English Professor Peter Elbow orated, “Everyone agrees in theory that we can’t judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare”. From this quote, one can render that contemporarily people have shown fear in deviating from the norm of society and attempting a novel way of life, despite the conventions of society being condemned multiple times. The statement suggests individuals to enter society as fully as possible into a point of view…
“Pre-Romantic” movement. William Wordsworth: William Wordsworth was a major English Romantic poet who with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1978 joint publication Lyrical Ballads. Wordsworth magnum opus is generally considered to be The Prelude a semiautobiographical poem of his early years which the poet revised and expanded a number of times. The work was posthumously titled and published prior to which it was generally known as the poem…
Setting is often a key component as characters are usually influenced or defined by their surroundings. This is also a highly common theme in Othello, where the women are said to commit unspeakable sins in Venice only God could bear witness to, which is a society associated with sexual exploration and freedom. This implies that, in Othello, setting poses great influence on character behaviour. This piques my interest in whether setting poses impact on characters, no matter the time or media of…
Hailed as an emblematic landmark in American literature, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s magnum opus The Great Gatsby is the quintessential depiction of the reckless abandon associated with the Jazz Age of the 1920s. The novel captures the frivolity and culture of prosperity that grew out of the material abundance of this era, weaving them into a satiric portrait of the Roaring Twenties. In the aftermath of World War One, American society experienced profound social changes as a result of rapid…
Tattoos have existed for 5,200 years. The first true siting of tattoos were on three Egyptian mummies and on Iceman. Most of these tattoos were on women. These tattoos were symbols of pagan rituals. Ancient tattoos usually had some spiritual meaning which was shown through a complex work of patterns. Although tattoos have been popular and are gaining even more popularity, they are not the best for anyone. Tattoos are harmful for human health. They contain traces of metals that could lead to…
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are fixated on a destructive path towards warping the space-time continuum with their latest album “Murder of The Universe.” Formed in 2010 out of Melbourne, Australia, this quirky septet has already validated themselves as a prolific band with nine albums already to their name. It is quite difficult to pinpoint the essence of King Gizzard due to their eclectic styles and forward thinking mindset. They perilously blend elements of garage, punk and psychedelic…
The disinclination of humans to question the information they perceive is a timeless phenomenon. This concept dates back to 380 BC, when Plato wrote the short story, “Allegory of the Cave”, in his magnum opus, The Republic. The allegory depicts humankind as prisoners, bound so they can only see what is directly in front of them: shadows cast by various objects passing behind them. However, as they have only ever been exposed to the shadows, the prisoners believe they are the true forms of each…
Why does Edmund Blunden imbue his memoir Undertones of War with irony? To understand the intent and extent of his stylistic choices, one has to understand the context of the work. Written following his experiences as a soldier during the First World War, Undertones of War was written as a recollection of Edmund Blunden’s personal experiences as a soldier. As a memoir, Blunden projects his own feelings and opinions into his writing, detailing both the emotions he felt in the moment of his…
underworld and places them in his version of Hell. The way he utilizes these Classical attributes demonstrates the poet’s views on the world of the Greeks as he both celebrates and condemns them. The first appearance of a Classical element in Dante’s magnum opus is at the beginning of the poem in the first canto when the Roman poet Virgil comes to the rescue of the protagonist. Immediately, Dante shows his admiration for the ancient poet explaining that it was from him that the Italian “took…
What is alchemy? Is it truly just failed science trying to manipulate the elements? Is it more than science? Alchemy, the manipulation of elements to turn them into gold or other perfect metals. Alchemy is not a myth, alchemist were all over the world in the fourth century.Infact by the fourth century astrology, magic, and ritual had begun to gain prominence with alchemy.Many say that alchemy is the mother of modern chemistry and science (Alchemy).Usually only those born from a wealthy family…