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Closure in Lycidas What is the right response to death? How and to what extent should we mourn the ones we love? When John Milton's college friend, Edward King, drowned off of the Welsh coast 1, Milton wrote Lycidas in memoriam. A pastoral elegy, the poem represents King as the lost shepherd Lycidas and uses agricultural imagery to portray loss. The majority of the poem is spent highlighting the irrevocability and completeness of death, that is until lines 165-168: "Weep no more, woeful…

Katherine Anne Porter’s famous short story “Flowering Judas” follows a women named Laura who is being courted by a man named Braggioni. The story itself uses symbolic meaning with flowers and religious symbols . With every event taking place in her house the reader feels the isolation with her. in Katherine Anne Porter “Flowering Judas the themes, author styles and literary devices all make the story more enjoyable to read. In Katherine Anne Porter’s “ Flowering Judas” the theme of Ideals vs…

What will you do? Don’t Just Stand There by Diane Cole is an essay which uses process of analysis to inform her audience about how to react to a racist and prejudice society. !!!!Find A Quote From The Book!!!! At the same time, she makes her readers more sensitive to the hurtful nature of such slurs. This essay calls the readers to stand against such remarks. In this society prejudice is very real and it is apparent in many different situations. Being able to stand up in these situations makes…

“Behind every argument is someone’s ignorance.” (Author Unknown) This statement speaks on how the bases of an argument usually comes from the mind of a person who is unknowledgeable on a particular subject. However in some cases, both parties may be educated in their reasoning, but they do not know how to express both opinions effectively to each other thus it ends in a screaming match solving nothing. On the contrary, there is a way to for two parties to communicate their different point of…

Today’s world is surrounded by ever-changing technological advances. The way in which we utilize them includes; hobbies, recreational activities, career reasons and social reasons. In the passage presented in class we discussed how Paumgarten believed that the GoPro, such as other technologies, were truly taking away from personal experience and causing a strong sense of narcissism. Personally, I believe that, much like many of our technologies, these advances are a positive outcome of what we…

In the novel Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech Mrs. Partridge leave messages on Phoebe Winterbottom’s doorstep. These messages shine throughout the novel on how the characters view each other, and what they can do to become a better person. The first message left on Phoebe Winterbottom states “Don’t judge a man until you've walked two moons in his moccasins” , and it relates to the character Phoebe in many ways. First Pheobe’s neighbor Margret Cadaver is said to be peculiar because of some of…

Between 1965 and 1914, realism was the prominent way of writing in America, and was largely read and published. There were many famous authors in this time period who began to help form this genre, and to pave the way for future American authors and their creativity. Some prominent figures of this time were, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, William Dean Howells, Kate Chopin, Mark Twain, and many other writers. Each of these individuals added their own flair to the mix and constructed a many tales…

Theories of Relativity tells the story of 16-year old Dylan Wallace whose reckless mother kicked him out in order to please her latest boyfriend, Dan. He is struggling to survive on the streets without taking the easy way out with drugs. Dylan settles outside two office towers and begs for money from passersby. This is where he meets Glen, a young employee at one of the office buildings. Another homeless teen named Jenna, works on the street across from him, in front of a church. She is an…

Like many city people, I have a busy life. There are never enough hours in the day. I often have no other choice but to run on automatic pilot. Despite all this, I regularly make time for rest and contemplation. Early morning walks through a city still half asleep, weekends in the country, a day of doing nothing. It is during such slowed down moments that I (re)connect with myself on a deeper level. I notice things. I see the little kitten on the street, reaching out. I realize…

In 1801, scientists began the first experiments to try to create holographic images (Winston, 1998, p. 388). While they have not yet perfected this craft, sometime in the near future, these images will start breaking into the scene. Technology is always advancing. Since its beginning, the media has made great strides to get to where it is today. Because of the progress that has been made, society in American has changed drastically. Over time, the media has developed and advanced to impact…