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Greek Tragedies
Number of Words: 1231 / Number of Pages: 5
... with Midsummer is Everyman it refers with death directly along with the metaphor "life is a precious possession." If you have many rituals, you must "invest" them wisely and use them as you should use material goods, in a charitable way. In the late 15th century English morality play, Everyman, is summoned by Death, he cannot persuade any of his friends to go with him, except for Good Deeds. Death demands the account book from Everyman and tells him to prepare for his death, and as he does he loses all of his companions. At the end of the play Knowledge hears the Angels sing and welcomes him in ...
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Literal Interpretation In Literature
Number of Words: 768 / Number of Pages: 3
... to come. These examples definitely show how this biblical quote
may be interpreted literally.
"The sins of the father visit upon the children" has a deeper meaning than
that described above. For example, "father" could be changed to "parent," and
these "parents" could mean "generations" that precede the children. A situation
that would represent that would be war or pollution. A second example which
illustrates how this quote may be interpreted on a more global level is
preceding generations could affect the children by means of racial
discrimination that has been passed down from lo ...
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Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
Number of Words: 593 / Number of Pages: 3
... be intertwined. The choice between the two is a difficult one, but the everlasting peace that nature presents is often turned to. This imagery of nature is used to parallel death, whereby the solemnity and peace that depicts nature, in turn, depicts death.
The power of procrastination is strong enough to destroy even the strongest of wills. The man is pondering whether or not he should succumb to the "sleep" he desires, which symbolizes ending his life. He is at a major crossroad in his life, where he is undecided on choosing the peace he longs for, or continuing on with his journey. Procr ...
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Hrothgar The Old And Powerful King: A Closer Look At His Character
Number of Words: 394 / Number of Pages: 2
... try to draw some conclusions, as best as one can for a complex work such as Beowulf.
Hrothgar's associations with women are not the only evidence that would support a "feminization" of his aged character. Hrothgar's laments for his own helpless state makes him even more helpless: rather than responding in action like Beowulf does, he gives in to despair. And if Tacitus were to be a guide, Hrothgar's grief over the loss of Aeschere would also be taken as a sign of excessive "feminine" behavior (Clark107-08).
Hrothgar certainly would not be called an independent thinker; he does not think on his own, a ...
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Billy Budd
Number of Words: 400 / Number of Pages: 2
... handle Billy.
The modern concept of tragedy is that of Arthur Miller’s, that the audience feels and fears for the characters so much that it is as if they are the characters themselves. The characters finally meet their tragic end, and the audience witnesses and understands their end. This applies to Billy mostly because of his likeability. The readers come to love Billy as his fellows sailors do. He is completely innocent and naive at the same time. The readersees his weakness and comes to feel sorry for Billy the way one might for a child. The reader sympathizes with Billy especially when ...
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The Outsider By Albert Camus V
Number of Words: 1137 / Number of Pages: 5
... meant for Meursault. Normally, if a person is convicted to death, he will see a priest before the sentence is executed. Meursault did not do that. He profusely refused to see the priest and why should he? He "did not believe in god." Meursault did not care, as he did not care if his mother died, or if someone proposed marriage to him. This of course went totally against the rules and ethics of society, which cannot permit such kind of behaviour. But why does Camús characterize Meursault like that? Why did he create such kind of an outsider to society? Camús created such an outsider because he wanted to ...
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Computers And Internet In Our Life
Number of Words: 1147 / Number of Pages: 5
... for you. You can find whatever you want, you can buy whatever you want. Do you a virtual marriage? It’s easy as ABC.
(www.strana.ru)
The Internet is one of the greatest things we have ever invented. But it is not as save as it
Pystogov 3
may seem. We surf the Internet but we don’t see the danger. Computer systems are developing with a big speed. And more and more people appear who don’t like quiet way of life. Especially teenagers in the Eastern European countries. They are bored. They want to have a lot of fun. They just go and learn how to do many illegal things. That what Alex Garner says a ...
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Jane Eyre - Love
Number of Words: 1723 / Number of Pages: 7
... I Burkhart 2 have no feelings, and that I can do without one bit of love or kindness, but I cannot live so: and you have no pity" (Bronte, 45). Her early life at Gateshead proved to be a rather traumatic period in Jane's life. Jane "dared commit no fault: [she] strove to fulfill every duty; [she] was termed naughty and tiresome, sullen and sneaky, from morning to noon, and from noon to night" (Bronte, 22). Trying to act in accordance with Mrs. Reed and the Reed children, never purposely committing a fault, Jane was continuously "naughty" in Mrs. Reed's eye. Living a childhood such as Jane's, one would ...
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The Awakening Of Women
Number of Words: 510 / Number of Pages: 2
... give up her identity and conform to the social norms which suppress her sexuality, individuality and rights.
Choked by the cloistering, moralistic garb of the Victorian era, yet willing to give up everything--even her own life--for the freedom of unencumbered individuality, Edna Pontellier epitomizes the consummate New Woman of the late nineteenth century. She embodies the social ideals for which women of that era were striving, and are still striving for today. She is individualistic--a maverick. She is passionate. She is courageous and intrepid. She is the definitive persona which thousands of ...
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The Functions Of The Chorus In
Number of Words: 836 / Number of Pages: 4
... is especially evident in Oedipus the King. On page nine, the Chorus has its first speaking part in the play (which is known as the parados), and it is invoking the Gods and asking them for help. A plague befell the city of Thebes in which their crops and people were dying. The Oracle of Delphi said that the plague would only end when the killer of Laius (the former king of Thebes) was found. Here, the Chorus is giving the reader insight into Greek culture:
O Prophecy of Jove, whose words are sweet,
With what doom art thou sent
To glorious Thebes, from Pytho's gilded seat?
I am distraught ...
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