W.B. Yeats’ treatment of myth and history, civilization and philosophy in his poetry



The treatment of history and civilization/ myth and philosophy is one of the most important aspects of Yeats’ poetry. In his poetry, he successfully handles history and civilization/ myth and philosophy. His early poems profusely deal with Irish mythology. His early poems are full of symbolic meanings. As for history, he referred to the rise and fall of civilizations. He believed that the nature of civilization changes after almost every two thousands years.

Use of myth and imagery in The Waste Land



T.S Eliot was the most famous poet of the modern age. His ‘The Waste Land’ is a very important land-mark in the 20th century literature. Here, he has used mythical method and imagery to show the relation of the present with the past. The essence of mythical method lies in establishing a parallel between the ancient world and the modern world. This parallel helps the poet to express his meaning and comment indirectly.

Thoreau treat the relation between government and individual in his essay



In the Essay “Civil Disobedience” Thoreau appears as a social rebel and a critic of American government and society of his time. ‘Civil Disobedience’ established his reputation in the wider political world. Thoreau’s political theories were not well known during his own time. They were usually presented as lectures to small audiences or as articles. In 1849, Civil Disobedience was published under the title “Resistance to Civil Government”. It is one of the most influential political tracts ever written by an American.

Seneca’s portrayal of the theme of revenge and horror in Phaedra



Seneca was a Roman philosopher, dramatist and statesman. His tragedies based on Greek models, provided one of the foremost influences on the Elizabethan revenge tragedy. Written in an atmosphere of gloom, Seneca’s plays strongly emphasized blood revenge for murder or flagrant injury, or less serious revenge out of jealousy. His plays were filled with horrifying events such a cannibalism, incest, rape, and violent death. His rhetoric and bombast, and his stoicism, were important contributions to the Elizabethan form.

Homer’s treatment of Olympian gods and goddess in The Iliad



In the period of Homer, gods and goddess were the main elements of all kinds of literature. In the Iliad, Homer builds a temple of gods and goddess who remain in the background of the story. In this epic, Homer has anthropomorphized these gods and goddess with all human emotions anger, jealousy love etc. The only difference is that gods and goddesses are immortals while humans are mortals. In the Iliad,

The Rape of the Lock as a mock-heroic poem



Alexander Pope’s masterpiece “The Rape of the Lock” is one of the greatest mock-heroic poems in English literature. He has drawn the real picture of his contemporary society. In the mock-epic, Pope reveals himself as the spokesman of his age. He has written the poem in epic style. The incident of the poem is of trivial nature but the treatment is heroic. In fact, a mock heroic poem is not satire on heroic poetry. The purpose of a mock heroic poem is satirical.

The use of Symbol in the poems of W.B. Yeats



After the First World War, the “Symbolist Movement” began in France. This movement influenced the English poets profusely. Yeats is one of them. He has been called the ‘chief representative’ of the “Symbolist Movement” in English literature. In his poems, he uses a lot of symbols for various purposes in various contexts.

Spiritual regeneration of Robinson Course



In Daniel Defoe’s novel ‘Robinson Crusoe’ the author tells the tale of spiritual development of an adventure-loving man. The moral and religious dimension of the tale is indicated in the Preface of the book. Robinson Crusoe’s spiritual and religious change is one of the major themes of the novel. Thus an analysis of Robinson Crusoe life would like to clarify the theme of sin, punishment and repentance.

Sophocles use of dramatic irony in Oedipus Rex



King Oedipus by Sophocles is one of the great classical tragedies. In this play the playwright deals with the fundamental issues of human life on earth. Sophocles has certain philosophy and outlook about life to explain to the audience. To draw the attention of the audience to the issues of life, the playwright has very brilliantly used the literary device of dramatic irony. In this play dramatic irony is a means by which the playwright could successfully retain the interest of the audience up to the end of the play.

Picture of 18th century social life in Addison’s The Coverly Papers



Joseph Addison is regarded as one of the masters of English prose. And his “The Coverly Papers” is considered as a precursor of the English novel. In the history of English prose, Addison’s place is assured and high. Addison’s narration is characterized by neatness and sobriety combined with wit and humour. He is in perfect harmony with his age in his rational attitude and his moral outlook. He takes upon himself the task of mending the morals in an age which is vicious. He steers a middle course between the bigots and butterflies of the age.

Comment on the fusion of the past and present/ moral decay of modern world in The Waste Land



T.S. Eliot was the most famous poet of the modern age. His “The Waste Land” is a very important land-mark in the 20th century literature. Here in this poem, the poet has shown the fusion of present and the past. T.S. Eliot here also says about the moral decay of modern world. “The Waste Land” is full of different things and it places side by side and rearranges the most radically different materials, collected from widely different places, times and cultures.

Paradise Lost as an epic



Milton’s Paradise Lost may properly be classed among the greatest epic poems and its theme is neither mythical nor historical. It is not a national epic like the Iliad or the Aeneid, but it is an epic of the whole human species of our entire planet or astronomical universe. The theme of Paradise Lost is Biblical and religious and it follows Greek model of epic poetry. The central event of this epic poem is the fall of man, which is derived from the Old Testament.

Comment on Oedipus complex reflected in "Sons and Lovers"



David Herbert Lawrence is a great novelist of human psychology. His novel “Sons and Lovers” is based on modern psychology. He has a wide knowledge of human character. He has drawn many distinguishing characters in his novel. The relationship between Paul and his mother is a case of ‘Oedipus complex’.

