Coupling fairytale-like elements with the harsh reality of gambling addictions‚ The Rocking Horse Winner by D.H Lawrence tells the tragic tale of a young boy’s struggle with his mother’s love of material possessions over the love of her son. The story describes how a boy longing for his mother’s love attempts to make her happy by attending horse races to earn money for her. Using his rocking horse to foretell the winnings he becomes extremely wealthy but at the cost of his sanity. His obsession leads
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Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence is an interesting short story that‚ while it may be entertaining‚ is also disturbing in it’s own right. It shows how money and ambition can drive one mad‚ and how it can not only make a life better‚ but can also ruin a life‚ as well. This poem shows how also a lack of money may drive some insane with a need to get it‚ and how greed can twist a person and change who they are. Three main themes in this short story by D.H. Lawrence are wealth‚ life‚ and luck‚ and
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“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” seems like it could be a Christian allegory. It starts off with a Mariner‚ who represents all people. He gives his testimony‚ or story‚ of how he was saved. In the beginning of his tale he reports that he was sailing smoothly. A great storm rolls in on him and he does not see a clear path out. The albatross finds him and guides him out of the storm‚ just like Jesus guides each person through their hard times. As long as the man follows the albatross‚ the bird brings
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Lawrence achievements were overshadowed by controversy.. Lawrence was born in Eastwood‚ Nottinghamshire‚ son of an almost illiterate coal miner father and a more educated mother. After leaving school for a job as a clerk‚ he contracted pneumonia‚ on recovering‚ became a teacher. Lawrence also began to write poems‚ stories‚ and novels‚ and his piety attracted the attention of the well known writer and editor Ford Madox Ford. During world war 1 Lawrence and his wife‚ Frieda‚ lived in poverty in England and
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level‚ short stories often mask a deeper meaning. During the Modernist period‚ D.H Lawrence emerged as a master of subtly weaving social commentary into unique short stories. Drawing upon themes from his childhood‚ Lawrence was heavily influenced by his relationship with his mother. Lawrence’s mother was highly educated and openly displayed regret about her marriage to her husband‚ a lowly miner. This led Lawrence to focus on themes like money‚ status‚ and lack of love. In D.H Lawrence’s short story
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ writer of the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner‚ writes about a man who decides to shoot the albatross out of the sky was the first living thing they had seen since they had left port. The people on the ship had become so happy to see it and they began to feed and befriends this bird. The albatross becomes a friend of the ship and its inhabitants until they find ‘the mariner’ on the ground with a sickly look on his face because he has just killed the albatross with his
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Snake When the snake first came to the water-trough‚ the narrator was excited and glad "he had come like a guest in quiet‚ to drink at my water trough." He "felt so honoured" at this visit whilst at the same time‚ the voices of his "accursed human education" advised him to kill it‚ for it was a gold snake and therefore venomous. Those voices said to him‚ "If you were not afraid you would kill him." The narrator "picked up a clumsy log And threw it" at the snake when the snake was leaving.
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner A parable is a story that is told to teach lessons or principles. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge can be seen as one. The story is very similar to The Parable of the Wedding Banquet in the Bible by Saint Matthew‚ narrated by Jesus Christ. The Ancient Mariner is quite similar to Jesus Christ‚ the teacher‚ but also the student. The crew turns on him as soon as things turn bad‚ similar to how some of Christ’s followers lost faith when he didn’t
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner- Analysis * Verse drama * Major characters: the Mariner and the Wedding Guest - to enjoy the poem‚ one must visualize the actions and facial expressions of these two characters. The poem can be read on at least three levels‚ two of which tend to overlap: * The literal level -The poem can be enjoyed simply as a suspenseful adventure story. * The moral level - The Mariner’s killing of the bird is a symbolic representation of original sin. The punishment
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his essay “Pornography‚” D.H. Lawrence discuss healthy sex and how people try to make healthy sex dirty with pornography. Lawrence states that nudity is not pornography. Pornography is what people have done with nudity during the years. Pornography has always existed‚ but the actions of perverted people have provoked society to reject nudity. Lawrence provides good ideas about the both sides of pornography‚ but I disagree with one of the ideas. According to Lawrence‚ “if a woman hasn’t got a tiny
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