Harold Bloom

can never present a balanced, complete view of nature and man's existence”( “Ruskin’s Discussion of the Pathetic Fallacy”). However, in a poem like ‘Mariana’ it would seem that the lack of ‘balance’ is what makes the poem even more meaningful. Harold Bloom finds in Tennyson a mixture of Victorian scientific and Romantic thought in the depiction of nature because the latter attempts to “spiritualize nature in the sense of making it subservient to the needs of the human soul and of forcing it to…

Beyulah Anderson Lit/Comp I/II Per 1 5/31 American Dream Argumentative Essay The common theme of The American Dream is explored much in American literature as it exploits all that is unachievable and still greatly sought after. Examples in which the American Dream is explored most thoroughly are The Great Gatsby, Of Mice And Men, and To Kill A Mockingbird. Each of these novels have their own unique interpretation of the American Dream, that is significant and reflective of the time it took…

Eliminating Stereotypes in Macbeth Stereotypes are preconceived notions identifiable in society and culture around the world. William Shakespeare utilizes the stereotypes in reference to gender roles in his romantic tragedy, Macbeth, to shape characters and advance plot. The typical characteristic differences between genders in the era in the play are initially revealed but are then readdressed thereafter in a complicated gender-role reversal which Shakespeare portrays the difference between…

Can a murderer be a hero? Many would argue no, but such a response can be both incomplete and close-minded. While a character such as Brutus, from within Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, can very easily be judged as being evil due to a superficial deconstruction of his actions, his true character is found only upon deeper analysis. Brutus does suffer from what appears to be an objective lack of morality; however, further analysis of his motives, his internal conflicts, and…

In The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger he uses the novel to make social commentary upon humanity’s desire. He also shows humanity’s desire to achieve intimacy and connection within the postmodern world. Through humanity’s desire he shows the different types of relationships and intimacy Holden attempts. Salinger also shows the role of sexuality and how Holden’s sexual relationships differ from his nonsexual. Salinger comments upon a postmodern family and its meaning to the protagonist.…

Works Cited Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” The Annotated Ancient Mariner. Ed. Martin Gardner. III. Gustar Dore. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1965. Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, Walter James Miller, and Harold Bloom. Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus. New York: New American Library, 2000.…

“[People] find it difficult to grasp the idea of nonresistance”(Doc G). There is an adequate amount of evidence from historical examples that nonviolence can be an effective and conclusive method of social action, and this can be shown through Gandhi and and King’s strategic methods. Gandhi brought independence to India and King brought civil rights to the United States. Ultimately, deep religious conviction was the underlying source of nonviolent success. Gandhi was a Hindu and believed…

When it comes to famous authors in literature, Nathaniel Hawthorne is one who’s choice of diction and symbolism can depict lives of one of America’s historical societies, the Puritans. Hawthorne was no stranger to the works of Puritan fiction. One of his more well known, The Scarlett Letter. Based on the article published by the Karabuk University (Uğur Uçum), A Reconsideration of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlett Letter”, this Romantic story based on the Puritan’s thrive to creating a “purely…

Shakespeare intends. The patriarchal society in which men dominate women in every way sets specific standards for how a husband should act and how he should treat his wife. The patriarchy does not consider men and women equals at any level. Critic Harold Bloom claims Kate and Petruchio are “social equals,” but that is not the case. Regardless of critics’ beliefs that the play displays a forging of a partnership, Shakespeare uses Petruchio and Katherine to promote male chauvinism by suggesting…

This character can relate to Poe himself. Poe may be referring to himself, he may be thinking about what he could have done to save his wife. He may be thinking he could have locked Virginia up to keep her away from death. Poe may also be alluding to how he is trying to run from coping with her death or he is trying to run from death himself. In the story Prince Prospero has gone as far as to building a maze to keep himself away from the “Red Death”. Bettina L. Knapp describes the abbey as…