William Morris Research Paper William Morris was a poet‚ artist‚ manufacturer‚ and socialist during the mid to late 19th century. He was most active as a wallpaper and textile designer and later in his life a graphic designer. Morris was born March of 1834 in Walthamstow‚ which was near to London. He lived with his wealthy family near London and learned to read at a young age. He later attended Oxford where he met is friend‚ Edward Burne-Jones‚ who would later become one of the greatest
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During the the mid 19th century‚ prostitution was at its height of popularity in Victorian England. A total of 8600 documented prostitutes was estimated by the Metropolitan Police Division during 1868‚ not included the number of those whom the police had not acknowledged (Acton 38). Initiated as an occupation that brought women to the the sense of power and social statuses independently‚ prostitution was scrutinized and perceived as the root of social corruptions by many male scholars at the time
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti was born on May 12th‚ 1828 in London‚ England. In his lifetime he became an English poet‚ illustrator‚ painter‚ and translator. Rossetti got his education at home in his childhood and he read the Bible. He attended King’s College School because he wanted to be a poet‚ He also attended Henry Sass’s Drawing Academy from 1841 to 1845 to become a painter. Later‚ He enrolled at the Antique School of the Royal Academy and left in 1848. In 1849‚ Dante Rossetti painted The Girlhood
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Elizabeth Siddal‚ Pre-Raphaelite model and wife to Gabriel Rossetti‚ is the source of intrigue for many Victorian researchers. Her mystery began from her vague background as a milliner ’s assistant. From the start‚ many stories were told of her discovery and yet few stories were told of her past before that point. A frail young woman‚ she was addicted to narcotics and suffered from a variety of ailments‚ from the physical to the mental. Her turbulent relationship with Rossetti was plagued with
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Critical Appreciation- Christina Rossetti ‘Maude Clare’ Maude Clare is a poem with simple language‚ yet many complex interpretations; and mysterious narrators. The language suggests the time period in which the poem was written‚ and the traditional ballad structure connotes the Victorian era of poetry‚ as well as the tragic theme of love implying the pre Raphaelite age. The poem could be interpreted in the literal sense; an ex-lover showing up on her once- partners wedding day: “Out of the church
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Sudden Light di Dante Gabriel Rossetti I have been here before‚ But when or how I cannot tell: I know the grass beyond the door‚ The sweet keen smell‚ The sighing sound‚ the lights around the shore. You have been mine before‚-- How long ago I may not know: But just when at that swallow’s soar Your neck turn’d so‚ Some veil did fall‚--I knew it all of yore. Has this been thus before? And shall not thus time’s eddying flight Still with our lives our love restore In death’s despite
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The Victorian era‚ from the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1837 until her death in 1901‚ was an era of several unsettling social developments that forced writers more than ever before to take positions on the immediate issues animating the rest of society. Thus‚ although romantic forms of expression in poetry and prose continued to dominate English literature throughout much of the century‚ the attention of many writers was directed‚ sometimes passionately‚ to such issues as the growth of English
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Alba Andreu Casalins English Literature XVI - XX Sonia Haiduc - G1 ! Comparative essay on Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti The aim of this essay is to compare and contrast two critical essays on Christina Rosetti’s Goblin Market. This work will be based on Elizabeth K. Helsinger’s Consumer Power and the Utopia of Desire: Christina Rosetti’s “Goblin Market” and Victor Roman Mendoza’s “Come Buy”: the Crossing of Sexual and Consumer Desire in Christina Rosetti’s “Goblin Market”.
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a metaphor for life. The four men are helpless against the indifferent‚ yet overwhelming forces of nature. In "The Open Boat‚" Stephen Crane not only comments on the role of nature and God in the life of man‚ but the importance of community and brotherhood‚ and the nature of an individual ’s journey to knowledge. "The Open Boat" was written following Stephen Crane ’s real life experience when a ship he was aboard‚ The Commodore‚ sunk on January 22‚ 1897 off the coast of Florida on its way to Cuba
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Red Convertible" for a good reason‚ to make the readers see how important a red convertible can be. Louise Erdrich uses the red convertible to symbolize Lyman and Henry’s brotherhood from their tight bond to their falling out. The purchasing of the red convertible is the puzzle piece that builds Henry and Lyman’s strong brotherhood. Being brothers and co-owners of the car‚ they share a common bond. It also gives the two brothers the freedom they had searched for since they were kids. The car symbolizes
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