Icarus isn't sorry that he didn't settle for average. He was attempting to achieve something much more then had been imagine in his time; much more then his father thought possible. Icarus had the ability to fly with the birds. McKay references birds and flight repeatedly in the poem, comparing their movements to those of Icarus. "Over and over he ( Read more... )

The use the of myth of Demeter and Persephone in the poetry of Rita Dave Persephone, Falling and Eavan Boland’s The Pomegranate is used to support two very unique messages that parents want to give their children. Boland’s, The Pomegranate focuses on the mother-daughter relationship and the mother’s desire to protect her daughter from the dangers/ ( Read more... )

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is not a love song, rather I think it is a sad plea to be loved. He has "an overwhelming question ..." which he is afraid to ask. He wonders "Do I dare?" ask the question and face possible rejection. He contemplates the situation and in the end he is afraid. He cannot ask and so he simply ages, wishing all the ( Read more... )

"Packing for the Future" by Lorna Crozier, "The Writer" by Richard Wilbur and "Miracle" by Harry Thurston all use extended metaphors to explain a process of growth from child to adult. It is immediately obvious that all three authors expect that the journey will not always be easy. Wilbur uses ship metaphors to impress upon the reader how ( Read more... )

Oedipus, predeceased by his father, King Laius, stepfather King Polybus of Corinth and mother Queen Jocasta is survived by his mother Queen Merope and his two daughters Antigone and Ismene, who are also his half-sisters. Oedipus ruled the kingdom of Thebes successfully for many years and was loved by his peoples. He managed to solve the riddle of ( Read more... )

So far I have found the readings kind of challenging ­ some I like better then others, for example I enjoyed Boys and Girls and Stones way more then Dresses or Forms of Devotion. I’m not sure I would have gotten half the amount out of the stories if it weren’t for the other student comments. Once I read their answers to the question it all seems ( Read more... )

In the short story The Boat, the narrator, his father and his sisters were ( Read more... )

The narrator makes stark contrasts between the areas in which her mother vs the areas in which her father inhabit. She definitely prefers her father's world. The narrator describes the area that the father works to a “medieval town.” And in this ‘town’ “…everything was tidy and ingenious.” She is obvioulsly impressed by all that he does and she ( Read more... )

Larkin’s poem is an example of great literature.  It deals with a universal theme of parenting from the viewpoint of the child who, regardless of the effort of the parent, feels they fail them. The title, with its Biblical tone is mocking same for as soon as you begin the poem you realize that one  of the ten commandments: ‘Honor thy mother and ( Read more... )