… between modern society and Dante’s perception Florence, Italy. These differences are caused by the passage of time. The society depicted in Dante’s Inferno is almost completely different than modern society, when taken at face value. The one factor…

… affect your reading of and response to the poem? 2. What is the poem about? I could only understand the meaning of the title of the poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” after I gave my first opinion about it to my English professor. The poem has…

… After the Trojan War, Greek kingdoms declined. Homer wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey when Greece had recovered from this war and Greek city-states were going into their eminent time. The actual stories take place earlier than Homer, during and after…

… is a heroic tale of mans strength pitted against forces he cannot control. It is a tale about an old Cuban fisherman and his three-day battle with a giant Marlin. Through the use of three prominent themes; friendship, bravery, and Christianity;…

… Homo habilis first roamed the earth, man has incessantly entered into conflict with nature. As the primitive man has evolved, he has become over-dependant on nature to the point where he takes advantage of its abundance of gifts. Despite the fact that…

… and the Sea is the story of an epic struggle between an old man and a big fish. Santiago is the aged Cuban fisherman whose luck has left him. For eighty-four days he's been unable to make a catch. He is so conspicuously unlucky that the parents of his…

… where they go, what they think about in any number of situations. That interest is one of the reasons many people enjoy reading stories about imaginary people who seem real. Characterization is the technique a writer uses to create lifelike characters.…

… Optimist’s Daughter are Judge McKelva, Becky Mckelva, Laurel Mckelva, Wanda Fay, Dr. Courtland, Miss Adele Courtland, Tish Bullock, Major Bullock, Miss Tennyson, and Miss Missouri. Becky Mckelva was Judge Mckelva’s wife before she died and had Laurel…

… as animals show the deterioration of moral rules that relate to human activities. George Orwell demonstrates the forcible overthrow of a corrupted government. The animals agree on a rebellion with the humans, expelling Mr. Jones from the farm.…

… work, The Canterbury Tales, he points out many inherent flaws of human nature, all of which still apply today. In the phrase, “avarice is the root of all evil” (Hopper, 343), one can fail to realize the truth in this timeless statement because of…