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Imagination In Keats
Number of Words: 1092 / Number of Pages: 4
... music in his head. He is afraid that the beauty the urn exhibits will tell a greater tale then the image he sees. The speaker must believe that the imagination is the greatest thing because he wishes not to hear any of the music. He would rather look to the urn and see a man pictured smiling and staying on key then having the real thing present and playing.
The piping music is the ideal form of music when viewed from the urn. Since the urn has pictures frozen in time, one can see the pipe players always pictured the same way. This idea can make the observer hear the unheard music in his head and cre ...
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A Man For All Seasons,by Rober
Number of Words: 1049 / Number of Pages: 4
... with just a little common
sense, you could have been a statesman. (Bolt 10)
More's non-committal response to Wolsey's question is also characteristic of
his desire to be silent for the remainder of the play and, despite Wolsey's
continuing plea that he should ignore his "own, private, conscience" (Bolt 12)
for state reasons, More is unable to approve of the King's divorce.
As More and King Henry talk during the King's visit to Chelsea in scene
six, More is once again pressured on the matter of the Henry's divorce, now by
Henry himself. More states to Henry that he sees his own op ...
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Iliad
Number of Words: 596 / Number of Pages: 3
... modify the Trojan lines, an adjective that intensifies the effect of Paris’ action of retreating by mentioning its opposite. Homer further reviles Paris by calling him, ironically, “magnificent” and “brave,” thereby heightening the indignity of his cowardly retreat.
Another contrast in Paris’ character is represented in his beauty. He is known as one of the most handsome men in Troy, but looks can be deceiving, as Hector implies when he says, “Paris, appalling Paris! Our prince of beauty--/mad for women, you lure them all to ruin!” In this quote, Hector is highlighting Paris’ ability to ruin virtua ...
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Symbols In The Rime Of The Anc
Number of Words: 1461 / Number of Pages: 6
... goes off to live the rest of his life. Had the tale taken place at a funeral, the heavy feeling of ending would have destroyed the symbolism of new beginnings. Ending of life, of happiness, of everything. If this had happened, then the fact that he rose the next day would not have been as significant. Therefore, the wedding is a very important symbol throughout the poem.
The albatross is another significant symbol throughout the poem. It first appears in the first section of the poem, and it is a symbol of good omen for the sailors. The albatross is a white bird, which is probably the reason w ...
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King Lear --
Number of Words: 1138 / Number of Pages: 5
... shortly
There, take may coxcomb! Why this fellow has banished two on's daughters,
And did the third a blessing against his will. If thou follow him,
Thou must needs wear my coxcomb- How now nuncle? Would I had two
Coxcombs and two daughters!
(I, i: 96-103)
When the Fool offers King Lear his coxcomb, he is offering him wisdom. King Lear is unaware of his ignoble actions and this is the fool's attempt to make him realize how inadequate his actions are. In another rhyming jest, the Fool, in his cleaver manipulation of speech, tries to desperately to warn King Lear to be careful with what ...
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Beowulf
Number of Words: 1464 / Number of Pages: 6
... men have. That is why Grendel kills the people of Herot for twelve years. Eventually, the news that Grendel is attacking Herot reaches King Hygleac in Geatland. tells King Hygleac that he will sail to Hrothgar's kingdom to offer help. is received by Herot's coastal guard who then takes him with King Hrothagar. As soon as he gets to the Danish shore, Hrothgar's coastal guard awaits them. tells the guard who he is and states his reason for coming. The guard takes the Geats to Herot. Arriving at Herot, King Hrothgar asks why he is there and answers him that he is there to help him. Hrothga ...
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Surfacing - A Reason To Kill
Number of Words: 1827 / Number of Pages: 7
... references to jars, bottles and tin cans. These items represent methods of containing or imprisoning life : "I put the worms in a can and some dirt for them." They also represent the narrator's own emotional life which has been put into jars preventing her from being able to feel. The narrator knows that she has feelings, but the trauma of having an abortion has caused her to become extremely desensitized.
It can be deduced that the narrator has always felt trapped in places she did not want to be. On page 58, she says that Anna could be her at sixteen, "sulking on the dock, resentful at bei ...
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Death Of A Salesman 2
Number of Words: 1167 / Number of Pages: 5
... many friends. Ironically, Willy does not have many
friends and many people do not like him. With a beauty
unlike others, Willy thinks that doors will open and
problems will all disappear.
As a salesman, Willy developed many hindrances that
caused his mind to deteriorate. His life as a salesman was
built on a dream that he witnessed as a child. At an early
age, Willy heard of a salesman, Dave Singleman, who could
make his living out of a hotel room. Singleman was very
successful and when he died, people from all over the
country came to his funeral. It was this ideal that Willy
Loman sou ...
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Paradise Lost
Number of Words: 542 / Number of Pages: 2
... Moloch is seen as a towering pillar of strength but only by despair. Moloch is seen as an extremist. "which if not victory is yet revenge."
The next person to speak is Belial, a fair person but all that he says comes to nothing, the speech is "false and hollow", it sounds impressive but means nothing.
Mammon gets up next to present his speech. Mammon is against war because he knows that war against God is impossible, "let us not then pursue by force impossible." He knows that they would lose. Mammon tells the Devils that they should set up a place here in h ...
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Henry David Thoreaus Quest For
Number of Words: 782 / Number of Pages: 3
... is not really "arguing", he is documenting the costs of his house) and explains that having a shelter that is practical yet functional is an essential step to simplifying one's life, which in turn is an essential step in the process of becoming deified and enlightened.
In more detail Thoreau mentions, " [that] the necessaries of life for man in this climate may, accurately enough be distributed under the several heads of FOOD, SHELTER, CLOTHING, and FUEL" (Walden, 13). Food, one of the several heads mentioned in the statement above is also a necessity of life which "keeps up the internal comb ...
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