Part 1. Introduction The reason why I have chosen this topic ¡°initiation¡± to discuss is that the issue of looking at life and picking up a new experience which might change the current viewpoint is a topic that is not only interesting in a thesis paper, but also a theme of life. Every...

Emily Dickinson's poems "Because I Could Not Stop for Death", "I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died", "After a Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes", and "I Felt A Funeral In My Brain" all have comparable imagery regarding one of life's few certainties, death. Dickinson's intense ...

The Soul of the New Machine Over the last two decades, a technological revolution has occurred as computers have become essential to our society. The rapid development of computer technologies has brought people infinite convenience and a higher standard of living. However, increasing numbers of ...

The themes and ideas in Auden's _The Age of Anxiety_ reflect his belief that man's quest for self actualization is in vain. I. Auden's background A. As a 1930's poet 1. Views of Society 2. Diagnosis of the industrial society B. Major conflicts of his works II. _The Age of Anxiety_ over...

"Cathedral" is an enjoyable reading experience because most of my classmates whom I have asked enjoy reading it and have more attachment to this work. Having read this story several times, I like the way that the author, Raymond Carver, plots the story with deliberately shaping the charact...

Diversity! According to Encarta's online dictionary, the definition identifies diversity as a variety of something such as opinion, color, or style. Perhaps this explanation best suited this high powered drama as diversity observed, explained, and adversely affected the lives of people along...

Love and Pathos in Sonnet 73 In love poems, it is common that poets either celebrate the intensity of his/her love for another or grieve the absence of reciprocated love. "Love," evidently, can be both a nourishing power that brings happiness and exuberance, and a destructive force...

In Auden's lengthy poem, The Age of Anxiety_, he follows the actions and thoughts of four characters who happen to meet in a bar during a war. Their interactions with one another lead them on an imaginary quest in their minds in which they attempt, without success, to discover themselves. T...

The Paradoxical Nature of Love and Higher BeingOver many centuries, the concepts of love and the discovery of "a higher being" have been mysteries to man. Both ideas have been discussed, analyzed, and disputed by various authors and philosophers. In the ancient past, love and discovery of a highe...

Emily DickinsonDana KornblumEnglish 12HNovember 20, 2001Death in Emily Dickinson's PoetryEmily Dickinson was largely known for her morbid writings that seemed to mirror her own life. Her best works were written after the death of a close friend or family member. Emily Dickinson's loneliness, deceivi...

Genre 'On The Black Hill' – Novel 'Long Distance' – Poem Possibly the poem is a lot more concentrated, as poems are never as long as novels. 'On The Black Hill', is a lot less concentrated than 'Long Distance'. A poem has to distil that ...

Discuss the treatment of death in three poems of your choice. One must be at least a pre 1900 poem. In your answer you should consider  Use of language  Use of form  Use of mood and tone No matter what we refer to death as it is always with us and causes great pain in our...

"Full Circle"Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered, things enjoyed, things done and undone. Dawn and doom was in the branches. (Hurston 8)Zora Neale Hurston writes as if she were composing a symphony. Each character has a clear instrumental voice, and there is imme...

The Enigma of Death- An Insight into Dickinson's Portrayal of Death -"Pale Death with impartial tread beats at the poorman's cottage door and at the palaces of kings."Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus, 65-8 B.C.)Death eventually comes to everyone, and yet it is a phenomenon shrouded in mystery. Schol...

Evolution vs. Intelligent DesignThe cosmos, whether you believe in Biblical Creation, evolution, or intelligent design is a very interesting subject. Creation, as documented in the Bible in Genesis 1:1 states that "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." It shows that God created ...

The Chrysanthemums, by John Steinbeck, is set in the beautiful valley of Salinas, California, during a time when California was the land of plenty. A place where dust storms and drought were unheard of, where water was plentiful and the air sprinkled with the sweet smell of fruit blossoms. A time ...

"A Struggling Emily" In the story, "A Rose for Emily," by William Faulkner, Miss Emily Grierson's struggle with her family, her town, and herself makes her do things that are out of the "norm." Her struggle makes her act inhuman and deranged. Emily is a living a very sheltered life. Miss Emily stru...