Erica Spiezio"Kubla Khan" by Samuel Coleridge is a poem about the magnificent power of the creative mind. Using vivid images and mystery, Coleridge is able to show how an inspired poet has the ability to create new worlds with his imagination. The only problem that Coleridge encounters as he progr...

\'It is good to have an end to journey towards, but it is the journey that matters in the end.\' Ursula Le Guin A journey is an arbitrary, cyclic conduit to which no end can be foreseen. The arrival of a journey is not the end, simply a reflection on the events thus far, a pause in the eternal flig...

The philosophy of Buddhism exists primarily within the minds of those who practice it, guiding the way they view and act in the world around them, with the aim of reducing conflict in their life by seeing things clearly. However, practicing Buddhism is not an entirely mental process, requiring noth...

Timothy Findley, through his well-written short story "War," excellently proposes an important message that the occurrence of war does not only affect the relationship of the main communities involved, but also countless innocent lives. Findley, by setting his story in a small farmland in the Rural ...

The study of Shakespeare's Hamlet has been one that is very extensive as well asenormous. Books upon books have been written about this great play. About an equalamount of books, however, have been written about one character; Hamlet. A critic ofHamlet once said, "a man set out to read all the books...

The study of Shakespeare's Hamlet has been one that is very extensive as well asenormous. Books upon books have been written about this great play. About an equalamount of books, however, have been written about one character; Hamlet. A critic ofHamlet once said, "a man set out to read all the books...