Harold Bloom

Christian McCartney
William Nolen
British Literature 
4 December 2016 Paradise Lost in Religion? Impact of religion on John Milton 's "Paradise Lost" All that Milton has written over half a century pales next to his masterpiece "Paradise Lost." While still a student, the poet decided to create an epic work that would bring fame to England and its literature. Initially, he intended to make the epic of the legendary King Arthur. However, at a time of fierce struggle against the monarchy, his…

Why Read In the modern world, in the times of the machines and the rapid development of information technologies, reading remains popular, furthermore, it is probably one of the most educational and preferred activities that a person can do. Why is it so? Why do people continue to dig into books while they can just turn on the TV or the laptop and watch some entertaining show or a film, which need neither concentration on the depicted material nor the careful thinking? For example, in the past…

“Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim” says Vicki Harrison, the author of Dressed to Thrill. Learning to swim is something that almost anyone can accomplish. Much like swimming in the ocean, no matter how overwhelming it can become, everyone can learn to cope with their grief. For the main character in A Christmas Carol, however, he strives to take on his grief without learning…

Prejudging the Mockingbirds The book To Kill a Mockingbird we see situations of injustice to specific communities. In the early nineteen thirties, which is when the book takes place, it is not uncommon to see many cases of racial and prejudice acts. Harper Lee uses a little girl named Jean Louise Finch or better known as Scout to narrate her story and to help readers better understand all of the wrongdoings happening in the lower class white community and the African American community in…

In Pride and Prejudice, a novel written by Jane Austen, the role of wealth and reputation is a partnership that leads to marriage, but in most (if not all) cases have little to do with love. The most propelling conflict in Pride and Prejudice is, “The morally significant conflict between pride and vanity” (Pride). Vanity is connected to wealth; therefore wealth is a poor choice to consider opposed to love. The role that reputation and wealth play when it comes to love is limited due to human…

wine shop, on the edge of things, knitting, glancing imperceptibly at her customers. If you were there, you might mistake her for just another well-behaved wife.The character of Madame Defarge is one of the strongest and effective characters as Harold Bloom mentions in his book novelists and novels “there were many women at that time ,upon whom the time laid a dreadfully disfiguring hand ; but there was not among them more to be dreaded than ruthless woman, now taking her way along the streets.…

Geoffrey Chaucer, born in 1342, gained major recognition for his work on The Canterbury Tales. This book of poetry involves a collection of Tales of pilgrims going on a journey to the shrine of St. Thomas a Becket, as was a tradition at that time. Chaucer’s pilgrims represent people belonging to all the levels of status in the society of 14th century. Chaucer does not discriminate with his characters; rather presents a characteristically true picture of them. His presentation of characters is…

When readers first hear the name Alice Walker, the first thing that will probably come to mind is one of her most popular works, The Color Purple. Well, besides receiving the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and National book award for The Color Purple, Walker has written several other pieces, such as seven novels, four collections of short stories, four children's books, and volumes of essays and poetry. Her work continues to reach out to people, especially African American women who she writes about…

In literature, heroes are born from the most unsuspecting people. Most specifically, in the Bible Jesus Christ is the central figure who saves people and defies the norms of society in the process. What sets him apart from the majority of archetypal literary heroes is his humble beginnings. Jesus’ humility, love for others, and good works help him form a following of disciples and adversaries. His disciples, enlightened by Jesus’ Word, emulates his way of life. While Randall McMurphy is less…

Symbolism in The Great Gatsby serves as a connection of the novel to the struggling decade at the time. The Roaring Twenties was plagued with a handful of economic issues and the struggle to obtain the American Dream. Described by Taylor Hales, “Considering the context in which organized crime grew - namely the setting of Chicago, its government system, layout, difficulty of attaining a decent job, hard times of The Depression, and Prohibition - it almost seems inevitable for this growth to…