He likes to surround himself with people who he shares values with. Max Noble’s written values such as excellence‚ wisdom‚ generosity‚ courage and Old World manners are combined with a twist of an adventure‚ a quest to find the sublime Kairos moment. When Max Noble is asked if he is in search for the meaning of life‚ he pauses for a minute‚ looks into fireplace and quotes Joseph Campbell "No‚ in search for the experience of being alive". On the one hand Max Noble is the charismatic
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3) In what way(s) is Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein a Romantic novel? Justify and exemplify. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a Romantic novel in the following aspects: • Subjective point of view Throughout the novel‚ there are three different first-person narrators (Robert Walton‚ Victor Frankenstein and the monster). All of them have a subjective point of view. • Dissatisfaction with the known This aspect is illustrated by Walton’s wish of reaching the North Pole and Frankenstein’s obsession
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LINES WRITTEN A FEW MILES ABOVE TINTERN ABBEY William Wordsworth CONTEXT (AO1) Written in July of 1798 and published as the last poem of Lyrical Ballads. At the age of twenty-three (in August of 1793)‚ Wordsworth had visited the desolate abbey alone. In 1798 he returned to the same place with his beloved sister‚ Dorothy Wordsworth‚ who was a year younger. Dorothy is referred to as "Friend" throughout the poem. (whom he addresses warmly in the final paragraph as "thou my dearest Friend‚
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The Leech-Gatherer.rWilliam Wordsworth was born in Cumberland in 1770 and died in 1850. He is usually associated with Coleridge and Southey in the "Lake School" of poets. Few men have so completely devoted their lives to serene contemplation of the sublime in Nature. He was not primarily a poet of Nature but rather an intermediary between Nature and man. He lived a long simple life‚ kept his sympathies with Nature and man‚ and gave the world richness in poetry devoid of picturesque and romantic details
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individual. The use of imagery was prevalent. There was a growing suspicion of the established church‚ and a turn toward pantheism Romantic literature emphasized the individual self and the value of the individual’s experience. The concept of "the sublime” was introduced. Feeling and emotion were viewed as superior to logic and analysis. All the Romantics were idealist and had yearning for liberty .For the romantics; poetry was believed to be the highest form of literature. This period saw the flowering
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British poets during the nineteenth century‚ a period of great social‚ economic and environmental change‚ experienced an astounding shift in poetic style‚ in which many based their work on the ‘beauty’ of their surroundings‚ and how mankind affected this. Of this period‚ two of the leading nature poets in British literary history‚ Gerard Manley Hopkins and William Wordsworth became known‚ renowned as great figures in British literary history. Both adopted a ‘sacramental’ view of nature‚ that is they
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[pic] Leaving Certificate English [pic] Derek Mahon After the Titanic Daytrip to Donegal Grand Father Antarctica Themes 1. Theme of identity. Mahon is uneasy with his identity and feels estranged from his background. He recollects‚ mocks‚ criticises and rejects the essence of his Northern Irish identity and cultural roots: the austerity‚ the coldness‚ the selfishness‚ the isolation and the abandonment. 2. Theme of place
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Press) 18: 759-784. Macfarlane‚ Daniel. n.d. "“A Completely Man-Made and Artificial Cataract”: The Transnational Manipulation of Niagara Falls." Environmental History (Oxford University Press) 18: 759-784. Nye‚ David. 1996. American Technological Sublime. Cambridge‚ MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Scott‚ James C. . 1999. Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed. New Haven: Yale University
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Is It Freedom of Speech in Music? Freedom of speech and expression are two of the mainstays that make up the very fabric of this country. Music is a form of speech that gives the artist a platform to relay their message or opinion on any given topic they choose. When tragic events happen certain songs are viewed as insensitive and in return receive no radio time or video play. By banning music containing information pertaining to the tragic event‚ does the tragic event disappear? The
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In what ways does a comparative study accentuate the distinctive contexts of Frankenstein and Blade Runner: Through a comparative study of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein and Ridley Scott’s film Blade Runner it is possible to gain an understanding of the notion of what constitutes humanity. Despite bearing different contexts‚ the texts embody parallel values that reveal the fundamentals of human nature. Shelley uses elements of Gothic literature and Romanticism to highlight the value of moderation
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