Archibald MacLeish

them that there is an opportunity that they can posses their eternal life. Literature, especially biblical literature has exploited this biblical nature to its fullest in various types of forms, including the play J.B. by Archibald MacLeish. In the play J.B, Archibald MacLeish reanimates and modernizes elements taken from the story of Job to come up with his own response to the ultimate

Kevin Kovacs ENGL 102-007 Professor Estes January 12, 2016 Ars Poetica “Ars Poetica”, by Archibald MacLeish is a free-verse poem about essentially “the art of poetry”. This poem goes on to describe the qualities a poem should stand by to be recognized as a work of art. Everyone has his or her own opinion on what a poem should be. How it looks, how it sounds, what you are supposed to feel when you read it. Some analyze every aspect of a poem, others, just read the words presented to them. “Ars Poetica”

was a new display from God, showing that bad things can happen to good people. The book of Job made it clear in the bible that God was not giving or taking anything because of our own achievement, but that all things good and bad are from God. Archibald Macleish tries to reenact Job in a more modern version that new readers today might find easier, and although so aspects might be off from the original text, the story of J.B. follows closely to Job’s story line. One area that can be compared when looking

“Ars Poetica”, written by Archibald MacLeish, is a Modernist poem that, through careful sensory images, provides guidelines and clear examples of the true form of poetry, and in effect, the poem reveals how life should be lived. “Ars Poetica” is a beacon poem of the Imagist era, yet, at the same time, breaks many Modernist traditions. Similes are utilized throughout the poem to provide examples of how a poem should be brought into existence and evoke instantaneous feelings. “Ars Poetica” breaks the

What is a poem and what makes a poem important? This question can have multiple answers for many different people. Two such poets have ideas of this question to express in their poems. Marianne Moore in her poem, Poetry, and Archibald MacLeish in Ars Poetica. Both are very talented poets and their views of what a poem should be and what makes it important are both alike and different. Marianne’s Poetry, and Archibald’s Ars Poetica, expresses different views of how a poem should present its theme

The Watergate Scandal During the early 1970’s, a scandal took place at the hands of former president, Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon wanted to ensure that he got the chance to get reelected. He took extreme measures to do so, one of those extreme measures included espionage. On June 17, 1972, five burglars were taken down to the police station after breaking into the Watergate complex buildings in Washington, D.C. The five burglars; James McCord, Virgilio Gonzalez, Frank Sturgis, Eugenio Martinez,

From high school girls desperately trying to be one of cool kids in school to corporate warriors rubbing elbows for that next promotion, nearly everyone has fantasized about being a part of the “in crowd”. What is it that makes the bonds and barriers of “in crowd” so unbreakable? Through sharing stories and reaching conclusions through discussion of those stories, members of small groups develop a common bond that shapes their social reality. An example of this bond is prominent in the CW’s hit show

As popular characters of the outstanding TV series Gossip Girl, Chuck Bass and Dan Humphrey are my two most-liked characters. I admire how they are two completely different people, who come from different backgrounds. Dan is the typical nerdy boy who can only get into an elite school by receiving scholarships for his intelligence. Chuck on the other hand is a wealthy, greedy, and obnoxiously captivating boy who buys people like Dan Humphrey to do his school work while he handles a part of his father’s

bee” of the Constance Billard School for Girls, and throughout the seasons, Blair, Serena, and younger classmates fight for the “queen bee” status. Additionally, Gossip Girl features the poorer, aspiring writer Dan Humphrey, the “Golden Boy” Nate Archibald, the arrogant, womanizing Chuck Bass, Serena’s mom Lillian Bass,

Post-feminism Post-feminism can be best described as, “an expression of the belief that feminist thought is now (at best) divisive and mean-spirited, and in any case, no longer necessary because the main aims of feminism have been achieved: men, and women are now social equals” (O’brien & Szeman 395). Post-feminism is portrayed in the show Gossip Girl. In the show, post-feminism is something that is shown throughout the entire series; specifically it is shown by how the female characters are