Looking for Richard

person? In the poem, “Richard Corey” by Edwin A Robinson, the townspeople wanted to trade places with a gentleman named Richard Corey. People were jealous of him and wished they could be in his place, but one day, to everyone's surprise, Richard Corey committed suicide. The theme in Richard Corey, is that appearances can be deceiving. The beginning introduces Richard Corey from the first person point of view of the townspeople. Using this point of view, we get the sense Richard Corey appeared…

In his poem, “Richard Cory” Edwin uses irony to show how we are to a man like him. Maintaining the idea that this man had everything going for him and was a well to do man. From the outside, the men working saw this man everyday, gazing at what a man should look like. Charles Burkhart gives criticism that show his contrast and his own ideas and claims about the man. In Richard Cory, author’s creates irony by using imagery, diction, and contrast to show the true description of the man and…

seclusion of their own home they can portray a much different side to their personality. "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson is the story of a very wealthy man who kills himself. People were stunned because everyone envied this "gentleman" who they assumed had the perfect life. It revealed that money certainly does not buy happiness. Richard Cory's lack of camaraderie could have been a reason for his actions. Richard Cory…

The Poem “Richard Cory” by Edwin Arlington Robinson from 1869 to 1935 uses an admirational and superficial tone, a third person limited point of view, and the main theme to never judge a book by it’s cover to show a complex attitude towards Richard Cory’s suicide. The author uses a formal and superficial tone to describe who Richard Cory was and his importance to the town. A formal tone is portrayed by the author when said “He was a gentleman from sole to crown”. The author uses more…

to the downfall of an individual regardless of contexts. A challenge towards the belief of providentialism in Shakespearean society is explored in King Richard III, portraying the impacts of an aspiration of power towards one’s humanity, rejecting God’s will for an improved social position. This notion is reimagined by Pacino in Looking for Richard to mirror the social ideal of the Great American Dream enabling individuals to pursue their goals but similarly criticises the lack of restraint and…

Does anyone really know what it is like to be the hunted instead of the hunter? In the action packed thriller “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the main character Rainsford, a professional hunter, finds himself stranded on an island with a psychopathic hunter named General Zaroff. Zaroff has hunted all over the world looking for more and more difficult prey until eventually, he was far too experienced to the point that no animals could ever compete with him. To quench his thirst for…

Even though three presidents faced impeachment charges, only one president left office. Richard Nixon, the thirty-seventh president of the United States, a man in the public eye for many years as both a U.S. representative and Senator (“Richard”), was a well-educated and around sixty when he resigned from the position as president. On the evening of August 8, 1974, Nixon delivered his resignation speech over a public broadcast from his Oval Office to the people of the United States. The…

On the surface King Richard II seems a straightforward depiction of an unfit King’s steady stream towards being deposed. Shakespeare’s lack of favoritism gives a documentary point of view, yet commotional drama of a daytime soap opera. Shakespeare’s elegant style leaves some doubt for the reader to be ‘all in’ with Bolingbroke taking over despite his heroic attributes and the follies of Richard. The play opens with King Richard’s continuing follies: covers up his Gloucester’s assassination,…

Alice begins a new journey, through the Looking-glass world, taking her on an expedition through a difficult game of chess. Alice starts out in the world by meeting up with the Red Queen, who shows her the number of many brooks running straight across from side to side, dividing the area up into squares as Alice realizes it is a giant game of chess (Carroll, 131-134). The more Alice sees of the game the more she wants to be a part of it. The Red Queen puts Alice up to the test to see if she can…

Carroll portrays aspects of a child in her early years with people or subjects in which hold great influence over her upbringing with the use of metaphor, analogies, and symbolism. One of the most influential symbols that Carroll uses in Through the Looking…