“The Avengers” (due out on Blu-ray/DVD Sept. 25) and “The Dark Knight Rises” are fine examples of what can be done within the superhero genre provided you have the right script, cast and budget. Even “The Amazing Spider-Man” fared well, as far as audiences (and the box office) were concerned. But a strong case can ...
Tennyson’s “The Lotos-Eaters” was published in 1832. The inspiration for the poem was Tennyson’s visit to Spain (1829) along with Arthur Hallam where they visited the Pyrenees Mountains. About the Poem The prescribed poem deals with a group of mariners who after consuming the lotos, went into a state of trance or temporal amnesia. The ...
One of the most remarkable things I have encountered in my time in school is the incredible endurance of legends and myths. King Arthur, the mysterious king from the early Middle-Ages, carries with him still the compelling legend of a great and good warrior uniting the people of his war-torn nation under a single banner ...
“The Lotos-Eaters,” by Lord Alfred Tennyson, has a rather intriguing theme: a return to an almost utopian society possessing a dream-like quality. To start with, a group of travelers arrives at a place that seems to be in an eternal afternoon. The land is filled with “languid” air, a full moon, a waterfall, and plentiful ...
‘House’ Season 6 Episode 17 ‘Knight Fall’ begins at what appears to be a Renaissance Festival where everybody is dressed up and is watching a tournament. Sir William, the Queen’s Champion, is about to fight the Black Knight. Spoilers surely follow. It is noted that the King is a little put out by his Queen’s ...
Tennyson’s poem Mariana is the story of a woman who lives an isolated existence surrounded by a moat, and who spends her days and nights anticipating the arrival of her lover. In the poem, there is a prevailing feeling of loneliness and despair that dominates throughout. Not only is Mariana isolated in her residence, but ...
