...extent does your interpretation of Yeats’ ‘The Second Coming’ and at least one other poem align with this view? In your response, make detailed reference to ‘The Second Coming’ and at least ONE other poem set for study. Note to students: This question requires you to write about ‘The Second Coming’. Students are reminded that they are required to fully prepare all poems set for study in any elective, as the examiners can be very specific and name one or more poems that must be addressed in the answer. Sample response: Poetry Prescribed text: WB Yeats: Poems Selected by Seamus Heaney Introduction outlines the common aspects of both poems while responding to the question | Yeats had a distinctive world view that is evident in much of his poetry and explored through recurring imagery and motifs, as well as through language and ideas specific to individual poems. His views about civilization and change are expressed in ‘Leda and the Swan’ and ‘The Second Coming’ which, taken together, explore the beginning and the end of Western history in Yeats’ terms. Both poems look at the supernatural influence on human affairs, at a tipping point between stability and change. They consider human helplessness in the face of blind destiny, but also examine human acquiescence in the march of history. While they share features of language and structure, they also present ideas in ways particular to each poem. | Yeats’ world view briefly addressed in terms relevant to the poems...
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...The Second Coming Line 1-8 * Because of the gyres the falconer cannot call his falcon home. * You can say it’s a symbol for chaos in the world – something is deeply wrong * There is no order * “The centre cannot hold” – the theme of the poem * With out this order and hierarchy the world cant function properly * Everything has turned radical (his political opinion) * The innocent are pressed with their faces in the dirt * The tide (the war) has driven away all good * It gives the reader the feeling of being rushed over that “we are drowning” * The worst and the best * Think about that time you dropped your lunch in the cafeteria and all the people you hate laughed really hard, and all your friends were too embarrassed to do anything about it. According to Yeats, Europe after the war is kind of like that. Things are so messed up that you can’t tell the good and the bad apart. * The only reason why the society fell apart is, because the people did not stand up for their religion and government. Line 9-17 * The true meaning of something is revealed – but we don’t know what * All the violence and moral confusion is a part of “The Second Coming is at hand” * The bible – Jesus will come back * Its written during the aftermath of a war – they need faith * “Spiritus Mundi” * get a glimpse of it * Collected soul of the universe, contain memories from all of time * We all have a supernatural...
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...W.B. Yeats's "The Second Coming" W.B. Yeats' poem "The Second Coming" was written in 1919, just one year after WWI ended. The beginning of this poem reflects on how evil has taken over the minds of good Christians, and the world has turned into chaos. It is apparent that Yeats believes that a Second Coming is at hand, and he spends the last half of the poem discussing what that Second Coming could look like. Turning and turning in the widening gyre (line 1) Yeats imagines the world in a cyclical sphere known a gyre (shape of a cone). In Yeats' note on the text, he states that "the end of an age, which always receives the revelation of the character of the next age, is represented by the coming of one gyre to its place of greatest expansion and of the other to that of its greatest contraction" (2036). Yeats believes that the two thousand years of Christianity will be coming to an end, and after a violent reversal a new age will take its place. The widening part of the gyre is supposed to connote anarchy, evil, and the loss of innocence. The falcon cannot hear the falconer; (2) The falconer in this analogy is most likely God (or Jesus), and the falcon is the follower (or devotee). Humanity can no longer hear the word of God, because it is drowned out by all of chaos of the widening gyre. A wild falcon can symbolize an unconverted Gentile; someone who has sinful thoughts, and does sinful things. A tame falcon (one who listens to the word of God) is a Christian convert. In the...
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...of the cave, Plato describes the human perception of fantasy and reality. The story is about these prisoners who have lived in the darkness of an underground den since childhood. They are chained so that they cannot see themselves or the real world above them; all they can see are shadows on the wall in front of them. Somehow, a prisoner escapes the underground den and heads towards the light. At first, the light blinds him and he is unable to see anything due to the fact that he has lived his whole life in darkness and knows nothing but that. Once he is able to see, he is shocked by the world he has now been exposed to but will soon become accustomed to it. This story compares the reality the prisoner faced once he stepped into a new world, to the knowledge we gain once we are introduced to a new perspective of reality. Plato explains that once the prisoners are liberated they are “compelled suddenly to stand up and turn his neck round and walk and look towards the light, he will suffer sharp pains; the glare will distress him…” (2). This implies that when humans face reality, they will experience pain and suffering. Do all humans experience agony when facing reality? Why is it that humans have to go through misery in order to come to a new realization? Plato also explains that if a human was dragged up from the underground den into the light he “would not be able to see anything at all of what are now called realities” (2). This implies that humans have to be “dragged...
