Modernist literature

Is banning a book ever the right choice? According to James Bryce, a British historian, he says, “The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it”. Many literary classics are being challenged because of their content and word choices despite the valuable lessons that can be learned and discussed while and after reading them. An example of one of these controversial books is A Streetcar Named Desire. Written by Tennessee Williams, this American playwright follows the…

ENG 301 20th Century English Literatures Student name: Dechen Choden Student number: 101497 Symbolism in Yeats’ “The Second Coming” Final Draft Symbolism in Yeats’ “The Second Coming” Yeats is accounted for his brilliancy in writing poems that have symbolism either in the form of sounds, colours or forms because of their preordained energies or because of long association, that evoke indefinable and yet precise emotions. One of the most captivating things about W.B. Yeats' poetry in…

Amidst the late nineteenth century, books that touched upon topics including feminism and love were deemed controversial, as they defied the social standards of the patriarchal society. Despite this, many authors continued to publish novels encircling contentious affairs. Two of the most greatly recognized authors of the late nineteenth century, Kate Chopin and Willa Cather, wrote graciously about these issues, accentuating the need for such subjects to be considered. Together, The Awakening and…

Beowulf characterizes Old English poetry as it is composed in alliterative verse, which relies upon alliteration within its organization of a poetic line. Old English alliteration verse employs accentual meter, and a caesura (strong pause separating two half- lines. Beowulf epitomizes Old English poetry as it lacks a consistent rhyme pattern. Historically speaking, Beowulf was not purely a fictitious creation. Although it was primarily fantasy, many of the characters within the novel once…

Sachi Yang Ms. Hale English 10 ADV (1110.5) June 15th 2016 Outline I. Introduction a. Thesis Statement: After analyzing novel Lord of the Flies and the lyrics of “Sympathy for the devil”, it can be easy to find out that they have the subject about evil. Therefore, how do both of them prove that evil is a nature of human? II. Topic #1: People choose to be evil if their self-interest is involved. a. The elderly boys only care about themselves,…

In the novel Graceling by Kristen Cashore, there are many theme ideas worth speaking about one of which being lies and deceit. There are many ways that the author communicates this throughout the text, for example she makes it clear that not all the lies and deceit are for bad reasoning, like when Po finally reveals his true grace to Katsa. At first she was enraged now, it has given them a more open bond allowing Katsa to further her survival abilities. Katsa was struggling with self control for…

Shakespeare, through his characters in King Lear, offers an ambiguous study on the theme of nature. Various definitions can be applied on the term “nature,” but the three most prominent are the structure of society, the cosmic order , or faith, and the innate impulses all humans inhabit. Lear begins his monologue by announcing that, “O, reason not the need: our basest beggars / Are in the poorest thing superfluous…” (Shakespeare 2.4 264-265) Lear was recently denied housing by Goneril and…

catalysed by personal experiences, expressing a poet’s concerns about life and encouraging audiences to embrace their unique perspective. T.S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Wilfred Owen’s poem Dulce et Decorum Est, are examples of modernist poetry, through which both poets aim to reflect the sense of disillusionment and impotence they experienced as the horrors of World War 1 mounted. Owen firmly rejects the idea of heroism in war that was created by Romanticist poets, through…

Susan Glaspell, born in 1876 was an American play writer, novelist, journalist, and actress. In her time, she wrote many short stories and plays which began appearing in magazines and journals. One of Glaspell’s best works was a one-act play called Trifles written and performed in 1916. While working as a journalist for Des Monines Daily News, she covered the 1900 murder of John Hossack which is where she received the inspiration for the loosely based play and in 1917 was turned into a short…

Since its publication, Pride and Prejudice has become one of the most popular books in English literature. According to the idiom ‘’Don’t judge a book by its cover’’ it is understood that a title of a book plays an important role for the readers even though one should not form an opinion on a book by its title. A title must be attractive and stick in the minds of prospective readers. Jane Austen first entitled the book ‘’First Impressions’’ but then altered it to ‘’Pride and Prejudice’’. But why…