...Uphill – Appreciation “Uphill” was written by Christina Rossetti, a member of the well-known Pre-Raphalite brotherhood of the late 19th century, an avant-garde movement in art literature. The Pre-Raphalite brotherhood tended to focus its art and writings on medieval stories and mostly adaptations of nature. Rossetti adapted these art forms to suit her poetry mostly about broken hearts and unhappiness in love. The poem is a dialogue between two characters, one who is asking questions and a wiser voice who answers all these questions in a sure and convincing manor. The title alone warns us of a struggle to come, an uphill challenge faced by the persona who turns to the wiser character for answers. “Does the road wind uphill all the way? Yes, to the very end.” This uphill struggle is an embodiment of obstacles that one must overcome in ones lifetime. The questions seem to come from a traveller, we can tell this from the nature of the questions, also from the fact that they are being asked we already get the idea that the second character who answers her is wiser. This is then emphasized by the sureness of the answer completely absent of doubt or hesitation. The persona finds comfort and reassurance in these straight forward answers, this could be because Rossetti lived at a time were such answers to difficult questions were a rarity. This is all supported in the question and answer: “Will the day’s journey take the whole long day?” “From morn to the night,...
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...Parents: I Turn to You - Christina Aguilera I am happy to say that I have a good relationship with both of my parents but in this paper, I want to write about my mom. My mom is one of the most important people in my life. Everything my mom says or does have an impact on my life. She is the only person who knows more about me than I do. No matter what happens in my life, no matter how good of a day or bad of a day I am having she is always there for me. She is the only person who will take time out of her busy schedule to talk to me about the littlest things. She is always there for me and that is why I chose I Turn to You by Christina Aguilera as the song that best describes our relationship. This song has the lyrics that best exemplifies my relationship with my mom. She is always there for me and she is the one person I can turn to for anything. Even when I have friends who let me down I know she will never do that. She cares about me so much and will be there for me through everything. She has never abandoned me in a time of need and I know she never will. As I get older I come to realize how much my mom means to me and what an important factor she is in my life. It would be very hard to pick out a part of the song that I like the best and that describes our relationship the best because the whole song does it. But if I did have to pick out my favourite lyrics of the song, it would be the bridge: For the arms to be my shelter through all the rain/For truth that will never...
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...Christina Wilson Christian Wilson was born August 6, 1986. Her family consist of her mom, twin sister and younger brother. She was born and raised in Philadelphia, in the East Falls section of the city. She had attended Roxborough High School but unfortunately was kicked out for not coming to school. She says she would always skip out on school and hang out with her friends all day. Today Christina is attending Community College of Philadelphia. She is currently studying for Construction Management but would eventually like to transfer to Temple University and study to become an Event Planner. She says this is because she likes to make plans and considers herself to be very detail oriented. For fun, Christina likes to go shopping and style her friends hair, just do not ask her to cut your hair. Also for fun, Christina likes to make collages and paint. She makes collages on almost everything and says she likes to paint anything that comes to mind, she has no particular muse. Christina also likes to go to concerts and listen to music. Her favorite styles of music are Freestyle and Rock and likes the group Stain. Her hates, however, Rap, she says she can’t stand it. As for movies, Christina enjoys ones with action, drama, and comedy, not so much Romance. Christina recently has traveled to New Orleans, which she traveled to by plane for the first time. She also took a cruise to Florida and then to the Bahamas. Christina characterizes herself as outspoken with her friends and...
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...Christina Lamb, during Afghan-Russian War, spent many years in Pakistan and Afghanistan to discover the secrets of Afghan-Russian war. She also observed and investigated the political cultures of both countries. She has conducted meetings with people and landlords who were political active during specific period of Afghan-Russian wars. She reviewed carefully the history of Pakistan, its political backgrounds, conflicts and contradictions between different forces and the cultural diversity in Pakistan and Afghanistan. When she landed in Pakistan, she was wondered that Pakistan does not look a poor country. Its roads are full of new Japanese cars, houses are equipped with all kind of luxurious machines and people are wearing expensive suits and ladies are armed with gold and diamond jewelry. She exposes a lot about business communities of Sindh which are worried about the law and order situation in Karachi. She also put light on the economy of Pakistan which was booming up during Afghan-Russian War due to dollar flow by United States of America. According to her, Benazir and Nawaz Sharif are the main political players. She indicates the invisible hands of corruption which are adding steels mills, sugar mills, foundries, textile mills and billions of dollars in Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif accounts. First, President Zia-ul-Haq backed up Sharif families to bring them in political battle field to face his opponent forces. When Benazir came in to power, she mismanaged the government...
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...Christina Acevedo’s employment history and living arrangements may weaken her position. Her situation is similar to that of Noguera v. Noguera, 514 N.Y.S.2d 542 (1987). In that case, a mother relocated to New Jersey with her daughter, of whom she had custody. The child was enrolled in kindergarten classes in New York, so the mother returned the child to the father’s custody so the child could go to school. There was a disagreement about the length of this visit and the father sought and received custody of the child. In reaching its decision, the court in Noguera stated that the mother offered a less stable environment than the father. The mother “…often changed residence [and]…Her financial status at the time of the hearing was not secure…” 514 N.Y.S.2d 542 (1987). Christina’s situation is very similar. Christina has changed her residence multiple times and has been unable to keep the same job for more than three months until very recently. In contrast, Miguel has held the same job and has lived in the same residence since the separation....
