Confessional

People have been persecuted for their religious beliefs as far back as the Classical period in ancient Greek and Roman civilizations.1 As the number of popular religions multiplied globally and the amount of international travelers to Asian countries increased due to growing trade relationships, disagreements and arguments ensued between opposing cultures. In the 1500s, the Japanese culture was introduced to the Christian religion, which led to political and social unrest in the Asian nation.…

Consequently, the confessional aids focused scrupulous interest on transgressions of the sixth and ninth commandments (sins of impurity, including adultery, fornication, homosexuality, masturbation, and lust). Additionally, we can momentarily consider how religious transformation challenged the Chumash ideologies regarding the religious and the sacred. Finally, all these new regulations the Chumash associated them as foreign, Christian meanings and values. Factors and Conditions Leading Up To…

The Roaring Twenties was a time of decadence, wealth, and freedom. Many authors tried to capture the essence of that time, but no one covered it quite like F. Scott Fitzgerald. He chronicled life in the Jazz Age in his novels while trying to establish himself in it. F. Scott Fitzgerald captured the themes of the Roaring Twenties in his novels through his unique style. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, was born on September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Mary McQuillan and Edward Fitzgerald.…

Edgar Allan Poe is a famed Gothic writer from the 18th Century made popular by his short stories and essays that depict the dark and twisted elements of the human psyche. Poe contradicts the transcendentalist belief that men are inherently good in nature by exposing the subdued sadistic impulses of his characters that he refers to as the "spirit of perverseness" (Poe 237). Poe believed that these impulses lay buried in our subconscious but eventually leak out into our consciousness affecting our…

In our society, death can bring about emotions of sadness, regret, guilt, or even relief. Reactions to the loss of a person in one’s life often vary on how the deceased is lost. Death from suicide causes a set of emotions that are different than a death from an ailment such as cancer. The suicide of Sylvia Plath has been deemed one of the most shocking losses in literary history because of its suddenness and because of who were left behind. People of all statuses and locations have provided…

‘Salt. Swells. Undertows.’ and ‘Reality Check’ were more difficult to pen. It was written in a style I am unfamiliar with, thus felt awkward trying to step into the shoes of Bobby Parker. I have previous experience with narrative poems, but not confessional. Blue Movie is a combination of the two, utilizing atmosphere and imagery to draw the readers into the world that is traumatic, yet shimmers with raw and bitter-sweetness of…

Patrick McCabe and John McGahern are noted as two of Ireland’s most influential writers. Although their works have similar themes and take on issues prevalent in Ireland at the time, they have drastically different writing styles. McCabe is cynical yet humorous as he takes on darker subject matters. McGahern in more straightforward in his delivery of despairing plots. McCabe takes a strong interest in small-town Ireland and uncovers the inner workings of small-town folk, all the while…

Title; Anne Fogarty describes Paula Meehan as a poet who has taken up “a more impersonal and urgent role as an expressive commentator on, and visionary hierophant for, communal experience and social change and dislocation” (An Sionnach 213). Discuss, making detailed reference to Meehan’s poetry. The aim of this essay will be to investigate the theme of death and transformation in Paula Meehan’s decorative poetry collection. I will also shed light on Anne Fogarty’s controversial description of…

FIN. In this world, I find many things beautiful, world, nature, laughter, storytelling. Yet the most outstanding beauty I find is in relationships. There are many factors that makes up what we define as a relationship. The manners, traditions, tones, and lastly the feelings and the thoughts towards that person. Have you ever caught yourself, kindly smiling when you see a happy family walking and laughing down the road? Or the times you have a Christmas dinner with family and the wide and long…

The Death Motif in the Poems of Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson is one of the few still popular female American poets of the nineteenth century and she is the only woman, who has been admitted into the poetry canon. Why is that and how does her poetry differ from the poems of her contemporaries? I argue that her unconventionality, especially her interest in the death motif, is the key to her lasting popularity and success. First of all, I want to talk about women´s role and their poetry in the…