Zachary Taylor

In-class Essay Outline Topic: Question 2, The Archaic Period reflected in literature (lyric poetry and Herodotus) Thesis: The personal nature and divergent subject matter of Archaic Greek art, particularly in literature, reflect a period of great change in which there was an interest in establishing identity. Arguments: The development of poleis and ethnes as well as more defined social stratification within poleis produced a society interested in self-identity. Lyric poetry in turn was about…

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, there were two leading forms of feminism; liberal feminism and socialist feminism. Women HAVE been subordinate to men throughout most, if not all, of European history. The main point of argumentation between these two types of feminism regards how and why this subjection occurred in the first place and the steps needed to be taken to emancipate women from this status. Most individuals believe that in order to completely and successfully emancipate…

The romantic era has produced many pieces of intriguing literature that has captured people attention. In “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and Frankenstein, S.t Coleridge and Mary Shelley exemplified going against nature is unspoken laws caused their characters to be similarly punished by death of people around then and inability to live a normal life. Frankenstein and the “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” both contain the theme of the act of story telling, both stories are written in such a way that…

There are many poets and authors that wrote during the romantic era, that it was in 18th century One poet that was most famous during this era was John Keats. Keats expresses romanticism throughout all his works, due to life experiences. Keats was an artist of many forms of poetry, and in 1819 released a set of six odes in his attempt to create a new form of short lyrical poem that had a huge impact on literacy. The poetry of John Keats, which was influenced by personal background and by the…

In the eighteenth there was a literary, artistic, and reflective movement, it was characterized mainly by its reaction against neoclassical. This movement emphasized on imagination and passion it is seen in English literary work. The movement first occurred in Europe, this movement challenged areas such as science that could not have its concepts be proven or challenged, Romantics believed that people could be justified by simply having faith. Romanticism was embraced by Americans because its…

The Seekers of Lice by the French poet Arthur Rimbaud is a reflection on an untroubled moment in the poet’s consistently troubled life. The poem depicts a sweet narrative of a young boy, with perturbing overtones and imagery that paint the true mental state of the child. These parallels provide for a vivid and imaginative poem that allows for multiple interpretations that are just as fascinating. As a result of the author’s tip-toeing between the use of disturbing and soothing sensory images, I…

In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an “ancient Mariner” stops an innocent Wedding-Guest in the midst of his procession into the wedding hall with his “glittering eye,” and begins to tell the young man a story about a ship and the disastrous journey the Mariner takes. A theme of storytelling develops throughout the poem, and the moral of the story conveys that: “Storytelling, if the rhetoric is robust enough, can propagandize the victim, and make him or her perceive…

Romantic Period in American Literature The Romantic period in American literature was a very experimental time for writers. Many of the works that I read this unit explored humanity and our natural curiosities and nature. I also found that simple writings of normal life, and love, were popular during the romantic period. Hawthorne and Poe explored life, death, and human nature in their works. They both had similar stories of human curiosity. With “The Pit and the Pendulum” Poe showed how a…

Romantics believed that intuition and feeling was more important than reason. This belief was a staunch opposition to the current view of the era, that being that reason was life's center. Longfellow's poem, "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls", is a moving example of Romantic thoughts and beliefs. Within it, there are many examples of how Romantics felt we should find truth in nature. To begin, Longfellow uses a repetitive structure in his poem to convey this overall thought that we should…

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, author of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, used many obsolete words and spellings throughout this particular poem. The word “rime” is referred as an old ancient man or ancient mariner and also “mariner” is referred as someone that works on the ship, seaman, or workmen. This poem was encounter on a ship that was on water. Mainly, Mariner encountered their journey to the Antarctic. The albatross is a symbol of bird or sign of innocence to guide the rimes and mariners…