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...is satisfied with his choice, neither gaining or losing… Neither gaining or losing anything he is satisfied with his choice. Harwood, in contrast, conveys the mother’s loss through juxtaposing imagery. As she nurses her youngest child and says to the wind that her children have metaphorically “eaten (her) alive”, Harwood’s narrator reinforces the sacrifice and consequences of selflessness. Both “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and “In the Park” by Gwen Harwood, explore the idea of “loss” from different perspectives. Where Frost focuses on the loss of opportunities, Harwood displays the loss of self-worth and identity associated with parenthood. Ironically, both feel resignation to the choices made and the roles expected. Poets Christina Rossetti and W.H Auden, in their poems, “Remember” and “Stop All the Clocks”, explore the idea of death diversely. Where Rossetti portrays death as a physical finality but not one to be tormented by, W.H Auden’s sonnet sees it as excruciatingly...
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...Abstract The Goblin’s Market is a poem written by Christina Rossetti, it is about two sisters living near the goblin’s market. One of them called Laura is tempted to go there to know exactly what happens there even after her sister told her not to go. Once she got there, she tried goblin’s fruit that she found tasty and gave them a part of her beautiful golden curly hair in exchange. Once she got home her sister Lizzie noticed she started to waste away. When her sister saw it, she decided to go down there and meet the goblin’s men who violated her after she refused to eat their fruits. They spread their fruit’s juice on Lizzie who gave that to her sister when she got back home, once she drank it, Laura got healed. Like a lot of other poems, Goblin’s Market wrote by the poet Christina Rossetti is full of some characteristics of the Romantic Era. The Romantic Era also known as the Romanticism was an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate period from 1800 to 1840.The aim of our essay will be to discuss how Goblin Market exemplifies characteristics of Romantic Era. Goblin’s Market is a rich poem equipped with an unbelievable textured language talking about two sisters Laura and Lizzie. Living beside the goblins market that appears to be a place where horrible creatures exposed and forced women to eat their prohibited fruits. This poem shows the love existing...
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...Noimann ENG 334-004 Children’s Literature December 21st, 2014 Women in the 19th and 20th century Introduction Throughout the course of history, a wide variety of authors implemented hidden messages in their literature. Many of these messages were representations of what was happening in society, two texts, "the goblin market" written by Christina rosette and 'the sick rose" by William Blake focused on the theme of fallen women. This paper will prove that during the 19th and 20th century, women were considered to be inferior beings with no rights. They faced constant oppression in a society dominated by the male. The paper herein thus provides a full-scale discussion of the thematic relationships between the two texts through an insightful analysis by using secondary sources of the original texts. Discussion The Goblin Market Holt provides a profound analysis in her article about the content of the story in the poem, "Goblin Market." The poem was written in 1862 (in the 18th century) as a manifestation of the plight that women went through at that time. Holt notes that the author of the poem, Christina Rossetti made a an insightful presentation of two sisters, Lizzie and Laura who were forced to endure carnal lust just to embrace a higher and perceived purer realm of human sexuality, which is marriage (Holt 51). The poem is evidence of a strong thematic expression of renunciation that revolves around the lives of the two beautiful sisters. In the end...
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...Christina Rossetti wrote “In an Artist’s Studio” in 1856 during the Victorian Era where faith was questioned, and peace and prosperity was one of the many goals aimed in that Era. Gabriel Rossetti, the painter and brother of Christina Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddal, the artist’s model plays a role in this poem. Christina Rossetti argues that Gabriel Rossetti is objectifying female models for his artwork, and therefore, Christina Rossetti speaks against her brother by portraying the contradiction in this poem. She uses loyal, uplifting, and church-related phrases in order to suggest the corruption in this act, and creates a contradicting lovely scenery that Siddal is painted in, which suggests the dehumanization of her and women as a whole....
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...| | |A BIRTHDAY | |By Christina Rossetti | | | | | | | |Allende Trinidad and Virué Rosario | A Birthday BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI The poem “A Birthday” written by Christina Rossetti reflects the powerful feelings of a person when falling in love. Also it makes us visualize her passion, ecstasy, and love as an aesthetic experience. Besides, the author accomplishes this trough a masterful choice of words. In the first stanza, we can see that is full of references to the natural world and simplicity of life in nature. We can also appreciate the uses of parallelism as in “My heart is like a singing bird” and “My heart is like an apple-tree”...
