"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," was written specifically for Thomas's dying father it is even more poignant in the emotional weight the words convey. This poem radiates with intensity, in particular, the verse beginning: "wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight&qu...

Thomas was born on October 27, 1914. His father was a schoolmaster in English at the local grammar school. Though considered a cold and bitter man who resented his position as a teacher, Thomas feared, respected, and deeply loved his father, and in some sense his life appeared to be an attempt to re...

Ethan Frome let his heart guide his mind. Zeena came into the life of Ethan Frome while caring for his ailing mother. She later became his bride and years later grew increasingly detached from him. He subsequently fell in love with her cousin Mattie, who had been called upon to relieve her of her...

King Lear dies poor, rejected, and alone; the victim of the betrayal and shrewdness of his daughters Goneril and Regan. They flatter him with words of love and respect with the sole intent of gaining his kingdom. When they get what they desire, they look for excuses to get their father out the way...

Erich Maria Remarque used Paul Bäumer to narrate his work All Quiet on the Western Front. A young man of 19 fights for the German army on the French front in World War I. Paul and several of his school friends voluntarily joined the army after listening to the stirring patriotic speeches of ...