To the Lighthouse

The title of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is ironically a quote from another author. However, said author is the great Shakespeare. Huxley uses a line from Shakespeare’s The Tempest in a masterful way. John the Savage quotes the play’s line “O brave new world that has such people in it” (139). This simple phrase is not only a driving factor of the novel, but a philosophical adventure. John the Savage says these lines at first with hope and enthusiasm. His ideal world is at his hands, and he…

Sunday, Aug. 30 I just received your text message letting me know that you arrived in Yosemite. After almost 6 hours, it was so good to hear from you. I have not stopped thinking of you since you left and my heart aches because I miss you so much. I loved having you here and it thrills me to know that you liked my home. I loved being with you, having you near me and seeing you every day. Getting to know each other on a deeper level by experiencing our natural personalities intensified how…

relate around the theme mental health. They all have characters that struggle to grasp what's real and what's not. All the characters suffer from split personality in my text. NOTES ON TEXT ONE • It’s hard to know what’s real for Teddy. • The lighthouse is a mystery to Teddy and it is very intriguing so he wants to see the inside. • When the nurse mentions to Teddy that Rachel didn’t like the food it may have been an indirect message to Dr Cawley from the nurse. • When Dr Cawley says…

Castles of the Middle Ages Castles have been vital to history because they project power. Castles were vitally important in the way history was written, from tThe Middle Ages to World War II, castles have affected the way battles and other altercations have been decided. Castles are a major symbol of tThe mMiddle aAges, and maybe for an important reason. Castles would protect the village as a fort. Maybe more importantly, they would protect the king as they were homes for kings. Castles were…

was the jewel of the empire. It was located in Egypt, and became one of the richest and most advanced cities in that time. One of the biggest attractions of the city was the library. The library was the largest library in the ancient world. The lighthouse in the port of Alexandria is held as one of…

“A play is a blueprint of an event: a way of creating and rewriting history through the medium of literature.” – Suzan-Lori Parks The medium of literature allows authors, writers, and dramatists to recreate history and tell the stories of those who have been often overlooked. Suzan-Lori Parks does this by using certain people and events throughout history, including her own life, to retell the black experience in an unconventional manner. Parks is an important figure in American theatre…

A new art movement is the need of a specific era, though it is well to remember that it is the subsequent result of hundredsof years of slow growth. It often produces new methodologies that will eventually form the aesthetic, psychological approach of that time period .In history, a new literary movement arrives contradicting the existing movement with a new set of narrative techniques, plot, style of writing, style of living, etc. which wouldform the writers and their work in the…

Taylor S. Monson, the current President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (“General”), once said “We can’t direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails” (“Thomas”). In Romantic literature during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, authors rejected rationality, glossing over realistic facts of circumstance (“English”). The mid-nineteenth century, however, brought a new style of literature known as Naturalism into popularity (“English”). Naturalism rejects the…

comes to eating seafood, people don’t forcefully eat them to survive, they eat them to enjoy their meals. David Foster Wallace writes an essay called “Consider the Lobster”. Wallace talks about Maine Lobster Festival that is held every late July. “Lighthouses, Laughter, and Lobster” is their official theme that numerous travelers follow. In this grand festival, so many lobsters are cooked in various ways. And it’s still questionable how to cook the lobsters. Should we cook them alive for the…

The resumes of the Great Socialist and his cabinet colleagues in The White Tiger exemplify Bernard Shaw’s dictum. Politics has indeed become the last resort of the scoundrels. In India, it will remain so until the middle class with its acute sense of political morality starts participating in it more actively. Political thinker Pavan K. Varma observes that “politics is dirty because good people do not enter it, and because good people do not enter, politics is dirty” (154). In the Inheritance of…