Poetry Argumentative Essays Samples For Students

Organization

Abstract
“Twelfth Night” is one of the most coveted comedies written by William Shakespeare. The element of the comic entwined with the tragic, calls for an intriguing plot which, the beauty of which is further enhanced by the accompaniment of music. This paper comprises of a critical response to Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” and the central theme of comedy which permeates the plot. It is a characteristic feature of most of the most of the plays of Shakespeare that what appear to be comic turns out to be wise and the seemingly wise characters, more often than not, end up ...

One of the often heard advices people attempt to adhere to is seizing every moment in life and living the life to the fullest. From time to time people give unwanted advices, introducing the rules of life and reality. Are there really set rules that will guarantee a happy and successful life? Should people follow rules and concoct dreamy ideas about love, life, and relationships? Many are so caught up with life’s events and try to capture the meaning by encouraging people to embrace the now and plan about the future. Movies have a way of describing life in a very ...

Kingsley Amis was a prevalent and creative poet, novelist and critic, mostly considered amongst the utmost authors of the twentieth century about satire. On the other hand, Philip Larkin was also a well-known post-war writer in England, a nationwide favourite poet that was normally denoted as “England’s other poet Laureate.” Philip Larkin is persistently associated with the first novel of Kingsley Amis “Lucky Jim” as it is devoted to him. Larkin assisted in inspiring and in editing the book; many perceived him as the initial model for the main character of the novel. The connection between the two authors is more ...

In the Book X of „The Republic“, Plato asks Socrates to explain why philosophy and poetry are opposed. They seem to be on different sides of the same issue. According to Plato, philosophy teaches people the way they should conduct their lives and how to be moral and poetry and art, such as painting, only corrupts people. Plato believes that art „is at the third remove from reality, nothing more than semblances, easy to produce with no knowledge of the truth“ (Plato, 2011, p. 25).
Philosophers offer „moral and religious guides to the conduct of life“ (Plato, 2011, ...

Gender tends to affect any exchange between two human beings whether it be monetary or otherwise. However, it is to be noted that these exchanges can never be restricted to monetary limitations. They tend to consist of undertones of psychological and social effect because of their sensitive nature with society’s dynamics.
Gender and the roles that it plays in any society has been under literary debate and discussion throughout time. Stereotypes pertinent to gender have been highlighted by numerous poets and authors in order to make the importance of its understanding clearer to audiences. All mediums including ...

Analysis of ‘This Lime-tree Bower my Prison’ by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The poem ‘This Lime-tree Bower my Prison’ by Samuel Taylor Coleridge elucidates the complex joy of friendship and a man’s mystical union with the natural world. The poem is powered by an imaginative walk that allows the narrator to be a part of a journey that he could not physically make. Leaving the narrator home due to his injury, friends William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Charles Lamb, and Thomas Poole go for a nature walk. The poem describes the scenes they might encounter in a walk taken without him. In this poem, imagination enables the narrator to embark on a visionary journey of anticipation and ...

There are diverse groups of people who consisted of the tribe of Sasan. The people that firmed this society ranged from beggars, conmen, beggars, singing girls and many more groups of personalities in the society. These people had divergent ways through which they made ends meet. It did not matter the methods through which these people earned a living. The end justified the means. It did not matter to them provided they managed to put bread on the table.
Murmu (98) records that Abu Dulaf a poet, who lived in this society, developed a poem that he used to describe the ...

