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Hamad Alnamlaity 10S Ms. Ali ALshehab Language A November 28, 2016 Tonight, I can write… analysis Tonight, I can write is a poem was written by the poet Pablo Neruda and his real name is Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoulto, he was born in Chile July 12,1904 and he was dead in September 23,1973. This poem is originally Spanish and was translated by an W.S Merwin post in US. The theme of the poem is about losing the one he loved and talking about the past, and present like when he said “though nights…

The Raven Symbolism “The Raven” is a narrative poem written by Edgar Allan Poe. Many authors have used talking birds and ravens in their writing, but used in Poe uses the raven to represent a sad longing for his dead wife or lover with the emotions of loneliness, sadness, fear,madness, and death. “The Raven” was inspired by “A Tale of the Riots Eighty” by Charles Dickens. Throughout the poem, the narrator looks for some answers about seeing his wife, Lenore again in the afterlife as he stares…

When you write something, what are your goals when you write it? Langston Hughes was one poet that wrote because he had goals in mind. One of his goals was to write was about the time of unfair treatment in the USA. His poems are made to connect the races in this time. One inspiration of why he wrote this poem is because he showing the hard life that many of the African Americans had/have. Whether it be the slave-ship, plantations, reconstruction, or the great migration to the urban north. The…

Heart of Darkness is a modern novel written by Joseph Conrad. It is one of the finest works of Conrad which shows his power as a writer of great luminosity, passion and complexity. The story Conrad depicts in ‘Heart of Darkness’ is based on the real backdrop that happened during the time of ‘Leopold II of Belgium’. The second king, Leopold II set an eye on Congo and colonized Africa. He brings out the sufferance of the people of Congo under the rule of Leopold II. People were enslaved, exploited…

Sylvia Plath was an admired American poet during the 20th century, known for her confessional poems. Plath's poems had a common theme of morality and death. Plath excelled as a child and won many scholarships and contests, but faced difficulties in her home life after her father died. These difficulties affected Plath's mental state and her work greatly. In Plath's poem, “Daddy”, readers can see how her relationship with her father and other life experiences influenced the topics and themes of…

Machiavelli's last argument "the end justifies the means" is a quite controversial issue. In his book Machiavelli explains gives an example of Agathocles and Oliverotto da Ferma. Both of them seized the power by cruelty. They killed others in order to come to power and stay in power. Well, I said it's a controversial, because sometimes the end does justifies the means, but sometimes not. For instance, cheating in the exam (the means) in order to get a good mark and make your mother happy (the…

In the future world where advance technology is available such as robotic bodies, invisibility, and night vision, many people lost their understanding and feeling of being human. “Ghost in the Shell” shows a cyborg girl to be hacking the Puppet Master. Major Mira, is not only a cyborg but is a human cyborg. This film shows the audience that technology will one day evolve, and robotics will improve life in ways that ordinary people will not be able to handle. This paper seeks to explore how…

Poems are all different, but also all the same in their own ways, showing how even through time, people can write about similar themes. For example ”O Captain! My Captain!” and “The Seven Ages of Man” have many similarities. They both talk about a stage that one can go through in life, use iambic pentameter, and are both a big metaphor. They also have differences like the rhyme-scheme, the different stages, and the big metaphor. Both “O Captain! My Captain” and “The Seven Ages of Man” talk about…

Tybalt is a character from the play, Romeo and Juliet. Tybalt comes off as a thick headed, cold-blooded killer. But once past his rough exterior, he can be thought of as a sensitive guy. Tybalt tries keeps the intentions of his family first but sometimes he can let his temper get the best of him. His character developed quite fast even though he died halfway through the play. Tybalt is powered by the hate his family, the Capulets, have for the Montagues. This hate comes from the ongoing rivalry…

Hidden Messages “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke is a very mysterious and ambiguous poem. The speaker reminisces on a memory of himself as a young boy with his father. Several readers get multiple impressions of the poem, and find themselves feeling puzzled about what the poem is truly about. The poem is very controversial with the vocabulary being used by the speaker, and there are many interpretations that readers can get from it. The poem demonstrates imagery and metaphors to describe…