Allan Kaprow

"Poe 's Influence on the Film Industry" Many know Edgar Allan Poe for his infamous short stories and unique ability to create suspense for his readers. However, his important role as a writer has also impacted the way many directors stylize their movies. Surprisingly enough, Poe 's influence has stretched beyond just horror and macabre themes. The details of this influence can be exemplified by well-known films. Poe was an American short-story writer, poet, and critic. He is most famous for…

In Chaucer’s satirical comedy The Canterbury Tales, and Shakespeare’s play King Lear, women are portrayed in a negative light. In both time periods, female characters are supposed to be submissive and obedient to their husbands; furthermore, as seen in the text, women are frowned upon for being knowledgeable and independent. Each author uses his work to promote their opinion on gender roles in society. In the fourteenth century, society was based on hierarchal status and women were at the…

The poem “Tears, Idle Tears” by Alfred Tennyson was written in 1847, during the beginning of the Victorian era. Tennyson was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom in 1809 and died in Lurgashall, United Kingdom in 1892. He had seven brothers and four sisters, none of which were as recognized for their work as Alfred Tennyson was. His father, a church rector, became melancholy when he realized his family had started to lose money due to disinheritance. This is what started his heavy…

Brontë has an interesting look on hope. In her poem called “life” she explains some days you might have rough cloudy days, causing you to trudge but hope will pick you up and your despair will vanish. On the other hand, Emily Dickinson has a slightly different look comparing hope to an undefeatable bird. The theme they have in common is hope, though it is described In different ways it has similar qualities. In Charlotte Bronte’s poem, “Life” she explains life will not be perfect, you will wake…

The execution of revenge had always had an impact on our actions and behavior. In some cases, it could be a positive influence, but in others, it could be negative. This concept applies to specific characters in Great Expectations. In the novel, Charles Dickens sends a compelling message that seeking revenge is a worthless pursuit and that the outcome is never positive nor beneficial. Not only does it harm the people who are innocent, it harms the people who seek for revenge themselves.…

Among the most universal and powerful images in literature is the motif of the eye. Spanning from religious texts and mythology to Vonnegut and Hemingway, the eye fascinates writers because of its complexity and mystery. The eye has the powerfully unique ability to represent the bridge between mind and body. Indra Sinha makes use of this motif in his book Animal’s People in order to intensify the importance of personal perspective in understanding the world and to explain the relationship the…

Richard Cory is written by Edwin Arlington Robinson in 1897. Richard Cory is a narrative poem, meaning it tells a story. It was published as part of The Children of the Night, one of Robinson’s most popular anthologized poems. Edwin Arlington Robinson was supposedly destined for a career in business or in a science since his dad was a wealthy New England merchant, but was he guided towards his poetic pursuits by a neighbor. He consistently dedicated himself to his work throughout his entire life…

If a person's sanity is in question, don't you think you should look through all the facts and interpret them carefully and accurately? Edgar Allen Poe wrote, "The Tell-Tale Heart", a short story told in the first person by the self-confessed murderer of an old man. The narrator is clearly sane. However, many other readers of the story believe that the narrator of “The Tell-Heart” is insane. The Narrator knew what he was doing was wrong. While this admittedly seems plausible, the narrator of…

Delicatessen is black-comedy set in around the 1950’s. The French film was written and produced by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro in 1991. This film show cases a range of themes from comedy, romance and horror. The use of different camera angles such as chanted or Dutch. Jean-Pierre Jeunets use of multi narratives to slow the viewer to full understand each character important to the story told in throughout the film. The film opens to a fog consumed rundown apartment building, on the ground…

A dystopia is an imagined state where people live dehumanized lives often in fear of an eminent being. Dystopian literature is used to portray social issues, unfairness in society, history, or to simply mock something or someone. In Ursula Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” and Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s “2BR02B” these short stories are extreme in content but share purpose. Life is implied to be plentiful and fulfilled in both scenarios, however, to perfect life extreme measures are…