Robert Hansen

Ascham Analysis The observations of the sixteenth century scholar Roger Ascham examine the strangeness of winds that Ascham was able to observe through a snowfall. The purpose behind Toxophilus, the book in which this appears in is archery, which was a very important subject back in the ages of hunting for food. Ascham likely wrote about this experience in the snow to examine the intricacies of wind and how it can affect arrow accuracy, because arrow accuracy could’ve meant the difference…

Imagine being born an outcast and forced to end a war. That’s what life is like for Ender Wiggin, the protagonist in the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. Ender is a third child in a world where having more than two children is obscure. The only reason he was ever born was to become a commander and defeat the alien threat known as the buggers. To do this Ender is conscripted to Battle School, a place where kids are put against each other in null gravity to learn about the tactics of war.…

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic The Scarlet Letter, there are lots of symbols with multiple meanings. One such object with multiple meanings is the forest. The forest has multiple meanings because it represents evil and danger to some, but to others it is freedom and a happy place. The multiple meanings of the forest shows how Hawthorne feels about many of his characters and even the world around them. Hawthorne feels that people and the world, much like the forest, has many sides and can be…

Robert Frost had a political reference in the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay". He wrote about the ending of the world. That could have been one of the reasons he decided to title it that. He wrote about how when the end comes, that the Earth won't stay. He also could have been talking about childhood in his poem. When you are little, everything is new to you, and when it's not new anymore, it can be sad. The poem is a descriptive poem that could also be confessional because of his reference about…

Movie Project: Forrest Gump Forrest Gump, a southerner who suffers from an Intellectual Disability, is an excellent example of how perceptions do matter. Gump himself is actually telling his own story in this film. For over half of the movie, he is reflecting on the events of his life to strangers on a bus bench before he reunites with his childhood friend, Jenny. Throughout the film, Forrest Gump talked to four different strangers at this bus stop and he explained his life story to them all.…

Loneliness is not the same thing as being alone, you can be surrounded by people but still be lonely. Loneliness is a state of mind while aloneness is a state of being. In John steinbeck’s book Of Mice and Men the theme of loneliness is shown throughout the book and with various characters. These characters include Crooks, Curley’s wife, and Candy. John Steinbeck demonstrates this loneliness by how desperate these characters are to have someone to speak with. He also shows how the loneliness…

The power of nature; nature’s role in the Romantic’s works Throughout William Wordsworth’s poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” and Lord Byron’s work “Darkness” both human nature and the natural are explored separately and in their cohesion. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” mainly focuses on the blissful side of nature and the impact it had on the narrator in the moment and during the present when in reflection. However, Lord Byron’s “Darkness” illustrates the cold and brutal side of nature, how…

Lord Alfred Tennyson’s poem “The Lady of Shalott” is an exemplar of the poetic ability of famous writers to reflect the physical and emotional elements of a story within the music and aesthetics of poetry. In this essay I will examine the technical and aesthetic elements that create this famous ballad. While paraphrasing this poem, I will analyze how those elements create the extreme success of the poem. Through close analysis of Tennyson’s poem, I will reveal these elements that have made “The…

Robert Frost wrote Nothing Gold Can Stay in 1923. Frost wrote this poem out of fear the word would end. He did not publish the entire poem and instead modified the first section. The first section was a featured in print. By not publishing the whole thing this makes me he was scared to voice his full opinion. Yes it was written in enhlish, and no,it was a single poem. a narative poem that compares nauture to reality. With him keeping it short he packs a lot into his 8 lines. "Nothing Gold Can…

In Andrew Marvell’s poem “Damon the Mower,” the protagonist describes his heartbreak after Juliana rejects him. Though readers never hear Juliana’s voice in the poem, Damon freely speaks of her thoughts and actions. His monopoly of narration allows him to exploit gender roles and tell his biased side of their story. He portrays Juliana as a masculine, superhuman creature by aligning her with the typically male Sun and describing her through the use of three symbolic gifts he gives to her.…