browning. Browning has presented love with all its natural fire and earnest truth. His love poems are the perfect equilibrium of faith that happens to be the nectar of ecstasy in human life. His art and artifice of creating love lyrics is unlimited‚ infinite and ever revolving. Browning considered love to be the basic principle
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The Dead by James Joyce is a short story of a nephew named Gabriel Conroy attending a party that his aunts are hosting. Through the night he is faced with confrontational and questions that attack his identity. As he goes about offending people by accident he then meets Miss. ivors. She attacks him by calling him out on being a “West Briton” someone that denies their Irish nationality. As Miss continues to ask him a question after another‚ Gabriel explodes by saying “ O‚ to tell you the truth...I’m
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Sylvia Plath was an American poet‚ novelist‚ and short story writer. She was born in Boston Massachusetts on October 27th 1932. She struggled deeply with depression much of her adult life‚ stemming from the death of her father at age eight. Aside from her depression‚ Sylvia excelled academically at Smith College‚ and because of that went on to receive a Fulbright scholarship to the highly competitive Newham College in Cambridge. She continued actively writing poetry and publishing her work in the
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