During the fourteenth century, more than half of the European population was killed off by the Black Death. The plague had social, economic, and religious effects on European history. After this incident, people began to transform; and gradually, new attitudes, ideas, and many different works of art were created. Leonardo da Vinci was one of the key figures in the...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Self-Reliance Emerson is the seminal intellectual, philosophical voice of the nineteenth century in America. Although readers today may find his thought slightly facile, even unrealistic-- times do change--his influence among his contemporaries and those who followed immediately after him was enormous. Emerson was the spokesman for the American Transcendentalists, a group of New England romantic writers, which...
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Good writers read. It's that simple. Without the ability to comprehend what the author wrote then thereâs no way to retain valuable, outside information. In his essay, âReading to Write,â Stephen King gives his advice to students studying to be writers, promoting that constant reading can improve your ability as a said writer. His essay uses various strategies to emphasize...
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Although the Aeneid shares many characteristics with the Homeric epic, as an epic it is different in important ways. For this reason, the Aeneid is referred to as a literary or secondary epic in order to differentiate it from primitive or primary epics such as the Homeric poems. This, should not be interpreted as value judgments, but merely as indications...
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People including Americans should be themselves, naturally humans are good and have limitless potential. Emerson argued Americans should stop looking to the Europeans for inspiration. He believed that they should create their own distinct culture carried through transcendentalist ideas. Which is followed through by the American Scholar because they are actively seeking knowledge for themselves and trying to attain a...
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Over the course of a lifetime, many human beings are faced with challenges that shape them and opportunities to shape others. Ralph Waldo Emerson is a man who experienced much tragedy, including the premature death of many close family members beginning early in his childhood. Growing up, he felt âimprisoned in streets and hindered from the fields and woods amidst...
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Arthur Miller was a renowned playwright who lived from October 17th, 1915, to February 10th, 2005. His literary career began when he was a student at the University of Michigan. He was the recipient of multiple Tony Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, and the Praemium Imperiale Prize (âArthur Millerâ). Miller was also briefly married to Marilyn Monroe and was furthermore notorious...
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Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an eminent writer, journalist and social critic of Victorian era. He was brought up by middle class family in destitute poverty during British industrial revolution. These things had everlasting impact upon his memory. He is one of the literary canons who wrote a magnanimous amount of literature on varied topics. He wrote blatantly about social and...
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âWhether the spirit of greatness / Or of woman I know not, but it shows / A fearful madness. I owe her much of pityâ. Cariolaâs choric commentary at the end of Act 1 Scene 1 of âThe Duchess of Malfiâ reflects her uncertainty of whether to see the Duchessâ bid for self-determination as âgreatnessâ of spirit or as âmadnessâ,...
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Introduction Russian literature of the 19th century is marked by profound explorations of human psychology, social dynamics, and existential struggles, with Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov standing as monumental exemplars of this intellectual tradition. Both novels delve into the complexities of moral and philosophical dilemmas, offering readers a window into the Russian psyche and the...
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In late 16th century English drama vengeful ghosts, adapted from a Senecan drama, became a common occurrence. William Shakespeare, a well revered writer, âis unique in the fact that he is the only author who fully participates in the popular vogue for presenting ghosts onstageâ. According to Stephen Greenblatt, âShakespeare, more than anyone of his age, grasped that there were...
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Latin texts have always touched on the topic of âafterlifeâ due to the close knitted relationship with God and Christian belief. The Underworld, Heaven and Hell have always been interpreted in different ways, each influenced by contextual ideologies or religious factors within those preceding times. One can determine the Divine Comedyâs significant societal expectations through close comparison between Virgilâs The...
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The Renaissance period began during the 14th-17th centuries and was known as a time of reform and growth highly influenced by the gifted artists of this era. Prior to the Renaissance, the artwork was 2-dimensional and was centered around the current struggles of society. Artists in the early Renaissance created a shift in the art world by focusing on creating...
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Mary Shelley uses Victor Frankensteinâs creation as a warning towards classicism and rational thinking; something past the boundaries of societal and cultural norm. Firstly, Shelley shows this through each victim, namely Elizabeth Lavenza and Henry Clerval who both appreciate nature and its sublimity when Victor fails to do so as the novel progresses. Victor narrates this thought, as he states,...
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Ever since the African descended peoples of the world were given their relative freedom from slavery, there has been major discourse over how this newfound liberty should be maintained. Especially in America, where the reformation era was one of the most liberating times to have darker skin pigmentations, ideas of how to keep the African American community socially and legally...
