Our Lady of Sorrows

society. Women are held to a new standard now, the “standard of beauty” which entails the ideal women, both physically and emotionally suitable/acceptable to the standards of society. John Keat’s poem “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” illustrates a man’s sorrow for his unrequited love. Keat employs imagery to present the ideal female character. He describes the woman as “Full beautiful/Her hair was long” to depict one single aspect of the typical beauty standard. The “beauty standard’ encompasses a…

Hamlet gleefully tortures Ophelia with pun after pun. He starts out their interaction by asking “Lady, shall I lie in your lap?” to which she replies “No, my lord” and he clarifies “I mean, my head upon your lap?” Ophelia says “Ay, my lord.” Hamlet then asks her “Do you think I meant country matters?” and she says “I think nothing, my lord” to which…

Berowne says near the end of the play that “our wooing doth not end like an old play; / Jack hath not Jill” (Shakespeare 5.2.858-859). When the King responds that the play will not end for another year, Berowne responds, “That’s too long for a play” (Shakespeare 5.2.863). This self-awareness on the…

romantic fiction, set among the aristocrats earned a place as one of the most widely read writers in English Literature. Austen, a woman who expresses writing in a manner that bridges the gap between romance and realism. Her lifelong efforts remain in our possession and are well known across the globe. Austen reflects on her journey of life and peruses to express those events in the form of stories. From substantial marks of chivalry to subliminal messages in her dialogues, all are inspirations…

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a famous celebrity, or perhaps a superhero or villain from a movie? You could have thousands of fans if you were a celebrity, or you could have a lot of “haters” if you were a villain. Just as an example, you could be Ryan Gosling or Captain Hook. Both people have certain identities that we associate them with. Ryan Gosling is a good-looking actor who has played leading roles in many movies, and Captain Hook is the nemesis of Peter Pan who tries…

and struggles to achieve a perfect state of peace and harmony. The blacks had employed witticism and sloganising phraseology and dared to sing songs full of racism and social protest. They likewise danced in an attempt to forget or minimise their sorrows which America's harsh laws and surroundings chiefly brought to African slaves or their modern survivors. The mock songs of early Black Americans using an "un-Negro tongue" are well apprehended and mimicked by Eliot as a man of genius who leads…

aloft over all Nations of Englishmen, thousand years hence.” (qtd. in Mabillard) In conclusion, William Shakespeare became timeless not only due to his plays but also to his ingenuity, to him we owe the English we speak today, the literature that gave our lives sense and the characters who still remain as remarkable and relatable as they were centuries…

A women’s role in society and family has extremely changed throughout the years. “A Rose for Emily” and “Eveline” was two short stories that showed two characters playing roles that showed negative impacts. Rose and Eveline had similar but different lives, they both had very strict fathers, but they could never neglect their families. Emily’s father was very well known in her community, she was the only child and grew up in a beautiful home. Eveline lived in a small apartment with her father and…

onto his bottle as he drifted asleep, when suddenly his home telephone rang. He took a few seconds to leave the comfortable velvet chair and swayed while he walked to the ringing phone. “Hello,” he answered, slurring his words, his eyelids closing. A lady chewing gum replied, “You drunk again? It don’t matter. I don’t know if you remember me or what we did…” Lawrence’s mind slowly searched for what she could be talking about, and he leaned against the wall. “... Anyway the kid’s yours. It’ll be…

Unity in diversity’ is the motto of our nation. India is a diversified country with many languages with many cultures and the people also different from one state to another. India’s is called as ‘Hindustan’ as it was full of Hindus once upon a time. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni employs myth in her novels to show the people how culture, tradition, religion and ecology play an important role in the lives of man. Myths are the stories that are based on tradition, culture and religion. They are not…