Biography of Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson, one of America's most famous poets, was born in Amherst on December 10, 1830, to a very prominent family. Her parents were Edward Dickinson and Emily Norcross Dickinson. The family included three children: Austin, Emily, and Lavinia. Emily w...

Shakespeare\'s love sonnets describe three different contexts in which love operates, as such, he depicts a multi-faceted picture of love. Love in Shakespeare\'s poems does not have a single definition, but rather, an intangible conglomeration of characteristics that, together, make up an ever power...

Analysis of "The Story of an Hour" When I finished reading for the first time "The Story of an Hour," I felt a bit confused. It takes a couple of twists and turns that makes the ending ironic and unobvious. I have read the story a few times, but I still think there's more to ...

Robert Frost once said, "Poetry is that which is lost in translation." I am inclined to agree with that statement. The ancient Greek poet Sappho instilled many strong emotions into her poetry. She carefully crafted her writing so it flowed from one verse to another. However, while trying m...

My Life With The Wave, by Octavio Paz, is a short story which leads us to the changing relationship between a man and a wave. The wave, which symbolizes a woman, is the central focus of the story. The author, Octavio Paz, was a Mexican-born, 1990 Nobel Prize recipient. He started writing at an earl...

The strength of his rational mind is not diminishing the pains of his emotions. On thecontrary, the speaker is losing his sanity as time progresses. In the past, perhaps, thespeaker's rational thought processes allowed him to cope with failed romances. However,in the presence of this love for his d...

The Thousand and One Nights is the world-wide classical literature which the Arabic literature has attributed to it. There are different theories about the origin and the formation period of this work, but the theory which manifests it has been originated from India and passed by Persia and been dev...

In the case study I read, Roger is a 73 year old man contemplating on what he has accomplished in his life. After reading the whole case study, I think Roger had a fairly normal growing experience. Incorporating Erikson's Psychosocial Stages, the 4th stage which is Industry vs. Inferiority, ta...

Emily Dickinson was born in the year of 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts to Edward Dickinson and Emily Norcross Dickinson. Edward was a well-known lawyer in the state and also treasurer of Amherst College. Emily's mother was not a powerful presence in her life. Emily described her mother as "...

Mother Teresa was a very loving and caring person to all people of the world. I think one of the greatest things about her was her ability to deliver important messages in simple statements. Some of the things she said were so touching, moving, and great statements to live by. In the movie Mother Te...

What were the influences in Mother Teresa\'s life that motivated her actions and what were the consequences of her actions on society during that period? Mother Teresa had many influences in her life that contributed to her actions. The major influence in her life was God. God was the motivating fo...

William Shakespeare, probably one of the most or the most well-known dramatist that has ever lived. But many people still find his work boring. Why? Maybe they don\'t know much about him or were forced to learn about him and they didn\'t want to. So, why should people today study Shakespeare? What e...

Sir John Suckling was an English, Cavalier poet who was born in Twickenham, Middlesex, on February 10, 1609. His mother died in 1613, when he was four years of age. His father, descendant of a prominent Norfolk family, was appointed Comptroller of James I's household in 1622. Suckling matriculate...

The 19th century was a difficult time for many women and blacks because of the domination of white men over them. The social and economic hardships they faced in day to day life was a constant reminder of this domination. The social ideology in the story "Desiree's Baby" was powerful and dangerous a...

Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson is known as one of the greatest poets of all time, writing 1,775 brief poems in her lifetime! She is famous for her vast sense of style and theme. Author David Porter said, "by mapping the themes in a poet's oeuvre we seek in a standard way to classify and thereby br...

The Symposium, by Plato and Arcadia by Tom Stoppard are two novels that deal with the meaning of the word love and the expressions and actions that are brought on as results of it. Plato delivers a number of perspectives on love in his novel. Different characters at a dinner party give their persp...

James Agee was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1909, the son of a postal worker who was killed in an automobile accident. The loss of his father marked James Agee both short term and long term(James Agee p.30). Thirty years later it would form the basis of the novel which is the cornerstone of his f...

I. Background InformationA. Title - Of Human BondageB. Author - W. Somerset MaughamC. Type of Plot - Fictional BiographyD. Setting - England, Germany, and France between the years 1885 and 1905E. Date first published - 1915 II. Opening EpisodeThe novel begins in London, England, around the year 1885...