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“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is a narrative poem by T.S Elliot. It portrays the puzzling and obscure phrenic conceptions of the protagonist, Prufrock, as he guides the reader to what appears to be a peregrination. Throughout the poem’s irregular timeline, an alienated Prufrock repeatedly insists that there is something important he needs to tell the reader, but he continually states that he has time. The poem’s title insinuates that Prufrock is addressing someone he admires, or loves,…

with him. Effie was blinded by the beauty and was only looking for a reason to leave this constant abuse. She was manipulated by this stranger so much that when she saw her abusive husband star his typical abuse she jumps out the window into the green fog. Effie was getting away from not only the cramped bunker, but getting free from the abuse she went through. She found the…

The Movie Interpretations of Hamlet: Ghosts of the Original? William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, a tenet of English literature, has been interpreted in many different ways since its inception over 500 years ago. Shakespeare manipulates the text to purposely leave an aura of ambiguity. He uses this as a hook, so that the reader involves himself and emotionally invests in the book. Being a play, there are many things one can alter in a physical manifestation of Hamlet, such as intonation and humor such…

An Author’s Canvas Heart of Darkness is a novella by Joseph Conrad, that reveals the true nature of imperialism and its merciless idiosyncrasies. Complications of race, power, and insanity are brought too attention and are questioned as the story progresses. Specific, symbolic paintings emerge throughout the novella, representing a deeper meaning and theme of the voyage of Heart of Darkness. There are many artworks that do not take place in the novella but can still represent and embody the…

The Confederate slaughter of the Union at Fredericksburg was so great, that, at the subsequent Battle of Gettysburg, the Unionists shouted “Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!” as they avenged their dead comrades. The Battle of Fredericksburg unfolded in a natural auditorium with the Rappahannock River on the east, and Prospect Hill and Marye’s Heights on the west. This topography prescribed the logistics of the Confederate army and contributed towards its success - and occasional hindrance - to a…

Arming Teachers Puts Students at Risk “I want less guns in schools, not more” (April Griffin, School Board Chairman of Hillsborough Schools, found in the article “EDUCATORS: WE DON’T WANT TO BE ARMED; Administrators and teachers strongly oppose the idea that they need guns in class” in the Tampa Bay Times written by Times staff writer Ben Montgomery). Because of the dramatic increase in school shootings since the Columbine High School attacks, America is faced with the dilemma of whether or…

meet Elisa Allen [protagonist] as a woman who is always under the shadow of her husband [Henry Allen]. At the beginning of the story, in the first paragraph, there is a gray-flannel fog in the Salinas Valley [the city where this story is settled], with this it can be concluded how the story is going to end, when there is fog, it can’t be appreciated the delightful sky. Then Henry Allen is selling his cattle to two men in business suits, Elisa, it’s just looking them down across the yard, working…

In the Elizabethan Era, the Great Chain of Being is extremely important in the way people are governed. God is the highest point of the chain but people are ruled by Kings who are viewed as the most important human figures from God. In these times people believe that an upset in the Chain of Being will send everything on earth and in the heavens into turmoil. This is conveyed through many pieces of literature through pathetic fallacy. Shakespeare is highly regarded for using pathetic fallacy…

Before the Great war, the Europeans viewed war in a romantic sense. They viewed war as something to look forward to as it is a step toward manhood and helping your country rise up. But, Robert E. Lee’s quote about the American Civil war, “It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it.” would ring true for the Europeans after World War I is over. The new technology coming from the Industrial Revolution had rewritten the rules of war. In the days of the…

Sylvia Plath is a well renowned poet from the late 1950s and early 1960s. Plath is well known for her controversial and pessimistic poems though some of her best pieces are joyous texts. Throughout each of these texts Plath has developed a specific key idea. It is believed that Plath’s most important ideas that she develops throughout any of her texts are, nature being a brutal relentless force, the oppression of women and finally, the extreme feelings of joy and love that children bring to…