To what extent is Lord of the flies a warning to its readers? William Golding fought in world war two as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy‚ when he returned from war he said that he was disgusted by “What one man can do to another”. Some people say that lord of the flies is a warning to its readers as shows them how the ‘innocent children’ changed into savage animals. It shows that even the most kind hearted of people have the ability to kill if they in a certain environment or put under certain
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silver tree! Oh‚ shining rivers of the soul! In a Harlem cabaret Six long-headed jazzers play. A dancing girl whose eyes are bold Lifts high a dress of silken gold. Oh‚ singing tree! Oh‚ shining rivers of the soul! Were Eve’s eyes In the first garden Just a bit too bold? Was Cleopatra gorgeous In a gown of gold? Oh‚ shining tree! Oh‚ silver rivers of the soul! In a whirling cabaret Six long-headed jazzers play. Langston Hughes wrote “Jazzonia” in the 1920s as a declaration of his anger of
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"The Flower" by George Herbert is an exuberant‚ joyful poem in which a single image of the spiritual life is expanded with naturalness and elegance that appear effortless. Herbert refines a style in which the writer tries to write honestly and directly from experience: his imagery is more homely and accessible than John Donne’s: if nothing is too exotic for inclusion in Donne’s verse‚ nothing is too ordinary for inclusion in Herbert’s. But this has the result that Herbert’s images are‚ generally
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A Poison Tree by William Blake can be interpreted to be a metaphor that explains a truth of human nature. I believe that this poem teaches how anger can be dismissed by kindness and friendliness‚ and nurtured to become a deadly ‘poison’. The opening stanza sets up everything for the entire poem‚ from the ending of anger with the “friend‚” to the continuing anger with the “foe.” Blake startles the reader with such clarity of the poem‚ which is often missed in Blake’s poems‚ and with metaphors that
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Sargasso Sea is the story of Antoinette Cosway‚ a Creole heiress who grew up in the West Indies on a decaying plantation. When she comes of age she is married off to an Englishman‚ and he takes her away from the only place she has known--a house with a garden where "the paths were overgrown and a smell of dead flowers mixed with the fresh living smell. Underneath the tree ferns‚ tall as forest tree ferns‚ the light was green. Orchids flourished out of reach or for some reason not to be touched."(p.16)
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Before The Fall‚ Adam and Eve existed together as one in the Garden of Eden‚ but soon their unity began to dismantle throughout the course of Paradise Lost (Sims 1). Tempted by the lavish fruit from The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil‚ Eve is persuaded to take a bite of the fruit by Satan‚ God’s second in command‚ who is now the leader of fallen angels. Then Adam‚ lead on by Eve‚ took a bite as well‚ which lead to The Fall of humanity. But this whole experience is different; the temptation
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Man’s supposed dominion over animals is far from absolute. In 2013‚ John Bradford‚ who had been the elephant manager at Dickerson Park Zoo for 25 years‚ was killed by one of the female elephants he had raised since 1990 while guiding her to a barnyard stall [1]. In the light of stories like this‚ one must question the extent of our control over animals and our own place as living creatures on this planet. Dominion is defined in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as‚ “supreme authority‚” or‚ “absolute
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Hamlet continues this pattern when explaining his world‚ his Denmark with an extended metaphor to a garden full of weeds. In Hamlet’s eyes his life “tis’ an unweeded garden‚ that grows to seed” (Act 1. Scene 2. Lines 135-136). Hamlet views his new life like this because he is so unhappy with the way things Reed 2 now are that his father is deceased that he compares it to a disregarded garden‚ which is very much how he feel s everyone has been treating his
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Of Things Invisible to Mortal SightThe Holy Bible is in many ways a story of origins. The history recounted both in the Old and New Testaments has at its base the perception of a fallen humanity; beginning with the fall from Eden and the nature of evil‚ to the means of regaining Gods grace and the discussion of free will‚ it emphasizes humanitys inability to fully comprehend the nature of God and of the universe. In writing his epic Paradise Lost‚ John Milton is fully aware of his limitations as
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kind and has caused people to forget their traditional relationship with God. Also‚ from a feminist reading the poem ultimately acknowledges that females are submissive. The poem sees Eve talking to her daughters about their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. The poem opens very formally "It was not I" to show that Eve is submissive to her husband. "Where Adam went I fairly contented to go" also reinforces this idea. The formal tone shifts in the next stanza to accommodate the humorous mood presented
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