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...Introduction Travel and tourism industry is growing at a rapid phase and contributing a significant part of the GDP for several developed as well as developing countries. Trends in travel and tourism industry are changing at a fast pace due to which industry players involved in travel & tourism industry are tracking these changes so as to remain in the business. There are several issues faced in the travel and tourism industry from time to time and these issues need considerable attention from the host country government as well as industry players. These issues are currently driving the entire travel & tourism segment. Further there are changes happening in the external environment and travel & tourism segment need to respond to these changes in order to remain in line with the changing trends in the external market. The present paper would analyze the issues faced in the travel and tourism sector in South Africa and there would be three learning objectives which would be accomplished through present paper and can be given as under: LO1 Understand current issues in travel and tourism sector LO3 Understand how the travel and tourism sector respond to change LO4 Understand the impacts of change on travel and tourism sector These three learning objectives would be attained through present paper for discussion of the contemporary issues in travel and tourism industry with specific reference to South Africa. LO1 Understand current issues intravel and tourism sector 1.1 Analyze issues...
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...4 POSTMILLENNIALISM……………………………………………………………..…6 The Origin of Postmillennialism……………………………………………….….7 The View of Postmillennialism’s Strengths and Weaknesses…………………….8 PREMILLENNIALISM………………………………………………………………..…8 The Origin of Premillennialism……………………………………………………9 The View of Premillennialism’s Strengths and Weaknesses………………………9 CONCLUSION……………………………………………………………………………10 BIBLIOGRAPHY…………………………………………………………………………11 INTRODUCTION In the world of Christianity, there seems to be numerous debates on several topics of interpretation of Scripture. One of those debates is the interpretation of the millennial reign of Jesus Christ mentioned in Revelation 20. Many Bible students throughout the history of the church have been very divisive over the fact of this chapter being interpreted from a literal viewpoint or symbolically. With all the debate among the Bible students, there seems to be three distinctive views in which they view the millennium from an amillennialism, postmillennialism, and the premillennialism interpretations. In order for any serious Bible student to draw a fair conclusion of the interpretation it would be to clearly examine each interpretation in light of other Scriptures and closely analyze each one carefully. AMILLENNIALISM The amillennialist believe that the millennial reign of Christ is not a literal reign on the earth. There seems to be two primary positions that amillennialists have; first, that...
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...Apologetics Application Paper: Part 1 Submission Form Curtisha Lawrence APOL 500 November 2, 2014 1. Target Audience: The target audience I have chosen is from the false theistic system. The world religion of Islam is a monotheistic world religion. Islam is an important religion that Christians should research in order to respond effectively and in a manner that does not appear to be condescending to the other. However, the Christian should develop a level of apologetics to defend the faith in a -knowledgeable and Christ-like fashion. 2. Summary of Significant Elements of the Worldview of the Target Audience: Muslims live in a monotheistic society devoting themselves to one god, Allah. Any gods or belief contrary to Allah is known to be blasphemous. In Islam, the Quaran is the source of ultimate authority. It goes into detail of who Allah is and highlights the humans are to treat others with dignity and with good deeds. Humans are to be believed as coming from clay and jinn created from smokeless flames. They also believe that there has been a succession of prophets with specifically identifying Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus preceding Muhammad. Muslims believe that Allah will return and resurrect the dead and every person will be judged in the Day of Judgment. At that time there will be a balance of good deeds verses bad deeds, and those who have good deeds overweighing the bad will live in paradise and those who have lived a life of bad choices...
