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    Discuss with reference to at least three poems‚ Yeats ’ treatment of Irish Concerns Yeats changes his treatment of Irish concerns throughout his life and these changes are reflected in his poetry. Three poems that reflect these changes are ’September 1913 ’‚ ’Easter 1916 ’ and ’Under Ben Bulben ’. These poems show a transpositions in political thought. In ’September 1913 ’ Yeats shows his aversion to democracy and capitalism‚ and expresses his belief in an aristocratic society preferably governed

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    The Great Gatsby is a novel that is treasured as a renewable book in American literature collections. Read among a variety of age groups‚ it holds testament to its honorary title. The missive of the how the pursue of American dream can lead to consequences and decoration are not only evident in the star characters‚ but in the relevance of modernity‚ drama‚ and composition in F. Scott- Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby is not a story about Jay Gatsby. It is a story about the green light

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    Romanticism V Victorianism

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    personal emotions of the writers along with human interaction with the natural world. These and other specific characteristics allowed the Romantic Movement to last for a significant amount of time in which many exemplary literary works represented romanticism at its core. While prominent in English history‚ several historical events gave end to the Romantic Movement and gave birth to the Victorian era which drastically restructured English literature. While the Romantic Movement managed to remain “alive”

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    Movement When Where Artist Key Characteristics Modernist Topic Pictorialism Julia Margaret Cameron Louis Daguerre The use or creation of pictures or visual images a movement or technique in photography emphasizing artificial often romanticized  Pictorial qualities Used as representation of people and historical events Machine aesthetic Impressionism 1870 - 1890 France Alfred Sisley A theory or style of painting originating and developed in France during the 1870s‚ Characterized

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    “phantasies‚” and “wild.” He really goes into fantasyland and describes it. One part of the poem I found confusing‚ however‚ is how “the eolian harp” responds to an “intellectual breeze.” In Coleridge’s‚ This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison‚ he really shows romanticism with his wonderful naturistic descriptions. For example in lines 23-26‚ Coleridge writes‚ “of hilly fields and meadows‚ and the sea‚ with some fair bark‚ perhaps‚ whose sails light up the slip of smooth clear blue betwixt

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    The Tension Displayed in W.B Yeats’ Poetry When one hears the name ‘Yeats’‚ one most likely thinks of the man many consider to be Ireland’s greatest ever poet. However‚ if you were to ask these poets to discuss their favourite aspects of his poetry‚ I am sure that the response would amount to little more than some ‘umming’ and ‘errring’ and the occasional ‘his alliteration’ from those who remember their days at school. I must admit‚ I was the same before I began studying his work. Now‚ however

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    A lot of Yeats’ poems about love are linked back to the love of his life‚ Maud. She is represented in many forms in Yeats’ poetry and Broken Dreams is no exception. By using Maud‚ Broken Dreams involves themes such as loss‚ love and time. ‘THERE is grey in your hair. Young men no longer...’ In these first two lines Yeats has set the basis of what the poem will be about‚ comparing Maud to what she was like when she was young and what she is like during the writing of the poem. Yeats switches between

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    “The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart‚ and all they can do is stare blankly.” F. Scott Fitzgerald was a defining author of Modernism. From 1914-1946 Modernism was a big part of the times cultural trends and experimenting with everything from styles to writings to science. Flappers‚ parties‚ gangsters‚ love‚ and tragedy all influenced Fitzgerald greatly because he lived it. Most of Fitzgerald’s books and stories are about love and tragedy.

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    Nature and the Individual Romanticism is a style of literature that focuses on the inspiration of the beauty of nature. Throughout the 18th Century‚ there were many writers who wrote in this style. Some of the more famous pieces of Romantic literature and writers included The First Snowfall by James Russell Lowell‚ Walden by Henry David Thoreau‚ and Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson. By portraying the beauty of nature‚ these writers inspired a whole new era of writing. Romantic writers describe nature

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    obsession with materialism. This issue and the corruption that accompanied it was commonly discussed in the literature of the time. In The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the characters of Daisy and Tom Buchanan as well as their connections to Modernism in order to criticize the hedonistic nature of the traditional upper class during the Jazz Age. Daisy’s wealth allows her to be careless and reckless‚ which is seen through her selfish treatment of her

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