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“And that has made all the difference.” Robert Frost explains in his poem ​The Road Not Taken​, the direction we do not choose in our life is the road not taken and that will make all the difference in our destination. Robert Frost explains his thoughts about the option he had left in the past….

In the opening poems of Drum Taps, Whitman has a patriotic tone which shows the audience that war was not only necessary, but that people’s lives were just small price to pay to ensure people’s safety back home. Whitman, along with Melville, does recognize that war does come with a price but, the price comes…

We haven’t discovered much of our ocean. Why is that? The ocean has a lot of information that we need and the ocean plays a role in everything. It gives us information on climate, the air, water pressure, etc. We have most of our knowledge about the ocean in shallower water but the deeper waters…

In the eighty-two lines that consist of Satan’s famous soliloquy in Book IV (lines 32 to 113) of John Milton’s Paradise Lost, one is given a great deal to think about. Obviously, first and foremost, one gets a deeper look at the character of the “tragic hero” of Milton’s epic, who is consumed by his…

What does it mean to be a hero? In definition, it is someone admired for courage and nobility, someone with idealistic qualities. James Sturges is the main protagonist in the fantasy novel written by Guillermo Del Toro. James demonstrates heroism in his transformation of himself and the town he lives in while exploring the unknown….

John Boynton Priestley was an English world-famous essayist, playwright, novelist, social critic and historian. He was one of England’s last great writers. He was a member of the last generation of freethinking British sages who contemplated both science and philosophy in their literary output. Critics said he was a writer in Britain’s best ‘roast beef…

Healthcare in the United States is still relatively new to us and is one of the most debated topics in our government. Many presidents have tried to get Healthcare reform in the past, however one President that finally got a law passed on it, was former President Barack Obama. In October of 2009 The Affordable…

President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law in March 2010. This law made many contraceptive methods affordable to many women in the U.S. This was the first law to be enacted that set requirements for preventative health care across all the markets (L. Sobel, A. Salganicoff, I. Gomez; Mar. 29,2018, Women’s Health policy)….

Beowulf was a noble warrior growing up. He was courageous, powerful, and greatly known for his swimming match against Breca. He was dedicated, loyal, and had a reputation for those qualities. He continued to represent that as he grew older, and his defeat of Grendel, and Grendel’s mother, shows that. He gained a lot of…

To trust there is a possibility for a better outcome. To dream and have courage to believe it is possible. To have faith in powers beyond own control. All these concepts relate to hope. Emily Dickinson uses her poem, “Hope is the Thing with Feathers,” to show that hope is contained in the soul of…