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Because I Could Not Stop for Death: Analysis

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 9, 20113 Comments

The poets of the nineteenth century wrote on a variety of topics.  One often-used topic is that of death.  The theme of death has been approached in many different ways.  Emily Dickinson is one of the numerous poets who uses death as the subject of several of her poems.  In her poem “Because I Could…

Analysis of an Anglo-Saxon Hero

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 9, 2011Leave a comment

In Anglo-Saxon literature and most likely in Anglo-Saxon times, men were measured by many of the same aspects of life that men are measured by today.  Men of that time period were godless, fearless, fame seeking, and most of all, courageous. Warriors, sailors, exiles, and even gods were in search of these things and often…

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird: Analysis

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 9, 20113 Comments

“Thirteen ways of looking at a Blackbird” by Wallace Stevens is a poem about what it means to really know something. In this poem, Stevens shows this connection by writing a first-person poem about a poet’s observation and contemplation when viewing a blackbird. He does this by making each stanza an explanation of a new…

All My Sons: Miller’s Chief Criticism Of American Society

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 9, 20111 Comment

A shot was heard throughout the Keller home as Joe ended his guilty, worthless life. Miller criticizes that American society has become corrupt- a place of selfishness, where people care too much about themselves, and that which benefits them, and will go to any lengths to achieve that goal; even if the repercussions of their…

“Misery” by Anton Chekhov: Summary & Themes

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 9, 20112 Comments

In the story “Misery” by Anton Chekhov, I identified despair and misery as a theme. The surroundings amplify the sentiment of the main character, Iona Potapov. Cold and gray surrounds’ Iona Potapov and he is extremely miserable. Iona Potapov wants to speak to another human about his son’s death but no one will listen. Failing…

Brothers Grimm’s Allerleirauh (All-Kinds-of-Fur): Summary & Analysis

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 9, 2011Leave a comment

All Fur is a 19th century German tale written by the Brothers Grimm. The tale deals with incest and how a young lady can escape an abusive father. When the King’s wife dies it becomes imperative that he was to marry again. However, he would not settle on any woman unless she was as beautiful…

Zora Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God: Analysis

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 9, 2011Leave a comment

In the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston shows how the lives of American women changed in the early 20th century. Zora Neale Hurston creates a character in her own likeness in her masterpiece, Their Eyes Were Watching God. By presenting Janie’s search for identity, from her childbirth with Nanny to the…

Joseph Heller’s Catch 22: Analysis

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 8, 20111 Comment

Catch 22, by Joseph Heller, is a critique of the society that we live in. Whoever is proud of what we have advanced to, and is unwilling to look at it in a negative light, would find this book very subversive. It threatens and criticizes the way of living of most who pride themselves in…

Alice Munro’s “Boys and Girls”: Summary & Analysis

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 8, 201113 Comments

Alice Munro’s short story, “Boys and Girls,” has a very interesting detail written into it.  The narrator’s brother is named Laird, which was carefully chosen by the author.  Laird is a synonym for lord, which plays an important role in a story where a young girl has society’s unwritten rules forced upon her.  At the…

Adrienne Rich’s A Woman Mourned by Daughters: Summary

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 8, 2011Leave a comment

“A Woman Mourned by Daughters”, by Adrienne Rich, is a very descriptive poem in which two women are speaking to their dead mother.  There are several parts to this poem starting from when the mother dies and moving gradually backward to when the daughters were young girls. It begins with the daughters sitting in their…

Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind: Analysis

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 8, 2011Leave a comment

In “Ode to the West Wind,” Percy Bysshe Shelley tries to gain transcendence, for he shows that his thoughts, like the “winged seeds” (7) are trapped.  The West Wind acts as a driving force for change and rejuvenation in the human and natural world.  Shelley views winter not just as the last phase of vegetation…

A Christmas Carol: Summary, Characters, Setting

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 8, 20111 Comment

This story takes place in London, England. The time is winter and it starts the day before Christmas, also known as Christmas Eve. The settings of the book include Scrooge’s Counting House, Scrooge’s Home, Bob Cratchit’s home, assorted places throughout Scrooges childhood like the schoolhouse and the Fizziwig’s place where Scrooge was an apprentice, this…

Analysis of Wordsworth’s Poetry

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 8, 2011Leave a comment

Wordsworth’s poetry derives its strength from the passion with which he views nature. Wordsworth has grown tired of the world mankind has created, and turns to nature for contentment. In his poems, Wordsworth associates freedom of emotions with natural things. Each aspect of nature holds a different meaning for Wordsworth. ‘The beauty of morning; silent,…

Kate Chopin’s A Story of An Hour: Feelings & Emotions

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 8, 2011Leave a comment

In the short story “A Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin, the whole range of emotions are felt by the main charter Louise Mallard.  Upon learning of her husband’s death she is immediately overcome by sadness.  However, once she is alone she allows herself to experience her feelings of joy at the prospect of…

John Knowles’ A Separate Peace: Summary

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 8, 2011Leave a comment

Chapter 1: The narrator (Gene) returns to the Devon School in New Hampshire, that he graduated from 15 years earlier. He goes to a certain tree and switches back to the past. Phineas dares everyone to jump from a branch in the tree into the river. Phineas, and Gene both jump. On the way back…

John Milton’s “Sonnet XIX”: Analysis

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 8, 20113 Comments

John Milton, a poet who was completely blind in 1651 wrote “Sonnet XIX” in 1652; this sonnet is his response to his loss of sight. The theme of the sonnet is the loss and regain of primacy of experience. Milton offers his philosophical view on animism and God. Furthermore, “Sonnet XIX” explores Milton’s faith and…

James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Themes

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 8, 2011Leave a comment

James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a novel of complex themes developed through frequent allusions to classical mythology.  The myth of Daedalus and Icarus serves as a structuring element in the novel, uniting the central themes of individual rebellion and discovery, producing a work of literature that illuminates the…

Poetry Explication Option by Robert Morgan

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 8, 2011Leave a comment

Written in free verse, this poem dramatizes the chance confrontation of a groundhog and terrier. As the speaker relates the setting, the poet uses the design of the groundhog den to provide an alternative, “option”, to the latent conflict. Morgan, asserts the layout of the groundhog den “always has a back door”, and in doing…

A Pair of Silk Stockings: Mrs. Sommers Analysis

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 8, 2011Leave a comment

Mrs. Sommers, of Kate Chopin’s “A Pair of Silk Stockings” faces a major Man-vs.-Society conflict. She is a perfect example of how humans are tempted by material gain, “the life of luxury”, and the vicious way society judges things (or people). Society views people who live in the lap of luxury as “gods”, they are…

Willa Cather: Biography & Writing

EnglishBy William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)June 8, 2011Leave a comment

Willa Cather was born in Virginia in 1873, but moved to Nebraska where the population was diverse. She attended school and also was educated at home. She planned on becoming a doctor early in life. She accompanied a local doctor on his house calls and assisted in many of the examinations. By the time she…

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