I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud‚ written by William Wordsorth in 1804‚ describes the poet’s own experience based on his recollection in tranquility. In the poem‚ daffodils appears everywhere. Some people think the daffodils here represent the beauty of nature and the poet’s love for daffodils is also the enthusiasim for nature. But I think daffodils here not only represent the nature but alos a peaceful and pure world‚ which the poet pursue. We can get this idea from the poem. In the first stanza‚
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Lord of the Flies‚ a novel by William Golding‚ depicts the atrocities that occur when a marooned group of English preadolescent boys succumb to the innate savagery within them. Having allegorical qualities‚ the novel demonstrates how the boys each represent a characteristic of human society‚ each with his own strengths and shortcomings. The novel’s uncanny‚ yet realistic‚ representation of children shapes its overall meaning by demonstrating the mercilessness of nature itself as well as conveying
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The Role of Symbolism in Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies is a classic novel written by William Golding in 1954. It is a story of a group of boys whose plane crashes on an island. Three of the boys‚ Ralph‚ Piggy‚ and Jack‚ are separated from the pack as the true leaders. It started off civilized and orderly‚ but slowly spiraled into chaos. Piggy and Ralph worked together and cooperated to try to get rescued along with some other boys‚ yet Jack decided to turn against them and lead his own
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the sea and drowns. The myth of Icarus appears to be fairly straight forward‚ and yet three poets write poems expressing three different perspectives using specific techniques. The three poets and their poems are Edward Field’s "Icarus‚" William Carlos Williams’ "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus‚" and Muriel Rukeyser’s "Waiting for Icarus." In Field’s poem‚ he chooses to change the ending and "decry the impact of modern society upon individuals" (Roberts 928). In his poem‚ Icarus does not drown
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“O Romeo‚ O Romeo‚ wherefore art thou Romeo.” (II‚ ii‚33) This is one of the most well known lines from Classic Literature. Romeo and Juliet is a well-known play written in 1597 by William Shakespeare. This play is about 2 teenage lovers who are from families that are in a feud. They developed a crush on each other at a party hosted by Juliet’s father. They met when Romeo and his Montague friends got word of the party and decided to crash it. Romeo and Juliet were not in love but just infatuated
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William Faulkner won the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature‚ for his acceptance speech he wanted to use his fame and the platform the award gave him to convey a to young writers listening with the same aspirations that was much needed in that time of 1949 during the threat of a nuclear war. This speech seems to take the form of a personal letter to young writers with historical context for clarification and to connect with them. Is tone is concerned and serious but caring and hopeful towards the end
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William Shakespeare was born April 23‚ 1564 in a town in London. Shakespeare attended the Stratford grammar school as a kid. Shakespeare did not continue his education into a university. At 18 years of age‚ Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway and had 3 kids. William Shakespeare was a poet‚ playwright‚ and actor. He wrote some of the most famous plays in history such as‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ Hamlet‚ and Macbeth. In Macbeth‚ Shakespeare portrays women as weak in the fact that in order to be powerful‚ they
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Rogue wave Rogue waves up to 100 feet tall are a spontaneous natural phenomenon that cannot easily be predicted. In 2005‚ the Grand Voyager of Iberojet Cruises was smacked by a wave that knocked out propulsion and communications systems and injured 20 passengers. In 2010‚ the Louis Majesty‚ operated by Louis Cruise Lines‚ was struck by 26-foot waves off the coast of France‚ smashing glass and killing two of the 1‚400 passengers and injuring another 14. Preventive measures: Ship windows are being
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What would you do if you happened to be stranded on an unfamiliar island with people you didn’t know? Lord of the Flies‚ written by William Golding‚ was written during the Cold War‚ however it was based during WWII. One main character in this story is Ralph. Ralph is a 12 year old boy who ends up taking the role of chief. Ralph takes the lead role by finding a conch shell and establishing that whoever has the conch has the right to speak. Naturally people begin to look up to him and they gain respect
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In "A Rose for Emily‚" by William Faulkner‚ the use of thoroughly distributed symbolism reveals the plot of the whole action. The story speaks of the state of sociological transformation in the South. Faulkner reveals the inharmony between the former and contemporary south‚ and depicts the inherited reluctance to change through his main character‚ Emily and her physical appearance‚ as a representative of the obsolete older society; on the contrary‚ the changing order has been being depicted by
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