Kubla Khan Interpretative Approaches "The poem itself is below criticism"‚ declared the anonymous reviewer in the Monthly Review (Jan 1817); and Thomas Moore‚ writing in the Edinburgh Review (Sep 1816)‚ tartly asserted that "the thing now before us‚ is utterly destitute of value" and he defied "any man to point out a passage of poetical merit" in it.2 While derisive asperity of this sort is the common fare of most of the early reviews‚ there are‚ nevertheless‚ contemporary readers whose response
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people enjoy staying to themselves. Henry David Thoreau loved the solitude. A lot of people complained or wonder why he enjoyed being alone. Thoreau never cared what people thought about his actions. He thought being alone was a good thing. He moved to the woods to be isolated from people and study nature. Even though he loved being alone‚ didn’t mean he didn’t like people. It’s just that he was happier when he was alone. Solitude helped him accomplish and focus on his goals. God was an inspiration
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pursuit of happiness‚ but no control over solitude and thinking freely‚ or limited pursuit of happiness but with control over solitude and thinking freely? It is a hard choice but in the novel Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley‚ he depicts the society as a world with unlimited pursuit of happiness with no control over solitude and free thinking. We can clearly see many flaws in this world because they have to sacrifice many things such as art‚ science‚ solitude‚ the ability to think freely and many
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more in life? Can’t we just be happy with what we have? Curiosity and a desire to push the limits stunt the worthwhile goal of a lasting contentment. In Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina‚ Anna’s life is spiritually empty‚ and so she fills it with earthly pleasures (such as adultery) to fill the void. Levin‚ the other protagonist‚ also feels throughout the story as though something is missing in his life‚ but ends up actually discovering what will maintain his happiness in the long run. A main theme in the
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down upon but her poetry was widely enjoyed and the public did not seem to have the same thoughts as the critics did. In fact her didactic ways is what drew me into her most famous poem‚ Solitude. Solitude is a simple yet moving poem that shows the reader the fight between good and evil. Wheller shows us in Solitude the constant battle of our inner demons and how to defeat the lesser evil. Ella Wheller Wilcox is born into an artistic family on November 5th 1850 in Johnstown‚ Wisconsin. She grew up
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The Solitude of Latin America Gabriel Garcia Marquez was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982‚ fifteen years after the publication of his book One Hundred Years of Solitude. His speech accepting the Nobel Prize‚ lived up to his stature; a brilliant author and narrator seamlessnessly blending the real with the unreal‚ the ordinary and the magical. The speech offers glimpses into Marquez’s thoughts pertaining to Latin America‚ to his childhood and to humanity as a whole. Marquez’s speech
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Oliver states three qualities that makes up an artist. The first quality is to be extraordinary and never ordinary. Also‚ break loose from time and the craziness of the world today to reach the inner child. Another quality is to find a place of solitude so creativity can flow uninterrupted. Oliver exhibited all three qualities and more. She is truly an artist. Oliver talks of the normal things in life that must be done. Dishes must be washed. Appointments must be met. Life must go on. Oliver
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perfect life with the perfect marriage. However‚ it soon becomes clear that Susan isn’t as happy with her life as one might think upon first glance. Slowly but surely‚ Susan begins to drift away from her home life in attempts to find freedom through solitude. This reaction can be analyzed by taking a closer look at how Susan relates to the places in her life such as her beautiful home with her family and the small hotel room to which she escapes. Reading the fifth chapter of Yi-Fu Tuan’s Space and Place alongside
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feel empty inside and receive little pleasure. They will also be miserable and lose their sense of humor. They can experience anxiety‚ anger‚ and agitation. With all of these symptoms‚ crying spells are very likely. An individual can lose their desire or motivation to still participate in their usual activities. Some individuals have to force themselves to continue doing activities of daily living. They will most like want to be left alone and prefer solitude to a crowd. Thoughts of suicide can
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town and all that is in it. There are those who for this purpose go to watering-places‚ and carry the metropolis with them. I like more elbow-room‚ and fewer incumbrances. I like solitude‚ when I give myself up to it‚ for the sake of solitude; nor do I ask for "——a friend in my retreat‚ Whom I may whisper solitude is sweet." The soul of a journey is liberty‚ perfect liberty‚ to think‚ feel‚ do just as one pleases. We go a journey chiefly to be free of all impediments and of all inconveniences;
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