Ralph Fiennes

I definitely agree with some of Emerson’s ideas and claims in the text. Throughout the passage, he states that one should follow their own instincts and beliefs. He starts off by stating that, “To believe your own thought, to believe what is true to you in your private heart is true for all men, -that is genius.” It’s clear that the author wants the readers to become more as individuals, rather than living up to social expectations. He also emphasizes that it’s crucial to listen to your heart…

William Bottiglia wrote an interesting piece titled Candide’s Garden that addresses multiple interpretations made by other scholars and simultaneously disproves the validity of their observations while emphasizing that the garden is truly a symbol for meliorism. His piece begins with a short overview of Milton’s life including how “Candide pursues a course of intellectual argument which parallels the evolution of Voltaire’s cultural attitude during that decade” (Bottiglia 718). Using this…

In American Literature, there have been many writers who have shaped the course of the genre of American Literature through their own life narratives and experiences. Not defined or embedded in ancestry, religion, or some form of a shared history in America. Many of these ideas are shaped and defined by ideas for which the writer expresses. These expressions and principles are stemmed through individualism, and self actualization, and the ability to write a literary work of art. Many were…

Hank Davis explains Caveman Logic to be vestigial reasoning that has been passed down from the ancestors of humans which has led modern day humans to behave a certain way in certain situations. An example of this that I find in my own life is in my personal mantra: Positive Affirmations are the Key to Success. The idea behind this saying is that by constantly speaking good things into existence they will simply be because the "universe" is going to reciprocate my energy, following the law of…

Living Without Superficial Needs and Fear Reading Where I Lived and What I Lived For, there are multiple noticeable themes throughout the story. The first theme found was, “to live deliberately, man must live without superficial needs.” (Thoreau 1) Another theme found in the story was, to live sturdily, man must take his time and think, to live without fear. This report will cover the changes throughout the story between the two themes. The first paragraph of Where I Lived and What I Lived For…

Romanticism was a movement in the 1770s that focused on the primacy of the individual, inspiration, subjectivity, and the belief in the supernatural. Transcendentalism began in the late 1820s and was influenced by other movements such as Romanticism. Romanticism and Transcendentalism can be seen throughout the poems Thanatopsis, written by William Cullen Bryant, and Song of Myself, written by Walt Whitman, respectively. The tenets of Romanticism can be seen be analyzing Thanatopsis,…

(H) What makes a writer go down in history as a literary icon? Most would say writing style is what appeals most to the readers. (CI) Hermann Hesse, a German writer and poet, is said to have one of the most unique writing styles of the early nineteenth century. His works include Demian and Siddhartha. (G1) The themes he utilizes have a recurring role in his works, which make it a distinctive feature of his. (G2) The author’s personal experiences tie into his storylines and make the reader…

Nature, our daily companion, our place of quiet and peace, our best friend, yet our worst nightmare, but what is nature, what does it provide and why is it so important for mankind? What do we consider as sublime and do we, the people, consider ourselves as sublime nature? At this point it is important to note that this essay will be dealing with a different approach to sublime nature. "So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created…

The poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" was first published in 1923 in America by the acclaimed author Robert Frost, whom at the time was thought to have a hostile view towards nature (Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism). Imagery in literature refers to use of descriptive terms in the hopes of making the reader experience the scenery of the text in their mind. Symbols are utilized mainly works such as narratives to represent something greater than what is actually mentioned. Personification is the…

ANNIHILATION OF CASTE THE UNDELIVERED SPEECH OF Dr. AMBEDKAR “Annihilation of Caste is B.R. Ambedkar’s most radical text. It is not an argument directed at Hindu fundamentalists or extremists, but at those who considered themselves moderate, those whom Ambedkar called “the best of Hindus”— and some academics call “left-wing Hindus”. Ambedkar’s point is that to believe in the Hindu Shastra’s and to simultaneously think of oneself as liberal or moderate is a contradiction in terms. When…