Harold Bloom

Arthur Dimmesdale, like Hester, is another important character who plays a significant role in the novel “The Scarlet Letter.” Also like Hester, Arthur Dimmesdale’s name can be linked back to his characteristics. The name “Arthur” is like the word “author” which is a word that can be linked to someone with intelligence (Lei). Nan Lei says the following statement about Dimmesdale “Graduated from a famous university in England, Arthur Dimmesdale is a holy clergyman with great religious…

John Collick, in his article “Desire on the ‘The Eve of St Agnes’”, explores the idea of language and symbolism of desire in the poem ‘The Eve of St Agnes’ by John Keats. Collick holds the notion that Keats was a Romantic Era poet who viewed life as a pessimist and vicariously exemplified that in his works. Throughout his article, Collick critiques Keats’ ambiguity. Keats is known as ‘a poet concerned with dreams, visions, and images…’ (Collick) however in ‘The Eve of St Agnes’ it 's quite odd…

Annotated Bibliography: The Things They Carried By Tim O’Brien Thesis: In “The Things They Carried”, the author, Tim O’Brien argues that the emotional burdens of fear, grief, terror, love and cruelty reality about war hardens the soldiers, and the psychological effects that these soldiers will have to carry for the rest of their life. "Looking Back at the Vietnam War with Author, Veteran Tim O’Brien." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 19 Aug. 2016. In this short interview with Tim O’Brien, he brings about…

In comparing the works of Harold Bloom and Cormac McCarthy, Giraldi suggests that the writings of Cormac McCarthy strongly differ from the latter, due to the dark nature of the writing. He claims McCarthy is too alienating in his works, and that as a “father of young boys [he] can brook…

in to be or not to be. But his mind balances between madness and sense. The idea is furthered in Harold Bloom’s Interpretation of Hamlet. He suggests that something in Hamlet dies before the play begins, due to his mother and uncle’s outrageous behavior and his father’s death. In addition, the only character whose relation to Hamlet is positively mentioned is his relation to Yorick the Jester. But Bloom differs in the idea that he says that neither mourning nor revenge is Hamlet’s drive, but…

1973): 143-147. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Anna Sheets-Nesbitt. Vol. 36. Detroit: Gale Group, 2000. Literature Resource Center. Web. 19 Mar 2014. <http://go.gale.group.com>.Gurko, Leo. “The Heroic Impulse in The Old Man and the Sea.” Rpt. in Bloom Modern Critical Interpretations 13-20. Harada, Keiichi. “Symbolism in The Old Man and the Sea.” Rpt. in Literary Companion Series 88-95. Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1952. Print. Kinzer,…

In the twentieth century, a riveting new genre of children's books emerged. These books, often referred to as “choose your own adventure” novels, provided the reader an array of decisions to make. While it was not always clear which path was the best to take, it was the audience’s personal duty to craft their own conclusion. Comparably, the theme of fate versus free will is addressed frequently in Kurt Vonnegut’s novel, Slaughterhouse Five. As the protagonist, Billy Pilgrim, proceeds through…

she tells him that she already has a plan. She calls on the spirits to defeminize her. Harold Bloom supports this when he states “She is also his advisor during his rise to power in the first half of the play. In addition to encouraging Macbeth’s troubled ambition, Lady Macbeth plans the murder of Duncan, frames Duncan’s servants for the murder, and keeps up appearances when the murder is discovered” (Bloom 24). Lady Macbeth premeditated the whole murder, reassuring Macbeth along the way this…

Julius Caesar Theme Essay People can be easily manipulated to change their opinion about a certain subject, topic, or belief, and because of this it can be used for good or evil. In the play Julius Caesar, we can find a large amount of manipulation amongst the last few acts and scenes. Manipulation in its most simple definition is to move or control something or someone using an argument. In Julius Caesar, manipulation is used to persuade main characters to go against their own beliefs, as…

Poets Samuel Coleridge and William Wordsworth found their creativity challenged as they were deeply consumed by the societal and artistic pressures of the Romantic period. Poets during this time were faced with the intense pressure of meeting the Romantic ideal of the “creative genius” as they were plagued with a self-paralysing consciousness. These pressures halted their conscious creative ability and influenced their artistic vision, consequently jeopardising the quality of their work. When…