Abstract
This paper provides a discussion of the differences that separate the first generation of Romantic poets from the second generation of Romantic poets, including examples from their works and elements of Romanticism that carry across both generations of poets.

From the Paper
"In "The Norton Anthology of Literature", M. H. Abrams maintains that there are five cardinal elements of Romantic poetry, including the fact that poetry is not an imitation of nature but a representation of the poet's internal emotions. The Romantic poets were grouped into first Coleridge, Wordsworth, Blake, etc. generation, and second, Byron, Shelley, Keats, etc. generation poets. While all of the poets in both generations focused on emotion and nature in their works, there are distinct differences between the generations..."

Tags:Wordsworth, Shelley, Blake, Coleridge, Keats, Byron, nature, revolution, God, identity

Abstract
The characters in John Neihardt's "Black Elk Speaks" cross a multitude of literary representations, symbols and metaphors. Although one can say that each of these characters or representations are unique to the Lakota Sioux, and indeed represent what is unique about Native American heritage in general, This paper will focus more on how these representations and characters reflect the Christian influence upon the Lakota Sioux. Throughout "Black Elk Speaks", many Christian parallels may be found and this paper will highlight several of them.

Tags:black, elk, speaks

Abstract
This paper considers the effect of evolution and religion on the Romantic poets, noting that evolution and religion have been in a degree of conflict since the publication of Darwin's work in the mid-nineteenth century. The writer discusses that this conflict affected the Romantic poets as well and became part of their work, though it would be more correct to say that these poets served more as intellectual precursors to Darwin, given that he published his work at the end of the main period of Romantic poetry.

From the Paper
"Evolution and religion have been in a degree of conflict since the publication of Darwin's work in the mid-nineteenth century. This conflict affected the Romantic poets as well and became part of their work, though it would be more correct to say that these poets served more as intellectual precursors to Darwin, given that he published his work at the end of the main period of Romantic poetry. The Romantic poets had a special relationship with nature and the idea of Nature, and concepts from the natural world infused their works, along with an ongoing appreciation for the wonders of nature, for scenes set in the natural world, and for a sense of spirituality derived from exposure ..."

Tags:evolution, romantic, poets

Abstract
A paper about American poets during the period 1951-1960. It traces the style and mood reflected in the fifties and states the poetic preferences of the audience of the time. Basically it focuses on the poets of the era and their styles compared to others of the Beat generation.

Tags:american, poets, 1960

Abstract
This paper examines the seeds of the Harlem Renaissance that can be found in the personal and racial themes of its poets. The paper focuses on Langston Hughes, the central figure of the Harlem Renaissance, and Jean Toomer.

From the Paper
"After World War I, huge numbers of African Americans migrated to the industrial North from the economically depressed and agrarian South for new opportunities, both economic and artistic. African Americans were encouraged to celebrate their heritage. The Harlem Renaissance was born. Langston Hughes, the unofficial Poet Laureate of the race, remains the central figure of the Harlem Renaissance. In his "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"..."

Tags:Poets, Poetry, racial, themes, Harlem Renaissance

Abstract
This is a critical analysis of the film "Dead Poets' Society". It is based on the generative thesis, from Pauline Kael: "Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate the great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them." Combining this sentiment with the analysis of the film in terms of Aristotelian drama, the essay concludes that said film is too conflict-driven to be great art, contains too much pathos to be great trash, and is thus merely trash by dint of its constant unoriginality. Specific examples from the film are cited.

Tags:dead, poets', society

Abstract
If God exists, as is indicated in Christian Biblical record, then God is omnipotent (Perry, 1999, p. 1). Being omnipotent God has the power to control any and every thing that exists in the world. The existence of God, therefore, should mean that the world was perfect and that there was no evil. Yet, if God does exist and He did decide that He would give man free will, or the will to choose his own moral path, one of those choices would not be evil because God, if omnipotent, would not have allowed evil to exist at all. Even still, if God did allow evil to exist in the world, God, being the vision of the power in the Bible, would prevent evil from affecting the innocent and harming those that did not embrace evil as part of their moral fiber. Yet, because evil does exist and because evil continues to impact all individuals, regardless of their moral strength, God cannot exist because there is no support for the notion that He has the power to control evil on the earth. If he does not have this power, as the Bible states, then the Biblical record is incorrect and, if so, then there is no God.

