THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN: A PORTRAIT OF SLAVERY IN AMERICA by John Femia At the surface‚ Mark Twain ’s famed novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ is a thrilling narrative told by a 13-year-old boy who embarks on a perilous journey down the formidable Mississippi River aboard a tiny wooden raft. The story ’s sensationalism sometimes makes Huck ’s journey seem unbelievable. Underneath‚ however‚ lies an authentic portrait of the institution of slavery in America during
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Songs of Innocence and of Experience Themes by William Blake Major Themes The Destruction of Innocence Throughout both Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience‚ Blake repeatedly addresses the destruction of childlike innocence‚ and in many cases of children’s lives‚ by a society designed to use people for its own selfish ends. Blake romanticizes the children of his poems‚ only to place them in situations common to his day‚ in which they find their simple faith in parents or God challenged by
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In the poem “Raleigh Was Right‚” author William Carlos Williams makes his viewpoint quite clear. Williams expresses his thoughts to explain the impossibility of the perfect life lived out in the country. The tone of voice in his poem would be logical and realistic. He does this by not allowing the reader to believe that there will be a perfect safe haven in the countryside. This poem negates the message from “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.” He shows the reader that finding peace surrounded
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The poem “This is Just to Say” by William Carlos Williams‚ is a confession note that is left by the writer to the reader of the note‚ telling them that they ate the plums they were saving for breakfast. Even though the writer states “Forgive me”‚ I don’t think that the writer wants to be forgiven. I think the writer is being sarcastic because the writer goes on and describes how delicious‚ sweet‚ and cold the plums were. To me‚ it seems like the writing is rubbing it in the reader’s face. The poem
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The Escape By Maugham William Somerset Maugham is one of the best known English writers of the 20th century. He was not only a novelist‚ but also a one of the most successful dramatist and short-story writers. Maugham wants the readers to draw their own conclusion about the characters and events described in his novels. His reputation as a novelist is based on the following prominent books: “Of Human Bondage”; “The Moon and Sixpence”; and “The Razor ’s Edge”. Though Maugham doesn’t denounce the
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“Have you ever used force?”‚ In the spiel “The use of force” by William Carlos Williams‚ a physician uses force to save a child’s life. Doctors make a promise called the “Hippocratic Oath”. This oath assures that doctors do no harm. The story reveals how force is portrayed by all characters. The doctor uses force by holding the little girl down and the little girl resists which just makes the doctor use added brunt. The parents try to help hold her down but she continues to kick and scream. Using
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The Red Wheelbarrow was an interesting poem‚ one because it’s short and was able to keep my attention for the 4 lines of text‚ two because it seemed to combine the two popular prose styles of romanticism and realism. William Carlos Williams utilizes a sense of realism by depicting a scene of an everyday red wheelbarrow on farm‚ but also romanticizes the wheel barrow in strange yet cool way. He puts the wheelbarrow‚ a simple yard tool‚ on pedestal by saying that "So much depends upon the red wheel
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around the “Fair Grounds‚” and they move their bottoms too‚ those lower parts must be full of energy to hold up so much enthusiastic dancing‚ so move as the dancers move in Brueghel’s notable painting called The Kermess. General Explication William Carlos Williams’s “The Dance” (1944) illustrates the joyous‚ lively atmosphere of a fair. It also uses textual patterns to represent the dance depicted in Brueghel’s great painting‚ The Kermess. The speaker‚ who is describing the painting‚ uses the
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The video Iron in the Soul: Portrait of the Caribbean examines the everlasting impression that slavery left behind in the Caribbean. More importantly the documentary explores how salves were treated by early plantation owners‚ and the repercussion of slavery to present day‚ which include but were not limited to religion‚ culture‚ and tradition. Even centuries after slavery was abolished the history left behind by Britain after they abandoned the Caribbean is still evident today‚ generations later
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Comparison between the “Enthroned Madonna with Saints” and “Virgin with child Enthroned” The “Enthroned Madonna with Saints” /The Ognissanti Madonna/or”Madonna in Maestà” was probably painted between 1305 -1310 for the Church of Ognissanti. The “Virgin with child Enthroned” was created around 1200- 1025. Both of them belong to the Uffizi Gallery‚ Florence. The Ognissanti Madonna is much bigger/3.25 x 2m/ and it was painted for the altar of the church of Ognissanti in Florence. Both pieces of art
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