The United Kingdom triggered its panic mode during the nineteenth century. During this time, a revolution was in rapid progression. People during this period of time were prone to success by risking rather than embracing safety. The most renowned figure during this time and even today is Alfred Tennyson, better known as Lord Tennyson. Tennyson wrote an abundance of classics including, Ulysses, In Memoriam, The Lady of Shalott, and many more. Tennyson was born in Somersby, the United Kingdom in 1809. He was born into a large family household with 13 members. As a young boy, Tennyson's life was not always easy. His father's decent income was not enough to support his enormous family size. As a result, Tennyson received his pre-university education from his own well-read father. Tennyson's personal life and his works through poetry reflect the dominance of risk being more valuable to creativity rather than safety. Ever since his childhood, Tennyson does not shy away from risks. He …show more content…
When the Lady has been trapped inside the tower for years, one can comprehend how much safety is being valued. Despite years of being trapped for years, in the end, it was her desire to get out of the place by risking her own life. In the poem, Ulysses, the character points out the unnecessariness of safety. In the poem, it says, “I cannot rest from travel: I will drink life to the lees”(Tennyson). This tells us how sitting around doling out rewards and punishments bores Ulysses. He wants to be out there taking risks and fight like he is supposed to be doing. It also says, “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield”(Tennyson). Ulysses is informing the readers how they are strong because of their will to strive. This shows their desire to take risks even at old age. This also implies to today's society as there are people who make their break-through success after old
Smiley Face Killer When you think of a smiley face you normally don’t associate them with serial killers, but with Keith Hunter Jesperson, you do. Keith Hunter Jesperson was born on April 6, 1955, in British Columbia, Canada. Jesperson was the middle child of 5 with an older sister and brother and a younger sister and brother. Ever since he was a small child Jesperson experienced conflicts, bullying and abuse in his home life and at school. His father would often hit him with a leather belt other than discipline and treated him less than his other siblings.
Jacob L. Shinn was born on October 3, 1826, in North Carolina. He was the son to Benjamin Daniel Shinn and Martha Tucker. He grew up on a family farm. He had thirteen siblings. He had six brothers John E. Shinn, John O. Shinn, William C. Shinn, Benjamin D. Shinn, Thomas J. Shinn, and Calvin R. smith.
Millard Fillmore was born on January 7, 1800 in Summerhill, New York. He was born into extreme poverty. He had 8 siblings and his father was a farmer. This is the house Millard was Born in.
Before Issac Monney got to the Toronto international airport, he had swallowed 84 pellets, each one had about five grams of heroin. When he had arrived to customs the inspector became suspicious about certain aspects about Isaacs travel arrangements. Isaac paid for the airline ticket via CHEQUE for for a flight that was on the same day, showing that he was in a hurry. Isaac said that he worked as a taxi driver, and that he had left the country to see a sick cousin in Switzerland. It was also suspicious to the customs officer that the fact that Isaacs’s passport showed his place of birth was Ghana, given the customs officer knowledge of Switzerland as a route country for drugs and narcotics and Ghana as a supplier country.
Most people are not aware of the qualifications to be a serial killer. A serial killer is defined as murdering more than three over a period of than more than a thirty day period, with a quick period between each murder where they stop killing, and whose motivation for murdering is primarily based on psychological gratification. William “The Lipstick Killer” Heirens, also known as number C06103 to his fellow inmates, is a peculiar serial killer who had a tough time growing up in Illinois. William had a total of three known victims in the time span of June 5, 1945, through January 7, 1946. William Heirens, who did his killings in Chicago, is a strange character and his life before killing, his victims, his confessions, and facts about him can
Upton Sinclair was an only child born on September 20, 1878. He was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. Even though his name was respected in the South from his great-grandfathers fame in the War of 1812, Upton Sinclair grew up in a family without much money. Any profit his father made was spent on alcohol. Living in poverty, the family moved often, unable to pay rent.
In his later years, he dedicated his life to philanthropic endeavors. Born on November 25, 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland, Andrew Carnegie was born into a poor family. Coming from a poor family he received little formal education. His family believed in the power of books and learning. At the age of thirteen he moved to the US with his family.
This proves that Jack is confident about poetry because he is being inspired by other poetics and he is now starting to write his own poems. Throughout the book, Jack’s thoughts about poetry have grow from timid, then he changed to reluctant and enthusiastic, and now he is confident about poetry because he is now starting to enjoy poetry more and write his own
Thomas Gallaudet was born on December 10, 1787 in Hartford , connecticut . Throughout his childhood he had several breathing problems and they would carry out into his adult life .Thomas was the eldest sibling . In Thomas free time he would much rather sit
It was dangerous and difficult and frightening (Sentence 4a). However, he persevered through it all and eventually made it home to his family. Ulysses’ family motivated him to come home because of his desire to come home to Telemachus, defend his Penelope, and return to his beloved spouse. One of the reasons Ulysses wanted to come home: his absence ensued him missing his son's whole childhood (Sentence 11). “Penelope was pregnant with Telemachus when Odysseus left their island home of Ithaca for the battle
Author’s lives inspire their writing in many ways. An illustrious writer, Edgar Allan Poe, experienced continuous sufferings throughout his life. The heartaches he faced transferred into his writing. Poe’s works are dark and traumatic, such as “The Pit and the Pendulum.” He uses the unthinkable and shapes short stories out of them.
Odysseus and Ulysses had to be leaders to their men. They endured through some hard times together, and when everyone wanted to give up, Ulysses and Odysseus had to keep their men’s heads up. They had to say these things to their men to keep them positive and moving through all of the horrible times when they thought nothing would ever get better. The tone is something that occurs all throughout both stories, whether it be sad, scared, or excited depending on the
Martin also had six siblings in his family and they struggled during these times to feed the family. Martin’s parents were Dutch and came from dutch descent. Martin was born in Kinderhook, New York in 12-5-1782
While the Elizabethan era may be regarded as the golden age for English literature, the political treachery and mistreatment of the poor was by far more significant to the history of England. During this era lived a well-known playwright and poet by the name
In the entire poem, it mentioned Ulysses longing to go away and adventure. His longing occurred because he was curious about the world and to satisfy that curiosity, he desired to travel to answer his questions. His curiosity about the things around him and the world allowed for him to adventure and his will to continue wondering. Differently, Odysseus’s curiosity sometimes caused trouble for him. Odysseus was curious about various things going on around him at his obstacles, which lead to trouble for him sometimes.