women who exemplify that culture’s ideals of femininity. Take, for example, the female characters in both Guan Hanqing’s Snow in Midsummer and Hroswit’s Martyrdom of the Holy Virgins. While both texts come from largely different cultural contexts—Snow in Midsummer was written in thirteenth century China for a general population whereas Martyrdom of the Holy Virgins was written in tenth century Germany as a closet drama—both texts have female protagonists whose rebellions exemplify feminine ideals…

illustrations of a poem composed from a woman’s point of view in British literature. There is no evidence whether the author is a man or a woman since the author did not present himself or herself. In the poem, it is obvious that she yearns for her husband deeply, but it does not tell you if he returns her feelings. “The Wife’s Lament,” is a preview into the tenth-century Anglo-Saxon England, a point in time when wine streamed in the rivers, and colossal titans roamed the earth. The poem setting is the wife…

What is the poem about and what is happening in the poem? This poem revolves around the words “to sleep” and can show an in depth meaning about these two words. In this poem John Keats was explaining that one of life’s best pleasures in this world is to “to sleep”. This is because people are asleep and their mind can be free, also because lives troubles can be set aside. When sleeping people can place themselves in a peaceful environment. Through the later verses though, he expresses the only solution…

however, there is one story of Christian Martyrs that is true. This is the Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas. These events were written by two of the martyrs, Perpetua and Saturus. Perpetua was a Christian woman, age twenty-two with an infant son still nursing. Her servant was Felicitas who was also a Christian, and seven months pregnant. Perpetua’s brothers and mother were Christians, but her father was a Pagan. Perpetua, Felicitas and three other men were a group of catechumens from Carthage…

aside its pain and strive for its companions love and approval. Updike in the poem, Dog’s Death, uses the concept of diction, imagery, and symbolism to show readers the loyalty of a dog throughout its life no matter the circumstance that approaches its daily life. The author draws in readers through the use of diction to convey actions that show the better experience between a family and a loyal companion. The poem opens up using the statement, “She must have been kicked unseen or brushed…

John Donne’s Poem asks numerous questions and can be boiled down to a rather dark and cynical conclusion. This poem interpreted through the eyes of a male writer would see hints of a past filled with betrayal, leading the poet to deem the existence of fair and true women as impossible and fantastical as literally catching a falling star. That even in a ten-thousand-day journey, with age a man would come to his sensing, understanding the fantasy during reality that good women do not exist. This idea…

that there are 566 federally recognized tribes. He doesn’t even give any specific detail about his own tribe, the Spokane, which he most often uses as the background of his characters, instead creating his own generalizations. Through a Marxist analysis of his works Ten Little Indians, I will explore the question: Is Sherman Alexie is terrible at his job? It is clear that Alexie intends for everyone, particularly the youth of America, to benefit from his writing. He strives to get readers beyond…

story given from a lunatic 's point of view. It is the story of a man who is so obsessed with Porphyria that he decides to keep her for himself. In this poem however, we find that this poem is more than just about a lunatic, and his obsession, but rather find ourselves in the midst of a poem more depth. First, we can see how the role of nature can express the mood of the poem. We find that Browning uses many poetic devices such as imagery, meter and rhyme to give the poem that horrifying, “spine-chilling”…

Setting Analysis of the Nightclub in “Sonny’s Blues” “Sonny’s Blues,” which is an outstanding short story by James Baldwin, describes many obstacles in lifestyles and relationships of African-Americans in the influential time of post Harlem Renaissance and discrimination in the 1950s. In the end of the story, the nightclub setting is the most important and emotional turning point of the brotherhood between narrator and his young brother, Sonny. After many conflicts and arguments about their different…

admire for its uniqueness, and that inspired me to compile this anthology. This anthology is a compilation of poems which highlight the dramatic transformation of Sassoon’s poetic style that accompanied his attitude towards the war, from a patriotic idealist to a modernist. A poetic language that can articulate the trauma of the war and the trenches. Following the evolution of Sassoon 's poetry, both stylistically and thematically, offers us a reminder of the atrocity of the First World War as well…