Shakespeare's plays

are worthy canonical figures that are still acknowledged and studied today, were influenced by cultural and historical features of the era in which they wrote and included aesthetics in their works which are exclusive to each. Both Donne’s and Shakespeare’s works are still acknowledged and studied today. To begin with, Donne was born in 1572 in London, England. He was not only a poet but also a sermonist. His works were confined…

The following paper will discuss matters of beauty and morality. Different meanings of beauty exist in present society, however the term is most popularly associated with physical characteristics. Physical characteristics include both aspects of behaviour and form and are deemed beautiful when perceived as appealing by others. Morality is the ability for individuals to think rationally and decipher between what is right and wrong. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Shelley wrestles with themes of…

The boarding house is one short story of the Dubliners collection, which was eventually published in 1914. In total there were 15 short stories, written by James Joyce. The stories are "epiphanies". A word used by Joyce to describe the sudden consciousness of the soul of something. A boarding house is a place where lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes for longer periods. James Joyce writes in the stream of consciousness. This means that he writes down the thoughts…

The characters portrayed by Browning in his dramatic monologues are various and often rise from the world of the Italian Renaissance. From the artist Fra Lippo Lippi who has become a monk without his will, to Andrea del Sarto, a great painter who has subordinated his art to the demands of an exploitative wife, Browning manages to reveal the true value of art. The pictures of great artists blended with historical detail are embodied in his poems. Vasari’s Lives of the artistsis the source of the…

The Elf’s Instincts Hawthorne uses specific diction and imagery in his descriptions of Dimmesdale and Pearl to compare and contrast the two of them. Hawthorne first compares Dimmesdale and Pearl to their respective past descriptions, then he compares them to each other, all in order to direct the reader towards their connection. Instantly before the passage, Dimmesdale had bravely defended Hester’s right to keep Pearl. Immediately afterwards, he hides, standing with his face “concealed in the…

Often times when reading translations of Shakespeare’s sonnets, the true essence of the poem is lost, which can be seen particularly in sonnet 73. When reading the original sonnet, the reader feels the raw emotion described in the fight with aging, which is described through the seasons and colors. These descriptions cannot simply be converted without losing the central metaphors of the poem. While the paraphrase misses the complexity of the poem it also diminishes its sound pattern, which is…

“Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?” “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?” is one of my favorite poems/ sonnets. The poem is in iambic pentameter like much of Shakespeare’s other works. This is significant as it changes the way his audience will read the poem. It almost gives the poem movement, as well as emphasizing certain words and phrases. This movement created by iambic pentameter functions to establish a theme of cycles. These cycles work to parallel the cycles of life. This is…

The leading Bollywood lyricist, script writer and a literary poet of distinct voice starts his much awaited book, The Feelings, with these beautiful lines: I am a poet, who weaves sweet and pungent songs with the delicate and sublime words And whatever comes in my way, either thorn or a flower, I take it with a generous smile on my lips. Nawab Arzoo is known for some of the best songs which he penned in a number of hit Hindi films like Bazigar, Sathi, Bhabhi, Jaan Tere Nam, Dancer, Dil Ka Keya…

Countless literary works throughout history have been deemed ‘classics’, but what makes a story a classic? They all have universal appeal. People from all over the world can relate to the theme no matter what time period it is. Classic stories remain timeless because their messages stay constant in today’s society. One theme defined in literature is that love doesn’t always have to be perfect. In “Sonnet 130”, the main character says, “I love to hear her speak, yet well I know that music hath a…

The Road Not Taken (Web) The Road Not Taken is a poem about the interest and motivation to take different experiences in our life. Inside of a forest, the speaker face the decision of taking two roads. One of them is known from the speaker to be a common road, but he decide to take the less traveled and unknown road. From the speaker, it makes a difference to take the other road to have something to say about his life and experiment a new event. Mother to son (Web) Mother to son is…