What is Paradise? Throughout history man has sought to create, find, or at least image a paradise on earth, a place where there is peace, harmony, and a surcease from the pain that plagues our lives. On the eve of World War II, James Hilton imagined such a place in his best-selling novel, Lost Horizon. ... A theme found in Lost Horizon is the desire to leave and apparent utopia in favor of a former home, however flawed. ... Does Lost Horizon's Shangri-la embody what you believe is a utopia? ...

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The Measure of A Man John Milton's "Paradise Lost" is an attempt to justify the ways of God concerning Creation and the fall of man. ... God gives Adam purpose by proclaiming, "This paradise I give thee, count it thine / To till and keep, and of the fruit to eat" (8.319-320). ... He accepts his charge completely and Eden thus exists as his Paradise. ... Although the epic poem "Paradise Lost" contains a great deal of tragedy, the true tragedy of Adam's fall is often overlooked. ... It is a vicious cycle that leaves destruction in its wake and Paradise lost...

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• Grade Level: High School

There are obvious similarities between Victor and his creation; Both have been solated, and both start out with good intentions. However, Victor's ego conquer his humanity in his search for god-like powers. The creature is nothing but gentle until society rejects him and makes him an outcast on acc...

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There are obvious similarities between Victor and his creation; each is abandoned, isolated, and both start out with good intentions. However, Victor's ego in his search for god-like capabilities overpowers his humanity. The creature is nothing but benevolent until society shuns him as an outcast ...

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Perhaps the most recognized of these poets is Imr al-Qais, who employs a long nasib, the romantic prelude, to declare his grief over his lost love. ... Imr al-Qais uses all of his senses to capture the majesty of his beast, to a point where it is difficult to discern between his lost love and his beast. ... Instead of taking time to express his grief over his lost love, Tarafa races through the nasib and immediately begins to describe his beast. ... Labid begins his Nasib with an intoxicating depiction of an earthly paradise, Labid begins: "naked shows their trace, rubbed smooth, like l...

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"The monster is at once more intellectual and more emotional than his maker; indeed he excels Frankenstein as much (and in the same ways) as Milton's Adam excels Milton's God in Paradise Lost" (Harold Bloom). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"Tess of the D"Ubervilles" is a classic tragedy by Thomas Hardy. This novel is about Tess Durbeyfield, a simple country girl who is used by Alec D"Uberville, a wealthy gentleman as a victim of lamentable purpose, and later finds love with Angel Clare who marries her but abandons her on their wedding...

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The character Hannah Jarvis from the play Arcadia by Tom Stoppard is one of the most significant ones because it is through her character in which the tensions between the Romantic view point and the Classical viewpoint are played out and eventually resolved. Hannah is a very strong-minded intellect...

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Annie goes on speaking about how beautiful her mother and she believe their life together to be a virtual paradise. ... Annie even feels bad for her father, who lost his parents and found his grandmother dead at a young age. ...

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• Grade Level: High School