Opie Taylor

Throughout the play of Macbeth written by William Shakespeare, things always have a twist to them. Deception, which is defined as “the act of tricking someone by telling them something that is not true”, can be seen in the play through the main characters of deception, which are Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and the witches. Women characters are portrayed as manipulative and deceiving characters throughout the play. In the very first scene, it begins with the witches saying “Fair is foul, and foul is…

Besides captivating readers through the retelling of past events, Tennyson used his poetry to consider social issues of the Victorian era. However, unlike his rival Elizabeth Barrett Browning, he never outright proclaimed his stance. Alternatively, Tennyson’s poems rely on an active participation from the reader to provide them with meaning. Instead of telling the reader what to believe, Tennyson’s mission was to encourage discussion about Victorian social issues. Similarly, in his poem, The…

Mortality versus immortality. These two aspects are portrayed together in Sonnet 25. The poet is trying to convey the message of how happy he is in his current state of love. He may not be one of the noblemen who have great riches and fame, but he is content. The fame will not last forever, but his love will. Nothing can compare to the love state that he is currently in. Though sonnet 25 is not one of Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, I wanted to take the time to find a deeper meaning in this…

Theseus and the minotaur. in this story theseus takes place of one of the people who are chosen to be sent off to another island to be put in a maze and face their death. his dad waits for his return while theseus is there. when thesus arrives there is seen by the kings daughter which she immediately picks him out over all the other men due to his looks. when theseus is put in a holding cell with the rest of his village mates the kings daughter comes to pay him a visit. while she is there she…

The late 19th century gave rise to the “Positivist Age”, a period experienced in both Europe and America in which scientific progress and rational thought was beginning to be widely accepted and trusted. This transformation in political and religious ideals was paralleled in the arts through the rejection of Romanticism because it did not show accuracy of the real, observable world. Konstantin Makovsky’s painting The Russian Bride’s Attire, is a decorative piece that depicts the revival of…

“Diving into the Wreck” is a poem that is an experience, rather than a poem about an experience. The diver has read a book of myths and decided that she must go on a journey alone to discover the past, whether it is her own past or everyone’s past. Adrienne Rich uses a book of myths, a ladder, and the ocean as symbols to illustrate the quest an androgynous narrator who ventures off to discover the truth. The book of myths is the first and last image of “Diving into the Wreck”. It is given the…

“Green River” by Creedence Clearwater Revival alludes to the reverence of nature included in Transcendentalism. The song mentions various outdoor activities that the singer enjoys, from skipping rocks to midnight walks, and the lyric “Let me remember things I love,” expresses the passion the author has for these nature-centered activities. This excitement about nature is discussed in Emerson’s “Nature”, in which he says “The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly…

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a literary classic that revolutionized the new genre of Science Fiction, as well as created a foundation and paved the way for many more iconic and exemplary stories to take place. Shelley wrote the novel in 1818, which was right in the midst of the Romantic movement in 19th century England. Due to this, Shelley’s writing style and narrative construction deemed Frankenstein as the pinnacle of Romantic literature. However, Shelley also heavily took inspiration from…

Henry David Thoreau is a writer that is obsessed with nature. To Thoreau nature is just more than trees, dirt, and animals. Nature is about the spiritual connection your soul can have. How nature makes you feel and forget about the realities of life is what's important to him. He begins his writing, Walking (1862), saying "I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil-To regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and…

“ Life is really simple , but we insist on making it complicated”(-Confucius).The story, The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge explains the way christian faith frames the story. In the Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge shows why the mariner wears the albatross around his neck, why supernatural events occur and what is the mariner’s penance. Initially some evidence that the mariner believes in god are, when the narrator tries to talk to god. For example the…