Zachary Taylor

Classical Management Theory was opined in the late 19th century. It became prevalent in the first half of the 20th century, as companies sought to address concerns related to industrial management, like specialization, higher quality, efficiency, management-worker relationships and cost reduction. Whereas other management theories have advanced ever since, classical management tactics are still used today by several companies to grow their companies and to succeed. A good initiative is that,…

Mountains are beautiful, awe inspiring and perilous. They are the perfect embodiment of peace and tranquillity. It’s often said that mountains are the abode of the gods. This is backed by the fact that most places of worship are located on the top of mountains. Another interesting observation to emphasize the significance of mountains is that the practice of Zen Buddhism involves seeing the world empty of inherent existence. It helps meditator to be able to look into the vast, empty space from…

One can simply not define a period of literature so profound and daring. The authors of the Romantic era wrote beyond the rules of restriction and challenged the social, religious and political ideals of the time. Spurred on from the French Revolution and the effects it had on the time. The Romantics took the common everyday life and wrote it in a way that it suddenly became full of meaning and drama. The inner working of the conscious mind was were the authors work stemmed from. The Romanticism…

Pride and Prejudice It is no secret that Jane Austen was an appreciator of nature, considering it is a frequent theme included in many of her works. Austen’s heroines generally admire and love nature, and often take long strolls to appreciate the charming landscape they reside in. However, although her descriptions of the picturesque countryside are elegant and pleasing, they are intended to serve as more than just a backdrop for her characters to develop their storylines. Austen additionally…

The theme of nature is portrayed heavily in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. Nature is used to show the freedom or/and exclusion in characters such as Hester, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth, and mostly Pearl as its symbols such as light/darkness, religion and the forest act upon them. This nineteenth century romantic novel portrays themes of Puritan religion that are contrasted profoundly with nature. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the comparison of light and darkness to expose both the good and evil in…

‘’My last duchess’’ by Robert Browning is a poem that explores many themes, themes that were regarded as rather unusual in a time like the Victorian age . Many critics spoke highly of Browning’s techniques; he used diction, rhythm and symbol. Those were really evident in most of his dramatic monologues. According to the Victorian web, ‘’the last duchess’’ delves into the theme of marriage and relationships, since the dramatic monologue revolves around a painting of his previous wife and is…

First published in the 11 January 1818. Percy Bysshe Shelley was an English literate who wrote many poems and one of the most famous one is Ozymandias. In the poem Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley, he describes a meeting with someone who has traveled to a place where ancient civilizations once existed. We know from the title that he’s talking about Egypt. The poem starts out with several imageries such as “stone”, “desert”, “sand” and “half-sunk”. Here, the stone represents nature that has…

Such sites of cultural mobility where Ali discusses about ‘Bhairavi’ and ‘ghazal’ opens window to rich excavation from the exotic east. In the poem “The Season of the Plains” from his volume The Half Inch Himalayas Ali make mention of the ‘Banaras thumri-singers’. The verbal structure relates to an art form which defines the unique style originated in Banaras. The poet’s language here is referential of a region that relates to its musical tradition. For a western reader ‘Banaras thumri singers’…

Romanticism was a literary and artistic movement that began at the end of the 18th century and according to René Wellek, English poets of the time were part of a coherent group, with the same view of poetry and mind. By discussing Wordsworth's poem I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud and Charlotte Smith's Written at the Close of Spring, this essays demonstrates how in fact two great poets of the Romantic period had different points of view regarding nature as a main theme, their personal mindsets and…

Coleridge's Kubla Khan can be called a dream on a paper and rightfully so, for it is so hauntingly beautiful and so accurately composed as only a fragment of a vivid but forgotten dream can be.A major section of the poem is written in iambic tetrameter, with the words flowing as smooth as an incantation from the mouth of a sorcerer. It is, along with Rime of The Ancient Mariner, one of Coleridge's most famous and enduring pieces of work. The first three stanzas, penned in rich language, possess…