Dorothy Parker was an American short story writer,poet,and critic who was famous for her instant wit and cruel humor.In her poems,by using succinct and satiric language,she discovers the weakness of human nature,and encourages people to face the world bravely.This paper analyses some of her poems and help the readers to understand her instant wit and cruel humor.
Amy Ton’ s Joy Luck Club is about the stories of four Chinese mothers and their second generation Chinese - American daughters.This paper analyzes the use of Chinese language in this novel and argues that the Chinese language builds a bridge between Chinese and American cultures and suggests the integration of the two cultures.
The concepts of Face and Self are different in Chinese and American cultures and they have different impacts on the attitudes and behaviors of people from these two cultures. Understanding the differences of Face and Self in Chinese and American cultures, it will be easy to understand the characters in the movie Saving Face.
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 12 is about the destructive effect of time on the beauty of the nature as well as human beings and how one can be immortal. This paper analyzes the theme of this sonnet and the way the poet presents this theme.
Compared with Spenser's Sonnet 15 in which the speaker praises his beautiful lover by comparing her to various precious things such as Saphyres,Rubies,pearles,yvory,gold and silver,the speaker in Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 denies that his lover is as perfect as such wonderful things as the sun,coral,snow,roses,perfume,music and goddess,and thus portrays a more human and believable beauty.In addition,he describes his lovers in four senses-the visual sense,the sense of smell,the sense of sound,and the sense of motion.As a result,he creates a vivid and genuine beauty.
