Literature / School

Why I Was Wrong About Classic Literature

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Macbeth, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Oedipus Rex are three examples of classic literature that almost all students are made to read in high school. However, students don’t know why they […]

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Literature / Philosophy

A Transcendental View: Walt Whitman

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In the song The Court of the Crimson King, the band King Crimson writes, “The gardener plants an evergreen/Whilst trampling on a flower,” (King Crimson 19-20) The song makes a statement that, […]

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Literature

Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, a story of self worth weaved in with swashbuckling naval action

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Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester is a riveting coming-of-age episodic novel set on the high seas off the coast of Europe during the Napoleonic Wars about the exploits of Horatio Hornblower, […]

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