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âSo we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.â This is the final quote from F. Scott Fitzgeraldâs The Great Gatsby. The quote fits perfectly with the book as Gatsby tried to recreate his past by getting with his past lover Daisy. Nothing could stop this man from letting his past go. It is the...
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Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American writer who burst onto the modernist literary scene in Paris during the 1920s and subsequently became one of the most famous authors of the twentieth century. Ernest Hemingway coined this theory when he determined that by omitting parts of a story, details that the writer and reader both inherently know, the story's prose will...
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Introduction In this essay, I am going to discuss how two true pioneering women managed to stand out in a menâs world. Despite the situation at their time, they were able to be key figures in Music and Literature. Firstly, I will cover how Daphne Oram, with her Oramics Machine, was the first full-time Electronic Music composer in Britain, despite...
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Your mind is the most powerful weapon you can possess, and sometimes the hardest challenge you will have to overcome. Stephen King is an author who has mastered the ability to use your mind against you when reading his books. Due to this, King has won many awards for his unique writing style and the ability to use graphic imagery;...
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Fiction literature is an instrumental element in many peopleâs lives today. Whether one is a literature teacher, an author, a fiction texts analyst or simply a reader of fiction writing, an encounter with creative writing leaves a critical mark on an individualâs mind. Since its invention in the 12th century, fiction has evolved and influenced many lives to date. It...
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Introduction Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle, published in 1906, is a poignant exploration of the harsh realities faced by immigrant workers in the Chicago meatpacking industry. Through its vivid portrayal of deplorable working conditions, the novel catalyzed reforms in labor laws and food safety regulations in the United States. Sinclair's work exposes the exploitation, unsanitary environments, and the relentless pursuit...
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Historical processes seeded by the aftermath of the American civil war and its subsequences leading up to the end of the 19th century has been reflected in Upton Sinclairâs 1905 fictional novel The Jungle. The novel captivates its audiences by vividly depicting the grim consequences of mass immigration, dense urbanization, and the political climate of its time. Through the eyes...
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was written in 1817, in the midst of the Romantic Era. However, Shelley strayed away from the concepts of Romanticism and wrote Frankenstein as an anti-Romantic work. Four key concepts that Shelley negated in her work included the celebration of nature, the simple life, the idealization of women, and the presence of a one-sided perspective. Furthermore, Mary...
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Born into the world with a tabula rasa, the creature in Mary Shelleyâs Frankenstein enters life with innocence and potential. With no instinctive precept of life, the creature who is initially gentle and innocent, attempts to integrate himself into society, only to be rejected because of humanityâs fear of his appearance. Loneliness, whether it be emotional, physical, or social, and...
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Chaucer under French, Italian, and English influence: The life of Chaucer is divided into three periods. The first, of thirty years, includes his youth and early manhood, in which time he was influenced almost exclusively by French literary models. The second period, of fifteen years, covers Chaucerâs active life as a diplomat and man of affairs; and in this, the...
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Whether it be a narrative of a myth like that of Hercules or a fascinating tale of a contemporary superhero like Batman or a biography of a leader like Mahatma Gandhi or a snippet from a legendary chronicle like Mahabharata, stories are always interesting. Stories take us into another world, drive us and fill us with motivation. Irrespective of the...
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Horror is a genre that has evolved into a broad umbrella with multiple portrayals of the original works underneath, this allows for diversity and appeals to a wider range of audiences. The horror genre began in the Romantic Movement in the beginning of the 19th century and encompasses many types of horror literary works and films. These include science fiction...
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The story engages the reader through Orwell's first-hand experience as a police officer in Burma, presenting complex ideas about humanity's indifference of death and 'what it means to destroy a healthy, conscious man.â. The story entails the execution of a Hindu prisoner by hanging through the point of view of a guard and the desensitization of the prison workers afterward....
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Creating a creature and then fully realizing the responsibilities is a hard task for anyone to do. Creatures arenât human although they were created to feel the emotion and deserve any direct attention like everyone else. In Mary Shelleyâs Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein believes that his creation and its actions are a direct result of carelessness and lack of responsibility from...
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Du Boi's notion of âDouble Consciousnessâ and why it was so transformative to social theory. Du Bois was an American sociologist, activist, and author. He was born in 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts and graduated from Fisk University in Nashville and was also the first black American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard. Until recently Du Boisâ contributions to sociology...
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