Poets like Arnold of nineteenth century started to hold a very pessimistic view about the Victorian crisis, and in almost all his poems, he seems to express only a negative attitude toward his contemporary age. ... He tries to portray in his poems a real and clear picture of the problems of contemporary age in an implicit way, and then shows a positivity or a ray of hope at the end of almost all his poems. ... First of all, it is necessary to introduce the Victorian four elements in the total situation of a work of art: the artistic product itself, the universe representing nature, the audie...

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(Song of Myself, Dover Edition p. 18) He believed in a soul, and believed that all people have one. ... It involves the true sight of an animal, and "Where we see the future, he sees all, and sees himself in everything, / he and all, whole always." ... Rilke connected us all through a "life source" as well. ... (The Seventh Elegy, p 207) and in the fig tree that, without fanfare, forces its "concentrated essence / into the season's first fruit." ... It is readily apparent from this passage that Rilke believed that men and angels cannot possibly comprehend each other, as well as that ...

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Poe's Poems In personal appearance, Edgar Allen Poe was a quiet, shy-looking, but handsome man; he was slightly built, and was five feet, eight inches in height. ... That's all, nothing else... That's all, nothing else... I turned back into my chamber, all my soul within me radiating, and soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before (31-32). ... His eyes have all the likeness of a demon that is scheming, and the lamp shining over him casts his shadow on the floor. ...

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As the agreement indicates, Mephistopheles returns and Faustus keeps his promise and signs away his soul; he signs the oath with his own blood and writes on his arm the words ˜Homo fuge' meaning ˜Fly, man'. ... Shakespeare's Play, Richard III According to William Shakespeare's presentation, Richard III in the eponymous play is a man driven by vengeance, ambition, and a thirst for power. ... In the opening soliloquy, Richard III is shown as an anti-hero, and he reveals his determination to prove himself as a villain (1.1.30).This is different when compared to...

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