Category: Essays on literatuire
Questions and answers to G. Longfellow’s poem “The Song of Hiawatha”
When the mythology of the Indians of North America developed? What is its peculiarity? The mythology of the Indians of North America reflects the complex processes of tribal migration, the influence of sedentary and nomadic tribes, agricultural and hunting tribes on each other. Among them, the Iroquois tribes were the most important. In myths, all…
Contemporary music
Our life would be boring, joyless, colorless, if it had no place for art. Art – this is one of the most important steps in the moral, spiritual evolution of man. Art helps a person look at the world from different points of view. Many people, once acquainted with this real miracle, with this inconceivable…
The vicissitudes of fate
Henri-Marie Beyle – pseudonym Frederick Stendhal – was born January 23, 1783 in the small French town of Grenoble, surrounded by snowy peaks of the Alps, in the family of the lawyer Cheruben Beyle. The mother of the future writer – Henrietta Beyle – died when the boy was barely seven years old. His upbringing…
Writing letter
Hello, Anton. It’s been half a year since you moved to another city. Since you left a lot in the class has changed. Since the first of September three new students have come to our class. Two girls and one boy. One girl is engaged in ballet, the other goes to music school. But the…
Compassion is an active assistant essay
One of the problems raised in the text is the problem of compassion. Each of us sometimes has a choice: to show sympathy for another person, to help him in his misfortune, or to close his eyes to what is happening around and not to waste his energy on those who are “outsiders” for us.…
The Dangerous Romance of Air Travel by A. de Saint-Exupéry
The danger of the profession of pilot Exupery fully experienced. Twice he got into an accident, of which he was miraculously chosen alive. On one of the experiences he and Comrade Jean Prevost experienced during his flight through the Libyan Desert, the writer said: “We were in a difficult situation, our supplies were destroyed.” We…
Questions and answers to the theme “Fantastic stories of Ray Bradbury”
Where does the action of the Bradbury story “All summer in one day” take place and how did this planet differ from the others? The story takes place on the planet Venus. Rains are constantly raining here, and only once in seven years the sun appears for several hours. Children who were nine years old…
“Divine Comedy” Dante Alighieri as a monument to the beloved, the power of love
“Divine Comedy” Dante Alighieri, of course, is a monument to the beloved and the power of love, since almost all of his works Dante dedicated to the girl, who was unrequitedly in love. Beatrice Portinari he saw several times, but she became for him not only an ideal, but also something sublime, before which he…
The Life and Fate of Franz Kafka
One of the key figures of world literature of the XX century is rightly considered the Austrian writer Franz Kafka. The name of Franz Kafka, along with the names of James Joyce, Marcel Proust, is called among the creators of the modernist novel. Kafka’s personality, destiny and creativity attract the attention of not only literary…
The customs and customs of the ancient Greeks in Homer’s poem “The Odyssey”
At the end of the Trojan War, the Greek leaders with their squads, with booty and captives returned to their homeland. Homer’s poem “Odyssey” tells of returning home, to the island of Ithaca, a clever Odyssey. Before us are the events of ancient times, the author acquaints us with the customs of ancient people, for…