Gustave Flaubert

At the age of eighteen Felicity finds a young man named Theodore. Unfortunately, although he promises her marriage, he runs off and marries “a very rich old woman, Madame Lehoussais, of Toucques.” (Flaubert, pg 2) Once again, the differences in fate and social class make themselves apparent in this scene. Felicity seems to be the representation of a lower social class. Such a statement can be made apparent by her lovers need to marry a rich woman. A…

Landscapes can embody values that have the power to prompt philosophical insight and a spiritual awakening in an individual experiencing a landscape. This notion is encapsulated in Alain de Botton’s non-fiction memoir, The Art of Travel (2002) and Sean Penn’s film ‘Into the Wild’ (2007). These texts collectively explore the philosophy of the relationship between people and landscapes and it’s potential power to nurture an intellectual and spiritual understanding of one’s self and the human…

The Path to Virtue “As humanity perfects itself, man becomes degraded. When everything is reduced to the mere counter-balancing of economic interests, what room will there be for virtue? -Gustave Flaubert. In eighteenth century France the government and upper class were becoming irrational by keeping old traditions and customs. Living by divine right promoted prejudice against the lower class while also destroying the country and slowing humanity down. Men had forgotten morality and in place…

In this essay, I will talk about how I have achieved my goals, and what has helped me to become to what I always wanted. In addition, I will talk about the challenges that have been facing me, and how I amazingly could overcome the odds. However, everybody in life has will and determination, and we all are given a life to compose it special by achieving our goals, and not letting obstructions to stop us from following our dreams. There are common factors that have been assisting me to be…

John Green once said “You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world…but you do have a say in who hurts you”. Emotions are a great factor in everyday life. One of the decision makers based on your mood. They are complex and intricate because it can hold a different meaning to someone else. It can help dictate which hobbies or interest you will enjoy. Emotions are the fuel that can allow anyone to write poetry because it expresses the feelings deeply but on a smaller scale. “In three…

attempt to represent life truthfully and also avoiding all such literary techniques which make life seem implausible, exotic, and extraordinary. The term originated in the nineteenth century, and was used to describe the works of Gustave Courbet and a group of painters who rejected idealization and focussed on representing everyday real life. Realism was a reaction against Romanticism - a movement which had influenced European literature and arts…

Gender Roles and Feminism Why are women lives based on the men around them? These stories engaged in women lacking empowerment and men consistently having the dominant role. Throughout the stories and poems read in literature, a few have came in common with this theory. Before women received more rights, they highly dependent on their marriage, which made theirs lives limiting and confining. The gender roles were very stereotyped, meaning women stayed at home being controlled by the men, and…

How T. S. Eliot’s Passion for Knowledge and Experiences Influenced His Prolific Work T. S. Eliot was a phenomenal poet who mainly wrote in the 20th century. He had many events that happened throughout his lifetime, had a great amount of influences, and wrote lots of poems and plays. Eliot was a very distinguishable author, and his many works still stand out even today. Thomas Stearns Eliot (hereinafter referred to as “Eliot”) was born in St. Louis, Missouri on September 26, 1888. Eliot was the…

Much like Cage, Monk found significance in spiritual discovery and Buddhism as applied to her art-making and the ecological themes explored in her performances. (Monk and Marranca, 2014). Simone Forti, a multi-faceted artist in her own right, refused to be defined by one discipline alone. Through her creative endeavors, Forti performed the role of dancer, choreographer, visual artist, musician, and writer. In synthesizing these endeavors, she developed a series of “dance constructions”—defined…

EXILE LITERATURE: some variants M.V. Ramana Moorthy, Associate Professor Department of English, K.L.University, A.P Abstract: Exile literature has always attracted a lot of critical attention because of the poignant issues it raised. Particularly significant is the wide range of variants that the exile of the mind has and the creativity and innovations it sets into motion. Some authors were exiled or ostracized for…