While the subject of “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke has spurred passionate academic debate from professors‚ scholars‚ and students alike‚ the context‚ syntax‚ and diction of the poem clearly support the interpretation that Roethke writes “My Papa’s Waltz” in remembrance of the fond memory he had waltzing with his father as a child. This idea of a kind memory has even been supported by Roethke himself. Many people at first glance conclude that this poem details an abusive household when in
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Daddy? When you think of the term “daddy” what thoughts come to mind? For most it is an affectionate or familiar term‚ but not for all. In his poem‚ “My Papa’s Waltz”‚ Theodore Roethke depicts an altercation between a father and son. In contrast to the poem‚ Holly Dunn emphasizes love and tenderness between a father and child in the song “Daddy’s hands.” Each writer is showing the important role a father plays in a child’s life from very different points of view. Both pieces have a very different
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History 6B Xiaochuan Qin GSI: Peiting C. Li Section: 101 Reference: 1) Selections from Lu Hsun 2) Sun Yat-sen: deBary‚ Sources II‚ 320-30 Main Critical Reading Question to be addressed in the paper: How Sun Yat-sen’s and Lu Hsun’s ideas of culturally advancing China were different from each other and why such differences would happen in the first place. A Comparative Study of Lu Hsun’s And Sun Yat-sen’s Ideas of Advancing China in a Cultural Sense China in the early twentieth century
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to whom tone is very important is Theodore Roethke‚ author of "I Knew a Woman."� Roethke ’s writings range from clever poems in strict meter and regular stanzas to free verse poems full of imagery. Also‚ he is known for his use of environmental images in his works. In "I Knew a Woman‚"� Roethke ’s tone is of a sexual sense. To fully examine Roethke ’s tone‚ we must examine his word choice‚ his use of connotations‚ and his meter and rhyme scheme. In Roethke ’s poem‚ "I Knew a Woman‚"� he chooses his
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Ethical Dilemmas Associated With Corporate Bribery ABSTRACT In today’s business world‚ bribery has become an everyday problem. Some people consider it to be a fair business tactic‚ others consider it to be an unethical act. This paper focuses on a particular bribery case and uses three different ethical theories‚ Utilitarianism‚ Kant‚ and virtue ethics to determine whether or not bribery is an ethical or unethical act. The Case A former partner of a prominent New Jersey law firm has been indicted
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Chad Dunn Instructor Stewart English 2130 26 November 2011 Roles of Literary Elements in Root Cellar Theodore Roethke is a writer that had to go through many hardships throughout his life‚ but where he dealt with his hardships would eventually lead him to write some of the most successful and inspirational poetry such as Root Cellar (Balakian 4). As Peter Balakian says in Theodore Roethke ’s Far Fields: The Evolution of His Poetry‚ “His father’s twenty-five acres of greenhouses in the Saginaw Valley
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development‚ the organization‚ the melodic and rhythmic approach of this poem mirrors that of the waltz. The waltz is a very melodic and timed dance‚ and if the reader doesn’t know this‚ the father alludes to it by beating “time” on his sons head (Roethke 13). This poem is written with five quatrain stanza’s‚ with each stanza having the same a‚ b‚ a‚ b rhyming pattern. This poem is very well and put together and organized. The waltz is the exact same way. It is a dance done in rhythmic timing‚
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hedons and dolors in a situation. Ultimately it says that the most ethical thing to do is whatever is for the greater good. The hedons are people that are positively impacted from a situation‚ while the dolors are the people that are negatively impacted from a situation. Determining if a situation is ethical or not is decided by assessing the impact on hedons and subtracting them by the impact dolors. According to a Utilitarian standpoint‚ if the impact to the hedons outweigh that of the dolors‚ then
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“My Papa’s Waltz” Theodore Roethke uses a type of dance to symbolize the narrator’s relationship with his violently alcoholic father‚ the antagonist. The evidence in the poem suggests the boy‚ the protagonist‚ has come to terms with the domestic violence and accepts it. The narrator believes the beatings are inevitable and relates them to every human’s inevitable fate‚ through death. The narrator doesn’t blame his father and in fact blames himself for the beatings. Roethke argues that the relationship
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by Theodore Roethke‚ entitled Root Cellar‚ I envisioned a dark‚ scary‚ ghost story. The poem was very understandable to read and on the surface it explains vegetables in a root cellar. The text has a literal meaning of that but the figurative language Roethke used in his poem painted a very different picture then a plan root cellar. I saw dead and living things in the dark. I believe the poem Root Cellar is about more than just an underground pantry of vegetables‚ but instead Roethke is trying to
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