1. Battle royal
In Everyman, a didactic medieval morality play, the protagonist, Everyman, a name used as an allegory to represent the common member or society, is being pulled in conflicting directions by two desires, one his desire for worldly possessions, and the other his desire for salvation. ...
All of the students in the Digital Directions class chose a poem and expounded upon its meaning and its metaphor. ... In our Digital Directions class we are making an animated collage that describes the central theme of our poem that we chose. ...
To Fall or To Fly A reflection of the Article The article from "Love and Living," by Thomas Merton started off with a curious statement that love is not something that just happens to us, free of all reason, it is actually a "certain special way of being alive." Through the curvy road...
College Admissions Essay-"Discuss a specific event" At times life is like a runaway train that never stops. It turns and twists that has no end in sight. If there are tracks, the train will never stop, so head one direction. At times you could live your life to the fullest but one day it could al...
"I think, therefore I am" these are the words of the French Philosopher, Rene Descartes. Descartes was one of the most original thinkers of all time, as well as being a distinguished mathematician and scientist. I feel it is my duty to not only make you think, but to shift your currently systematic ...
After reading "To Build a Fire," by Jack London, I sat still for a few minutes reminiscing about things that I was told in my youth. One of them was my parents telling me to simply slow down and listen. Growing up just like every young boy, I was always in a rush. I rushed through everything so I co...
Outsiders From the time we are taught to write, read, or speak a certain language, we learn certain words that have multiple meanings. For some words, sometimes we even create our own meanings for them based on our personalities or what we observe from others. The word "alien" for example, has ac...
In "The Nature of Proof in the Interpretation of Poetry," Laurence Perrine's argument is that there is one meaning in a work of literature. He believes that an authors work does not have infinite interpretations it has a limited amount. He states this here "That a poem may have varying interpretations is a critical commonplace. That all interpretations of a poem are equally valid is a critical heresy," (Perrine 1). This quote is essentially saying that the idea of having infinite interpretations is wrong. ...
One of the most fundamental questions that philosophical minds ponder is the extent to the purpose of human beings. The Greek philosopher Aristotle attempted to derive this contemplation by practical, almost mathematical means, despite its variables being ridden with anomalies. This however is tru...
Transformations Understand HOW texts are valued HOW they are re-circulated Language forms and features Quotes, symbols etc. Ideas, values, issues in relation to context LOOK AT HOW HAMLET WAS VALUED FOR ITS TIME, THE WAY IT WAS STUDIED IT"S VALUES, SYMBOLISM etc. Then COMPARE with Ros + Guil, a...
Final Examination 1. Heraclitus makes the statement that "you can't step into the same river twice." This comes from the idea that the river is flowing and ever changing. With its constant flow, by the time you put your foot in take it out and put it back in again, the water you first touched will already be traveling down the river. For Heraclitus, reality is just like this changing flowing river. ...