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...Essay 1: Descriptive Essay of a Beautiful Friend of Mine Helen Keller once said that “the best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart”. How is that even possible when you know someone that has been with you since the day you have met them, the person that considers you a friend but you consider them as something more than just friend sometimes, just sometimes. Having mixed feelings about someone that you know makes you sit and stare at them when you are together as if you are a creep or something. Well, just imagine yourself staring at the most beautiful girl you or the world has ever seen. Christina is a beautiful girl not only through her appearance, but also through her patience and kindness. Christina’s hair is light brown color and it kind of reminds me of the color of a sunbeam that passes through my bedroom window in the morning. As I look at her hair I notice how it attracts to the light and it glistens as the light wind moves it. Her hair is so long that it reaches the middle of her lower back and all you want to do is bury yourself beneath it so that you can hide from everything so that you can become part of her world. Her face is so bright and flawless that it attracts everyone’s attention. Her cheekbones and nose are structured so perfectly that you can easily see her gentleness and softness. Her face is so proportioned and lit up that you would think she is part of royalty. Her body is so little...
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...Reagan Rooney English 101 09/16/2015 It has been a few years since I have listened to music just for the pure pleasure of listening to music. As I’ve been racking my brain day in and day out for the past two weeks, I figured out that I did actually used to enjoy listening to music for the following reasons: the lyrics, the vocals and the happy memories that would come rushing back when I would hear a certain song. There were many songs that I would listen to over and over again because of the lyrics in the song and the message that the song portrayed to me. Christina Aguilera’s song titled “Beautiful”, to me, really portrays an uplifting and powerful message: You are beautiful no matter what they say Words can't bring you down....oh no You are beautiful in every single way Yes, words can't bring you down, oh, no So don't you bring me down today... I think that is a really important message for everyone to know. People in this world can be really cruel and hurtful, especially to younger people who may not fit the “perfect body” profile. Another song I love simply because of the lyrics is Mariah Carey’s “One Sweet Day”. I believe the song’s lyrics can be really helpful to someone during a time of loss: And I know you're shining down on me from heaven Like so many friends we've lost along the way And I know eventually we'll be together One sweet day Another song that I really love just for the lyrics and the simple message that the song portrays is a song...
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...this paper I will explore the music of singer Christina Aguliera and why I enjoy her music. This paper will all so reflect about her life to give you some background about the motivation and struggles Christina went through to become what she is now. By explaining her life I will be able to show the reason she is so appealing and what pop music as a whole says about American Society. What is music? Defining music is a daunting task that many different people attempted to understand. Music is often viewed differently and with each person presented with the same question, it will always provide a different answer. Music is such a driving force in the world that we, as human beings have grown accustomed to its sounds. With music comes the singers’ and song writers that bring the notes, and sounds of music to life. The one artist I enjoy most is Christina Aquilera. Her music is women empowering and is all so motivating to listen to. Christina Aguilera’s music brings jazz and swing into her songs to keep generations of today’s society informed with music’s past. Reflection about Christina’s life, and some background about the motivation, and struggles Christina went through to become what she is now, will help better understand the reason I enjoy her so much as an singer . By explaining her life I will be able to show the reasons she is so appealing and what pop music as a whole says about American Society. Singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera, was born on December 18, 1980 in...
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...and not what is seen from the outside. Christina Aguilera in her song “Beautiful” displays the current struggle society is having to overcome regarding true beauty. In her music video she displays several people, all varying in age and gender, in conflict themselves based on their appearance, inner personality, or sexual preferences. Christina is trying to take a stand against what society is telling people to do or look like and show what true beauty really is. In her music video it opens showing several different people who are obviously conflicted for reasons not yet said. The video displays a young skinny girl in her underwear looking at a mirror, a skinny young boy laying on the floor, an old man lying on his bed also in underwear, a girl getting beat up, a beautiful girl sitting by the fire looking at magazines of beautiful women and a same-sex couple kissing intimately in public. As the video keeps playing we can see that all of these people are fighting with different aspects of society’s expectation of beauty and acceptance. If you listen carefully to the lyrics of Christina’s song you can see that she is attempting to fight back against this false idea and show society that everyone is “beautiful, no matter what they say.”(Christina Aguilera - Beautiful) When Christina says “no matter what they say” she is referring to society saying that in order to be beautiful you must be muscular and skinny with perfect hair (Christina Aguilera - Beautiful); you must follow the...
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...Two equally strong but antithetical voices speak in Christina Rossetti’s poetry: the sensuous, which is with some justice associated by critics with Pre-Raphaelitism, and the ascetic, which is not confined to her devotional verse, but speaks also in her secular poems. The critics Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar have defined the aesthetics of renunciation as the key element of all Rossetti’s writing, and they suggest that her aesthetics derived less from her ascetic Christianity than from her position as a woman poet in Victorian England. The tension between the sensual and the ascetic, between revelry and renunciation, however it may be interpreted, is central to Rossetti’s poetry. One temptation is to view this tension as the meeting of two intellectual movements in Victorian England: the Pre-Raphaelite movement in art and poetry and the Oxford Movement in theology, both of which profoundly influenced Rossetti’s thought and art. The Pre-Raphaelites got their name from their conviction that after the Italian painter Raphael (1483-1520), European art and poetry took a wrong turn toward representational realism and away from symbolism and simplicity. The poetry and art of the English Pre-Raphaelites, consequently, celebrated sensuality, minute detail, formal simplicity, and a symbolic system emulating medieval iconography. It is true, as Rossetti’s most recent critics have maintained, that she cannot be considered merely a passive learner of Pre-Raphaelitism—indeed, she must...
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