Caroline Lufkin

A Journal Analyzing the Byronic Hero, Those who Closely Resemble the Hero, Byron’s Writing Styles and Literary Criticism (Journal entry 1, Defining the Byronic Hero) The Byronic Hero is a term derived from the poetic narrative, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, by Lord Byron. Though the idea of the Byronic Hero originated with the creation of Byron’s characters, Byron himself possessed the physical features associated with the Byronic Hero. These features include dark brooding eyes

Introduction Arcadia is an ancient play by Tom Stoppard regarding a distinct relationship between order and disorder, past and present, certainty and uncertainty. This play has in the past been praised by critics as the finest play with significant contemporary playwrights with regards to English language. Tom Stoppard has also been recognized as the greatest living playwright in English language theater with timely jumping masterpieces. His elegance allows his forging towards a unique comedy of

“…we are not asked to condemn this being with the mad heart, this being with whom there is something constitutionally wrong. On the contrary, we are invited to understand and sympathize. But there is a limit to sympathy. For though he lives among us, he not one of us” (Coetzee, 2000: 33). The afore stated quote from the novel Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee, is used when discussing a poem by Lord Byron- Lara- in the novel. Yet it is directly applicable to the protagonist, David Lurie. Coetzee appeals to

For the Third Quarter SSR Project I chose the book Both Sides Of Time by Caroline B. Cooney. I settled on this fiction book not only because I’ve read all three books in Cooney’s series Time Travelers Quartet, but it just so happens to be my favorite out of all of them. This book is gripping to me because of the events happening in the book. A hopeless romantic going back in time, involved in two love triangles in two different centuries, then forced to leave one that she loves either way. I relish