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A Brief Analysis of D.H. Lawrence’s “The Ship of Death”

“Have you built your ship of death, O have you?” D.H. Lawrence asks in his dark and compelling work of poetry entitled “The Ship of Death”. Written shortly before his own death in early 1930, the...

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Famous First Lines: Richard III

There is a great deal of twisted biography concerning the person of King Richard III of England (1452-1485), first written by the great diplomat and statesman Thomas More (1478-1535), that, in the manner of...

47 comments    history drama shakespeare
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Jane Austen's Mansfield Park- Henry's Marriage Proposal

Here’s a look at another passage from Mansfield Park.      In Mansfield Park, Jane Austen uses an assortment of styles to establish her narrative thought, and a close analysis of each variant reveals...

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Literary Evolution: William Blake's "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" and the Bible.

Given the status of the Bible in the western literary tradition as one of the most appropriated and alluded to of all ancient and religious texts, it is not unusual that William Blake writes so extensively...

0 comments    religion poetry writing
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Shakespeare- The Tragedy of the Comedy

    For many characters in Shakespeare's comedies, love immediately becomes a difficult, seemingly impossible, pursuit. In two of these plays, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night, the main...

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Death by Hedonism: Escaping the Inescapable

The transience of life is a continual theme throughout literature.  Faced with death, authors struggle to find meaning in life, to judge their lives as worthwhile.  Death’s shadow darkens the steps of all...

7 comments    literature death oscar wilde
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How I Put Aside My Love for British Literature and Got Turned on to Detective Novels

I used to be a little of a snob when it came to reading books; I don’t mean that I don’t like to read them, I was just very selective. By selective I mean: nothing ever made it to my book list if it...

0 comments    books mystery thriller
environmental science57

School surprises me

Sorry I haven't been on Hubs in about 2 months! So busy with school! Anyway... Last year I was struggling a lot with keeping my grades up. This semester, I have British Literature, Environmental Science,...

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What Makes a Hero

A study of heroic ideals throughout early English literature.

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An Alternative To EBay Called Bonanzle

Many people these days are finding that eBay is a great way to make money. An even better way to make money is on Bonanzle. The listing fees are never more than $10.00! List 4 pictures for an item free....

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