The concept of a society is based on the quality of its mercy

[BILLY HAYES (Brad Davis), in the prisoner’s dock, addresses the Court; as he speaks, a Turkish translator drones underneath his voice level.] So now it’s time for me to speak. What is there for me to say ? When I finish, you’ll sentence me for my crime. So let me ask you now : what …

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Photographie en noir et blanc d'Edgar Allan Poe.

La vie d’Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe est un auteur américain de la première moitié du XIXe siècle, très prolifique puisqu’il a écrit plus d’une soixantaine de nouvelles et de poèmes. Edgar Allan Poe s’affirme en tant qu’écrivain de grande renommée, reconnu prestigieux en France grâce au poète Charles Baudelaire qui, en traduisant ses œuvres, leur a conféré une beauté …

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The Great Gatsby: the Romantic Quest

This is post 3 of 6 in the series “The Great Gatsby” All literary analysis articles about The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald. Introduction to The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald: from the Lost Prairies to the Realist Jungle The Great Gatsby: characters and characterization The Great Gatsby: the Romantic Quest Structure and …

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Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, an oil painting composed in 1818 by the German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich

The 19th Century : Romanticism in Art and Literature

This is post 3 of 6 in the series “Literary Movements” The 18th Century: the Age of Enlightenment The Gothic and the Fantastic The 19th Century : Romanticism in Art and Literature English Romanticism (1798-1832) 19th Century Literary Movements : Realism and Naturalism British Civilisation and Literature: 19th and 20th centuries Definition of Romanticism Romanticism …

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