Impact of the Word on Dickinson In Donald E. Thackrey’s essay "The Communication of the Word," he talks about how "the power of the individual word, in particular, seems to have inspired her with nothing less than reverence" (51). Dickinson approached her poetry inductively, that is, she combined words to arrive at whatever conclusion the patterns of the words suggested, rather than starting out with a specific theme or message. Instead of purposefully working toward a final philosophical point
businessman. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on March 24, 1855. He was the son of successful banker, Thomas Mellon. His father was who was a Scots-Irish immigrant from, Northern Ireland and his mother was Sarah Negley Mellon, he also had a brother named Richard. He was educated at the Western University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 1873. He comes from a very successful and wealthy family, The Mellon family is known for the Mellon Bank which is now called Bank of New York Mellon. The family was originally
‘Behold: this was Oedipus, greatest of men.’” ( Sewall, The Vision of Tragedy, 35) The Chorus commented on how Oedipus was a great man and that what had happen was very tragic. At the end of Oedipus rex the chorus finally comes about the theme of fatalism when they surrender themselves to the will of the gods, when they supplicate after they learn the revelations, “the chorus only to reiterate the old, hard doctrine of hubris call … piously upon Zeus” (Sewall pg. 34). The chorus comments: “‘Who walks
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Dickinson Emily Dickinson never became a member of the church although she lived in a typical New England Puritan community all her life. The well-known lines, "Some - keep the Sabbath - going to church - / I - keep it - staying at Home -" (P-236 [B]; J-324),1 suggest her defiance against the existing church and Christianity of her time in particular. And her manner of calling the Deity by such terms as "Burglar," "Banker" (P-39; J-49), and "a jealous God" (P-1752; J-1719) clearly discloses
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