Larkin was an example of such expressionism, and writes his poetry in such a persuasive form that we feel we have to accept his views as our own. "The art of the poet is to remove the feelings of others by exhibiting his own" In looking at Larkin's poetry, it becomes apparent that Larkin is cynical towards the world in which consumerism has replaced religion. ...
Critical Reviews on "My Last Duchess" Robert Browning's collections of poetry are full of dramatic Monologues. Browning's poetry has been reviewed by critic after critic, but no classifications are described as excitedly as his dramatic monologues. ...
The Moslem Doctor Aziz's character is thoroughly introduced at the beginning of the story as charismatic, conversational, open-minded, elegant and intelligent. Some scenes and dialogue in the story also show that he enjoys being in the spotlight and the center of everybody's attention. He had also s...
Among the many solders in the Alpha Company, there were many things that were carried with them. They carried object such as can openers, knives, dog tags, bug repellent, water, guns and food. Most of these articles were a necessity in which they needed in order to endure the war. However, there ...
The relationship between Good and Beauty as well as Life and Art in ThePicture of Dorian Gray In my essay I am going to examine how appears in The Picture of Dorian Gray the question of "Beauty- and, what is strongly related to it especially at Wilde, the question of art. I refer to some of his former writings especially to The Decay of Lying (In Intentions, 1891) which has a conceptual similarity to the novella. I look into the connection between Beauty and another complex aesthetic concept, the concept of Good. I will examine Lord Henry's character as the "Seducer-. One of the mai...
The book I read was Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. This was the first book I've read by this author and I don't have very much previous knowledge of him. The reason I chose to read this book was that I thought it had an interesting description located on a list I found of suggested books to read....
Though not in the first class of Shakespeare's production, it stands next to them, and is perhaps the finest of his historical plays, that is, those in which he made poetry the organ of history, and assumed a certain tone of character and sentiment, in conformity to known facts, instead of trusting to his observations of general nature or to the unlimited indulgence of his own fancy. ...
Do not be mislead by the deceptive title - the front was anything but quiet. And though All Quiet on the Western Front may appear, at first glance, as a novel committed to revealing the senseless horrors of modern warfare with an extraordinary fierceness - indeed, it partly was - beneath the grap...
The poems are presentations of a contradiction between innocence and experience, two areas of life through which we all must pass and are, in initial appearance at least, very similar to the genre of late eighteenth-century children's poetry, in terms of theme, title and simplicity. ...
The beginning chapter sets up the problems of the entire novel with great efficiency. It tells us what is going on at present with Obi's trial and backtracks to the past in order to reveal what kind of man Obi is: an educated man, a young man who is Nigerian but who has studied in England. Most significantly, this first chapter juxtaposes the two extreme cultures that are at work in the novel as a result of colonialism. The scene between Mr. Green and the British Councilman, and the scene among the Umuofia Progressive Union are juxtaposed against each other to illustrate their differen...