Frost‘s poem is simple in language, form, and context. The poem deals with the theme of nature and one man’s love of the beauty of the woods on a snowy afternoon. It is the darkest evening of the year, but the man stops to admire the lovely woods. Literally, the poem deals with one man’s appreciation of nature. Figuratively, the heavy metaphor in the poem suggests a darker meaning. The heavy metaphor is an element of death in the poem. Frost uses symbolism, imagery, and figurative language to bring out the theme of the beauty of nature.
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Analysis of a common argument

- Summarize the speaker's argument
The speaker is a lover, who seems to have a hard time convincing his mistress to give in to his desires. He hence uses all manner of words including aging and the possibility of death, which would deny them the opportunity to be together as lovers.
- Is the argument valid?
The argument is valid, though the style he uses could be a turn off to the lover. The speaker is using manipulative words to make the lover give in to his demands, which is not right.
- How would you refute it?
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Literature

Thesis Statement
Thomas Jefferson’s Query XIV Laws is quite different from Phyllis Wheatley’s Poems, in that, while both of them targeted slavery and its abolishment, Jefferson’s views are expressed by a person from the outside, while Phyllis’ views are personal. While Jefferson makes comparisons to show that slavery in America was not as bad, Phyllis makes a direct appeal to abolish slavery.
President of the United States, President Barak Obama, in one of his speeches said that he thought the need of the hour for all Americans, black or white, was to shun their differences and ...

Introduction

Chinese poetry has been existent for a long time but it was only in the sixteenth century when it became known to the Western world. Missionary scholars came across some famous Chinese poems and helped in their translations. The translations brought into light some of the most prolific Chinese poets. One of these prolific Chinese poets is Du Fu. His expertise in Chinese poetry comes into lime light as one goes through his set of poems. Du Fu was the author of over 1000 poems. Some of his most famous poems include Three Partings, Three Officers, A song of Chariots, ...

The Vietnam War is widely acknowledged as one of the most contradictory wars in American and worldwide history. It has been a historical incident whose causes, effects, interpretation and role in the evolution of world affairs has never stopped causing heated debates, still leaving lots of questions unanswered or half-answered. Like any contradictory event, the Vietnam War hurt lots of people, destroyed numerous human lives, tore America apart in terms of its heated supporters standing against its heated opponents and brought nations on the front step of dealing with one of the world’s worst historical pages. If history is ...

The verses narrated Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem as contained in chapter 21 verses 1 to 7 . At the start, it could be vividly depicted that Jesus was travelling from some undisclosed destination and were about to enter the place known then as Bethphage. This particular place was described to be strategically located at the Mount of Olives. Upon entry, Jesus was stated to have commanded two of his disciplines to locate a donkey, known by him to be tied and aptly described with a colt. One was actually moved by the revelation since, as foretold, even before the event occurred ...

Introduction

The two poems are depicted and written differently though they carry the same message as it concerns war. In the poem at the un-national monument along the Canadian border by William Stared. it is about the unknown farm that no crime have been , especially there has been no crime done in the environment .
The poem has utilized much of the stylistic devices since the essence of use of irony is evident, for example ‘where the unknown soldier did not die’. Also evident in the poem is there use of stylistic devices for example the rhyme like die and ...

Suicide note is a poem written by Janice Mirikitani. This poem reflects on the life of a young Asian American college student who later committed suicide by jumping through the dormitory window to end her suffering. The teenager left a suicide note written in poem form with her last words, thoughts and feelings at the time she committed suicide. The poem explains to the reader what triggered the girl to end her life and all the sufferings she had been through with her parents. The college girl was so desperate and tired of her parents’ criticizing her and she could no longer ...

Introduction

Racism has been in existent for a very long time in the history of human interaction. Race is often equated to skin color which implies that one can be categorized into certain dimensions because of being black, white or of mixed blood. A writer creates works that are closely connected with his or her life and which reflect some aspects of reality. A comparative analysis of the works of Phillis Wheatly (before 1865) and Kate Chopin’s Desiree’s Baby (after 1865) will reveal that despite the difference in the time and the races of the two authors, there was ...

In this case, explication is insinuated about in the title; “because I could not stop death” meaning that it seeks to respond to a given situation. The poem is an elaborative process that among other things questions the “speaker’s contentment to die? Is this poem about the fears that author could not face, for instance the fear or marriage. According to Maher personal fears have caused people to write very convincing and bizarre literary pieces (19).
Explication serves the function of explaining the mysterious circumstances under which human beings find themselves. The creation of a mysterious scene as the ...

