The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Historical Information about the period of publication During 1810s, the French Empire reached its greatest size. The French invasion of Russia of 1812 dramatically weakened the French which then allowed Austria, Prussia, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and Portugal to defeat France in the War of the Sixth Coalition. Napoleon was then exiled but returned to France on March 1, 1815. During this time, liberalism spread throughout much of France which made many states adopt the…

In Mary Shelly’s novel Frankenstein, there is a revolving theme of how knowledge is both a curse and a blessing. Victor strives to transcend death by creating a creature that would symbolize man’s desire for knowledge, and of the monster that craves for the acceptance of society. This theme is emphasized throughout the story of how one’s own desire of knowledge can lead to one’s downfall because of humanity’s selfish motives through the use of detailed imagery, sorrowful allusions, and in medias…

Rabindranath Tagore,recipient of the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature, is an internationally acclaimed Indian writer who wrote in Bengali.One of the distinctive as well as recurrent aspects of his fiction is his skilful handling of bold,freedom-seeking women characters.In many of his novels and short stories he takes care to show his women adopting unconventional stand to give vent to their feminine voice in a traditional Hindu society,which can undoubtedly be referred to, in Tennyson’s words, as…

path As unexpected as a serpent comes.” He describes the unexpected river as sneaky snake coming to make matter worst for the adventure. He crosses the river and journey is halfway complete, he then spots a black bird. Just as in the book Rime of The Ancient Mariner the bird was symbol of luck and hope just when…

“The patriarchal world view sees man as the measure of all value, with no space for diversity, only for hierarchy. Woman, being different, is treated as unequal and inferior.” (Shiva 164) Random and reckless industrialization and commercialization in recent years have resulted in thoughtless exploitation of nature and its precious resources. In the great name of development and progression, nature with all its benevolent resources has been subjected to merciless plundering with the consequence…