Imaginative journeys: Relating Colerdige's "Frost at Midnight" to Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. (Australian HSC essay - recieved 98%)
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WHAT IMAGINATIVE JOURNEYS ARE EXPLORED IN "I HAVE A DREAM"?
The speech "I Have a Dream" is an imaginative journey that explores the power of the imagination and its ability to create and teach us about ourselves and our society. King takes the responder on an imaginative journey that transports them from their everyday reality and paints a picture of a future society where "children will one day live in a nation where they will …
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…God / Utters, who from eternity doth teach / Himself in all, and all things in himself. Great universal teacher! He shall mould / Thy spirit, and by giving make it ask." In this lyrical passage, expressing deep felt emotion, Coleridge imagines that nature, rather than the preceptor, is a teacher, and the thought is heightened in typical Romantic style. To Coleridge, both nature and God (which he sees in nature) inspire curiosity and a love of learning.
…God / Utters, who from eternity doth teach / Himself in all, and all things in himself. Great universal teacher! He shall mould / Thy spirit, and by giving make it ask." In this lyrical passage, expressing deep felt emotion, Coleridge imagines that nature, rather than the preceptor, is a teacher, and the thought is heightened in typical Romantic style. To Coleridge, both nature and God (which he sees in nature) inspire curiosity and a love of learning.