This is a line extracted from the sonnet, “To the Nile” by John Keats. The extract explains broadly that the Nile River is significant both to the human and to the natural lives. Majorly, all through the poem, the writer explains the significance of rivers, more specifically river Nile. He writes that “the pleasant sun-rise, green isles hast thou too, And the as happily dost haste.” This explains the importance of this river in the environment, such as the vegetations that get the water supply from the banks of the river. The river also has its delta emptying in the ...

Final Literature Exam Question 1

The beauty of poetry and indeed any literary works is that the interpretation is not cast on stone. What a section of the audience may see as positive, another section may see as negative. At the end of the day, it is the justification that matters. The Charge of the Light Brigade raises these contrasting feelings. It could be both relevant and or irrelevant depending on the side of the coin one looks at. The paper will advance both arguments in a view to appreciate the beauty of the poem and indeed literature’s overall wealth.
This poem is relevant ...

Question 1

The Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, in many of his works, tends to celebrate the idealized relationship between man and nature. He feels that nature is absolutely beautiful and powerful, and is connected to man through the divine spirit of God. In "Mont Blanc," he refers to God when talking about the titular mountain and the Arve River, and in "Hymn to Intellectual Beauty" he cites a "spirit of beauty" as something that us the source of all truth and joy (766). "Ode to the West Wind" utilizes a terza rima format for its five cantos of text - here, it ...

Anne Bradstreet and Emily Dickinson are certainly among the first group of women poets to emerge in America. Before their emergence, poetry was a male-dominated affair attracting little attention from women. As a result, it is not a mystery that both poets (Bradstreet and Dickinson) share some striking resemblance in the themes that they tackle, and incorporate heavy symbolism in their poems. However, each poet conveys her experiences within her historical context. For example, Anne Bradstreet inclines her poems towards puritanism while Emily Dickinson inclines her poems towards romanticism. Although Anne Bradstreet and Emily Dickinson share similar views on the role of ...

Exchange among Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot, and Mary Wollstonecraft

GE: The role of the writer in our time is much different than it will be in the future, I think. As the wheels of industry churn faster and faster, they will produce more and more distractions from the realities of society, and those in power will keep the public from noticing the stratagems that they use to hold onto that power, because of the sheer number of distractions available.
EB: Don’t you think that what we put together has a spiritual component to it? After all, while writing does allow the expression of the noble and the ...

Analysis of “In Memoriam, A.H.H.”

Question 1
Alfred, Lord Tennyson was one of the premier poets writing during the Victorian period; his subjects and style embody that period of literature. “In Memoriam, A.H.H.” is an elegy in which he mourns the passing of Arthur Hallam, one of his best friends. Section LV is a particularly rich part of the poem when it comes to discussing the ways in which faith, loss and immortality all interact with the reader. At first, it seems like there are two very different sorts of verse within the same section – one that has to do with faith and the ...

Amiri Baraka was born and raised in Newark New Jersey. He was raised in an environment of black culture in a period where racism was very rampant in America. As he grew up, he got to notice the different practices that the two races were engaged in. for instance the difference in their faith expression in the church from that of the white people. After high school, he went to Howard University which was one of the main institutions where black people could study. He however realized that the studying that was there was not entirely as he thought it ...

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In William Blake's "Songs of Innocence and of Experience," Blake attempts to dig into the very nature of existence and perception; part of the primary message of the works is that childhood is an innocent time that should be protected, but it is capable of being corrupted by the structures and rules of the adult world. As we get older and move through life, getting more experiences, we lose our innocence and start to become adults because of what the government, the church and the rich do to us.

In "The Lamb," we learn about how we ...

The plot of The Epic of Gilgamesh deals a lot with the world of nature. Considering the fact that Enkidu, the best friend and companion of the main character, was created as a wild man and lived in the forest before encountering Gilgamesh, it seems especially interesting to speculate on the question of how the natural world was presented in this epic poem.
In the beginning of the poem when the reader comes across the first mention of Enkidu, one may notice that the author opposes the ingenuousness of Enkidu to the habits and actions of Gilgamish who belongs to ...

