Lady Lazarus Essay

Pinned to the Wall: J. Alfred Prufrock and the Inability to Change If people are disappointed with themselves and what they have become, then there are naturally two options for remedy. One is to do whatever possible to change themselves and pave a brighter future. The second, perhaps less desirable, is to realize that change is useless or near-impossible, which leads to either finding peace in the way things are or recognizing the hopelessness in the absence of the way things could be. T.S

T.S. Eliot characterizes his speaker in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” based on his own personal experiences. In 1915, Eliot wrote one of his most famous poems as a skeptic (Schneider 1103). He constantly questioned the meaning of human life and the reasons why human beings were created at all. In the same way, Prufrock also has a difficult time in finding the purpose of his long life. The speaker of this poem takes the reader on a journey so that maybe the listener can aid him in finding

Women as Objects in A Woman on a Roof         Doris Lessing’s "A Woman on a Roof" allows us to understand how some men view woman: as mere objects for display and possession. Lessing shows how each of the male characters reacts and deals with rejection from a woman sunbathing on a nearby rooftop. We discover how three men’s preoccupation with sex keeps them unaware of how their advances may be unwanted and ignorant of their action’s possible consequences. All three men share the desire

Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Milton’s Satan of Paradise Lost bear many similarities to each other. Both characters possess diabolical ambitions to overthrow the natural order of their circumstances for the lust for power. Both committed atrocious acts that led to others’ downfalls-Macbeth committed multiple acts of murder, and Satan vowed to corrupt humankind and did so with deceit. Both are portrayed as complex characters with, in some cases, conflicted feelings about their evil doings. Aside from

“Little People, Big World” and “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “The Bachelor” and “Survivor,” “The Biggest Loser” and “The Real World” “Miss America” and “American Idol”—it is difficult to watch American television in the first decade of the twenty-first century without encountering a freak. Britney Spears, called her 2009, forty-nine show tour through the US, Canada and the UK. Perhaps, more accurately, it is not so much that the circus goes on as that the circus has been revived in the American imagination

The image I’ve chosen is a still from one of Kanye West’s recent music videos titled “Famous.” I found this video on YouTube a couple months back when it was released in July and found it quite interesting. The specific still I’m using from the video is shown towards the end of the video when the camera completely zooms out revealing all the sleeping bodies. One of the main reasons this image captured my attention and caught me off guard was because of the people featured in the video and the fact

Literature has gone through many eras, with each changing it in its own way, but it can be argued that the era that changed literature the most was the modern era. Dune by Frank Herbert is a science fiction novel of the modern era and fits the modernist theme to a tee. The modern era, like any other literary era, can be categorized by the attributes that modernist literature contain. Dune, being a member of the literary era, is riddled with such attributes. Dune is part of the modern literary era

The "Modern" Men No two men are exactly alike, not even identical twins. Some attributes, appearance, and ideology may mirror, but no two men are alike. Differences in how the world is perceived will allow this individual to stand together, but appear far apart. The modern method of writing allows for individuals do exactly that, stand together, but appear to be fair. Writers Ernest Hemingway and T.S. Eliot demonstrated such disassociation in living deliberately in time and place of Nick and J.

Queen of Pop? “My artpop could mean anything” (Lady Gaga, 2013). Lady Gaga’s incredibly creative and diverse music and art influenced the music industry, making her one of the most influential people in the world. Gaga grew up with an interest in music, her music influenced by Christianity in her family. She began singing at open mic bar nights in New York, with several small bands. Soon, she broke onto the scene, and released her album, The Fame. (“Lady Gaga”, 2010) Quickly, she grew in popularity

Lady Gaga is one of the most talented and awarded artist of her time. Her early life growing up is relatively normal, but as her life transpires, she becomes erotic with her life choices, music, and clothes. Information from her past to present life gives insight into what makes her a superb artist, and it helps bystanders acquire a more kin understanding of Gaga’s life. Gaga is more formally known by her birth name Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (B and G), and in most biographies her name is