Thomas de Quincey

Thomas De Quincey’s Gusto: Desires Unfulfilled My original primary interest about “Confessions of an English Opium Eater,” by Thomas De Quincey, was to learn whether or not the author deprecates the behavior of taking opium— not only am I unable to conclude the answer to this question when finishing reading the book, but also at least fifty percent of Confessions, I found, depicts De Quincey’s early life, mostly unrelated to opium. Even when it comes to opium eating, he often circumvents the effects of opium on his own body and tends to describe more about the moral afflictions that attack his mind as a result of the bad early-life experiences. Many scholars, thus, consider Confessions to be an incomplete work. For instance, Clarke maintains…

Thomas De Quincey introduces Confessions of an English Opium Eater, as an extract from a longer autobiography entitled, Life of a Scholar. De Quincey’s primary reason in writing this autobiography is, he hopes it will be “instructive” to his audience. That reason is also why his writing goes into such explicit detail about his personal life. He tried to resist opium, but due to the fact that opium was a major and effective pain reliever at the time, it was difficult, seeing as he suffered from…

specifically in their ability to resurrect past experiences of otherwise unfathomable violence. The murders have a similarly evocative effect on Thomas De Quincey. His works are steeped in violence and a preoccupation with sudden, unexplainable death, and this obsession is never more explicit than in his essays which study the impact and artistry of violence: ‘On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Art’ (1827), ‘A Second Paper on Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts’ (1839) and its…

anyone over the age of eighteen) and being at the end of my teen years. This is a point in my life where everything is very unstable and focused towards me. I may feel like I should not be responsible for anyone but myself, however, at the end of the day I do not have the ability to provide for my everyday needs on my one. There is no one single criteria for becoming an adult. There is not a magical checklist that one must complete in order to become an adult. Thomas De Quincey once said, “But…

De Quincey’s first interrogation into the beauty and art behind violence argues the importance of this secluded world existing. This is deployed in numerous ways in this passage, from the natural power of the "immeasurable gulf" that disturbs the ebb and flow of human life, to the man-made evocations of the caging "recess" that shields the murder. In some ways, this is later echoed in the "storm-flight" of the horses in associating threats of accidental violence with nature; yet, for De Quincey,…

In 1798 a well-known poet named Samuel Taylor Coleridge published his poem The Rime of The Ancient Mariner. The poem was contained in a poem collage by Coleridge and William Wordsworth called the Lyrical Ballads. Coleridge is known for the Romantic influence in his writings: “Coleridge achieved wonder by the frank violation of natural laws, impressing upon readers a sense of occult powers and unknown modes of being” (“The Romantic Period: Topics.” The Norton Anthology of English Literature).…

is the essential character during when Van Helsing’s people traveled to kill Count Dracula; however, she is the real hero because she was brave enough to go against the traditional role of women and becomes a new type of women. Throughout the novel, two primary females, Lucy Westenra and Mina Murray Harker, represent the stereotypical women during the Victorian era. One of the characteristics of the Victorian era women is that they are dependent, especially to males. After when Lucy was bitten…

plot. The evil being displayed by Count Dracula and the good being shown by the other characters who sought out to defeat Dracula upon figuring out his true desires. The story begins with a young solicitor named Jonathon Harker who is assigned to go to Transylvania by his firm to assist Count Dracula 's purchase of real estate in London. The battle is foreshadowed upon the young solicitor, Jonathon Harker being handed a crucifix after hearing a landlady say, "It is the eve of St. George 's Day.…

Harry potter vs. Lord Voldemort, Batman vs. Joker, or Avengers vs. Loki. Like all those movies, the same theme of good vs. Evil is involved in this play called Dracula. This play is about a Dracula which is an evil character and other character like Van Helsing, Renfield and Lucy are the good character and are trying to vanish the Dracula.Dracula is a Play adapted by Hamilton Deane in 1924 from the novel Dracula which was written by Bram Stoker in 1897 and then revised by John L. Balderston in…

Dracula – Lucy’s case An old saying goes like this: Opposites attract each other. Often it refers to two completely different people finding each other falling in love. In this context, it refers to the main theme of the Bram Stokers novel Dracula from the late 19th century. Love, lust and horror frame the world-known book Dracula, which is about the evil Count Dracula travelling his way to London, England, turning young, beautiful women into vampires and allure them back to Transylvania in the…