The play “Antigone” conveys the interactions between the King Creon and his niece Antigone. Their interaction is different than a normal conversation between a women and male at the time‚ especially a man with as much power as Creon. Normally‚ a woman would surrender to the males wishes and keep her thoughts to herself. Antigone separates herself from this commonality by showing no fear as she admits to burying Polyneices‚ her brother‚ when the Creon questions her (Line 411). Creon is shocked by
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A Brief History of Persian poetry: One of the most noble forms of literature is poetry. Over the centuries Persian and non-Persian poets have written their poems in the Persian language‚ Farsi‚ and it’s variations. Even though the Farsi language has changed over time the ancient poems are still readable. Iranians highly value their poets who kept their culture and language alive even during numerous invasions. Persian poetry is as ancient as Avesta (the holy book of Zoroastrians) where first form
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Elizabeth Carter‚ poet‚ writer‚ and translator‚ was born at Deal in Kent on 16 December 1717. She was the first child of Revd Nicolas Carter‚ preacher at Canterbury Cathedral‚ and his first wife‚ Margaret‚ daughter and heiress of Richard Swayne of Bere Regis‚ inheriting a fortune of £15‚000 which according to Montagu Pennington‚ she lost it in the South Sea Bubble. Elizabeth’s mother died when she was ten years old. In the seventeenth century members of the Carter family were active in the parliamentary
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William Wordsworth secured the reputation of being one of the great Romantic poets. His verse celebrates the moral influence exerted by nature on human thought and feeling. Considered one of England’s greatest poets‚ John Keats was a key element in the Romantic Movement ‚ know especially for his love of nature ‚ his poetry also resonated with deep philosophic questions. Wordsworth has secured the reputation of being one of the great Romantic poets. Although often viewed as a ’nature poet ’ ‚ his
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CLASSICS 101: GREEK MYTHOLOGY Spring 2013‚ CSULB J. Mark Sugars‚ Ph.D. Sec. 06 Course #1364 TuTh 1230-1345 My office: MHB - 611 DESN – 112 j.marksugars@csulb.edu Mailbox (Dept. of Comp. World Lit. & Classics): MHB-517 Course Objectives: Greek myths have inspired and influenced literature‚ music‚ and the rest of the arts‚ especially in the
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Impact of science on Man Science is a system of acquiring knowledge based on scientific method and research. Science is also a continuing effort to discover and increase human knowledge and understanding. Modern science is relatively new having it’s origin about 350 years ago. Inspite of it’s recent origin it has made very rapid progress and completely transformed outwardly the manner of our living. But before that Science was not an organised branch and neither were there any scientists. Instead
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Receipt” [pp.86-88]‚ “Carolan’s Monody on the Death of Mary MacGuire”‚ [pp.94-95] and “Tiaghara Mhaighe-eo” [pp.103-06]‚ in J. C. Walker‚ Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards (London: Payne 1786)‚ Reliques of Irish Poetry‚ Consisting of Heroic Poems‚ Odes‚ Elegies and Songs‚ Translated into English Verse: With Notes Explanatory and Historical; and the Originals in the Irish Character: To which is Subjoined an Irish Tale (Dublin: George Bonham 1789) and The School for Christians‚ in Dialogues‚ for the
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the end of life. In Percy Bysshe Shelly’s “England in 1819‚” the dying king compares to Briony in that they both live in shame‚ constantly seeking atonement. In Atonement‚ Ian McEwan creates themes that coincide with Tennyson’s “Ulysses‚” and Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn.” According to Barbara Davis’ untitled review of Ian McEwan’s Atonement‚ “Robbie is a pivotal figure in this story‚ not only because of his destiny‚ so full of possibilities‚ will have changed dramatically by the day’s end. He is
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the beginning of when the world was created. It gives the imagination of when God first created the lands. This poem provides a description of how beautiful the earth was when it first came to life. The poem is a form of lyric poetry known as “odes”. Odes are imaginative‚ expressed with a meditative‚ intellectual tone‚ but do not have a prescribed pattern (Clugston‚ 2010). In the first sentence “morning has broken” gives the insight of the first morning of the new world. The poem expresses
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Brooks‚ Cleanth (1947). The Well Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry. Harcourt Brace & Company. Finch‚ Annie (2011). A Poet ’s Ear: A Handbook of Meter and Form. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-05066-6. Fry‚ Stephen (2007). The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within. Arrow Books. ISBN 978-0-09-950934-9. Pound‚ Ezra (1951). ABC of Reading. Faber. Iturat‚ Isidro (2010). Poetics. Indrisos.com. Ferguson‚ Margaret; Salter‚ Mary Jo; Stallworthy‚ Jon‚ ed. (1996). The Norton Anthology
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