WILLIAM BLAKE(1757-1827) -THE LAMB Summary The speaker‚ identifying himself as a child‚ asks a series of questions of a little lamb‚ and then answers the questions for the lamb. He asks if the lamb knows who made it‚ who provides it food to eat‚ or who gives it warm wool and a pleasant voice. The speaker then tells the lamb that the one who made it is also called “the Lamb” and is the creator of both the lamb and the speaker. He goes on to explain that this Creator is meek and mild‚ and Himself
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SONNET 29 William Shakespeare When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes‚ I all alone beweep my outcast state‚ And trouble deaf Heaven with my bootless cries‚ And look upon myself‚ and curse my fate‚ Wishing me like to one more rich in hope‚ Featured like him‚ like him with friends possessed‚ Dearing this man’s art‚ and that man’s scope. With that most enjoy contentend least: Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising‚ Haply I think on thee‚ and then my state Like to the lark at
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William Butler Yeats is widely considered to be one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century. He belonged to the Protestant‚ Anglo-Irish minority that had controlled the economic‚ political‚ social‚ and cultural life of Ireland since at least the end of the seventeenth century. Most members of this minority considered themselves English people who merely happened to have been born in Ireland‚ but Yeats was staunch in affirming his Irish nationality. Although he lived in London for fourteen
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The smell that develops around Emily’s house‚ and Homer never returning to Emily’s house are both foreshadowing what happens later in the story. When Emily went into the drug store saying "’ I want the best you have. I don’t care what kind’"‚(William Faulkner) and purchased rat poison‚ it immediately informed the reader that somebody is the story was going to die. While reading this story‚ I believed that Emily purchased the rat poison in order to kill herself‚ not Homer Barron. Right at the
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William Cuthbert Faulkner‚ Mississippi born author‚ took stage upon the winter of nineteen fifty to accept his Nobel Prize in Literature of nineteen forty-nine because of "his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel". Despite having dropped out of school at an early age and only completing a single year in college‚ Faulkner’s career as a writer is well credible through awards not limited to the Nobel Prize for Literature. Some of which include two National Book
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Williams Shakespeare’s‚ “Othello”‚ depicts tragedy through the eyes of jealousy‚ lust for power‚ and most importantly the complexity of love and relationships. This tale unfolds through a series of elegant yet‚ intense plot twists that inevitably leaves the entire ensemble of characters touched by the cold hands of death. “This play is the most intellectual of all Shakespeare ’s tragedies‚ despite its concern with elementary personal emotion“(Bell). Shakespeare’s tale of betrayal is truly ingenuous
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A Rose For Emily A Rose For Emily"‚ by William Faulkner‚ is a short story that is widely read and debated because it has many interpretations among readers. "A Rose for Emily‚" captures reader’s attention because it is a love story and a mystery at the same time. The story is about the dark mystery that surrounds a mysterious old woman named Emily‚ who grows increasingly strange throughout time. Faulkner paints an incredible picture by setting up the story and inviting the reader with the mystery
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare; [Abridged] Toward the end of April‚ I took the time to watch a hilarious play at Lonestar College called “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare; [Abridged]” This play was not like anything I have ever seen‚ and definitely not what I had been expecting. “The Complete Works…” took thirty-seven of Shakespeare’s best sonnets and tragedies such as “Hamlet” and “Othello”‚ and transformed them into a wonderful show that takes on aspects of a cooking show
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Documentary Review The documentary "How William Shatner Changed the World" is about the global effect that the original series of Star Trek had on technology throughout the world. The documentary talks about the technology that currently existed when Star Trek originally came out in 1966 and its comparison to the ’futuristic’ technology that was onboard the Star Trek ship the ’Enterprise’. This ’futuristic’ technology onboard the enterprise sparked a revolution in the world’s technology and inspired
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"The Chimney Sweeper" is a poem by William Blake about young children who are sent to work in mines in 18th century England. For this analysis‚ I examine William Blake’s life with a concentration on the possible motives he may have had for writing this poem. I also analyze the poem itself and the message Blake was trying to convey. Analysis of William Blake’s "The Chimney Sweeper" "The Chimney Sweeper" is a poem about young children who are sold by their fathers to work in the mines. They have
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