The first section of Dante Alighieri's poetry is the Inferno, a divine comedy that chronicles Dante's path to God (Barolini 35). It is divided into three sections: the inferno (Hell), the Purgatorio (Purgatory), and the Paradiso (Paradise). The poem starts in the year 1300, on Good Friday evening. Dante is...
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The Prominent Moral Philosophers: John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant The prominent moral philosophers are John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant. While they were around the same time metaphysical, they included different principles of happiness and ethics. Kant had faith in duty ethics and good will. In contrast with his mission...
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Reflections on My Mother When reflecting on his mother, Michael Jackson said, "It's great to have my mother. She is perfection to me." This assertion is fitting when you know that your mother is one of the only people you're going to meet who doesn't criticize your character and support you...
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John Ronald Reuel Tolken lived during a period in history when Literature, particularly in poetry, was at its formative stage and many literary works were made. J.R.R. Tolken was a man with many accomplishments, both when he was alive and since his premature death. During his life, he was a...
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Movies impact the human thought processes. The American media continued to portray human beings of color as non-American and inferior physically and intellectually even after the abolition of slavery. One of the most significant film production companies is Walt Disney which has existed since the post-colonial era. The organization began...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson advances the concept of interconnectedness and evolution in many of his works, with the strongest point being that none of the things of the world have meaning on their own. Emerson describes nature and its relationship with an individual's emotions from the divinity view. The author divides...
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The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe The Raven, completed in 1845, is one of several respected poems by Edgar Allan Poe, a seemingly accomplished author who towered over his contemporaries in poetry in his day and beyond. As manifested in the symbolic crow s speech, Nevermore, the persona s...
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Introduction Frederick Douglass s novel, Learning to Read and Write, highlights the value of education and the effects of being learned in life. It is apparent that learning to read and write is a mechanism by which a person gains social and economic influence. However, the speaker contends that intelligence is...
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Jackson Pollock is a famous artist well known for his great talent in painting. He was the youngest in his family (Pollock 11), born on January 28th, 1912 in Cody, Wyoming. Thomas Benton was his tutor, taught him the basics of painting and influenced most of his early works. Later...
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Trump's Presidential Campaign Donald Trump announced his interest to run for the presidency of the United States of America on 16 June 2015. Formally, he professed political ambition in the highest political office with a promotional statement and a rally at the Trump Tower in New York City. Trump went on...
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When addressing human rights activists One cannot forget Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was one of the most influential human rights activists in the United States of America during the 1950s and 1960s. Martin Luther King died while attempting to better the living conditions of African Americans. Because of his...
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Hemingway's short stories: Soldier's Home and Big Two-Hearted Rivers Hemingway's short stories, Soldier's Home and Big Two-Hearted Rivers, are epic works of literature that best illustrate modernity. Aspects of sophisticated poetry, subjectivity, and detachment from social structures will be explored through the examination of these two short stories. It is clear...
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