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What did Homer think about the atrocities of war? Prove your thesis with examples from the text. Homer regarded war as an necessary, foolish evil. He laughed at the men foolish enough to go fight for a girl for ten years, but also said that war was the quickest way to honor, which was all…

William Wordsworths description of his poetry in Preface to Lyrical Ballads gives the impression that it feel much like a modern newspaper to a reader; basic and with wide appeal. He emphasizes the idea of simplicity and familiarity of both topic and language, arguing the superiority of a poem that appeals to the common person….

In several stories written by Emerson Nature is the key top of discussion. In his works, he captures a lot of this troubling attitude toward nature. Ralph Waldo Emerson makes people recognize that our questions about the universe, relationships with God, man, and nature is answered by our experience of life and by the world…

Oedipus Rex: Tragedy of FateOedipus the King is widely regarded as a tragedy of fate. Brieflystated, it begins with a terrible plague that destroys the city. King Oedipussends a messenger to the oracle at Delphi to find a cure. The answer that isreceived suggests to find out who the killer of King Laios was. Oedipus…

In today’s society, modern alienation means historical discontinuity, loss, and despair, with rejection not only historically, but also socially from one’s society without previous attachments. Reasons for this might be because of a person’s appearance, nationality, or religion. An example of this is shown The Power Of one when PK suffers as the only English…

Fate is something that is not commonly believed in, but there are a few, like William Shakespeare, who do. Shakespeare attempts to demonstrate the existence of fate through the use of figurative language and various incidents in the play. Fate plays a role in all the events that revolve around the young lovers: the deep…

Two of Katherine Mansfield’s most celebrated narratives are “Prelude” and “At the Bay” . both of them portraying a New Zealand household. Both narratives. are go arounding around the female characters. but the one nexus that connects all of them is Stanley Burnell. member and supplier of the household. The New Zealand critic Carl Stead…

Dickinson s writing style and method, similar to the manner in which she approaches subjects in her poetry, are very distinct. Dickinson was very methodical in her approach to writing poetry. In further examination of Dickinson’s poetry, specific characteristics that can be found in the three poems . I Felt a Funeral in my Brain…

During Howard Days 2008 and 2009, a group of film students from California who call themselves Goodspeed Productions made trips to Cross Plains to film Barbarian Days, a documentary on the event and the fans who attend each year.  The title of the film is actually an interesting amalgamation of “Howard Days” and the “Barbarian…

We’ve all heard the story of how Isaac M. Howard (above) ended up in Texas and got his start in the medical field. For those that don’t remember, here’s L. Sprague de Camp in Dark Valley Destiny: The stable organization of the Howard family was disrupted by the death of James Henry [Isaac Howard’s maternal grandfather]…