Book X. The Republic.

The philosopher, Plato, wrote The Republic in dialogue form using the Socratic method of questioning. Book 10 is about aesthetics; one of the branches of philosophy which is similar to the philosophy of art. Socrates, the narrator and his companion explore the meaning of imitation poetry from the beginning (Plato 658).

That is because true art is from the very soul of the creator not from making an imitation. So the artist must create from the soul to make true art. But Plato does not seem to think it is possible for a human to create from the soul. Only ...

The Merneptah Stele, also known as the Israel Stele, is the earliest known reference, outside of the Old Testament, to the existence of Israel (Alstrom and Edelman, 1985). It is a tome inscribed by Merneptah, an Egyptian king who conquered Canaan in the 12th century BC. Its significance lies in its mention of the nation or people of Israel in its coda, and as such has gained the title “The Israel Stele,” despite the nations’ relative unimportance in the overall text. In this paper, the examination of early Israel through the Mernaptah Stele will be discussed, as well as how ...

David Hernandez’s poem Pigeons is a comparison piece. Hernandez compares the activities and treatment of pigeons to those of Hispanics. He uses symbolism, imagery and tone as techniques in conveying his theme of racism. Overall, it is an accessible poem with a clear subject matter.

Hernandez uses the first line of the poem as a statement: “Pigeons are the spiks of Birdland” (Hernandez 1023). This provides a sound introduction to the theme and the tone of the rest of the poem that is to come. Hernandez was Hispanicwhich somehow makes the word ‘spiks’ even more shocking; this was, no doubt, intentional. He ...

This poem is written in the first person and the present tense and this gives it an immediacy and vibrancy. The poem begins as night is falling; in the second stanza there is snow on the trees and the storm is coming; in the final stanza the narrator is surrounded by clouds and wastes. The narrator is held by ‘a tyrant spell’ (3), but there is a progression in her attitude: in the first two stanzas she says she ‘cannot’ (4,8) go, but in the final line she expresses defiance – ‘I will not go’ (12) – the act of braving the ...

‘Theme of English B’ by Langston Hughes A Comparative Essay

These two poems are completely different in tone, message and overall impact. They also use language in very different ways to create a completely different world.
‘Fire and Ice’ by Robert Frost is short and cryptic and, in one sense, very conventional – he uses rhyme to give his poem a clear pattern. The poem is casual and child-like in tone, but the subject matter is very adult – it is an apocalyptic poem, imagining the end of the world. Frost deals with abstract emotions – desire and hate – and explicitly compares them to, respectively, heat and fire, and to ice. His inspiration ...

Speaker’s Representation of the Power of Nature through His Supporting Vision of American Democracy in Song of Myself by Walt Whitman
Poetry collection Leaves of Grass composed by Walt Whitman reveals the idea of man`s purging closeness to nature and other human beings as its inseparable part. Through different imagery and diverse topics author, in a simple way, represents complicated philosophical notions and external connection of everything and everyone. Throughout the whole poetry collection every verse of every poem turns into illuminating cosmic and mysterious way of man`s living, rather than highly romanticized vision of nature ...

When we speak of the Irish Renaissance, we can also be referring to a Celtic Renaissance. We call it the Irish Renaissance because it was championed principally by Irish writers, one of which, at least, used the Celtic tradition to invigorate the Renaissance. Ireland at the turn of the 20th century was mired in passions. Rebellion was always on the horizon, economic collapse was always imminent, the catastrophe of the Potato Famine was still a racial memory, and the rule of the English was still unbearable. From this potentially destructive social structure came some of the finest writing of ...

