The two characters, Tom Hauptman from Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (The Time-Traveler), and the speaker in Robert Browning's poem, "Porphyria's Lover", may easily be compared and contrasted. Once the reader can understand the two characters, it becomes evident that they are similar, yet easily contra...

WAR PHOTOGRAPHER By Carol Ann Duffy The poem is called war photographer by carol Ann Duffy. The poem is about a photographer developing his photos in a darkroom after returning from a war zone. Carol Duffy's purpose to this poem is to make us think about the things that we think aren&apo...

In both the junior high as well as the high school I attended, students were expected toparticipate in various health classes in order to meet graduation requirements. Because ofthese classes I was required to take, I consider myself to be somewhat knowledgeable onthe subject of human health. I le...

Mafika Gwala's 'We lie under Tall Gum-Trees' explores a new level of sexual intercourse. In this essay Gwala's ironic ideas of love, union, emotional wars and sexual activities will become apparent throughout his poem by exploring his past and splashing into the deep end of his ...

Brave New World Prompt: Compare and contrast the book to real life . For more than half a century, science fiction writers have thrilled and challenged readers with visions of the future and future worlds. These authors offered an insight into what they expected man, society, and life to be ...

Giotto, a pre-Renaissance artist and architect, was born 20 miles North of Florence Italy in the valley of the Mugello - it was described by his admirer John Ruskin as a lonely landscape. There were rugged mountains, rough ground, and olive trees. There were no gardens or lush landscapes for Giott...

Logic is the study of necessary truths and of systematic methods for clearly expressing and rigourously demonstrating such truths. THERE can be no doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience. For how should our faculty of knowledge be awakened into action did not objects affecting our sense...

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...

Wordsworth and Coleridge effectively recollect the atmosphere around a memory in their poems 'Lines Written A Few Miles above Tintern Abbey' and 'Frost at Midnight.' I plan to discuss the similar and divergent ways in which both poets accomplish this, looking at form, content and context. Wordsworth...

The Pleasure Drug in the Brave New World that is Only a Quick Fix: SomaIn the Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, most of the characters including Linda, Lenina, and even Bernard consume the perfect pleasure drug named soma to overlook their problems. This one-dimensional wonder drug has no real value...

Film can be an extremely powerful medium, and can introduce themes and issues to a wide variety of audiences on many different levels. The director carefully constructs the way in which the film is seen on screen, in order to best display these themes and create and idea in the audiences mind as to...

Feminism in Jane EryeFeminism is a very contradictory theme throughout literary history. It does not have to be seen as a complete rebellion against men, but can simply represent intelligence and self-worth in a female. This philosophy is shown in many of the works of Charlotte Bronte. She uses i...

Discuss how Ernest Hemmingway and Louis De Bernieres present the effects of war on the individual in 'A Farewell to Arms' and 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin.'Although some critics disapprove of De Bernieres' portrayal of life in Greece during world war two(1), in particular his depiction of the Germans...