—Shawn Bendeck “Bewitched,” by Ueda Akinari, respectfully may have been the most appealing and interesting text which had stood out to me. What had drawn my interest the most was the suspense and thrill throughout the story. We analyzed the supernatural in class and how this may classify as something out of the ordinary. Definitely […]
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“Bewitched,” by Ueda Akinari, is an interesting piece of literature…
— Abdulla Al Sudman “Bewitched,” by Ueda Akinari, is an interesting piece of literature for me because it really touches upon something much deeper than a man’s attraction to beauty, instead on how beauty, and as an extension women, are perceived by people. This is a “Great Work” because it illustrates how people thought and […]
Upon reading Charles Baudelaire’s “A Carcass,” I had a lot of thoughts…
— Anonymous Upon reading Charles Baudelaire’s “A Carcass,” I had a lot of thoughts come into my mind. He first introduces his perspective of death and uses a lot of imagery to describe the perishable beauty of a decaying body. Which brings up a question of “is the speaker a necrophiliac who is amuse of […]
A Deeper Look into Pygmalion
—Anonymous “Pygmalion” should be considered a great work. A great work is any form of expression (whether it be writing, art, music etc.) that has many different interpretations as well as different lessons that can be learned from the piece. This is so people can connect to the great work in many different ways and […]
If one day someone asks me…
—Anonymous If one day someone asks me a question regarding New York City, I will defiantly point out to the poem “To New York” by Leopold Sedar Senghor. This great masterpiece is one of my favorite poems. I also considered it to be a “great work” because it introduces New York to the readers by […]