Setting

The setting in Pride and Prejudice is important for only two reasons: to set up the distinction between sophisticated city folk and provincial country folk thus explaining the snobbery of the Bingley sisters, and to set up the distinction in class between,  Pemberley and Longbourn, which is a considerably more humble location. Also Mr. Collins’s parsonage is on Lady Catherine’s land, and that Elizabeth is related to Mr. Collins while Darcy is related to Lady Catherine. These distinctions help us realize the size of the class distinctions that Elizabeth and Darcy cross by marrying each other. In Oklahoma! the opposite is shown where the setting seems vastly empty and rough land. What is important about the setting is the horrizon and the nostalgic sense of community while the hope having the territory become a state.

Character (Hamlet vs the Laertes)

No two individuals are alike, regardless of similar upbringing. It is reasonable to assume that even twins brought up in exactly the same environment, sharing the same daily activities, and living practically the same life, will act differently when faced with the same situation. Each individual evolves with his or her own uniqueness, style, and way of life. The audience witnesses this phenomenon in Shakespeare's Hamlet and Laertes experienced similar childhoods and shared similar family attributes. They were both born into royalty. What differs between these characters is how they pursue revenge. Hamlet is indecisive about carrying out revenge while questioning his own existence while Laertes rushes to avenge his father without any hesitation.

Plot

  The first difference between drama and literature lies in the fact that drama is meant for a live performance which is directed at a live audience . This is better portrayed in some words associated with drama such as words like play and show . On the other hand , a prose fiction is directed by the author to a single person at a time- the person reading the work. Another difference is that drama communicates in the present while prose does not. Also , in drama , the personality of the playwright is mostly hidden in the sense that there are several characters in the work while in the case of prose fiction , the author selects the character and therefore, this personality might reflect in his work . In the sense of the two novels the plot of Hamlet is driven through the theme of revenge and the decision that Hamlet must make on whether to avenge his father or not, while in Austen's novel the plot is based on the interaction between several character that provide commentary on the notion of love.

Hamlet Essay Analysis

Overall I thought my essay was well structured the ideas were there. The one thing I need to work on is keeping my essay more on topic

Poetry Essay Intro

What is Love? Is it the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired, or is it the soul’s realization of its counterpoint along with another’s. Whatever it is the world may never know, but we probably can draw a good conclusion of it after reading “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvel and “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot.  “To His Coy Mistress” presents a familiar theme carpe diem meaning seize the day. The poem is basically a young man’s declarations of love for a young lady; the lady is playfully hesitant, artfully modest. But dallying will not do, he says, for youth passes quickly. He and the lady must take advantage of the moment. Thus it is in seizing the time that one is given that life has meaning and that where these two poems differ in the sense of their speakers.

As I walked vs Ponder

 In Auden's poem the poem is essentially about how 'Time' will eventually 'conquer' us all and the naive lover introduced in stanza 2 is warned by a personified Time that the promises. The lover’s song promises unending love and devotion as the lover says his love will last until impossible things occur such as the ocean drying up and the stars "squawking like geese". While in Cummings poem the speaker is using time as a justification to seduce the woman into "horizontal business".

Ozymandias

In Percy Shelly's Ozymandias irony and sarcasm appears when the speaker says, "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains." This negative connotation shows that there once was a vast kingdom, but now that kingdom has disappeared. Neither property nor the king himself is immortal which is indicated. Also it is obvious that the King of Kings spoken of in the poem is actually nature itself. Nature never disappears and nature represents the immortality.