“In Aldous Huxley’s veins flowed the blood of Matthew Arnold and of Thomas Henry Huxley. From both he drew something. Arnold had bequeathed to him a sensitive imagination soaked in the culture of the past, Huxley an adventurous scientific curiosity disciplined by a stern regard for truth” (qtd. in Huxley, Julian 13-14). Combining himself in ...
Victorian Age Literature Victoria became queen of Great Britain in 1837. Her reign, the longest in English history, lasted until 1901. This period is called the Victorian Age. During the Victorian Age, great economic, social, and political changes occurred in Britain. The British Empire reached its height and covered about a quarter of the Earth. ...
Matthew Arnold suggests that, “The pursuit of perfection, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.” In many ways, this is exactly what the characters of The Glass Menagerie are looking for in the play- perfection. They look for it in their future, as they search for a way to find security and hope. They find ...
In the Victorian age, Skepticism was wide-spread. Value systems turned topsy-turvy in the Victorian age. Religious conservatism was waging a desperate crusade against Darwinism and Utilitarianism. Arnold was emotionally attached to the old world, but intellectually inclined towards the new one. His poems reveal the picture of a sick patient in a sick society. “Dover ...
The idea in a poem serves as the thread holding together the entire structure. While it is not always apparent, much as a thread, it continues to serve its purpose. The idea in Dover Beach is the theme of hope. Arnold uses imagery to convey his meaning, and it is used very effectively. The poem ...
Chiasmus is a type of rhetorical balance in which the second of two parallel phrases or clauses reverses the order of the syntactic elements in the first. Skillfully used, it can produce a successful dramatic or oratorical effect, as in many passages in the Bible and in other great literature. A simple example of chiasmus ...
