Gothicism was the preoccupation with the supernatural‚ influenced by a desire to defy the God-fearing Catholic Church. Examples of its relevance in Romantic texts can be seen in Bronte’s Wuthering Heights and Bryant’s Thanatopsis. Bronte writes of “spectres” whilst Bryant writes of “His favourite phantom” portraying the Romantic predilection to the
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Rosy Matrimony "What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet" (Romeo and Juliet‚ Act II‚ Scene II‚ lines 43-44). The famous quote from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is only one of possibly many instances through which Shakespeare utilizes the distinctive characteristics of flowers‚ particularly roses‚ to eradicate the rift between two contrasting subjects. A similar instance is within the poem‚ "Bridal Song‚" another work by Shakespeare that
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part in his life. Para 1 At the start of the play‚ “noble Macbeth” is portrayed as a “valor’s minion”. The wounded “sergeant” describes him as “brave Macbeth—well he deserves that name”. "Valour’s minion" (the servant of Courage) and "Bellona’s bridegroom" (the husband of War) emphasize Macbeth’s bravery. His strength is shown by the captain’s detailed report of the “broil”. He didn’t just kill Macdonald; he "unseam’d him from the nave to the chops‚ / and fix’d his head upon our battlements"
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Conflict is a key theme in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. It is evident throughout the play from the initial dialogue which is an example of nature in disharmony ’thunder‚ lightning and rain’ to the end mof the play where Macduff is jubilant about his execution of Macbeth ’Hail‚ king! For so thou art: behold‚ where the usurpers cursed head stands: the time is free’The witches are the source on the majority of the conflict throughout Macbeth. They are unnatural creatures who are constantly associated
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Saint Agnes of Rome; born and bred in the most appalling and unmanageable century of Emperor Diocletian’s reign over Rome. Moreover‚ his ambition to abolish the beliefs and perceptions of Christianity. She was a notable martyr and a prominent dignitary to the Christian doctrine. Dismally‚ she died in 305 AD‚ at 13 years old‚ due to her righteous acts against Diocletian’s rule which later‚ led her and the Christian faith to virtue. Now‚ you may be thinking to yourself‚ “How is this saint any different
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Totalitarianism consists of a combination of two features: authoritarianism and ideology. By authoritarianism‚ it means a system in which ordinary citizens have no share‚ directly or indirectly‚ in making political decisions1. The latter feature implies a ubiquitous scheme of values propagated by some person or persons and fostered by institutional means in order to direct all aspects of private and public life2 that are significant to politics. With this definition in mind‚ this essay will put forward
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Jane Eyre: A Fairy Tale? If there’s one thing that Charlotte Bronte could not be accused of‚ it is writing a simple romance novel. Jane Eyre is by all accounts a novel of love‚ but also a novel of personal growth‚ of pain‚ of things above human comprehension‚ and of happiness. Bronte intimately acquaints her readers with Jane Eyre‚ and gets us to love Jane despite all the obstacles she has to face .In keeping with the heart of the bildungsroman novel‚ Bronte lets us see not just the good times in
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permanence of the nightingale’s song with the sorrows of human life and the transitoriness of beauty and love in this world. The transience of life and the tragedy of old age ("where palsy shakes a few‚ sad‚ last gray hairs‚ / Where youth grows pale‚ and spectre-thin‚ and dies") is set against the eternal renewal of the nightingale’s fluid music. "Thou wast not born for death‚ immortal bird!". Then with a splendid sweep of imagination he sees the bird and the song one. ‘The bird becomes pure song and inherits
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Do you think that justice and revenge are the most important themes in Othello? Is there another underlying theme that you consider even more important? I argue that justice and revenge are not the dominate over arching themes in Othello. I believe jealousy is the most important theme. Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello focuses on the downfall of military General Othello whose happiness at his marriage to Desdemona is quickly consumed by jealousy. The love of Othello and Desdemona are tragically torn
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The Woman in Black (TWIB) is a story about isolated people in an isolated place. Not least TWIB before she died. Janet Humfrye was isolated by her plight as a mother of an illegitimate child‚ which was frowned upon by society in the early 20th century when the story is set. Even the town’s people of Crithin Gifford were isolated on the marshes and almost described as though they lived in another dimension‚ another part of the world set apart from the rest of society. The sense of isolation runs
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