Wagner's essays on socio-political issues and art, for example Art and Revolution and The Ark-Work of the Future, show the influence of Feuerbach, left Hegelianism, Bakunin and later Arthur Schopenhauer. Wagner first read Schopenhauer, in 1854, at a time when his somewhat facile optimism was already giving way to doubts about the possibilities of establishing heaven on earth'#, and this was particularly important because it marked for him an apocalyptic moment, which can be seen in his works at the time, for example his essay "Beethoven-. ... Wolzogen was an anti-Semite and he al...

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King spoke of his children, and used them as an example to show how someone who is fresh into the world, and has not been tainted by society views segregation as unjust and irrational. ... In King's essay, the most effective tool he uses is rationality. ...

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One may view this as a contradiction in terms for example; Surely Dante could not have admired them so greatly to have placed them in hell however Dante (poet and protagonist) treats the classical poets as privileged and authorial characters, Contropasso in the Commedia is a concept based on the punishment fits the crime, the contropasso belonging to Canto IV of inferno includes mental anguish but an absence of physical torment. ... Ultimately as Kevin Brownlie notes in his essay of "Dante and the classical poets- Dante's usage of classical models in the Commedia is to articulate the Chr...

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Catcher in the Rye Context essay In order the to fully understand the "catcher in the rye" the analysis of all surrounding aspects of the main character's life must be taken into consideration. ... This being an important example of the relevance if setting as the reason for Holden's continual shifting of school is his lack of effort and application, and as Holden is further pushed away sent to school after school shielded from any love he becomes further independent and dwells on his negative thoughts alone. Holden secretly hates his peers; an example of this is his constant cri...

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My first thoughts for this essay were to attempt to show how both novels were equally trying to save humankind in their contrasting ways but if the time in which the texts were written is examined and read accordingly we see two very different tales of woe. ...

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