From the Paper
Good and Evil: The Existence of God Explain the argument against the existence of God from the problem of Evil. If God exists, as is indicated in Christian Biblical record, then God is omnipotent (Perry, 1999, p. 1). Being omnipotent God has the power to control any and every thing that exists in the world. The existence of God, therefore, should mean that the world was perfect and that there was no evil. Yet, if God does exist and He did decide that He would give man free will, or the will to choose his own moral path, one of those choices would not be evil because God, if omnipotent, would not have allowed evil

Tags:philosophy, god, theory

Abstract
The paper discusses how philosophers such as J.L. Mackie have posed two important challenges to the theist belief in a good, omnipotent, omniscient God - such as the God of Judaism, Islam or Christianity. The paper explains that both of these challenges relate to the existence of so much arbitrary, unjust evil and suffering in our world. The paper notes that the first challenge sets out to prove that the existence of evil is logically incompatible with the existence of a good, omnipotent God. The paper explains that the second challenge argues deductively and logically from the existence of evil, arguing that the existence of evil in itself is adequate proof that no such God can exist. This paper briefly reviews these challenges, and shows that either separately or together, they pose a very serious challenge to theists - so serious indeed that it is hard to see how any thinker can maintain a belief in such a God in any logically or intellectually coherent way.

From the Paper
"Philosophers such as J.L. Mackie have posed two important challenges to the theist belief in a good, omnipotent, omniscient God - such as the God of Judaism, Islam or Christianity. Both of these challenges relate to the existence of so much arbitrary, unjust evil and suffering in our world. The first challenge sets out to prove that the existence of evil is..."

Tags:philosophy, mackie, god

Abstract
This paper examines the nature of God as described in the "Book of Exodus", one of the five books of the "Torah", the Jewish holy book. The book contrasts the Hebrew conception of God with that of the Christians and describes God's actions in the Kabbalah. This paper also discusses the ten aspects of God as defined in the Kabbalah and provides the Jewish perspective on God and the "Book of Exodus".

From the Paper
"In the dictionary, exodus is defined as, "A going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people." This word also represents, to those of the Jewish faith, a literal and physical emigration from the life they had known before. First, they had been introduced to their God--they knew his character and could sense his presence. He intervenes in their lives for the first time, bringing the plagues to Egypt. He destroys all of the firstborn Egyptian children in the Passover because they did not know him. God gives messages to the Jews and gives them a set of standards to live by in the form of Commandments. He gives them Divine Law (Exod. 20:12), and tells them that they are his chosen people. He gives them a definitive set of rules and promises that there will be divine intervention for those who break them: "But the LORD said to Moses, 'Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot out of my book'"(Exod.32:33). The Exodus is therefore not only the removal of the Jews from Egypt but a removal of God's chosen people from ignorance. They now know YHWH; they can ascribe a name to their God. By understanding one of God's names, they could begin to understand the very nature of divine mystery, which was not just YHWH, but adonai: literally, My Lords."

Tags:god, hebrew, judaism, christianity, bible

Abstract
The paper discusses how the question "Could God know what it is like to be a bat?" is a seemingly factitious question that addresses a number of complex philosophical issues related to consciousness and its conceptualization. This essay explores this question, arguing the thesis that God could not know what it is like to be a bat, for this would require as a precondition the capacity of God to access the direct experience of the bat, which would necessarily require God to be a bat and not, in fact, God.

From the Paper
"The question "Could God know what it is like to be a bat?" is a seemingly factitious question that addresses a number of complex philosophical issues related to consciousness and its conceptualization. This essay will explore this question, arguing the thesis that God could not know what it is like to be a bat, for this would require as a precondition the capacity of God to access the direct experience of the bat, which would necessarily require God to be a bat and not, in fact, God. In addressing this question, given that the introduction of a deity into the debate brings with it a range of variables that would not be present..."

Tags:god, bat, mind