Name: Duc Nguyen Course: English Date: Sep 22nd‚ 2009 Teacher: Mr.Ziehm Thanatopsis When talks about “death”‚ almost people are fear of that. Because they think “death” is the end of their life. But William Cullen Bryant has another side to look at “death”. “Thanatopsis”‚ that means “a view of death”‚ it’s also the name of a poem by Bryant. This poem is one of the classics about death as it offers a peaceful view of death‚ comfort for the living‚ and no matter what a person’s religious
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Death is an ongoing mystery that has not been solved by humankind. It continuously is a thought of how or why leaving people like artists to try to make reason of it. The poems “Thanatopsis” by Bryant‚ “Don’t Fear the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult‚ and “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas are three poems which speak of death; however they all have different purposes. They each explain and describe death with different points of views. Although all of the poems had different purposes‚ they also had similarities
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to die. Examples of this would be the three poems “Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant‚ “Don’t Fear the Reaper” by The Blue Oyster Cult‚ and “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas. All of these are about death‚ but they have different points of view. “Thanatopsis” romanticizes death and is optimistic‚ “Dust in the Wind” portrays life as short and fleeting‚ and “Don’t Fear the Reaper” glorifies death. While the three poems discuss death the poem “Thanatopsis” has the most optimistic view. In the poem Bryant
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Losing someone dear is similar to the trek of a rugged mountain journey.These hills are similar to William Cullen Bryant’s poem thanatopsis where he said “The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun the vales /stretching in pensive quietness between”(20). Initially‚ the journey feels incredible‚ each step of the hike coated with the weight of grief. Yet‚ with time‚ the peaks and valleys of memory become comforting footholds‚ offering help amidst the feeling of loss. Just as mountains stand against
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Death is a scary and ever approaching event. Public speaker and Public speaker and writer William Cullen Bryant tried to comfort the public in his poem Thanatopsis. He explains in his poem that death is scary but it is not to be feared. William Cullen Bryant uses anastrophe and imagery to illustrate his theme that although death is inevitable and extremely scary it is not to be feared because when in death a person is not alone. Bryant uses anastrophe throughout the poem to illustrate his theme
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The poem‚ "Thanatopsis‚" written by ‚ is a wonderful literary work which explores the often controversial questions of death. Within his well written lines Bryant attempts to show the relationship between death’s eternal questions and the ongoing cycle of nature and life. Upon concluding the poem many readers are able to reaffirm their faith of an afterlife‚ while others are left aimlessly pondering this strange possibility. Throughout the poem Bryant creates images which connect death and sleep
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based on romanticism such as "Thanatopsis" by William Cullen Bryant express a certain feeling not obtained in other kinds of poems. Many people in the romantic era believed that man’s purpose was to become one with nature. They felt power and wisdom comes from nature. They also believed in humanitarian which was an elevated common man or noble savage. Intuition was said to be more important than reason. People stressed the concept of following instincts. The poem "Thanatopsis" is a good example of romantic
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Questions Q.No 1 Marks Total Marks How would you distinguish between a management decision problem and a management research problem? Do all decision problems require research? Explain and illustrate with examples. Differences Explanation 3 Examples 2 5 10 2 How are research designs classified? What are the distinguishing features of each? Differentiate by giving appropriate examples. Meaning of Research designs Classification and features 4 Differences
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