Harold Bloom

The title is a reference to a statement made in The Odyssey by Agamemnon to Odysseus saying that “As I lay dying, the woman with the dog 's eyes would not close my eyes as my soul descended into Hades”. (Book 11). According to Harold Bloom, the title “refers to a husband who has been betrayed and murdered by his unfaithful wife, a situation which raises interesting parallels in the Bundren family.” It shows tension between characters that causes conflict and increases the duration…

The search for self-identity is a topic expressed in many novels from the Harlem Renaissance. Specifically, the character of Janie Crawford from Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God is a character who progresses through three marriages with Logan Killicks, Joe Starks, and Vergible Woods (also referred to as Tea Cake) throughout her life. Like all major events, Janie’s experiences in all three of her marriages allowed her to gather small components of her own identity. The final…

interpretation on life. Works Cited Beverly Lawn - Flannery O 'Connor - 40 short stories: a portable anthology -Boston, MA - Bedford/St. Martin 's - 2009 - Third Ed Bloom, Harold, ed. " 'A Good Man Is Hard to Find '." Flannery O 'Connor, Bloom 's Major Short Story Writers. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishing,1998. Bloom 's Literature. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 19 Nov. 2014 O 'Connor, Flannery. "A Good Man Is Hard to Find.” New York: Literary Classics of the…

Tragedy is defined as a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character. The tragic flaw is inborn to the main character and manifests itself throughout the play. The tragic hero must be noble and poses a higher authoritative position than most common man, yet has a tragic flaw, which is a major contribution to the hero’s downfall, known as hamartia. In William Shakespeare’s Othello, Othello is a tragic hero, which flaw…

duplicity affects his psychological state as he lived an dejected, gloomy life. His effort to uphold his excellent conduct in face of the public does not pass him any calm. Dimmesdale appears to be a spineless character in the novel upon which Harold Bloom puts light as he compares him with the other two characters : “Dimmesdale ,caught between Hester and chilllingworth , has neither the blessed…

Annotated Bibliography Bloom, Harold. "Othello." New Haven, US: Yale University Press (2005): 259. ProQuest ebrary. Web. 1 Nov. 2016. The author, Bloom, firmly establishes the multiple occasions that racism is a major element in the play Othello. He describes the intended reason the character, "Othello", is a colored man, rather than similar color to the other characters. He clearly states his opinion on his belief that Shakespeare is perhaps a racist man. He proves his belief…

"Othello" is the best representation of the great tragedies of William Shakespeare; the Moor of Venice, a military with strong character. Shakespeare enhance the barbarity of the Moor, but from my point of view, Othello has essentially been nothing more than a simple soldier, naive, basic, black mindset. On the other hand, William Shakespeare also presented us the beautiful young wife of Othello, Desdemona, and her conflict with her father Brabantio, because of Othello 's race. Desdemona…

In reading Dante's works, a thoughtful reader can easily understand how deeply the poet felt the social role of the artist and how deeply he felt involved in the political-philosophical debate of his century. Consequently, it is known that both, Dante's literary style and his political thought greatly influenced the works of other authors during several centuries up to the present day. If it is true that Dante's popularity is due to all his works, it is also true that Dante acquired a huge…

Amazed and concerned about Dill’s actions, Jem shows a sign of growth and maturity by informing his father about the situation. Although both Dill and Scout see Jem as a “traitor” for telling Atticus, the young man recognizes that he did the right thing. He says, “Dill, I had to tell him… You can’t run three hundred miles off without your mother knowin’” (161). Consequently, by alerting Atticus and seeking help from a grown-up, Jem proves to be a more mature character. He clearly puts adult…

written by William Blake, against the backdrop of Industrial Revolution. William Blake himself said, the Industrial Revolution had changed the city for worse. The industries and factories created filth and pollution. London had become dirty city. Harold Bloom writes in his book, Bloom’s Major Poets, Thick, black smoke from factories left behind a nasty residue where it landed. The river Thames was polluted with the byproducts of industry. The new type of work changed the city socially,…