The Tyger

Catherine Moore Barry Catherine Moore Barry also known as Kate Barry was born on October 22, 1752 around Spartanburg, South Carolina to Professor Charles and Mary Moore. Kate was the oldest of ten children. At the age of 15 Kate married Andrew Berry. The newlywed couple moved to Walnut Grove, South Carolina, where the couple began their family. They had three children together. Meanwhile her husband Andrew Berry joined the colonist in the war against Great Britain where he became a Captain in…

While many seem to believe that nature is nothing but a form of entertainment for us humans, there are others who believe otherwise. People in the Romantic Era all embraced nature and it’s importance to the world and to us. Many poets and writers often expressed it in their writings. For example, in the story, “The Rime of an Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, he intends to show to his audience that nature is an important ally of humanity, by telling a story of a sailor having…

Katelenn Lawrence Ronald Reagan IB Grade 12 Should psychologists be granted prescription privileges? Katelenn Lawrence Ronald Reagan IB Grade 12 Should psychologists be granted prescription privileges? Currently in today’s mental health care people see psychiatrists for medication management and brief appointments, and they see other professionals, such as psychologists and social workers, for intense, ongoing needs. The debate in the psychology field about…

The sophisticated lexis Defoe uses adds formality to the novel and especially in this extract there is a wide range of polysyllabic words mostly in the lexical set of Religion e.g. ‘spread my Table in the Wilderness’ and ‘Hand of God’s Providence’ as Crusoe starts to realise how good God has been to him since he arrived on the island. The abstract nouns ‘wilderness’ and ‘providence’ are consistent with the books formal register. Defoe’s use of linguistic features such as listing when Crusoe…

In Romantic poetry, the exposition of religious concepts has been a much debated issue with some critics arguing that the Romantic writers have secularized theological notions, while others argue that religion is reinterpreted to appeal to common people. Many critics including M.H. Abrams state that Christian modes of thinking are humanized and naturalized, and the dichotomy between nature and god is deleted by transforming the values associated with the creator to the created. Natural…

William Blake was a British poet and painter who lived during the French Revolution. The devastating end to it caused Blake to lose faith in the goodness of mankind. This explains why much of the poems in Songs of Experience are about bad experiences rather than good ones. The purpose of the poems in Songs of Innocence and Experience were to show the two opposing states of the human soul. These being that a child with no experiences are innocent and happy, but when they grow and gain new…

David Cordinglys “Under the Black Flag” illustrates the life of a pirate in the colonial period. This novel does an excellent job at this as he depicts the difference between pirates in literature and pirates in History. Ideas included in this is that of wooden crutches and women who dressed as men to join the pirate life. Many of them joined piracy due to their upbringings from childhood. Though, other details is the punishments of pirates. Pirate’s punishments for their crimes is often cruel…

William Shakespeare is known to be one of the most influential artists of all time. His work ranged from plays to sonnets, and all the people loved them all. He wrote about topics consisting of love and passion, which appealed to everyone, whether they are wealthy or among the lower classmen. Shakespeare had a talent for writing these sonnets and plays, and the people found them very amusing. He always knew how to keep a crowd interested and entertained. Shakespeare 's father was a glove-maker…

foundations of civilizations. Kasab was a ferocious beast who enjoyed killing others. “A criminal who, having renounced reason... hath, by the unjust violence and slaughter declared war against all mankind, and therefore may be destroyed as a lion or tyger, one of those wild savage beasts with whom men can have no society nor security." And upon this is grounded the great law of Nature, "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed. Says john locke in his Second Treatise of Civil…