The Masque of the Red Death and Young Goodman Brown. The Masque of the Red Death and Young Goodman Brown are both good stories that paint vivid images. Throughout these stories, both Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne evoke a sense of fear and death. Edgar Allan Poe tells us a story of a prince who believed he could save himself and his nobles by […]

The Poem Because I Could Not Stop for Death Explained. Death Stops for No One Jaime Hayes Death Stops for No One The poem “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson is an extended metaphor on death, comparing it to a journey with a polite gentleman in a carriage taking the speaker on a ride to eternity. Through unusual symbolism, personification and […]

The Death of King Tut. Tutankhamun’s tomb is the only royal tomb in Egypt to have escaped the discovery of looters and was discovered by archeologist Howard Carter. The death of Tutankhamun was a sudden tragedy that til this day has yet to be solved. The cause of the famous teenage king’s death has been a long drawn out mystery with a range of theories […]

Regarding History vs. When Death Comes. Regarding history/ when death comes Luisa A. Igloria’s, “Regarding History” is a very intriguing poem. Initially it seems to be a very straight forward poem, she beings by speaking of two trees that she can see from her window that lean into the wind, and goes on to describe a certain meat that she is cooking. At first glance […]

A discussion of the symbolism of death in Edgar Allen Poe. Only  the  people  of  his  age  or  generation  oblique  in  opening  up  areas  of  human  experience  for  creative  handling  which  he  established.  The  reality  for  human  being  is  basically  very  deep  according  to  his  idea,  his  idea  also  states  that  human  being’s  reality  differs  to  outside  reality,  and  nature  is  intensely  unreasonable. As  the  […]

The Trial and Death of Socrates: Linking the Symposium and the Apology. Philosophy, as it is conceived in its classical sense, means love or friendship for wisdom. Although the aforementioned conception is the most widely accepted, there is also another important conception of philosophy which springs from the Socratic-Platonic Dialogues itself; that philosophy is a certain kind of therapeia; that is, the care of one’s […]

Because I Could Not Stop for Death Emily Dickenson. Miranda Jennifer Professor A. Tripp English 355 1, October 2012 Loss Is Nothing Else but Change Experiencing a loss raises overwhelming feelings that are difficult to cope with. The emotions that accompany any kind of loss can be intense and varied. There are stages of grief that everyone goes through. A sense of shock or denial […]