Literature

Spending a day without my cell phone, iPod and Facebook seemed almost impossible to me. Just the thought of doing away with them made me cringe already even before disregarding them. I would say it was an empty feeling I first had when I took away these important gadgets. How was I going to contact my friends and family during the day without my cell phone How would I know the latest happenings on campus without Facebook Wouldnt I get bored without my iPod These are some of the questions that kept...

Separated by two centuries Geoffrey Chaucer and John Milton were two very different authors, who nonetheless reflected the lessons of classical myth and literature, as well as the more contemporary influence of Christianity. In his poem  Ode on the Morning of Christs Nativity  Milton uses allusions to classical figures such as Apollo, the Fates, Pan, and other mythical deities to juxtapose the emergence of Christ in both a religious and cultural context. Similarly, Geoffrey Chaucer in...

These our actors,  As I foretold you, were all spirits and  Are melted into air, into thin air Prospero This tale of The Tempest by William Shakespeare deals about the staging and orchestration. Just like all the other works of William Shakespeare, The Tempest was able to receive positive critical regard since the time it was first published. The Tempest talks about one of the most wondrous association ever tackled in a romantic play. The aforementioned passage from the play speaks of...

The greed of power blinds human conscience and provokes an individual to commit unethical acts. The character of Claudius in the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare succumbs to his greed for power and acts maliciously. The play focuses on the revenge exacted by Prince Hamlet of Denmark on his uncle Claudius. Claudius had killed Hamlets father, the King and taken the throne. Claudius even marries Gertrude, Hamlets mother. Prince Hamlet resolves to kill Claudius when the ghost of his father reveals...

Night is an autobiographical book by the award-winning writer Ellie Wiesel that contains the account of the authors experience in a prison camp during World War II. Elie almost gives up, but the people he interacts with, one way or another, keep his hope alive and strengthen his will to survive. Elie witnesses countless horrifying sights in the camp that are more than enough to churn the stomach of even the most hardened man. One of those is the hanging of a very young boy, who dies slowly because...

There are many different forms of literature but perhaps most famous and most loved of the many kinds is poetry. Compared to other forms of literature like short stories and  even that of the novel, poetry has been famous dating back to the time of Ancient Greece until now wherein even poems are converted into modern songs. The wonderful thing about poetry is that not only would the readers be able to imagine the images conjured by the carefully selected the words, the lines in poems would...

The Futurists Manifesto is an art movement in the early 20th century that rejects the ideals and foundations of the past, but upholds and worships the dynamism of the future. Filippo Tommaso Marinetti was the one who originally wrote the manifesto, but he was later joined by Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carr, Luigi Russolo, Giacomo Balla, Gino Severini. The tone of the Futurists Manifesto is rebellious in nature. They deviate from the principles of other art movements that are mostly influenced and...

From the moment John Waters bought his first art print at the Baltimore Museum of Art at the age of eight, he began forming his manifesto. The print was a mass-produced Mir copy which he took home and hung proudly on his wall. Instead of being impressed, his friends taunted him for purchasing such an ugly painting. From this devastating experience John Waters learned that art does not exist simply to induce a pleasant feeling. Instead, according to him, art should both  provoke and inspire. ...

William Shakespeare wrote over 37 plays that are categorized histories, tragedies, romances, and of course, comedies.  His drama Much Ado About Nothing falls into the category of comedy, but by the standards of the modern world, the comedy is missing.  The drama shows the deception of class and actions can be achieved by all, and that one may not believe only their eyes, but must question even sight.  This comedic tragedy focuses on how evidence can be swayed, even when the evidence...

Since the beginning of the 20th century, high schools in America and all over the world have been striving to maximally reduce the levels of inequality among students and attendants. Those inequality movements and initiatives were particularly relevant for the United States, which had been traditionally characterized by high levels of population diversity. Needless to say, throughout the 20th century, America had been able to significantly improve the quality of social and educational approaches...

Athena and Odysseus share a common character trait in the Odyssey they are liars. There are some similarities and differences in the way that they use lies. The reasons that these characters use lies are also different. They also use the lies on different occasions. Odysseus lies to Polyphemus and uses Cretan lies on Athena, Eumaeus and Penelope. Athena uses disguise to lie. She disguises herself as Mentor, a herdsman in Ithaca, Mentes and as a young girl in Phaecia. Even though Odysseus and Athena...

Jabberwocky is the quintessential nonsense poem throughout time. Even though it is considered a nonsense poem, the words are placed in such a way as to lend them to definitions of words that may sound similar in the modern language. Another poet that is world renowned in the genre of nonsensical poetry is Dr. Seuss. The parents of the world have used his books and stories to teach children about values, morals, and equality. Carroll however, takes the nonsense a step further and upon first read...

This Memo discusses a number of issues related to the Pumps For All (PFA) organizations and the problems that the organization currently faces. There are a number of issues and factors that ought to be considered in order to ensure that the problems which the PFA organization is facing are properly and adequately addressed. The issues of concern include the need to address the perceived improper employee recruitment strategies and constant assignment of many duties to the employees who may never...

Aristotles Rhetoric is often seen as a contradiction of terms.  The first part of the book states that emotions should not be part of rhetoric and yet the remainder of the book tells the reader that the emotion of the audience is one of the three factors used to prove the art is well-defined.  This has created much discussion and much frustration, but the two apparent contradictions are really not contradictions, but both are required of rhetoric. The article by Jamie Dow (383) divides...

Love holds this world together. The very existence of human beings in this world is based on love that establishes human relations. Love is the most crucial emotion that binds individuals and keeps them happy. One of the most influential traditions of love in the Western world is Platonism. In the popular mind, Platonism is associated with the concept of Platonic love, which is understood today as a non-sexual relationship between heterosexual friends (Plato, 1951). As the concept of Platonic love...

The main character in The Epic of Gilgamesh is frequently blinded by his superior physical and intellectual gifts.   Gilgamesh is a powerful king, he is widely admired for his many special talents, and though he is cruel his position of authority is never questioned.  There is, however, one goal that eludes Gilgamesh despite his deepest desires and his quest to find the knowledge necessary to defeat death and to thereby become immortal.  Gilgamesh, in effect, views himself as a sort...