After examining multiple plays written my William Shakespeare, a common theme of heirs, succession, father and son relationships and the culture in England behind succession, is seen in a multitude of these plays. More specifically, readers can see how Hamnet’s death affected his writing. Just from The Tempest, and King John as examples, it is […]
Alexander, Christine. “’That kingdom of gloom:’ Charlotte Bronte, the Annuals, and the Gothic”. Nineteenth Century Literature. Cengage Learning. Inc. March 1993. Author Christine Alexander examines the Gothic experiences that Jane has that can relate to Charlotte Bronte’s own life. Giving evidence showing how Jane is a double for Bronte starts the discussion of the Gothic […]
June 13, 1634 Day after each passing day, I grow more and more worried about what is to become of me and my family’s future. Yesterday, we had the terrible misfortune of hearing of own father had passed away. We grieve as a family for my father leaving us, but to myself, I grieve about […]
Although both Heart of Darkness and Poisonwood Bible take place in different time periods and with very different characters, both novels have common themes derived from different perspectives throughout each book. Poisonwood Bible, written by Barbara Kingsolver, is the story of a desperate missionary who drags his family from their comfortable life in Georgia to […]
Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies. Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand, dare seize the fire? And what shoulder, & what art, Could twist the sinews […]
In Paradise Lost, fate is used in many contexts through out each book. Ben Gray Lumpkin, author of “Fate in “Paradise Lost’, writes that fate is used in either, death, mishap or bad fortune to either Satan and the fallen angels or Adam and Eve. Because of God’s power and omnipotence, many question fate and […]