Sin And Virtue Used In Stephen
.... of an outsider (the Swede) to define himself through conflict with a society. Referring then to the martyr-like Swede, who is convinced that everyone is against him, the Easterner says "... he thinks he’s right in the middle of hell" (Crane 1633). On the contrary, the Blue Hotel can be seen as a church, with its proprietor Patrick Scully who looks "curiously like an old priest" and who vows that "a guest under my roof has sacred privileges" (Crane 1634). Personification of a wrathful God is portrayed .....
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Sinners In The Hand Of An Angr
.... beginning that wets the listeners curiosity. The excerpt sentence from the Edwards’ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” is segmented, showing many pauses in the speakers speech, as if to stop and see if the audience is listening. Through the opening sentence of the Declaration, there is no segmentation at all, the entire sentence flows out so eloquently and smoothly, showing how dominant the speaker must be. Since this sentence is coming from an authoritive figure, (Thomas .....
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Sir Gawain And The Green Knigh
.... that would both examine facets of the moral life and recall the heroic, vigorous ideals of his Anglo-Saxon Christian heritage. In this sense, a pervasive concern is evident in the poems - a concern with the way a knight, or any Christian man of the world, should live in an uncertain and dangerous time. Patience and Purity exemplify the Christian virtues that have become their titles and these, of course, have obvious relevance to any Christian. The resulting interpretations are grotesque, for example: .....
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Sir Gawain And The Green Knigh
.... and of wit feeblest; And the loss of my life would be least of any;" (Gawain, 355-356).
The poem is full of instances in which Gawain was forced to face difficult decisions. Gawain could have simply left Camelot never to return. He instead chose the option of keeping his word and searching for the Green Knight, even though he knew he had to take what was coming to him. "Now, liege lord of my life, my leave I take; / The terms of this task too well you know / to count the cost over concerns me no .....
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Sir Gawain And The Green Knigh
.... wife, because as the time when he will face the Green Knight approaches he is more and more fearing for his life. Sir Gawain defies the rules of the game being played with the host and does not present this girdle to him at the third night’s end. When the Green Knight identifies himself as the husband of the woman who was courting him, Sir Gawain realizes that he has been tricked and not upheld the honor of the Round Table.
While Sir Gawain continued to wear the green girdle as a sign of his hu .....
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Sir Gawain And The Green Knigh
.... of Gawain, which mirrors the downfall of Arthur’s court, as well as man’s fall from grace in the garden.
Originally, the first duty of a knight was to be at the service of his church. However, with the rise of courtly love, knights began to give their devotion to their mistress rather than God. This elevated the church’s mistrust of women and the flesh. The characterization of Bertilak’s wife is not unlike that of Eve, a temptress who would bring both happiness and desp .....
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Sir Gawain And The Green Knigh
.... the Green Knight his blow with no haste. Time passes and it eventually is time for Sir Gawain to start to look for his fate and find the Green Knight and his chapel. Starting his crusade, Gawain was given a feast and many thought he would never return again, as some of the knights would comment, “Better to have been more prudent, to have made him a duke before this could happen. He seemed a brilliant leader, and could have been.” (II, 677) Gawain knows all of this that on his travel he woul .....
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Sir Gawain And The Green Night
.... put his life before the king’s and fulfill duties that are not always demanded of him. Sir Gawain is a hero only if he can face his failures; that is not even an issue in Beowulf. Sir Gawain demonstrates his heroism when he admits his mortality and imperfections in these lines: “I can’t deny my guilt;- My works shine none to fair!- Give me your good will- And henceforth I’ll beware.”
Of course, Sir Gawain is a passive hero because he exists in a romance, while Beowulf .....
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Sir Lancelot
.... companion and champion.
After joining the ranks of Knights of the Round Table, Lancelot helped Arthur put down the rebellion o f Galehaut the Haut Prince, who surrendered to Arthur after observing Lancelot's chivalry and prowess in battle. Afterwards, Galehaut became Lancelot's closest friend. When Guinevere the False took the queen's place at court, Galehaut and Lancelot took refuge in Sorelois, Galehaut's Kingdom, until the deception was discovered and Lancelot restored the queen to Arthur. .....
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Skunk Hour
.... being watched. Even if the occupants of those cars knew they were being observed, chances are they would not associate themselves with the speaker.
In addition, Robert Lowell portrays his character as something akin to a stalker, illustrated in the following excerpt.
One dark night,
my Tudor Ford climbed the hill’s skull;
I watched for love-cars.
(Lowell 25-27)
Why would anyone be out alone, searching for lovers who do not desire intrusion? The
speaker answers t .....
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Slaughter House Five
.... any given moment in his life whenever he wants. Billy hasn't yet learned how to choose what moment he travels to, but he seems to be able to choose when he goes. He hops around from moment to moment as if he's flipping channels on a TV. For example, he starts out talking to his daughter, and then he gets in an argument with her and finds himself on Tralfamadore, where he is being displayed in a "zoo" for the locals to observe. Then he finds himself in bed with his wife on their honeymoon. When he ge .....
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Slaughterhouse Five - Humankin
.... well or you read about their life story somewhere. Reality in The Great Gatsby was to fulfill "The American Dream" by one thinking they are better then the others; with the concept of having fame, wealth, and being good looking. Reality is that you cannot be happy without being happy with yourself. In the novel the character's were not happy with themselves. Eg. Gatsby who was a mysterious man, did everything to impress one women which was Daisy, with his nice house, expensive clothes, and big parties. .....
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Slave To Painslave To Pain An
.... wants to own Sethe, a relation not unlike that of a master and slave. "I am Beloved and she is mine," (Morrison 211) is one of the more eerie statements in the book. How Beloved traps Sethe is simple, for Sethe "the future was a matter of keeping the past at bay" (Morrison 42) and when her past, Beloved, catches up with her the future is gone and she is enslaved. What's more, Beloved does not intend to allow her slave to go free, "I will not lose her again." (Morrison 214)
When Beloved returns to the .....
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Snow Crash
.... hacker. He is one of the creators of the Metaverse. The Metaverse is "virtual reality." People here are represented by a piece of software called an avatar. Depending on the grade of equipment you own or use, decides how nice your avatar will be. The best type of avatar is a replica of the user. One can be whatever he/she desires. In the Metaverse one person could talk to another person across the country. Millions of people can be in the Metaverse. There is no limit to the amount of time one spen .....
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Snow Falling On Cedars
.... two families and created a motive for Kabuo to commit murder to Etta’s son as for revenge and to release his anger.
Snow Falling on Cedars opens up in the middle of Kabuo Miyamoto’s trail. A trail that deals with a first degree murder case, that Kabuo was being accused of murder of a white fellow fisherman by the name of Carl Heine. In this murder case, racism has played a very important role in affecting the judgement and outcome of the trail. As being Japanese, Kabuo has been placed un .....
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