Victorian literature

that affected him the most in life was in relation to his homosexuality (Dickinson, 2005). His work had incorporated this journey to discovering what surrounded his life. This also gave him a different outlook, and he presented his views. For the Victorian age, this was not welcome. Therefore, his trial against Marquess of Queensberry was influenced by his beliefs, and ended up landing him in prison. On his way out, he was unwelcome by society in that the people had banded against his lifestyle.…

The poem “Tears, Idle Tears” by Alfred Tennyson was written in 1847, during the beginning of the Victorian era. Tennyson was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom in 1809 and died in Lurgashall, United Kingdom in 1892. He had seven brothers and four sisters, none of which were as recognized for their work as Alfred Tennyson was. His father, a church rector, became melancholy when he realized his family had started to lose money due to disinheritance. This is what started his heavy…

The Victorian Era was Queen Victoria’s reign over the British Empire. During this time, there was a clear contrast between the place of males and females. Women were made to act and be a certain way, any other idea pertaining was wrong. These girls were expected to be righteous and good, their needs came after the ones of everyone else and their sole purpose was to serve their families. The men however were deemed superior and were expected to save the damsel in distress. This period is…

At first glance, the office of Dr. William White Tison Pugh appears to be a normal faculty workplace at UCF. But walk in, look around, sit down and have a conversation with the person behind the desk and one will soon realize this is not a typical office nor an average professor. He pushes his round-rimmed glasses up the bridge of his nose as he sits behind his desk in room 302 of Colbourn Hall grading a student-written essay. A copy of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” sits to the right…

The Formalist Approach Formalism is a type of criticism that allows a reader to review a certain text or piece of literature but you only focus on the literary elements throughout the piece such as: diction, irony, metaphors, symbolism, paradoxes, etc. But like all approaches to literature or anything in life, there are pros and cons. Some good things about formalism is that it gives you an idea of the author’s intent, helps the reader understand figurative language, literary devices, and more…

Professor’s name: Professor Jenni Course: Eng 111 11/21/2017 Pessimism in 20th Century War Poetry There is often a current theme in works created in each time period. While the Romantic period took on the theme of imagination and emotion, the Victorian Era took on the theme of knowledge and reason. However, when the time came for the 20th century, the lives of the writers were forced to take on a new theme. This was the theme of pessimism. Many of the works were written around hard times…

During the romantic era, There were poets like William Wordsworth and Percy Bysshe Shelley, who used their lives as inspiration.William Wordsworth is considered the father of modern romantic literature. While Shelley paid a tribute to William Wordsworth, however it was more of a look where you are now. Both poets used themes, symbols, and characterization to get their thoughts across. “To Wordsworth” was written by Shelly and “I wandered lonely as a cloud” by Wordsworth. To begin, there are…

Kipling’s “text is an expression of [his] life and worldview” (Seema). Rudyard Kipling’s world was that of the late 1800s through the early to late 1900s. Kipling wrote poetry, short stories, news articles, and novels. Kipling wrote during the Victorian era and is most famous for his novel The Jungle Books. Although present in all of his writings, Kipling’s poetry displays his deep, intellectual thoughts deceptively masked by simplistic writing and childlike ideals. Kipling’s childlike ideals…

“The Ruined Maid” and “The Lesson” Thomas Hardy’s “The Ruined Maid” and Toni Bambara’s “The Lesson” are two different writings that focus on some of society’s most negative aspects. Written only seventy years apart, these writings differ greatly in the negative aspect of life they expose. While “The Ruined Maid” and “The Lesson” could be considered polar opposites, these writings also have a lot in common. Closer inspection reveals that the literary elements of each writing are very different,…

Fiction Known as “prose, [such as] short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people” (“Fiction”), fiction and its stories “are a part of daily life in every culture” (Mays 46). While fiction shares some basic literary elements with poetry, such as imagery, figures of speech, symbolism, and setting, some elements are more closely associated with this genre. For instance, plot and point of view are common elements identified when analyzing fiction for an overall theme. Like…