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Beowulf
Number of Words: 1069 / Number of Pages: 4
... could not even stand anything that came from the hall. These two forces were on the opposite sides of their personalities.
In addition to the music, their overall beliefs contributed to Grendel’s complete hatred to the population of Herot. Grendel seemingly believed that pure carnage and destruction was his only way for communicating. Herot and its people expressed their thoughts, feelings, and personalities through music, laughter, and dance. However, Grendel, whom's hatred had known no other, had to express his thoughts in his own way. Lines 29-35 showed how the poet concurred this belie ...
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A Shropshire Lad
Number of Words: 1227 / Number of Pages: 5
... be one of his best poems, "XXVII: Is my team ploughing," the focus is placed upon a conversation between a dead man and one of his friends from his previous life (Housman 18). "XXII: The street sounds to the soldiers’ tread;" meanwhile, expresses an emotional wonder discovered in the eyes of a passing soldier (Housman 15). Both the ambiguous quality of the dead man’s last question (18 ll. 25-26) in poem XXVII and the nature of the chance encounter in XXII stand to exemplify the subtle undercurrent of Housman’s own enigmatic sexuality.
"Is my team ploughing" is in the ...
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A Separate Peace
Number of Words: 761 / Number of Pages: 3
... talk his way out of getting into trouble. Finny claimed that he wore the tie as a belt because it represented “Devon in the War.” Again, Gene was envious of Finny’s openness to make up a story and “get away with everything.”
Another one of Gene’s enemies is his anger. Alone, his anger is mild, but when mixed with his jealousy, prove to be a deadly combination. Gene was angry at such things as Finny’s ability go get out of trouble, and his own unwillingness to say “no” to Finny. The real war, however, started when he got the idea that because Finny had low grades, he wanted to lower Gene’s grades ...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
Number of Words: 445 / Number of Pages: 2
... kills children’s parents or older siblings, throwing their responsibility on to the younger children’s shoulders. The children will never have a normal life of playing with others because they are too busy taking care of things. In the novel, MBSID, Tim had to grow up fast. The reason for this is that his father got killed and his brother, Sam, got killed. So Tim had to do all of the man work around the tavern.
There is one last main effect from war. It is the effect on towns and communities. It ruins towns and communities by ruining families and children. You can think of it as a link chain: t ...
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Macbeth - Bird Imagery
Number of Words: 740 / Number of Pages: 3
... thing Lady Macbeth says is: “The raven himself is hoarse/ That
croaks fatal entrance of Duncan/ Under my battlements”(1.5.45-47). The
raven is a bird of ill omen, and Lady Macbeth means that the raven is
hoarse from saying again and again that King Duncan must die. Here,
Shakespeare is taking the idea of murder, and using the natural imagery of
a raven in order to reveal the thoughts of killing Duncan.
When King Duncan comes to Macbeth's castle, he remarks how sweet
the air is. Banquo agrees, and adds: “This guest of summer, /The
temple-haunting martlet, does approve, /By his loved ...
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Animal Farm Summary
Number of Words: 727 / Number of Pages: 3
... and are posted on the barn wall.
1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy
2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings is a friend.
3. No animal shall wear clothes.
4. No animal shall sleep in a bed
5. No animal shall drink alcohol
6. No animal shall kill any other animal.
7. All animals are equal
The animals succeed at running the farm for a little while. They finish all of their work with stunning efficiency and every week hold ceremonies to celebrate the rebellion and to plan work. Meanwhile, the pigs as leaders are taking bigger food rations for themselves justifying their behavior as someth ...
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Taming Of The Shrew 3
Number of Words: 2683 / Number of Pages: 10
... them because they grasped people’s lives in his day. While these subjects reached the heart, the thought of change was brought forth from these subjects. The change was not only in actions, but feelings as well. For example, Petruchio made it plain that he did not want to wed Katherine for his love of her, but instead he wanted to wed her for her money,
"Signoir Hortensio, twixt such friends as we
Few words suffice; and therefore, if thou know
One rich enough to be Petruchio’s wife,
As wealth is burden of my wooing dance,
Be she as foul as was Florentius’ love,
As old as sibyl, a ...
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History Of The Detective Novel
Number of Words: 1402 / Number of Pages: 6
... Although he is best know as a poet, he was also considered the founder of the detective story. His five mystery short stories introduced many of the conventions and cliches that the genre would later become famous for.
His greatest contribution was the creation of his detective C. Auguste Dupin, who appeared in three of Poe's works. Dupin was the first character of his kind, a man who relied on his ability to observe and reason to solve crimes instead of merely waiting for the outcome or guessing. He first appeared in The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841), in which he attempts to clear the name of a ...
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Hamlet - Why Did Hamlet Delay Killing The King?
Number of Words: 819 / Number of Pages: 3
... However, even after the ‘play within a play’ through which Hamlet has obtained his ‘proof’ as to the nature of the Ghost and confirmed that Claudius is guilty, Hamlet says " I’ll take the Ghost’s word for a thousand pound," but fails to act and can only contemplate the event.
Similarly, when Hamlet happens upon Claudius praying, he does not take the opportunity to kill the King, rather he makes excuses, saying he does not want Claudius to go to heaven. However, this is little more than a delay tactic, and Hamlet also does not make any further plans to kill the King.
The most pla ...
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The Meaning Of Suffering In Job And The Aeneid
Number of Words: 987 / Number of Pages: 4
... They help him on his journey. They
are all fighting for the same cause. This fact alone makes Job's misfortune
more taxing.
Their mental anguish is not limited to matters of this world. Each man
is faced with dillemas concerning their spiritual beliefs. Though he begs and
calls to God for an explanation, Job receives nothing. This causes alone causes
more mental anguish than anything else that happens in either work. Job's
family is exterminated, he is pile of fermenting flesh, and he has no sign from
God as to why this is happening. Job does not even get omens or other
supernatural si ...
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