Literature

Choice and struggle represent two psychological issues of Crime and Punishment. These issues alarm the souls of the characters. This is the authors view on the world and existence of humans in this world. A free-thinking character Rodion Raskolnikov wants to review the decisions on all the main lifes questions. In his crazy dream he creates his own world, strange and vague, but so attractive that he cant help thinking about it. In the given paper we will consider and try to explain the main idea...

Henry V was Englands king from the year 1413 up until his death in 1422. Although his reign was not more than a decade, some of his actions marked crucial highlights of English war history, particularly his contribution to the then ongoing Hundred Years War between England and France, which is the main subject that this paper undertakes. Viewed from the light of the writings of three different philosophers, Sun Tzu, St. Thomas of Aquinas, and St. Augustine, this paper analyzes the actions of King...

How do you describe paradise the very world seems to imply heaven, the Bahamas are definitely a paradise. From the intermingling islands to the beaches with clear water that allows you to see the amazing coral formations. The people are diverse and always smiling as though life here had ascended them to a different reality. Time doesnt exist and just a short vacation is enough to be a life time changing experience. Whether you idle your days away listening to the rhythm of the ocean, lazing away...

Hermione is defending herself. She has been accused of sleeping around with other men in King Leontes absence. Hermione insists that Leontes jealousy will be his undoing and though there are women who are unfaithful to their husbands, she is not among them more so now that Leontes raped her. Hermione is asking that Leontes stops using his suspicions of her infidelity to solicit mistresses. The persona says it is wrong for the King to use something that is untrue in the first place as an excuse to...

What does Knowledge, or Insight mean in Platos, Allegory of the Cave         Knowledge is defined as The fact or condition, of knowing something with familiarity, gained through experience or association (knowledge, Merriam Webster Online Dictionary). In Allegory of the Cave, Plato describes a conversation between Socrates (his teacher) and his brother, Glaucon, discussing concepts supporting his Theory of Forms.    The Theory of Forms suggests...

The character of Hamlet is one of William Shakespeares most interesting characters with regard to his complex personality and revenge-driven motivations. As a young man who just lost his father, King Hamlet, it is apparent that he is yet to adjust to the new life he is left to live which the sudden marriage of his mother, Gertrude to his Uncle Claudius. This situation is most possibly the very reason for his hatred towards Claudius which made it easy for him to believe the supposedly ghostly apparition...

One book that has affected me in a way that it has stayed in my mind and left me thinking long after I have finished reading it is Thomas Hardys novel, Jude the Obscure. It is a depressing story. Jude Fawley is a poor boy from a small village who dreams of being a scholar at Christminster when he grows up. In the meantime, he studies by himself, marries a country girl, separates with her, lives together with a cousin and bears children with her, and finds livelihood as a mason. All through these...

Humans have many ways to express themselves. They have created various ways to share to the world how they feel regarding events, things, and people. Thoughts and emotions are best described by humans through art. Music for example has been used by humans to express emotions. On the other hand, through literature, they have also shared their ideas and thoughts. Thus, this essay seeks to prove that there is indeed a relationship between literature and music. It lies on the fact that both serve as...

The Iliad is a Greek epic poem attributed to Homer. Paris, son of King Priam of Troy carries off Helen, wife of Menelaus. The epic describes the war waged by Achaean prince against Troy with an intention to recover Helen. Specifically, it deals with the anger of Achilles, the special hero of the poem at the slight put upon him by Agamemnon, leader of the host, and his final return to the field and slaying of Hector MARGARET and JENNY, Para 1. The Iliad is one of the most prominent among the ancient...

Conflicts experienced by medical practitioners, in relation to the maintenance of their professionalism, typically take the form of conflicts between altruism and self-interest. Instances of self-interest lead to problems in the medical profession as those who train and practice medicine are faced with situations that lead them to question the greater utility of the situation in reference to their selves as opposed to their patients. These instances were particularly evident during the initial period...

The passage from Hamelt  refers to mans nature broadly, and specifically to his own issues. This is made evident, in the line that for some vicious mole of nature in them and again in the line being natures livery or fortunes star In both passages, and actually through out the whole piece, Hamlet is decrying his fact and nature, in the sense, that he is by no means different and is subject to from that particular fault, the dram of evil, doth all the noble substance often dout, to his own scandal....

After writing about 37 plays and 154 sonnets, the bard of Stratford upon Avon has left a legacy that has been paralleled by none in the history of English literature and influenced the western culture and literature ever after.  His plays have crossed the threshold of brilliance to the unparalleled. In Romeo and Juliet, the genius with his Midas touch has changed the story written by poet Arthur Brooks into something beyond compare. It has changed the poem, the poet and even the characters,...

In the texts The Snake by D.H Lawrence and Fish Story by Rick Bass several ideas and styles are apparent from the use of alliteration as in  Softly drank through his straight gums into  his slack body silently which gives the reader the hissing sound of a snake to  along a reddish gravelly rutted road on the way to nowhere which plants in the readers mind, such words as remote, rare and reclusive. However, though these alliterations help to flush out the story and themselves could...

I believe that crime as it occurs in the everyday life of people should not be considered as the norm but should instead be considered as an exception to what is happening in our lives. Although it is inevitable to eliminate crime, it is still something that the authorities, or people in power or those in government should address to be able to eliminate them or be kept in a minimum. I am of the opinion that it is very dangerous to accept crime as a norm because this would leave an impression that...

The fictional world depicted in the literary works brings forth the thinking and actions of the characters in setting which is created by the authors. The settings can be real, imaginary or illusory. In some works, the illusory world is incorporated with the real world. The novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes is one such literary work, in which the author has depicted the illusory world along with the real world. The protagonist of the novel, Alonso Quixano is so fascinated by the illusory...

My experience interpreting the text is just like the feeling I get from reading any other work that I have done. I always get a little embarrassed when I read my own work. I always think that I could do better than what I have written but then, it does not really show in my revisions. I get embarrassed because in some instances I do not believe that I have really written the paper that I am reading I would often say to myself,  Really, I wrote that  in disbelief of either the cockiness...

Ludwig Van Beethoven has indeed a great influence to the development of the 19th century music. In fact, it can be said that much of his contributions in music were indeed monumental, and that his passionate intensity and brilliant design when it comes to music brought the art into an all new level (Mcgrath, 2008).      Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany on December 16, 1770. He was probably baptized the following day as a Roman Catholic, as it was customary during that era,...