Robert Frost’s "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"‚ William Wordsworth’s "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"‚ and Octavio Paz’s "The Street" share similar themes in that they all explore solitude and insightfulness. There is an interesting contrast within this group of poems‚ especially between the Frost and Wordsworth poems and Paz’s illustration. The first two poems are gentle and simple in their tone‚ whereas the last is quite solemn and worrisome. Frost and Wordsworth put positive connotations
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philosophical dimensions transcend any region. In a lot of Robert Frost’s poems he talks about nature. Two particular poems of his‚ "After Apple Picking" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" are great examples of poems with the theme about nature. Although the poems have similar themes‚ there are some differences. "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is a very calm and peaceful poem that creates a very clear mental picture. You can almost touch the snow and feel the wind. Frost is very descriptive
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"The woods are lovely‚ dark and deep‚" This line from the poem Stopping by woods‚ is saying that the woods are an opinionated place. The woods may be lovely to some‚ and scary to others. People may consider the woods to be lovely as they may have an interest for nature and it’s beauty. They may also like to see interesting animals‚ and escape from the reality of life. Some people might want to sit on a tree branch and enjoy the peace and quiet. To some people forests are a dark place‚ where they
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Compare and contrast the two poems “Stopping by the Woods...” and “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” both portray how to take decisions in life. In both poems the speaker is in a situation where he has to choose between two paths in life. In the poem‚ “The Road Not Taken”‚ the speaker has to make a big decision in his life. This poem talks about a person who comes across an intersection in the road and he
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Shakespeare‚ he wrote exquisite plays‚ including Macbeth written in 1606. Macbeth was written as a fable‚ he often wrote plays for King James I‚ the book however is portrayed as suspenseful and very solemn. The main characters would be Macbeth the protagonist and the witches as antagonist. Macbeth is portrayed as gullible because he believes everything the witches say about his destiny as king and as ambitious because he has just learned he is going to be king. The witches‚ however are portrayed to
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Sniffer is a short film about a man‚ who lives in a world where humans wear metal boots to weigh them down because they don’t react to gravity. The protagonist lives a monotonous life‚ arising from his sleep every morning to commute to work in a overcrowded bus‚ where his job entails testing deodorants by sniffing the armpits of various individuals‚ which is shown to be overweight. However‚ the ending of the film exhibit him realizing how dreary his life is‚ which triggered him unfastening his
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Abigail doing witchcraft in the woods‚ but instead she lies about it. She says‚ "We did dance‚ uncle‚ and when you leaped out of the bush so suddenly‚ Betty was frightened and then she fainted. And there’s the whole of it" (Miller‚ 1953‚ p. 1219). Wanting to avoid getting in trouble and wanting to make other people responsible for what she has done‚ Abigail lies. Likewise she is a cunning person when it comes to Elizabeth Proctor. Elizabeth is John Proctors wife‚ who Abigail sees as the wall in between
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narration progresses always through psychological motivation‚ i.e. by the will of a human character and its struggle with obstacles towards a defined goal. In Casablanca‚ Richard “Rick” Blaine‚ the owner of Rick’s Café Americain and the film’s protagonist struggles to fight off past memories and lives day in and day out as a jaded bar owner. Also Ilsa Lund a devoted wife to Laszlo and former lover of Rick. In Paris‚ Ilsa had fallen
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‘Chicken’ and Anton would win all the time‚ a sudden change occurs where Vincent comes out on top. Throughout the film a strong bond formally connects Irene and Vincent‚ although Vincent is the only in-valid to achieve‚ there are many perfectionists who achieve a lot also. The ‘Chicken’ game is a game that Vincent and his brother Anton played when
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The evening sky was alive with vibrant hues of peach‚ yellow‚ and orange that slowly ascended to soft pinks and purples as the sun began its descent into the lush green hills. Sweet scents of heather and mist danced in the air to blend with the comforting scent of burning peat rising to greet the emerging night sky. The eventide was filled with the sounds of the birds and livestock as they settled in for the night. Soon the only sounds to be heard would be the soft crackle of the fires‚ the gentle
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