Global Experience

Society

Morality

Religion

Sexuality

Racism

N.W.- Class and racism have great effect on the protagonists' lives in northwest London, as transplants from the Commonwealth.

The Buddha of Suburbia-Karim must makes sense of a world that he doesn't quite belong in, as a result of his Indian heritage and his queerness.

Tess of the D'Urbervilles-Tess's life is generally ruined by the dogmatic beliefs of Christian faith and chastity and how she's forced to live within them.

Class

Mrs. Dalloway-even upper-class people still have issues

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner-The storm is used as an allegory for teaching the importance of prayer and God.

Capitalism

Hard Times-The story's main premises are only issues with the context of the unfeeling capitalist society of 1800s England.

The Wasteland-The fall of society is described to be due to lack of religion and true connection post WWI, only selfish desires like sex

Isolation

Nature

Death

Beauty

Ode to a Nightingale-Death is unavoidable, yet this work finds some degree of beauty in that fact.

Dover Beach-The lack of faith in religion as a result of war is related to nature itself by Matthew Arnold.

Power

Ozymandias-chronicling the fall of a powerful but brutal king

Ode to the West Wind-exalts the power and overarching influence of the West Wind

War

Anthem for Dead Youth-laments the tragedy of war and death.

My heart leaps up when I behold...-celebrating the simplicity and beauty of nature.

God's Grandeur-questioning man's acknowledgement of nature and exalting the existence and presence of God.