The role and function of Chorus in King Oedipus



The chorus was an essential feature of the ancient Greek tragedy. Aristotle says in his poetics- “The chorus too should be regarded as one of actors; it should be an integral part of the whole and take a share in the action that which it has in Sophocles rather than Euripides.” The chorus was a group personality consisting of twelve or fifteen elder citizens. They used to dance round the alter of Dinonysus, the god of plants, fertility, wine, music and poetry.

Herbert’s use of imagery in his poems



George Herbert is one of the most important metaphysical poets, was known for his saintly life and intense devotion to god his poems, not really intended for publication, reflect his sincere religious feeling. He was influenced by John Donne and the new metaphysical ideas such as metaphysical conceit. However George Herbert was not forced by John Donne’s style and developed his own. Herbert’s poems were also quite musical and included many different forms of song and

Herbert as a religious poet



George Herbert is essentially a religious poet. He wrote a large number of religious, philosophical, and reflective poems in the service of god. From his very beginning of poetic career Herbert preferred to write devotional poems rather then to write love poems. In his metaphysical writing he deals with soul, God, immortality, life after death and so on. Metaphysical poetry is a blending of thought and felling,

Emerson’s view about the duties of The American Scholar



“The American Scholar” is one of the famous essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson. He delivered this as a lecture to the Phi Beta Kappa at Harvard College, on 31 August 1837. This lecture mainly contains Emerson’s view of the American Scholar that means what an ideal American Scholar should be like.

Milton’s description of Hell in Paradise Lost, Book-1



Of all the narrative passages in Paradise Lost, Book-1, John Milton’s description of Hell stands out unique by virtue of its graphics pictorial quality and its evocation of a sense of gloomy terror. Milton presents Hell as a place designed for the eternal punishment of the fallen angels. Hell is a place for removed from the celestial seat of bliss. It is situated in the nethermost depth of abyss, and it takes nine days and nights to fall into this dreadful pit from heaven.

Critical appreciation of the poem “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”



When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d” is one of the most famous poems of Walt Whitman. It is one of four elegies entitled ‘Memories of President Lincoln’. An elegy is a lyric poem setting forth the poet’s mediations upon death. It is characterized by conventional language expressing with dignity and decorum a formal grief. The classical form of the elegy is common to both Latin and Greek literature.

The principal traits of the Character of Lady Una as portrayed in The Faerie Queene, Book-1



Spenser’s heroines are paragons of beauty and virtue. Lady Una, the heroine of The Faerie Queene, Book-1 is no exception in this regard. She has been portrayed as both an individual and a type. She stands for beauty, truth, goodness, wisdom and innocence, the qualities which Plato had taught his disciples to regard as identical. Lady Una is a combination of such excellent qualities as truthfulness, constancy of purpose,

Character of Clytemnestra in Aeschylus’s Agamemnon



In Aeschylus’ tragedy “Agamemnon”, the character of Clytemnestra is portrayed as strong willed women. This characteristic is not necessarily typical of women of her time. As a result, the reader must take a deeper look into the understanding of Clytemnestra. In Agamemnon, she dominates the action. Her most important characteristic is like the watchman calls it, ‘male strength of heart’. She is a strong woman and her strength is evident on many occasions in the play.

Pope’s attitude to the character of Belinda in "The Rape of the Lock"



The Rape of the Lock is the truest and loveliest satirical picture of the days of Alexander Pope. It is a poem ridiculing the fashionable world of his time. In this mock-heroic work Pope satirized feminine frivolity. Belinda, the principal female character of the poem is the representative of the women belonging to

Edmund Burke’s Knowledge of America



In The Speech on Conciliation with America the mind and art of Burke are seen at their highest. It is a varied and mighty piece of pleading in which the wisdom of Burke as a practical and magnanimous politician has better been reflected. Endowed with rare farsightedness, he could foretell what was going to happen in America and his power to study the situation enabled him to speak like a prophet. Strangely enough, Burke delivered this speech on the 22nd march year proving his prophecy accurate.

Bartleby the Scrivener is a tragedy



Bartleby the Scrivener is one of Melville’s most famous stories. It is a tragic short which is told in mode of realism. Bartleby the Scrivener is the principal character or protagonist of the story. In this story the writer has carefully arranged the incidents to achieve the tragic effect, involving the emotional and artistic aspects.

Aeschylus’s treatment of the theme of hereditary guilt in "Agamemnon"



Aeschylus’s Agamemnon is a tragedy that was first performed in Athens in 458 BC, basically deals with one of the dark stories of hereditary guilt. His tragedies certainly deal with death, but life always asserts itself amidst the lurid dance of death. Life in his time was lived at an intense level. His plays are a poignant expression of that sense of intensity.

In the ten years between the fall of Troy and the rise of Athens the social and political life of Greece

Compare the characters of Achilles and Hector in Homers’ Iliad



In The Iliad there are a great many warriors and heroes, but Achilles and Hector figure prominently as the two greatest heroes. A man’s courage often counted more than if he was honest or faithful to his wife. Achilles, King of the Myrmidons and Hector, prince of Troy struck me as the most sharply contrasted characters. I found that Hector had more bravery than Achilles. Still we are to compare

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