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...Luke Einsweiler Prof. Stormy Stipe Research Paper December 17, 2014 U.S. farmers have been said to be the backbone of America ever since pilgrims came to America. However, our backbone may be moving overseas because now more than ever we are outsourcing our farm products. Large farm operations and food producers in the U.S. are now turning to outsourcing their products in order to increase profits. This tactic however is not good for our society. Having food produced overseas makes it hard to trace food-borne illnesses and contaminations within the food, and it is hurting the U.S. economy. The U.S. must stop this and produce its own food in this country. Large farm operations in the U.S do have valid reasons for wanting to outsource their jobs and products to foreign countries because it makes more sense financially. The main goal of a business is to make money. In order to make the most money, businesses want to cut costs and have a lot of revenue. These farm businesses are moving their production overseas because it has cheaper labor and cheaper cost of input materials. They are able to produce more food for a cheaper price and then sell it in the U.S. and make a huge profit. Outsourcing foodstuffs has been happening for a long time but not on such a large scale. NAFTA, or North American Free Trade Agreement, was supposed to help domestic farmers because they would be able to trade excess products freely. However, NAFTA proved to serve the opposite and made it easier...
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...of the world[s] [that are] suffering” (Line 2). Utilizing connotative diction, figurative language, and death imagery, Shakespeare reveals Macbeth’s deep desires, but also suggests a fear that he has to remain in power as king. In the beginning of the excerpt, Macbeth reveals that there might be a threat to his kingship because the “prophecy” that the witches made up is coming true. Therefore, Macbeth declares his plan to...
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...Christianity, Yeats was spiritual; he developed a unique, philosophical belief system that emphasized fate, historical determinism, and the notion that history is cyclical; Yeats eventually began using the image of a gyre to represent his spiritual canon. Yeats believed that the era he lived in was the end of the Christian-Cycle of the world and the beginning of the Human-Cycle. Much of Yeat’s inspiration was derived from mythologies, mysticism, and the occult of Ireland and other cultures, Christianity included; other inspiration, in his later years, developed from the Irish Rebellion, the Russian Revolution, World War I, and other political matters of his era. Much of the symbolism Yeats uses draws heavily from his metaphysical beliefs; he used well-known symbols to get his point across as well as cryptic and ambiguous symbols to keep his works relevant throughout time. In the poems “The Second Coming” and “Sailing to Byzantium”, Yeats uses symbolism to make poignant, haunting statements on the contemporary issues of his time involving society and human existence that, by his own design, are still relevant today. In the poem “The Second Coming”, Yeats is waxing poetic over the chaos created by war and political strife. His belief in historical determinism is hinted at with the line “Turning and turning in the widening gyre”. It’s also a reference to his cyclical beliefs in that, the conclusion of one era is the beginning of the next, which is strengthened by the next line:...
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...19th century American Literature The issue of identity was first approached and applied in the American literature in the 19th century. It consists in constructing and coming to grips with the authors’ identity. They were trying to describe and to analyze the hidden problems, sufferings and realm of the soul and, of course, of the unconscious. The popular question which started to be used by that time was “Who am I?”, but it gradually passed to the collective “Who we are?” We should know that, since the American tradition didn’t have any obvious roots, they borrowed very much from the immigrants and, in time, the wilderness of the ancient world has gone. Since the American writers didn’t have any settled tradition, they started to explore within the human soul and mind, which came to invent new style. While the English writers explore the raising of a poor man on the economic and social scale, the American ones reveal the absence of the tradition. This is the case of writers like Richard Wright, or Sarah O. Jewett who deeply analyzed the characters’ reaction in a critical period of their life. For instance, in “The Man Who Was Almost a Man”, Wright presents the coming to age of a young black boy. As we all know, Wright is a black writer, so we could say that this coming of age of this particular black boy might signify the author’s way to his maturity, even though if not in the same context or by the same means. His main character, Dave, is an angry...
