The Ode to the West Wind by Percy Bysshe Shelley is one of the most renowned and renowned pieces of poetry in history. Often considered Shelley’s masterpiece, the Ode is a work that is full of inspiration. The poem was written in 1819, and it was inspired by the idea of using the wind as … Read more
Adonais is a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, written in 1821 and published in 1822. The poem is an elegy for John Keats, who had died the year before. Adonais is one of the most well-known examples of pastoral elegy. Shelley’s Adonais has been praised for its beauty and poetic form. However, the poem is … Read more
“Life is a dream walking. Death is going home. ” – Chinese proverb. If life was supposed to be easy, everyone would go through the days knowing the answers to their lives. Nothing would be an unexpected surprise to people, but that is not the case. Instead, we attempt to plan out every day and … Read more
How are monsters created? The question whether people are born evil or are transformed has been around forever. The Creature from Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley, and Grendel from Grendel, written by John Gardner, had similar situations. Grendel was a beast who had no communication with humans or any other living creature. He could understand … Read more
An dining hall containing no more or less than the necessities for a comfortable dinner, materializes seemingly out of nothing. Enter Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 18th century counter-enlightenment luminary; Charles Darwin, 19th century naturalist; Karl Marx, 19th century political philosopher; and Sigmund Freud, 20th century neurologist and founder of psychoanalytic theory. No one is alarmed that four … Read more
