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Dante's Inferno: The Guardians Of The Inferno
Number of Words: 1275 / Number of Pages: 5
... In
mythology, he was known to devour people who approached hell, and therefore
is a glutton himself. However, being a glutton, he must surrender himself
to his appetite. His appetite just overtakes him when Dante throws dirt in
Cerberus' mouth, and the poets are allowed to enter the circle. Cerberus
is an example of how everything must submit to the glutton's appetite,
including his soul. This is a dark sin because they now worship food
instead of God, and this is reciprocated by the rain, which belies the
jolly nature of gluttons and gives them dark temperaments. Gluttony is a
sin which involve ...
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African-American Literature, M
Number of Words: 1495 / Number of Pages: 6
... She simply fell into the cultural trap of love and marriage. Walker describes the ‘love’ Meridian’s mother felt as “toleration for his (Meridian’s father’s) habits ”(50). This woman had no want of children. She was completely unprepared for what they would mean to her life. Children shattered Meridian’s mother. Meridian would have loved for her mother to break the bonds of society like her great-grandmother Feather Mae, who “loved walking nude about the yard and worshipped only the sun.” But, her mother fell into the southern rut. This rut included never talking about sex. Meridian, believin ...
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William Shakespeare
Number of Words: 915 / Number of Pages: 4
... strict
disciplinarians.
Though Shakespeare spent long hours at school, his boyhood was
probably fascinating. Stratford was a lively town and during
holidays, it was known to put on pageants and many popular shows. It
also held several large fairs during the year. Stratford was a
exciting place to live. Stratford also had fields and woods
surrounding it giving William the opportunity to hunt and trap small
game. The River Avon which ran through the town allowed him to fish
also. Shakespeare's' poems and plays show his love of nature and
rural life which reflects his childhood.
On November ...
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Heros
Number of Words: 896 / Number of Pages: 4
... battle” (Chi Li 333). She was so impressive, even the head of the town was impressed. She made a mark for all women in Chinese culture.
Another type of hero is one who does it to be a role model. In the story of “King Arthur” King Arthur himself is the true hero. He is this great king that is loved by his whole kingdom and all it’s servants and people. He was a valiant fighter and a fair King. Going along with the English culture, “he was a man of honor, to live in such a way that the other members of the nobility held him in high esteem” (Rosenberg 420). In the story, King Arthur’s wife Guineve ...
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Philosophy - An Enquiry Concer
Number of Words: 1536 / Number of Pages: 6
... it is evident that Hume is saying that
unless the person, or criminal in this case, sincerely believes in what he wants to do, he will not be able to
motivate the action. In other words, unless the sentiment is there, the action cannot be willed into being.
Hence, the sentiment is the driving force behind the action.
Hume does not however say that reason is incapable of determining wether an action is virtuous
or vicious (moral or immoral), but instead he tries to say that the reason for the morality of an action does
not dictate the execution or perversion of an act so far as determination of ...
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My Last Duchess 4
Number of Words: 1215 / Number of Pages: 5
... unacceptable, so by hiding the painting behind a curtain, he controls who is allowed to gaze upon her. “Sir, ‘twas not / her husband’s presence only, called that spot / of joy into the Duchess’ cheek” (13-15). The Duke mentions the blush on the cheek that the duchess has in the painting and assumes that Frà Pandolf, the painter, was attracted to the Duchess and possibly paid her a compliment.
“Her mantle laps
Over my lady’s wrist too much,’ or ‘Paint
Must never hope to reproduce the faint
Half-flush that dies along her throat.” (16-19)
T ...
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The Tiger And The Lamb
Number of Words: 614 / Number of Pages: 3
... another theme of divine intervention and how all creatures were created. The poem is nothing but one wondering question to another (Harmon, p.361).
"The Tiger" by William Blake describes the tiger as being an symbol of evil. This is displayed when Blake says "What an anvil? what dread grasp, Dare its deadly terrors clasp?" By repeating variations of the word "dread" in the poem, he emphasizes the evil of tiger and the evil this tiger possesses. The mighty beast is whole world of experience
outside ourselves, a world of igneous creation and destruction, faced with a terrifying beauty (Harmo ...
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A Rose For Emily By William Fa
Number of Words: 778 / Number of Pages: 3
... time. Emily began to think that some day she and Homer would marry, and when things went wrong she poisoned him. As time passed people began to wonder, and a smell began developing. Although the smell was hitting everyone in the town, no one said anything, instead they sprinkled lime all over her house. Emily died a time later. After the town people heard the new they went to see her to begin the funeral arrangements. Tobby her faithful servant ran off and the town people discover the smell. After all this time Emily had been sleeping with Homer's dead body until she herself died.
This story ha ...
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Difficulty In Making An Important Decision
Number of Words: 385 / Number of Pages: 2
... If I failed or could not find a new position,
what would my family think of me? Failing at a new career would also
cause me to lose confidence in myself. These concerns, failure and
financial, and not finding a new job made this decision very difficult.
The decision to choose a new career was an extremely important one. The
sole function of a career is not just to provide a means to make a
living; it should have a larger purpose. The work I was doing did little
for others, and in fact, served only a small, special interest group.
In addition to pursuing a meaningful career, a career shoul ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird 4
Number of Words: 1167 / Number of Pages: 5
... did to him and his daughter. Mayella is
Bob's daughter who supposedly got raped by Tom Robinson. Judge Taylor
is the Judge of Maycomb County. Heck Tate is the county law official.
I think the protagonist in the story is Atticus Finch because
he has the main part and he has the biggest decision to make. The
decision being whether to defend or not to defend Tom Robinson.
To Kill a Mockingbird is set in Maycomb County, an imaginary
district in Southern Alabama. The time is the early 1930s, the years
of the Great Depression when poverty and unemployment were widespread ...
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