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Beowulf 2
Number of Words: 552 / Number of Pages: 3
... a good hold on his arm he just
ripped it off. After that Grendel had took off running to the lake
where he had once lived to die.
Now Beowulf has gotten Grendel's mother mad, her son is dead. So she
came to Herot and killed Hrothgar's best friend, and got her sons arm
back. Beowulf follows her back to the lake. He takes a curagious
dive into the lake where she lives. Beowulf wanted to kill Grendel's
mother and make sure Grendel himself was dead. The mother saw
Beowulf, grabbed him and took him to her lair. That is where the
fight would begin. She coul dhave killed and beat him, but Beo ...
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Macbeth 8
Number of Words: 1078 / Number of Pages: 4
... to have the title in his letter to Lady Macbeth. He wrote, ³...came missives from the King, who all-hailed me Thane of Cawdor, by which title, before, these weyard sisters saluted me, and referred me to the coming on of time with ŒHail, King that shalt be!² Since the witches had predicted Macbeth gaining Thane of Cawdor, he believed they might be right about him replacing Duncan, as the letter continues, ³This have I thought good to deliver thee, my dearest partner of greatness, that thou mightst not lose the dues of rejoicing by being ignorant of what greatness is promised thee. Lay it to h ...
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My Last Duchess 3
Number of Words: 649 / Number of Pages: 3
... she equated this intimate contact with something as simple as the sun setting, “The dropping of the daylight in the West.” In the following passage the reader is given the first glimpse of what probably led the Duke to such a violent act:
She thanked men -- good! but thanked
Somehow -- I know not how -- as if she ranked
My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name
With anybody's gift.
The Duke, it appears, was jealous of the attention that she gave to others. Browning tells us much about the type of person the Duke was in these lines:
Even had you skill
In speech -- which I have ...
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Darkness At Noon
Number of Words: 1151 / Number of Pages: 5
... listen. As compensation for their sins, they are being held under the control of the demons, and are also being tortured continually. This continual suffering also accounts for the surplus time these sinners had in manipulating others. In the Second Pouch, flatterers are punished by being made to live in an abysmal pit of excrement. Flatterers are sycophants who try to use insincere and excessive praise to look good in other people’s eyes. These false attentions and comments are commonly called "bull-*censored*" in slang. This applies directly to what these sinners are condemned to live ...
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The Odyssey: Theme Of Homecoming And Reunion
Number of Words: 3075 / Number of Pages: 12
... of impious men, men who engage in
improper feasting. Worse still are those who give into temptation after
long suffering, for it denies them the knowledge of the good; namely virtue.
Of improper feasting there are numerous examples, from the
gluttonous behavior of the suitors and the cannibalism of the Kyklops, to
Odysseus' own shipmates who kill and feast on the cattle of Lord Helios,
the Sun. As illustrated by the text, improper feasting is a sin against
the order of Zeus and thus the order of men. Telemakhos recognizes the
wrong done against him and his household. The youth of Telemakhos pr ...
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The Awakening 5
Number of Words: 772 / Number of Pages: 3
... to go down to the beach and take a good wash and even a little swim," "before dinner? The water is too cold. Don't think of it." "Well I might go down and try-dip my toes in."(p.114)
Edna is growing very fond of the ocean and so adorns her swims. No one will keep her from this new pleasure that brings such satisfaction to her life. Edna feels free for the first time since her childhood. She loves so much this mysterious new being that is so wonderful to her. The ocean proves to be a place where she can transcend her life into the life of who she wants to be. "The touch of the sea is sensuo ...
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George Orwells Satirical Appro
Number of Words: 924 / Number of Pages: 4
... individuals and groups engaged in the Russian Revolution.
"But the seeds for Animal Farm are present in earlier works, not only in the metaphors likening men to beast but more important, in Orwell's whole attitude towards society, which he sees as an aggregation of certain classes or types" (Greenblatt 188).
The animal story begins with the Manor Farm's master, a human being, named Mr. Jones. He is compared to Czar Nicholas II because both men, fictional and non-fictional, are irresponsible and cruel to their animals or people. The character that stirs up the idea of rebellion is Old Major, Mr. J ...
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Karl Marx's Teachings And Capitalism
Number of Words: 6614 / Number of Pages: 25
... of Capital: Volume One:
Scientific, logical discourse must begin with definitions and axioms. Since Marx’ investigation of capitalism was intended to be objective and logical, he quite accordingly began with exposition of the key aspects of the capitalist system.
The first chapter of the book is dedicated to the commodity. Marx defines a commodity as “. . . an external object, a thing which through its qualities satisfies human needs of whatever kind.” Because we live in a capitalist society, when we walk through the shopping mall, all we see on the shelves are commodities. According t ...
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The Women Of Jane Austen
Number of Words: 4380 / Number of Pages: 16
... for the social order in which they were rooted” (41). Austen lived in a society where women were expected to be “accomplished,” as Darcy states in Pride and Prejudice, but not well educated (“Notes”). Women of the late eighteenth-century could not attend educational institutions like Oxford or Cambridge. It was not considered necessary for a woman to have knowledge of either Greek or Latin. If a woman received training, it was usually religious or domestically practical. The expected accomplishments of a woman at the time included the ability to draw, singing, speakin ...
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Hamlet 8
Number of Words: 582 / Number of Pages: 3
... tells his mother that he saw the ghost in his mothers room, her amazement at his madness is quite convincing.
Another instance of Hamlet’s behavior, manipulation in his meeting with Ophelia, where his uncle and Polonius are hiding behind a curtain.(Earlier in the play it is made quite clear, Hamlets feeling towards Ophelia.) When his complete rejection of her was clearly a hoax.
Hamlet’s actions in the play after meeting the ghost lead everyone except Horatio to believe he is crazy. Hamlet questions his conduct in his speech at he end of Act 2, but after a long time of th ...
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