… of power. With it, one has the ability to control those around them under the basis of their power, and maintain a given sense of order and duty as well. This notion of the importance of authority is nowhere more evident than in Virgil's Aeneid,…

… isn't just something that we do. It's a skill that we can learn and improve upon. Here, eight ways to be a better friend. Number One: Like yourself The first step in having a good relationship with a friend is to have a good relationship with…

… on the map of their continuous journey, life. There is never a straight path that one must follow but a sole direction in which to head. Regardless of the original message that Robert Frost had intended to convey, in his poem, “The Road Not Taken”,…

… have the choice either to take advantage of time or allow time to take advantage of us. This is the idea presented in To His Coy Mistress, a poem by Andrew Marvell. In this poem, the opportunity of living life to the fullest or choosing to squander…

… in. He was always the one who stood up for what was right, not what the more popular thing to do was. Atticus has a lot of courage to do what he did for Tom Robinson. Atticus looked past the racism that was in the courtroom where Tom was being accused…

… of a dramatic monologue. A dramatic monologue is a kind of narrative poem in which one character speaks to one or more listeners whose replies are not given in the poem. The Duke is speaking to an envoy about his first wife who is apparently dead. From…

… draw us like a magnet to the other person. These same differences, however, may repel us later on. What initially attracts us and what later becomes "the problem" are usually one and the same. How does this work? If John feels a bit allergic to the…

… feet of people walking home,” is of some interest in its own merit. Unlike some of Dickinson’s other poems, such as the ones that exist among other versions due to a few dissimilarities, this poem is duplicated verbatim. To the untrained eye, this…

… used to communicate meaning in poetry. Where other forms of literature can sometimes be over a thousand pages long, poetry is usually much shorter. The poet must get his or her point across in only a few pages, and one of the best ways to condense…

… Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" explain his use of "The darkest evening of the year" (L.8) which is closely related it to the greater theme of perseverance in the face of hardship. Frost wrote this poem, in November(Frost…