In its various forms it has maintained it value and popularity throughout literary history. ... The themes of immortality and morality can be seen throughout "Ode on a Grecian Urn". ... That is just one fascinating aspect of this poem and one example of how the quest genre has maintained its value and popularity throughout literary history. ... In conclusion, quests contain many themes, including friendship, acceptance of difference, illusions and reality, good versus evil and the satisfaction of accomplishment. These themes and issues are frequently discussed in a confronting and somet...

• Word Count: 1253
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

One major theme in this work was rejection of authority. ... Thérese Raquin (1868) was written by Émile Zola during the Naturalist literary period. ... The main theme in Frankenstein is that having too much ambition is dangerous. ... All of these works reflect the themes of Frankenstein, but would go unnoticed to the general reader. ... There are fewer literary allusions in this work because it was written for less educated people. ...

• Word Count: 1913
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

In 1904 the Bloomsbury group, a circle of literary, artistic, and intellectual individuals, began meeting in their homes. ... The themes of Forster's 1908 novel A Room with a View demonstrate his beliefs in romanticism very well. One theme of this novel is that women are important in their own right (J.B.B.). ... Other elements than the use of themes can demonstrate the style of a novel. ... Therefore, it is only correct that A Room with a View should be considered among novels of high literary merit. ...

• Word Count: 1322
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• Grade Level: High School

They put on display divergent insights based upon their conflicting observations, and, indeed, their very different literary aims. ... In addition, he prefers to depict London at night so that he can emphasize the theme of London's murkiness, which represents a gloomy, dreary city that is full of desolation. ... Wordsworth alternatively used literary techniques to portray charm, tranquility, and serenity. ...

• Word Count: 1464
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Some of his primary focus of literary work consisted of Mortality, Nature, and Humanity. ... At the time this book was published it failed to arouse interest at the time, but it has since come to be known as his masterpiece English poet, literary critic, and philosopher, William Wordsworth helped launch the Romantic age in English literature towards the end of the 18th century in Europe with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads. ... One primary theme that William Wordsworth focused on in his poetry is nature as it could be represented in the poem "The World is too much with us". ...

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"One of the most popular themes of Romantic poetry was country life, otherwise known as pastoral poetry. ... On top of this, there was a clearly mystical quality to Romantic writing that sets it apart from other literary periods" "(Rahn). ... "No other period in English literature displays more variety in style, theme, and content than the Romantic Movement of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries"" (Rahn). ...

• Word Count: 1565
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He quickly introduces the theme of death and compares the dead leaves to "ghosts" (3). ... The arrangement and structure of the stanzas also serve purpose to emphasize Shelley's theme (Shelley, Complete Poems 233). ...

• Word Count: 1748
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights is known as a great love story because it is the central theme: the relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff. This love is the reason for the tragic development of the story; all the other themes like hate, revenge and death (among others) derive from this love between the two main characters. ...

• Word Count: 2324
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Although separately, two of William Blake's poems of the same name, "The Chimney Sweeper," follow the conventions and traditions of the Romantic period, both poems together show the impact that Blake created by stark contrasts illustrated when the poems are compared side by side. Both poems are abo...

• Word Count: 1853
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School