Intellect is just an instrument through which the Soul emerges and develops: "Do you not see how necessary a World of Pains and troubles is to school an Intelligence and make it a Soul?" Meanwhile, Tennyson, in his poem "In memoriam," centered on the importance of humility as well, although he did not equate with Intellect the importance of the Spirit or Soul. For Tennyson, intellect is nothing without

The poem explicitly expressed the issue of environment degradation, when the protagonist exclaimed, (upon learning that he was to give up the land he tilled for many years), "These fields were burthened when they came to me...It looks as if it never could endure Another Master." Apart from the theme of environmental degradation, moral degeneration was especially explicit in the works of Tennyson and Carlyle, who discussed the importance of

Fathers and Sons by Brian Friel Nihilism was a 19th century philosophy whose followers believed in nothing; rejected all value systems and calling for traditional customs, institutions, and beliefs to be abolished. It was a particularly controversial issue in Russia during the 1800's as many in that country adopted it as the driving force behind their struggle against the injustice and tyranny of Czarist Russia. One work of literature where Nihilism

Corresponding Works There is a lot of similarity in the works of Robert in his poem "The Road Not Taken" and the short story by Welty "A Worn Path." Frost composed the poem in 1916, whereas Welty wrote the short story in 1941. Both of these written works are for the readers to think outside the box and find the true meanings. These writings have a hidden meaning to them

Death in Thomas and Dickinson In many ways, Dylan Thomas' "Do not go gentle into that good night" and Emily Dickinson's "Because I could not stop for death" are ideal texts to consider when attempting to examine human beings anxieties regarding death, dying, and the longing for permanence, because they make vastly different points in strikingly similar ways. That is to say, while they share some elements of form, style, and

757). Chopin (2002) writes: "There would be no one to live for her during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature" (p. 757). Louise is discovering that she will have say over what she does and there will