Blake’s poem is angry and confused, and he presents the London of 1794, as a place of sadness, ruined lives and repression. In the first stanza he uses repetition to convey his ideas: in the late 18th century a “charter” was a deed of property, so he walks around the streets which are owned by somebody and the near the Thames – even the river is owned or chartered. “Mark" and “marks” are used three times. The fist as a verb – to notice – and then as a noun – meaning sign. In every face he meets he sees “marks of weakness, marks of woe."

The ...

Introduction

Summary
The book is a historic one. The beginning and the end of the writing refer to the ancient city of Troy under the myth of Britain’s lineage. The books refer the way of Britain’s Trojan founder, Brutus. The translator of the poem makes an introduction of the British greatest leader, the legendary King Arthur (Armitage 12). The main action of the story takes place at the Camelot court where Arthur introduces a new game since it was New Year and game challenges were routine during holiday celebrations.

The poem is plotted during a New Year’s Eve feast ...

Essay Prompt Two

Guilt and remorse are two common themes from “What Work Is” by Philip Levine and “Now We Are Five” by David Sedaris. These themes lead the reader to understand the cruelty of materialistic society and the important of family bonding.

In growth it is clearly seen in the poem that the health conditions of the workers were very pathetic while the work was tiresome and very difficult. The author therefore shows the cruelty of the society in treating its workers ruthless without taking consideration the amount of labor and productivity they are contributing to the state or country. The ...

The issue of understanding diaspora is a controversial subject that is discussed and interpreted different among different generations. Its effects are so influential to the extent that it plays a role in the determination of an individual’s identity. By using a broad range of multivalent narratives concerning ethnicity and identity, Radhakrishnan enables the reader to visualize the ideal picture of ethnicity in the United States. From the narratives used in the text, it is possible to see that ethnicity is conceptualized in different phases. First, opportunism and pragmatism and used to suppress ethnicity (121). Another phase of conceptualizing ethnicity is resistance ...

Introduction

An individual first begins forming her self-identity based on the characteristics of her immediate family. She has nothing else to refer to except what she knows; that is her immediate family’s ethnic identity, religious/spiritual identity, and socioeconomic identity. As she begins to interact with the world outside her immediate family, the individual begins to notice discrepancies between the identities of her immediate family and those outside of it. An individual can choose to explore and assimilate outside identities, but she remains tied to her first impressions of identity. Margaret Walker’s “Lineage,” Robin D.G. Kelley’s “The People ...

In the play A Raisin in the Sun, one of the most important themes is the coming of age of the main characters, Walter and Benethea. In the beginning of the play, they are both very flawed and selfish characters – Walter seeks to help the family in the wake of his father’s death, but his decisions often lead to disastrous consequences. Benethea, on the other hand, must learn to make her own decisions and forge ahead in life, as well as change her already established preconceptions of race and identity. Hansberry’s play, like the Langston Hughes poem “ ...

The two pieces of work, ‘The Road Not Taken’ by Robert Frost, and ‘A worn Path’ by Eudora Welty both describe two separate journeys by two characters. The two journeys, though in separate worlds, are loaded with symbolism in the characters, elements of the journey and the emerging themes. The poem ‘The Road Not Taken’ brings out the choices made in terms of what course to take in life while the short story ‘A Worn Path’, shows the undying determination of a traveler to finish the course of her journey.

Symbolism of the journey

Though appearing simple and subtle, the story ‘A Worn Down ...

The social development of the current world has been influenced by the religious manifestations since the oldest times. Past and current religions have shaped societies as they are nowadays known, with religion playing a major role in establishing people’s morals, attitudes and believes about life. As religion has played such a major role in humans’ lives since it can be traced, it is no wonder that it has received considerable attention in literature. Three such literary pieces that explore the nature and the effects of religion on society are Emily Dickinson’s “She Rose to His Requirements”, Mohsin ...

