As a poet Arnold is generally admitted to rank among the Victorians next after Tennyson and Browning. The criticism‚ partly true‚ that he was not designed by Nature to be a poet but made himself one by hard work rests on his intensely‚ and at the outset coldly‚ intellectual and moral temperament. He himself‚ in modified Puritan spirit‚ defined poetry as a criticism of life; his mind was philosophic; and in his own verse‚ inspired by Greek poetry‚ by Goethe and Wordsworth‚ he realized his definition
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The final quote‚ “I ain’t made plans for coming in that house where I don’t belong” (Oates 318). Suggests Arnold knows he is an outsider‚ and does not quite blend in like a human. He is a narcissist and believes Connie supposed to cater to his needs. He thinks his presence is too good and the house does not deserve it‚ hinting why bother to think about stepping in that house where I do not belong. While asking himself‚ why do I have to in and get you? When there is no need for him to lift a finger
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A character study of Junior. Arnold Spirit Junior – is a main character of the story of Sherman Alexie The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. The character‚ which the author introduces us to‚ is most probably built up on his true experiences of growing up on the Spokane Indian reservation in Wellpinit. Junior is a fourteen- year old teenager‚ who is a naturally born artist‚ a talented‚ hysterically funny and open- minded‚ smart‚ brave young man‚ yet super unsecured. Having been born with
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Matthew Arnold: Poems Summary and Analysis of "The Scholar-Gipsy" (1853) Summary The speaker of "The Scholar-Gipsy" describes a beautiful rural setting in the pastures‚ with the town of Oxford lying in the distance. He watches the shepherd and reapers working amongst the field‚ and then tells the shepherd that he will remain out there until sundown‚ enjoying the scenery and studying the towers of Oxford. All the while‚ he will keep his book beside him. His book tells the famous story by Joseph Glanvill
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life in favor of scoping out boys at the local restaurant‚ does everything she can to appear older and wiser than she is‚ and has a mind filled with daydreams and popular music that feed her unrealistic ideas of love and romance. When the stranger‚ Arnold Friend‚ arrives at Connie’s house‚ she must confront the harsh realities of adulthood‚ which bear little resemblance to her fantasies.
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the writing this version of history also paints our assessment of these heroes and villains. Sometimes the deeds that make one man a villain are given more weight than deeds that might deem the same man a hero. That is what happened to Benedict Arnold‚ his actions during the American Revolutionary War ensured victory for the American forces. But his acts of heroism have since been overshadowed by his final act of betrayal. When we think of the American Revolutionary War we have a tendency to
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This year‚ golf lost “one of the greats” Arnold Palmer‚ a man whose humility‚ integrity‚ and equity overshadowed even his immense talent. About ten years ago‚ I had the chance to meet this legend; at the time‚ he was merely a man who pushed the boundaries in his sport. As I reflect back on this chance meeting‚ I more readily understand that Mr. Palmer’s best quality was not his talent in the sport but rather the sportsmanship he showed toward his opponents. In 2015‚ my team placed third at state
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Arnold Toynbee’s Thought Analysis of the book " The World and the West " I have proposed to do an analysis on the main ideas of Arnold Toynbee’s book " The World and the West "‚ written in 1953. Though it has already passed more than half a century from its publication‚ I believe that the thoughts exposed in this work continue being in force. The significance of each one of Toynbee’s theses are still a motive of discussion between intellectuals of the most diverse tendencies. For the public
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Poetry‚ which appeared in 1888 as the first entry of his Essays in Criticism‚ Second Series‚ presents Matthew Arnold’s case for the importance of poetry. According to Arnold‚ poetry is the criticism of life‚ “and the criticism of life will be of power in proportion as the poetry conveying it is excellent rather than inferior” (237). Arnold argues that the purpose of poetry is to interpret life‚ to explain meanings beyond our comprehension: “more and more mankind will discover that we have to turn to
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window before he died‚ and Arnold caught him. Arnold had a child named Victor‚ and his age was same with Thomas. Because of the fire killed Thomas’ parents‚ he was raised by his grandmother‚ and he had a strange personality. Arnold had an addiction to alcohol‚ and he would become violence after he got drunk. When Victor was 12 years old‚ Arnold left Victor and his wife because of a fighting with his wife. Thomas and Victor had never left their hometown until they knew that Arnold died. Suzy told Victor’s
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