“Four Quartets” Thomas Stearns Eliot The Battle After the Battle "The battle is going very heavily against us. We ’re being crushed by the enemy weight...We are facing very difficult days‚ perhaps the most difficult that a man can undergo” (Erwin Rommel). During World War II‚ Field Marshal Erwin Rommel says on behalf of Germany that his army faces the most difficult days they have ever been through. This relates to all soldiers in all wars‚ as well as to people who lost their loved ones from
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A Portrait of Mona Lisa Courtney Wilder ENG121: English Composition I Prof. Laloni Christenson July 22‚ 2013 A Portrait of Mona Lisa Art is a traditional work that is painted in many different pattern of objects. Many people create portraits of art as an expression of how they feel. In the modern world‚ art is shown in different cities‚ subways‚ parks and etc. The greatest art was created in the early century and was called a masterpiece. This portrait was
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Tradition answer in Eliot T.S. Eliot’s essay‚ Tradition and the Individual Talent (1920) is one of the earliest offerings of his literary theory. The essay outlines his philosophy of "tradition" and the implications this has for the poet‚ critic‚ and scholar. Tradition for Eliot includes a much broader definition than is recognized by the popular conception of the term. His idea of tradition includes psychological and philosophical aspects‚ and sets forth of the aims of poetry‚ the role of the poet
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Eliot‚ T. S.‚ in full THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT (b. Sept. 26‚ 1888‚ St. Louis‚ Mo.‚ U.S. – d. Jan. 4‚ 1965‚ London‚ Eng.)‚ American-English poet‚ playwright‚ literary critic‚ and editor‚ a leader of the modernist movement in poetry in such works as The Waste Land (1922) and Four Quartets (1943). Eliot exercised a strong influence on Anglo-American culture from the 1920s until late in the century. His experiments in diction‚ style‚ and versification revitalized English poetry‚ and in a series of critical
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George Eliot on God and the Good Well known for her atheism‚ Eliot maintained a serious concern with morality and community throughout her life‚ evidenced in her novels and personal letters. She was persistently concerned with how to live a moral life outside organised religion‚ and how to maintain a sense of personal and community responsibility. First I’ll look at some influences on the development of her atheism‚ (and the limits of their influence)‚ then at the kind of religion she rejected
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Analysis of T.S. Eliot ’s The Waste Land Anita Grace Simpson‚ Yahoo Contributor Network Oct 12‚ 2007 "Share your voice on Yahoo websites. Start Here." * ------------------------------------------------- MORE: * ------------------------------------------------- T. S. Eliot FlagPost a comment Thomas Stearns Eliot‚ author of The Waste Land‚ has been called the most influential poet of the twentieth century. He was born in St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ but became a British subject in 1927. For
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Running Head: A PORTRAIT OF FRIDA KAHLO A Portrait of Frida Kahlo INTRODUCTION: Frida Kahlo This paper explores the life and art works of Mexican Painter Frida Kahlo. Her work was very significant because it was influenced by the indigenous Mexican culture. Frida suffered a tragic accident at the age of 18 that changed the course of her life forever. After the streetcar accident in 1925‚ Frida was left disabled and started to paint during her recovery. She became the most celebrated female
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people. But also images can play an important part of telling a lot about someone because there is always a story behind an image. Many images come to mind when thinking of things that represent who I am. The imagery I would include in my metaphoric portrait would be a stage‚ Disney World‚ and a plane. Generally‚ the stage is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of a metaphoric image that represents me. During high school‚ I was very involved in the theatre department and always felt I could
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Prelude IV is the last installment of a four part series of poems from legendary poet T.S Eliot. Like most of Eliot’s writing‚ including the three other installments of the preludes‚ Prelude IV criticizes the modern world and the state of humanity living in it. The goal of this essay is to interpret the specific criticisms within the poem as well as analyse its structure as well as its semantics. Structural Analysis Interpretation As previously stated‚ the core message of the entire Preludes
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PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER PAGE 2 A serial killer is a person‚ who has committed a series of two or more murders‚ as separate events by one offender acting alone. Common found characteristics of serial killers include: There are four basic types of serial killers. Power and control-Experiences sexual gratification by humiliating and controlling Visionary-
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