Emily Watson

were shunned or looked down upon if they did something that was out of ordinary for women. People had different views on how women should be treated. Many poets used their words to describe how they felt about women’s situation. Many poets such as Emily Dickinson, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Thomas Hardy were some of the main poets who shared their views on women’s oppression. In Dickinson’s” Much Madness is Divinest Sense” the people who go against the social normality are shunned or disapproved…

“Emily Dickinson’s Contribution to the American Voice” American literature advanced when the American Revolution came along, and brought social and economic change. American folk stories, enduring tales of adventure on the frontier and Puritan lifestyle were some of the starts of the American voice. Then the start of romanticism, transcendentalism, and realism created a whole new aspect to the American voice. American literature’s universal themes of individualism, self-reliance, and slavery…

In Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, during this time, men are supposed to be capable of emulating strength and and be able to protect the family. Men who are incapable are seen as immature and soft. Edgar Linton is a spoiled, cowardly man who failed to be a strong protector to his family. Edgar Linton was a spoiled child who grew up sheltered in his home, oblivious to the harms of the outside world. Using imagery, Thrushcross Grange is a place that is “carpeted with crimson” (48) and has…

Poetry is often defined as a “literary work that uses a distinctive style of writing to express an idea or feelings.” Emily Dickinson’s “My Life had stood- a Loaded Gun” serves to be one of the most controversial poems as many individuals take on various interpretations on the work of art. Several readers regarded the poem as demonstrating the inferiority of women to men, which was prevalent during the nineteenth century in which the poem was written. Other readers found the poem to be a…

The thing I have learned during my time in this course include gender roles, sexuality, and women’s suffrage. Through the use of literature, authors like Emily Dickinson, Marie De France, and Mya Angelou have expressed the reality of women throughout history. Since biblical times women have been regarded as being below men socially, medically, and through race. These three authors have written some of the more insightful pieces I have had the pleasure of reading this semester. It is through…

Comparison Essay The Road & The Last Day of the World When reading the short stories in parallel to “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy, only one truly stood out to me as directly related in theme, portrayal, and literary style. This has to be “The Last Day of the World” by Ray Bradbury. Both stories have deep rooted themes around nihilism and death, but are substantially distinct in their portrayal of these ideas. The premise is the same as the rest of the short stories; it is the end of the world,…

provide readers with various ways to understand the poem. When only looking at the basic definition of a word it does not allow the reader to completely grasp all of the ideas represented in the poem. In the poem “because I could not stop for death” by Emily Dickinson, the word death has numerous meanings that provide the readers with insight into the intended meaning of the poem itself. To thoroughly understand the use of the word death in the poem, readers need to have a greater understanding…

Bishop constantly uses wires, electricity, and storms throughout her poems and especially ones that allude to her sexuality/love life. “Electrical Storm,” as the name suggests, has all three elements, but is different than how some of her other poems have used these elements. Altogether, “Electrical Storm” denotes electricity as a destructive force, a sharp contrast to most of her other work with electricity, but doing so actually expands her motif. While it is true that many of her poems use…

ose For Emily” is an interesting story. “A Rose For Emily” is a short story written by William Faulkner. The story documents Emily’s life and how the town has reacted to Emily’s life. The story takes place in the South and documents how Emily has resisted change. Faulkner is often compared to Hemingway due to the fact that they were rivals. Faulkner is a shy but egotistical while Hemingway is extroverted but humble. Faulkner likes to have a complex style while Hemingway likes to have a simple…

William Blake’s five-stanza poem “The fly” tries to see humanity in a fly. It narrates the poet’s act of thoughtlessness in brushing away a fly which leads to the contemplation of the act and its implications, which further reveals the essence of life as “thought is life” and the lack of it, death. As the stanzas proceed from observation，contemplation, and conclusion to revelation and liberation, I get an understanding of Blake’s philosophical system. In my essay, I will argue that Blake uses a…