is glad to be led‚ though it be by a dog; but he that is blind in his understanding‚ which is the worst blindness of all‚ believes he sees as the best‚ and scorns a guide." Blindness is a major theme that recurs throughout Shakespeare’s play‚ King Lear. Samuel Butler’s quote can be used to describe King Lear‚ who suffers‚ not from a lack of physical sight‚ but from a lack of insight and understanding. Blindness is a factor in his poor judgment. It plays a major role in the bad decisions he makes
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John Keats lived his life with influences coming through death and destruction. One of the most powerful influences in his life was his childhood school John Clarks Academy. There he was introduced to literature by Reverend John Clarke. Clarke showed him different things about life and politics. Charles Cowden Clark‚ the reverend’s son‚ was eight years older than Keats. As a mentor to Keats‚ Charles helped Keats develop his own personality. The death of Keats’s mother in 1810 caused a great impact
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but what stood out was his persistence in his writing and his love to learn new things even though he dropped out of college. His dedication to literature has influenced several generations after him. Now‚ many teachers teach Steinbeck’s writing and biography to their students. Family is one of the most important factors of life. On February 27‚ 1902‚ John Steinbeck was born in Salinas‚ California and was a child of John Ernst Steinbeck and Olive Hamilton Steinbeck. His dad had several different
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John Downe’s letter to his wife creates an enthusiastic‚ persuasive tone to try to convince her to leave England and come to the United States. The diction he uses and the way he structures his sentences highlights the points he tries to make. He uses an array of rhetorical strategies and devices such as imagery‚ tone and attitude‚ and pathos to do so. Throughout most of the letter‚ Downe describes to his wife the lifestyle in the United States through imagery. The diction he uses gives a comforting
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In Milton Melzer’s excerpt from the book “We Will Never Forget” he goes into detail on WWII and the Holocaust and the horrors of the German people. First‚ he talks about if it is necessary to remember the holocaust and is it worth remembering because of all of the bad things that happened in that time period. In my opinion it is most important to remember so that you can teach you children and the next generation about what happen in that time no matter how bad it was. Second when Meltzer says “Such
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The ‘Law and Gospel’ became much of his focus in his early writings. “Therefore beware lest you make Christ into Moses‚ and the gospel into a book of law and doctrine‚ as has been done before now‚ including some of Jerome’s (hermit and biblical scholar) prefaces. In fact‚ however‚ the gospel demands no works to make us holy and to redeem us. Indeed‚ it condemns such works‚ and demands only faith in Christ”. What I believe he is saying is because of our blindness or inability to fulfill the law‚ we
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Every human is susceptible to flaws‚ including myself. In literary works‚ the flaws and figurative blindness of the protagonist creates conflict within the plot. As in Oedipus the King‚ written by Sophocles‚ I have been figuratively blinded by an aspect of my personality. My anger towards a family member has caused me to fail to the reality that they are still present in the lives of my other relatives. When I was a young child‚ circumstances occurred that left many of my family members not speaking
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workers‚ George Milton and Lennie Small‚ share their dream of owning a farm and of living off “the fatta the lan’.” Unfortunately‚ after a tragic incident involving Curley’s wife‚ the brotherhood takes a turn for the worst. In what some scholars would call “the modernist version of Julius Caesar’s ending‚” George shoots Lennie‚ which some regard as a modern spin to Brutus stabbing his Caesar. While some may find that George’s decision liberated Lennie from a later punishment or from his own strengths
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“To his mistress going to bed” was a poem written in the 16th century by John Donne; however the poem was not published till after the poet’s death in 1631. The poem is characterised by him expressing the way in which he undresses his mistress‚ who‚ according to Donne‚ the girl in the poem may have been of high social status due to the description given in describing her. The poem is strictly from a male point of view before engaging in sexual intercourse with the girl. She undresses in stages to
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The Blindness in Oedipus Rex In the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles‚ the minor character of Tiresias is responsible for foreshadowing Oedipus’ fate‚ developing the theme of blindness‚ and also illustrating dramatic irony. Tiresias is responsible for further developing the theme of blindness‚ by using his own physical blindness to reveal to Oedipus his mental blindness. Lastly‚ Tiresias is ultimately responsible for imposing dramatic irony because of his great knowledge of the truth of Oedipus
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