Importance of salvation to Christianity

Introduction
Salvation is a central issue in Christianity. It is the gateway to eternal life. Generally, baptism and the acceptance that the crucifixion and the death of Jesus Christ on the cross were to atone for sins, qualifies one for salvation (Letter, 1952). The New Testament presents accounts for the life of Jesus Christ, his deeds, his death, resurrection, ascension to heaven and the lives of early Christians. Paul, an author of nearly half of the books in the New Testament, offers great insights on salvation. In his letter to Timothy, he states that all men qualify to be ...

1) Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde's many poems, plays and novels poke subtle fun at the Victorian mainstream, addressing the faults and the problems inherent within that society. Many of his works deal with the decadence and beauty of the Victorian upper class, as well as how empty and duplicitous that society is. By painting detailed portraits of flawed and overly vain characters, he shows the Victorian aristocrat as someone nearly inhuman, and far from sympathetic. In many ways, it transcends the nature of the Victorian mainstream by holding a mirror up to it and pointing out its flaws, whether ...

This book is a seminal work in the analysis of literature and provides several succint examples of how works can be analyzed accordingly. It is split into several parts which demonstrate its strengths of analysis but there are also some intriguing reflections on the various aspects of literature and some finely selected poems and pieces of writing.
Schib and Clifford begin by providing a succint analysis of Sharon Olds’ ‘Summer Solstice’, New York City in the chapter called, ‘How to Read Closely’. Here the author espouses on the beauty of the great city in summer also espousing the various values ...

Almost all classic songs are about love. Since ancient times, artists have endeavored to write songs of love to stir the heart. Their works have ranged from the saccharine and sappy to the truly moving. In spite of the artists’ varied levels of accomplishment and artistic merits, each of these songs relies on certain tropes and exhibits certain qualities that are endemic to the “love song” genre. In all quintessential love songs, three tenets (common qualities) have stood out; simple lyrics delivered with sincerity, use of a saxophone and they are sung in moderately slow tempos.

Quintessential love songs ...

Italian futurism was a movement launched in Milan the capital of Italy by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in 1909 and its main aim was to capture and embrace the idea of modernity, the sensations and the aesthetics of movement, speed and industrial development. It had a manifesto, dubbed as the futurist manifesto and published on the front of a French newspaper le Figaro.
In the futurist manifesto, Marinetti criticized passatismo, the cultural tradition in Italy. It further called for the destruction of libraries, feminism and museums. Sooner than could be thought, futurism had expanded into an international movement. Its participants gave additional ...

Literary works have been used to not only highlight the problems in the society but also to provide the suitable solutions for such problems. Fascism and Capitalism of the Nazi regime in Germany led to the oppression of many people in the community. Brecht, one of the renowned writers used his literary works to condemn the two elements as he sought to promote Marxism in the society.
Brecht’s poem “Legende vom totem Soldaten” (Legend of the Dead Soldier) is among the literary works that he used to condemn fascism in the society. The poem revolves around an ...

Introduction

It was a unique time in history; slavery had been abolished, Jim Crow las were in effect but the civil rights movement had not yet begun. Voices like Langston Hughes spoke out against the racial oppression. Hughes himself wrote many short stories, poems and plays in his time. One of the themes that repeats itself in the works of Hughes is the word “mulatto”. “Mulatto”, a word used to describe a person of mixed black and white heritage, elicits a negative feeling or response from most people given the prejudiced nature of the word. Due to the negative nature ...

The issue of Gender parity in Religion has been a strong point of argument. Even within Christianity there have been varying viewpoints depending on the particular Orders. For instance, orthodox Catholicism did not accord an equal status to men and women, while the later Protestant Orders attempted to change this disparity. However, both the Old and New Testaments are full of passages that clearly demarcate gender roles and place men on a higher pedestal. A similar outcome is seen in Islam as well where women are further reduced to a degraded state of existence. This essay will examine the ...

The ideal and real roles of women depicted in the plays The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Women have been the subject of greater literary interest since times immemorial. They frequently serve as the means to replicate contemporary society. During the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, women were largely portrayed as the victims of a patriarch society. Modern feminism was nonexistent until the 19th century and female voice was completely subdued. “Feminists’ scholars regarded the 18th century author Mary Wollstonecraft as the original harbinger of feminism, a ...

