Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?": Arnold Fiend
.... Milton's Satan a positive,
attractive symbol of the poet, the religious embodiment of creative energy,
so we should also be sensitive to Arnold's multifaceted and creative nature”
(Tierce and Crafton 608). Mike Tierce and John Michael Crafton suggest
that Arnold Friend is not a diabolical figure, but instead a religious and
cultural savior.
On a more realistic note, Joyce M. Wegs argues the symbolism of
Arnold Friend as a Satan figure when she writes: “Arnold is far more a
grotesque portrait of a psycho .....
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Arthurian Romances
.... They suit him up in his armor and
ready his horse and weapons. The knight in the first story is named Erec,
son of the King Lac. He marries a girl named Enide, who is at his side
throughout the story. Together they adventure through the countryside and
Erec fights his battles as they go on. The knight will give up on nothing
ever, it is his duty to serve his King and God to the best of his ability.
“Sire, I have no wound from which I am suffering so much that I want to
interrupt my journey. .....
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How "First Love" Is Represented By Different Artists
.... observe the
fact that they did not know of their first loves and do not realize their
mistakes with their first loves until they are grown up and are writing
about it. It probably provides them with a good topic to start writing
about in the first place. The lack of realization seems to be a powerful
motivator in the lives of these artists. All of the artists in the readings
seem to have gone through a period of lack of realization before wising up
to what their experiences with their first loves meant. T .....
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A Marxist Criticism On "The Importance Of Being Earnest"
.... twist. He makes a reflection on the society with his own sense
of humor, but however it still leaves a very good opportunity to make a
Marxist critique about the way the class structure influences the play. He
leaves room for these critiques when he writes about the servants, the
nobles, and the middle class. His view on society and class is very
evident on the way the servants are portrayed.
"‘I don't know that I am much interested in your family life,
Lane'"
"‘No sir; it's not a very int .....
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A Town Like Alice: Discussion
.... England.
Another example in the book that is more about religion and culture is the
Japanese soldier who walked with the girls in Malaya when they got the
stolen poultry from Joe. The soldier is abused by his captain and he finds
it so humiliating that he looses his will to live. When he's infected by
the fever he doesn't fight it and he dies. This is a mentality that is or
maybe was very common in Japan. A person from the west would never feel so
bad about loosing his face as a man from Japan.
The diffe .....
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The Autobiographical Elements In The Works Of Edgar Allan Poe
.... his older brother, who was left with relatives in
Baltimore. During those toddler years, Poe found his mother in the last
stages of tuberculosis. Upon her death, he was then separated from his
younger sister, Rosalie. Another major low point in his life was the death
of his foster mother, Mrs. Frances Allan, and his foster father disowning
him, all at one time. The most significant set-back to Edgar Allan Poe was
the death of his cousin/wife Virginia Clemm. This single incident was the
cause of almo .....
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The Beginnings Of A National Literary Tradition
.... legitimately be called the first
distinct "school" of Canadian poetry"(17, Keith). The term ‘The Poets of
Confederation' is a misnomer since not one of these poets/authors was more
than ten years old when the Dominion of Canada was formed in 1867. However,
all of these writers were aware of the lack of a distinctive Canadian
literary tradition and they made efforts to create one for their successors.
While each of these men had their own distinctive writing style they all
sought to contribute and create .....
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Comparison Between Beowulf And Tick
.... a lot. Though they do it at different times, both brag
often. "I swam in the blackness of night, hunting monsters out of the ocean,
and killing them one by one" (ll. 250-253). Beowulf likes to brag about his
accomplishments.
But Beowulf and Tick are also very different. For starters, Beowulf wore
lots of armor and expensive stuff, but Tick only wears a big blue Speedo-
type-thing. When Beowulf went to meet Hrothgar, he wore his expensive armor.
"Glittering at the top of their golden helmets" (ll. .....
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King Arthur And Beowulf: A Comparison
.... distinguished
Excalibur was carried and shown with dignity. Immense care and respect was
imposed into the weapons of the king. The noble King Arthur utilized the
arms of his time, opposed to Beowulf's unarmed way of battle.
Described as the strongest man in the world, Beowulf voyages across
seas slaying evil demons with nothing but his bare hands. "…Knew at once
that nowhere on earth had he met a man whose hands where harder." In the
confrontation of Grendel and Beowulf, our hero brings forth a forc .....
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Alice Munro's "Boys And Girls"
.... in the garden. She looked out of place, with her bare
lumpy legs, not touched by the sun, her apron still on and damp across the
stomach from the supper dishes.1
The narrator had problems coming to terms with the role in life
that she was expected to lead. She wanted to work outside with her father
doing the work that she deemed important. The mother tried to get the
narrator to work inside doing work deemed appropriate for a lady, however
it was not something she enjoyed. "I hated the hot .....
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"Braces Suck!"
.... they will
regrettably become immortal as the doctor announces the left-over remains
of a Turkey and Cheese sandwich stuck between the molars. Braces become a
constant source of embarrassment.
Braces are three to four years of physical torture beginning with
the very first office visit. The applying of the brackets itself is long,
tiresome, and uncomfortable. First, cold, flavored clay is shoved into the
inside of the mouth, forming a mold as it dries. Jagged metal squares
(brackets) are glued .....
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Brave New World: Comparing Life In The World State With Life In The US Today
.... as true love for one person would lead to a
passion for that person and the establishment of family life, both of which
would interfere with the community and its stability. Nobody is allowed to
become pregnant because nobody is born, everyone is a "test-tube" baby.
Many females are born sterile.
The ideas and ways of obtaining happiness are not too much
different in the brave new world than in our lives here in the United
States. The only difference is that these pleasures are looked at in
diff .....
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The British Renaissance Produced Many Types Of Literature And Was Influenced
.... This theory is the
premise of Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love."
The Shepherd in his poem offers the world to his Love and everything with
it. He is an old man and hopes to win the girl's heart. Notice the word ‘
hopes.'
If these delights thy mind may move,
Then live with me and be my love.
And so the last two lines of the poem end. Putting these lines at the very
end of the poem emphasizes the unsure gestures of the Shepherd. His age
als .....
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The Theme Of Isolation In Various Literature
.... begins his mission to live among the howling wolf packs
and study their ways of life. He learned something of their language and
how they conveyed "news" over great distances. He found out the meaning
behind the Eskimo saying, "the wolf keeps the caribou strong." Mowat
observed strong family ties among wolves and he finished his long
assignment by having great compassion for them. And he concluded with the
realization that the wolf in fact is very different from the wolf of a
legend.
When the book wa .....
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Carpe Diem: The Golden Chance
.... have
to make good use of the experience. The opportunity to come United States
to study is very limited for Spanish students. It is limited because even
when the country is not a third world country, Spain is a country not very
rich, and for a person like my it would be not very intelligent to reject
this great chance. Here I am trying to learn as much as possible about
American life style, culture, language and people. My chance was supposed
to expire in one year but now I have the opportunity to not on .....
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