Robert Frost’s poem is about making decisions in life, big or small. The poem begins with “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both” (l. 1-2). Robert Frost describes himself going through a “yellow wood” and wishes he could “travel both” routes but realizes that traveling both roads […]
In 1916, Robert Frost published a poem called The Road Not Taken. Although there are elements of romanticism, it is still a modernist poem. This poem is about a traveller who goes for a walk in a forest but is faced with a choice of which path to go down; we soon realize that there […]
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Get startedHave you ever read a work of literature that had a simple theme, like about nature or animals that you can connect to real life situations? For instance, many authors of poems write a moral in their poems to teach the readers a life lesson. They convey their message through characters’ actions and life decisions, […]
Throughout our life, there are always times when we have to make some decision . This is part of our nature as humans. But we have to be aware that each thing we choose has consequences (having several options, choosing one implies leaving the others on the table). This is what economists call ‘opportunity cost […]
“The Road Not Taken,” written by Robert Frost, uses an extended metaphor of a walking path to emphasize how a choice he makes at any moment could have a significant influence on his future. Frost begins the poem by talking about the diverging roads he stumbled upon in the woods. He realizes he is only […]
Good films are not only a source of positive emotions, but are also a critical analysis of events that have occurred. ‘Twelve Years a Slave directed by Steve McQueen’ is a great movie based on a true story. This films context make the audience think during and after the movie is over. McQueen depicts slavery […]
The poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Neil D. is about a challenge given to King Arthur but his nephew Sir Gawain wants to take the challenge so he can restore his honor. It all begins with a Green Knight arriving at King Arthur’s court, says he comes to see the famous knights […]
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a poem that incorporates many different themes, all with varying contributions to the story’s plot and characters throughout. Sometimes the themes even appear to blur their individual distinctions and become intertwined. I see the theme of games as being one of the main themes, though I understand the […]
All heros, in fact, all people have character, but what separates the common-folk from the great heroes of our time is a hero’s ability to maintain moral character. In Susan Thompsons’ rendition of “Gawain and the Green Knight”, Gawain not only proves this time-tested quality, but he also portrays why it is optimal. One of […]
One of the major themes of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is Chivalry, this can be seen many, many times throughout Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. King Arthur’s court is built around a chivalrous code where bravery and courtesy are incredibly important to one’s entire character, while cowardliness is viewed as the lowest […]
The epic poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, written by an adept, anonymous author in the mid to late fourteenth century, is a classic amongst the literary world. It is a story that resides in a medieval setting and procures the classic subject matter of good and evil. The poem contains several themes and […]
Has anyone wondered what writings were written in Middle English and was written in the epic poem form? The epic poem Sir Gawain, who has an anonymous author, was written in 1350 to 1400 A.D.. While no one knows who the author is, it is translated by Burton Raffel. The poem takes first takes place […]
Apocalypse now is a film directed by Francis Coppola which is based on the novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. In the novella, the readers follow Marlow’s journey upriver to eventually meet Kurtz, a trader of ivory and the commander of a trading post in Africa. Coppola’s film flows similarly with Willard an Army […]
Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” is a novel about a man’s ability to move into madness as it is with its ability to break away from it and succeed over the dark, compelling in the urge that threaten to take over his heart and mind. This struggle with madness is evident in Kurtz. He is […]
The whole society realized today depends on religion. Both scholarly works The Handmaid’s Tale, composed by Margaret Atwood, and Persepolis, composed by Marjane Satrapi, present the peruser with a general public dependent on religious fundamentalism. The two works picture severe routines. They challenge the peruser to consider what could occur and what happened to the […]
Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the U.S.A. Did you know he was the first president to have an attempted assassination? He was born of immigrants and had a tough childhood. This made him more inclined to join the militia. All of this made him a strong president. Andrew Jackson was born on March […]
The short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” has a lot of different themes involved. Since a long time ago there has being a issue of good versus evil, and that’s one of the themes. It also has other themes like: family, religion, society, and class. Good versus evil is developed because the […]
In Flannery O’Connor’s short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, a southern family is taking a vacation to Florida, but the real journey takes place inside the family’s lives. One question that comes up in the story is what the definition of a good man is and how there is so few of […]
I believe it’s the struggle or balance between good and evil. The grandmother is suppose to represent the peace and and happiness while the Misfit is suppose to represent evil and darkness. The grandma was a nasty and mean old lady who deserved to die. According to the novel,” only death can bring out the […]
‘A Good Man is Hard to Find’ and ‘The Necklace’ uncover two hero characters to be specific Grandmother and Mathilde separately. Beginning with the contrasts between the two characters, Mathilde, in The Necklace, is a youthful and dynamic woman who has been married not while ago, while the grandma in A Good Man is Hard […]
The Trail of Tears started in 1838 and ended around March in 1839. Over 100,000 Native Americans lived on millions of acres of land in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee. This land had been passed down for generations but by the end of the 1830’s, very few Native Americans remained. Because the natives […]
Margaret Sanger was an early feminist, born on September 14, 1879 in New York. She was born into a big family where she had 10 siblings. However, her mother had an untimely death which devastated her and her siblings. Sanger was the one that took care of her mother in her final days, caring for […]
Masque of the Red Death, written by Bethany Griffin, is, as the title suggests, based on the work of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe. It follows a girl named Araby Worth, and shows us how life has become in her city during a plague. Society has crumbled, and Prince Prospero is at the […]
Horrific. Suspenseful. Mysterious. These are all characteristics of Edgar Allen Poe’s writing. Poe made many stories that all related to his life in some way. They are all eerie and attention grabbing. Three style elements that Poe uses in his writing are mood, foreshadowing, and symbolism. These are things that make Poe a unique writer. […]
Edgar Allan Poe was an American author known for his short stories that left readers stunned with the mystery he chose to remain. At a young age, Poe was left with no mother due to tuberculosis and soon it would cause the rest of his loved ones to depart in that same way. With the […]
Oman is an Arab country located in the Middle East, beside the United Arab Emirates as well as Yemen. Since that is the case, I attempted to focus on Tran- Saharan slavery although after asking my father and sibling questions which consisted of: What can you tell me about Oman and slavery? Would it be […]
When we are first conceived, we do not have a care in the world because we are not mature enough to know what’s next. When we come out of our mother’s womb, we are predicted to cry and be given a world of possibilities. As we grow to be adolescence we play with our friends, […]
The Day of the Dead is a huge event that is very important to the Latino culture within the celebration and traditional ways that have been going on for many centuries. Every year on the dates October 31 to November 2 a festival happens known as the Day of the Dead, more specifically known as Día […]
When someone thinks of the Day of the Dead, parades, celebrations, and parties never come to mind. Well, that’s exactly what it is. The Day of the Dead is filled with exciting things that anyone can enjoy which makes it a time to celebrate instead of a time to mourn over lost, loved ones. Although […]
In this essay I went through and fixed some of my grammatical errors. I was not satisfied with my partnership paragraph so I decided to delete and start over. In my introduction, I rearranged my thesis to make more sense and added a few more details. As well as in my other paragraphs. I had […]