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...Hey, Come and Listen to the scope! Welcome to the first Information Insider, a newsletter delivering you the inside information, keeping you up to date with the changing world of technology at our local level. Help is only a Phone call away The help desk is available 24/7 Phone: (208) 239-1125 Email: servicedesk@Antheliohealth.com For in-house clinical support contact: Kevin Robinson Ext. 2043 Cell (208) 220-2864 For provider support contact: Nichole Weir Cell (208) 251-5082 For in-house clinical support contact: Kevin Robinson Ext. 2043 Cell (208) 220-2864 For provider support contact: Nichole Weir Cell (208) 251-5082 Auto processing of cpoe orders are coming… Auto processing of cpoe orders are coming… What every nurse needs to know: 1) Anytime one of these order codes below is ordered in CPOE it will NOT stop in the CPOE OM WQ. 2) The order will automatically show up on the Order Inquiry Tab 3) The order will still print out on the OCR report 4) Nurses will need to verify the order on the OCR print out and the Order Inquiry Tab 5) If a physician hand writes orders on a pink sheet, the Unit Clerk or Nursing will still need to add these orders in Order Management as it sends a print out to Registration notifying them of the patient status update This will take effect on Feb. 11, 2013 This will take effect on Feb. 11, 2013 For all admmited patients from the ED with a diegnosis of...
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...The dominant artistic movement from about 1900 to 1940, modernism was characterized by the reexamination of existence from every possible angle. Modernist writers sought to leave the traditions of nineteenth-century literature behind in terms of form, content, and expression. They realized that a new industrial age—full of machines, buildings, and technology—had ushered out rural living forever, and the result was often a pessimistic view of what lay before humankind. Frequent themes in modernist works are loneliness and isolation (even in cities teeming with people), and a significant number of writers tried to capture that sense of solitude by engaging in stream-of-consciousness writing, which captures the thought process of a single character as it happens without interruption. Some of the most famous modernist authors include Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Virginia Woolf, and James Joyce. 1. Open form and free verse are distinguishing characteristics of modernist poetry. Though commonplace now, this style was quite a break from nineteenth-century rules about meter and rhyme. 2. The moniker “The Lost Generation” was coined by Gertrude Stein and refers to those artists of the 1920s who had become disillusioned with America and found themselves living as ex-patriots in Europe, chiefly in France. 3. An example of stream-of-consciousness (also called “interior monologue”) from Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway: “She felt somehow very like him—the young man who...
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...The main aim of this report is to provide a brief description of the hospitality industry in UK along with its size, scope and diversity in order to convince the panel of potential investors to invest in the hospitality industry. My management consultancy firm was asked to produce a formal report focussing on the foreign business people to help them to decide whether to invest or not in particular sector of the industry for the coming London 2012 Olympic games. It will provide them a brief description of different ownership styles, management styles as well as organisational structure of several different sectors of the hospitality industry. Moreover, it will also provide the detail analysis of current trends, issues and recent developments within the industry. There are different sectors in the hospitality industry like hotels, restaurants, clubs and bars, contract catering, casinos etc. The particular sector that I am going to focus is the accommodation sector i.e. hotel and I am presenting the ideas that i have generated while doing the research. INDEX PAGE Executive Summary…………………………………………2 Definition of hospitality industry……………………………4 Scale, scope and diversity…………………………………...5 Organisational Structure……………………………………..6 Contemporary issues…………………………………………7 Changes in last 20 years……………………………………...8 Current trends…………………………………………………9 Conclusion…………………………………………………….9 Bibliography………………………………………………….10 Definition of hospitality industry Hospitality industry is a...
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...Name 23rd, April, 2012 INTRODUCTION The Online Facilitators is a Europe based company dealing with the online applications in order to make people comfortable with the services provided over the internet. Online Facilitators is having its business with people all over the internet in order to provide and assist people over the applications like banking, shopping, networking and many more. The company has its major market over the Europe and America so the goal of the company is to attract the customers from Asia as well as Australia and Africa. This paper is composed on the basis of the Crafting and execution of the marketing strategy for the effectual intensification of the Online Facilitators all over the world. The company was started by a bunch of college dropouts in 2005 in Europe and in the beginning they only provides limited number of applications in social networking but by the time progresses the Online Facilitators extend their hand towards the development of applications for government as well as banking sector, making them a reliable brand in the European market and consequently in America also. Along with development of the applications, Online Facilitators provide customer support on these applications in order to provide more easy to use venture for customer along with technical assistance. STRATEGIC...
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