The Tyger

The white tiger is an extremely rare animal. In terms of totem’s meaning the white tiger is a significant animal. It is a mystical and spiritual creature with its rare appearance caused by its white fur. “The Chinese divided the celestial sphere into four quarters” (Green 39). The Vermilion Bird and Black Tortoise ruled the South and North, the White Tiger ruled the West that “corresponds to autumn and snowy mountains” (Chia 144) and the Azure Dragon ruled the East. All totems symbolize…

The Lady Or The Tiger SUMMARY In a very olden time, there was a half-barbaric king who built an arena in which his offenders would face their fate. In the arena, which people called the arena of the king, the offenders had two doors to choose, behind one waited a hungry tiger which could tear them apart into pieces, and behind the other waited a lady whom the king chose particularly for them. If they chose the lady, they would be assumed innocent, but if they chose the tiger then they would…

William Blake is the author of both “The Lamb” and “The Tiger”. Using well worded imagery and setting the appropriate tone for each, Blake described the sweet lamb in one poem and the wildly ferocious tiger in the other. By reading these poems, it is indicated that they both are describing God as sweet and wild. The reason I believe the author chose the lamb is because Jesus called himself a lamb. He was the perfect lamb who gave himself as a sacrifice for all the sins of the world. I think…

The poems Africa and Flying Man by Rabindranath Tagore show the negative effects of man-made destruction. The destruction is the way they have mistreated the people of Africa, as well as changing the way nature used to be, from the peaceful harmonious nature to inventing more modernised technologies, making man seem more arrogant. The focus of the two poems is how man has destroyed the earth with their actions, and the poet does this by using imagery and figurative language. In Africa, Tagore…

William Blake’s techniques used in the poems, “The Lamb” and “The Tiger,” in Songs of Innocence and Experience help him develop his theme of “humanity becomes aware of evil as it sees nature being corrupted.” The lamb represents the innocence, and the tiger represents evil and corruption. The theme is conveyed through Blake’s diction. The author’s diction in “The Lamb” heightens the theme the poem portrays. In “The Lamb,” the speaker is asking the lamb who gave it its “tender voice” and…

We all have a dark side. Whether we embrace it or not, however, is another matter. In the case of Piscine Militor Patel or Pi he had no choice but to embrace his darkness in order to survive. The author Yann Martel has written a fictional story that is laced with truth in regards to overcoming Pi’s inner demon in the form of a Bengal tiger. Pi’s own inner tiger is Richard Parker. It is Richard Parker that teaches him to embrace his dark side, silence his childish fears and how to beat all odds…

What makes you ‘you’? Perhaps the answer to the question varies from group to group; Perhaps, we are a collection of our physical, mental, and spiritual components, all unique and different. The Birthmark is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1843. The audience is introduced to a brilliant scientist, Aylmer, whose life revolved around his experiments and quest for scientific perfection. While controversial, Aylmer abandons his laboratory to marry Georgiana, a beautiful woman that…

Essay about The romantic elements in "The daffodils" Williams Wordworth William Wordsworth's "Daffodils" incorporates the ideas and aspects that are essential in poetry from the Romantic movement. Various peaceful images of nature, including a field of daffodils, possess human qualities in the poem. These natural images express Wordsworth's self-reflections, whether it be tranquil solitude at the beginning of the poem or excitement about being in the company of daffodils at the end…

The Exodus hero Moses. The Biblical Moses, portrayed here as a shepherd in a print by contemporary Israeli artist Mordechai Beck, protectively clasps a sheep in his arms. Photo: Mordechai Beck. Moses’ story is told in the Book of Exodus, but it starts in Genesis with the story of Abraham and his family with whom God makes a covenant. Generations later the Biblical Moses draws the extended family together in the form of a nation with a structure and code of law, given to him on Mount Sinai. Below…

The poem “The Lamb” by William Blake has a question then answer format. It is simple yet complex in that it is easy to understand, but it answers the important question of who mad you. Everyone looks for answers to this question at some point in their life. The author believes he knows the answer to that question and seems excited about it. The poem is written in a way that resembles a children’s song or rhyme. “The Lamb” is a poem that answers the question who made the lamb by describing the…