Edgar G. Ulmer

This poem dramatizes the conflict between dying easily and fighting to live. Thomas wrote this poem for his father who was dying from pneumonia. We see from this poem that often people regret not being as good as they should be, and so they fight to continue living, they “rage, rage against the dying of the light.” (line 3) This shows us that we may be in the same place as those men mentioned in the poem, the : “wise” (4), “good” (7), “wild” (10), and “grave” (13). In the first stanza of the…

Comparing Three Detective Novels All the three excerpts from “Devil in a Blue Dress” by Walter Mosley, “Murder Is My Business” by Lynette Prucha and “The Big Sleep” by Raymond Chandler are detective genre stories set in Los Angles. The investigators and their clients share some similarities and differences particularly with respect to their roles in shaping the plot and the main themes in the stories. Firstly, the three stories are set in Los Angeles. “The Big Sleep” is typically set during a…

On Milton’s Treatment of the Poet in Elegy VI Milton identifies two archetypes of poetry in Elegy VI: poetry which flows “out if the wine jar itself”, inspiring dancing, revelry and mirth; and that which flows from pensive sages who drink of sacred water and eat of innocent herbs, satiating their chaste bodies with the only the purest of substances. Milton clearly allies himself with the chaste poets, both in this poem and elsewhere, yet he isn’t as explicitly derisive towards the sumptuous…

The Longest Paper I Have Ever Written “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe has a lot of different feels about it. The main idea of the story is about a man whose love of his life died and he believes is still alive. One key aspect is that Poe uses is a raven as a symbol to show him that she is gone also as a symbol of his grief, anger, sorrow, hope and a small sign of joy about the whole situation.The beginning of the poem he his sitting and reading and out of nowhere someone knocked on his door but…

Flannery O’Connor is an author renown for her southern gothic works. She writes about violent and troubling things while exploring Roman Catholic themes. One work of hers that has garnered varying opinion of is A Good Man is Hard to Find, which is horrifying in its climax. While subtle, O’Connor creates a feeling of approaching doom that reaches its pinnacle towards the end of her work. Flannery O’Connor uses foreshadowing in A Good Man is Hard to Find to create a sense of foreboding. O’Connor…

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (pg.39). To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee takes the reader through a journey of prejudice and discrimination in the 1930’s. Arthur Radley or Boo Radley as some of the kids might call him, was portrayed in the novel as a very mysterious and creepy person. No one in Maycomb County really understood him and wondered why he would be locked away from the…

“Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.” (Hugo). Victor Hugo is a famous French author who is recognized for his novels, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and Les Misérables, which have been adapted into movies, plays, and musicals. Victor had many other writings on various topics, but they all seem influenced by his life experiences. Witnessing life in the lower class of France, growing up in a military family, and his animosity for Napoleon III…

The Conjuring 2" opens with famous ghostbusters Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga) researching the outcome of the murders that got to be known as "The Amityville Horror." Lorraine has a one of a kind capacity to speak with extraordinary creatures and has been requested that affirm that what happened at Amityville was evil in nature and not only a maniacal patriarch. While lounging around a table in the DeFeo lounge area, Lorraine has an out-of-body experience that permits her…

esop’s Fables Introduction: Aesop’s fables are known throughout the literary world. I can say that I know as much as the next person about fables. They have a universal theme, relatable characters, and an easy to follow storyline, but I only know that much. I never really knew the origin or basic history of fables. I knew the origin is difficult to trace due to the fact that they have been told for many generations. Fables were a big part of my childhood. They helped reinforce the right and…

Charles Brockden Brown’s gothic novel, Wieland, or The Transformation, divulges into the ambiguity through the first person narration of Clara, and her inability to decipher between reality and superstition. Throughout the haunting novel, Clara finds herself endlessly questioning the strange events that pierce her and her family’s lives, unable to trust her own skepticism and to find any definite answers. Scholar, Christine Hedlin, observes Clara’s narration in her essay entitled “Was There Not…