... are visions of the Orient and its women. For these artists the Orient is both a European dream and a historical reality, as evidenced by the form and content of their works. Baudelaire references the Opera Ball and old Kaffir women, and Delacroix titles his painting with a specific place which he visited to locate each work in a specific historical setting at a certain time and ... everyone but the speaker, the reader, and Dorothea are awake to witness the action: "the stupefied world collapses into a siesta, a sort of delicious death where the sleeper, half awake, savors the sensuality...

• Word Count: 2157
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Graduate

... might be likened to an indistinct shadow of human utterance" (97)-the descriptions from before recycled to exacerbate our frustration and keep us in darkness; we never do discern the source of the voice or its words throughout the course of the novel. Furthermore, Phoebe hears this at an ... the true nature of the subject at hand. By presenting all observable evidence as obscured, Hawthorne forces us to face a deep-seated desire for clarity in the world. Without this clarity, we, like Phoebe, become fearful-however, the pervasiveness of ambiguity challenges us to consider how indistinct ...

• Word Count: 1547
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

... , "Invictus" is latin for 'unconquered' with its titular statement setting the underlying message of conviction throughout the poem. Henley crafts a distinctive image to the responder by projecting his emotions visually through words. The 1st stanza introduces the responder to a "night that covers" the persona, one which is of almost absolute darkness as it is "black as ... a pit" and covers the personas world from "pole to pole" in reference to the geographic North and South poles. These mental projections of his current state allow the responder to experience the ... illustrates ...

• Word Count: 857
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Graduate