Beowulf is an epic poem written in the medieval time. The main theme of the poem is the struggle between good and evil. A courageous warrior engages in a battle with dragons and other supernatural creatures from hell. People are united by this common predicament and join hands to fight the monsters from hell.
Beowulf is driven by the pursuit of fame. He travels to a foreign land to prove his bravery by facing a supernatural monster. He prefers to face the monster with bare hands to wielding a weapon. Only a man driven by the pursuit of fame and glory would risk ...

A Rationale for the Future of Israel

Robert in his work agrees with the Old Testament that defines Israel as a special community that is spiritually bound together by a covenant with God and physically related by Abraham through their Jacob. Their special relationship with God is believed to occur for the service to the rest of the world (Isa. 65.5f). However, despite its special position and role in the world, many have viewed that Israel`s mission had ended with the rejection of Christ and might not have a future. This believes makes every serious theologian and scholar to critically question “does Israel have a future?”
In conclusion, ...

While using the language of the society during the communication in public, a person might find it hard to connect the words in a string that will truly convey the initially intended meaning; at the same time, the very same person might find no obstacles in socializing with close relatives, who belong to a small closed society called «family». For this reason, some people are inevitably forced to have two usually unbalanced identities: one for home and one for the society. As a consequence, one might face the necessity to loosen the family ties and primary identity and develop his or her new ...

I didn’t know that faith, beliefs and tradition are very important in our culture. Until recently I was considering faith as just a sense of hope. I didn’t know that faith is so strong, so marveling and above all determines our beliefs and traditions. Of course I knew that my traditions and beliefs are important in shaping my characters all aspects of my interactions. In fact I had a broad knowledge of facts and postulations within my culture that shaped my experience based on my beliefs and traditions. Thus, I was able to understand the importance of faith, tradition and ...

The musical drama Tristan und Isolde is Richard Wagner’s testament to his power to impart musical dominance. Regarded as one of the best musical dramas in history, Tristan und Isolde has imparted deep influence and inspiration due to its eclectic amalgamation of ideas circling on the realm of metaphysics. Musical aestheticism is the overriding force in the entire drama, the illustration of its overall poeticism being highly reliant on the way its musical scores are composed. The drama imparts its messages through Wagner’s emphasis on the drama’s entire musical agglomeration. Music strongly portrays various character emotions ...

There are some who may believe that the Middle Ages was severely lacking in cultural expression - that "There was no creative thinking and writing, no artistic expression, and no developments in science and technology" during that period. This can be attributed to the perspective that the Middle Ages consisted primarily of a feudal system that put down the poor at the expense of the rich; also, events such as the Black Plague tore a hole through Europe so wide that it is thought people simply did not have the time or the education to engage in artistic or creative endeavors. ...

INTRODUCTION

Wong Kar-Wai is a director based from Hong Kong, who is hugely respected as not only a director, but an artist who is constantly mentioned by critics and film enthusiasts alike. Although many of his films did not go on to become big as other major films in the Box Office, Wong Kar-Wai's films have begun to be well known for breaking the contemporary style of Hong Kong cinema.

For many years, Hong Kong filmmakers followed a set system of rules in the genre and narrative forms to fit their own personal style; still, they were considered as being nothing more than a ...

Analysis and Response

In this article originally published in The New York Times, on January 9, 1983, Marshall is discussing how she became a writer and what her influences were. Some of her influences were conventional:
I was sheltered from the storm of adolescence in the Macon Street Library, reading voraciously, indiscriminately, everything from Jane Austen to Zane Grey, but with a special passion for the long, full-blown, richly detailed 18th and 19th century picaresque tales: Tom Jones, Great Expectations, Vanity Fair, (6)
Elsewhere she mentions other famous white writers: Czeslaw, Milosz, Flannery O’Connor, Thackeray, Fielding, and Dickens. However, Marshall’s ...