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When Keats says the poet of negative capability is “informing” and “filling some other Body,” he sounds as if directly quoting from Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments. “By the imagination . . . we enter as it were into his body, and become . . . the same person with him, and thence form some idea of sensations.” This is from Smith (11), but it can be put into Keats’s mouth without a great stretch of imagination. The only significant modifications in Keats’s portrait of the ideal poet, the…

to Devon and have lived here for 16 years. Moreover, I find that my accent is neutral, since my prosodic features haven’t identified any specific regional background. My mum has influenced the way I speak, as despite coming from Kent, that has a cockney twang she also speaks with a neutral…

Wang 1 Alissa Wang Mrs. Kaplowitz Honors Ancient Literature – Block 4 01 December 2017 Battle of My Two Channels: Chinese and English English, as everyone knows is the most popular language in the world, and it is also the third most spoken language. But to your surprise, Chinese, which seems to be the most complicated language, is the most spoken language in the world. Because these two languages are too different, few people point out the actual differences and similarities between them.…

Considering that both American and Australian English are the same language, it might seem very strange how different the 2 dialects are. Both derive from British English, and are largely similar. Yet, there’s no denying that there are some very obvious differences. It can be said that the main reason is due to the fact that Australian English (as with other varieties, such as New Zealand English) have had less time to come into its own form as compared to America English. Hence, while…

person has, the more beautiful or virtuous they will be. Instead, the beauty and virtue of this book is found in the simple goodness of people such as Mignon, an innocent underdog of a character who just may have more charm than the magnificent “Cockney Venus” in which she plays her humble role…

Romantic poets of his time by many scholars. Although, he died at a considerably young age, 25 years old, he published fifty-four poems, in three slim volumes(PoetryFoundation.org). Keats and his works were criticized by others by considering him the “Cockneys School”, which were back then working class Londoners who were considered “low social class, lack of education, and vulgarity”(p. 404 ; sec John Keats). This did not stop Keats though from pursing his passion of writing about death, love,…

The Beaver is a 2011 dramedy (dark comedy) film directed by and starring Jodie Foster. Written by Kyle Killen the moive also stars Mel Gibson, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence and Riley Thomas Stewart. The story doucuments a man in a mid-life crisis, a boy, a girl, a husband, a wife a father and son and a crumbling family providing a glimpes in to the life of Walter Black, a depressed and trouble husband, the beaver, a hand puppet Walter found in the trash, Meredith Black, Walter’s wife, Porter…

conception devoid of human qualities. Nor may one forget the legends more recent and popular reincarnations. George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion and its musical My Fair Lady. There is something very unsettling about myth Pygmalion myth and many of its offshoots. They strike the reader or viewer as defying the logical balance that typically attends Greek mythology and most of all the transgression known as hubris; that is, the human conceit that a mere mortal could undertake a task that…

Quick tips on social intercourse These are just a few things it is good to know if you are trying to win over an employer or are trying to win over his or her social group so that you can enter. Being like somebody doesn’t make them respect you Sometimes it makes them like you, but there is no guarantee it will make them respect you. A good example comes from across the pond in the United Kingdom. They had an election where a third-party group called UKIP were trying to win more seats. The…

In a totalitarian government such as Oceania, the citizens are prohibited to develop any close relationship with anyone unless it is with the government to prevent the chances of betrayal towards them. Betrayal becomes a reality when trust in one another is involved which is increasingly rare in Oceania’s society due to the role the thought police pursue. The thought police have the ability to reveal anyone’s flaws resulting in their own torture from the party-meaning parents and children are…