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- 11771: Quests Not Dreams - A Raisin I
- ... won't grow up until he has the responsibilty of being head of the family, but Mama does entrust this to him later. "It ain't much, but it's all I got in the world and I'm putting it in your hands. I'm telling you to be the head of this family fro now on like you supposed to be," Mama told Walter in Act II Scene II ... put down though, especially after he lost the money. "That is not a man. That is nothing but a toothless rat." Beneatha said this after Walter lost the money, but this also stripped Walter's new manhood away. It wasn't even developed and it was already gone. Walter's quest was fulfilled though, at the end of Act III he stood his ground against Mr. Lindner and decided to move ...
- 11772: Qualities Of Character That En
- ... to become king. In which he shows us for the first time a perfect example of the vice character. Richard clearly states that he is, "Deformed, Unfinished, and sent before my time./Into this breathing world scarce half made up"(1.1.19-20). As a villain Richard must be heartless, he cannot let his emotions interfere with his actions. Also he must be well organized and intelligent; a villain must ... last act of the play, we do not see him in internal turmoil and thus the sense of psychological tragedy cannot be built upon.Works Cited Shakespeare, William. Richard III. Ed. David Bevington. 1980. Rpt. New York: Bantam, 1988.
- 11773: Pygmalion 2 +
- ... and self-seeking man. He is a villain without any redeeming qualities or traits. As proof, the Doctor says, " Have I nothing to do than cure insect bites for little Indians? I alone in the world am supposed to work for nothing-and I am tired of it. See if he has any money!" (P.294) "He is a client of mine The doctor looked past his aged patient and saw ... the pearl is evil. For instance, Juana says, "Kino, this pearl is evil. Let us destroy it before it destroys us." (P.327) Juan Thomas says, "But I am afraid for you. It is a new ground you are walking on, you do not know the way." (P.325) Kino has ignored the advice from the people who are most important to him, and by doing so, he has actually led ...
- 11774: Prometheus 2
- ... Greek name, we can only guess. His father, Iapetus was also a mighty Titan, one of the first Titans. His mother, Clymene, was a beautiful nymph from the deep trenches of the oceans of the world. (Hodge, 352) The story of his birth is rather sketchy, most books just outline the story of Iapetus and Clymene being madly in love with each other, and having a son, and naming him Prometheus ... t have huge, rippling muscles. He does, on the other hand, have an immortal liver. In a certain Greek Myth, Prometheus stole fire from the hearth of the gods, the gods became angry, especially Zeus. (World Book Encyclopedia, 567) Zeus ordered Prometheus chained to the top of a huge mountain as punishment for stealing fire from the hearth of the gods. During his imprisonment atop the mountain, he was tortured daily ... the kiln for two days. When the clay figures were done baking, they were no longer clay figures, but living animals and humans. He placed each animal and human on the earth, where they prospered. (World Book Encyclopedia 568) One of the more popular myths explains how Pandora s box was opened. Zeus was angry with Prometheus. He ordered the creation of a woman, her name was Pandora. She had ...
- 11775: Poetry 3
- ... have been in a constant struggle to survive. Whether you are a man or women, black or white, rich or poor, the hardships of life have seemed to bind us together in a very cruel world. Many poets write about poverty, envy, and the outcome of war which are just a few of the many battles people fight everyday. Poems such as Women Work , Richard Corey , and The Sad Children s ... fields. The only solace, the only redemption, is when she will become one with nature. She has no material goods to show for her hard work, but she has peace in the fact that the world around her is all that is hers. She says, Shine on me, sunshine, rain on me, rain, fall softly, dewdrops, and cool my brow again. The rain and the dewdrops symbolize tears falling on her ... where are you going, they are really trying to say how can you leave us without rectifying what you have done and why are you leaving us here alone to deal with your disaster. The world is a wreck there are bombs all over the place there s no water the fields are poisoned, is the visual image of the horrendous outcome of war. Why did you leave things like ...
- 11776: Ozymandias
- ... and the lines inscribed upon his statue are a sermon to those who read it. The tone of "Ozymandias" is one of lamentation, a sorrow that a statue proclaiming Ozymandias as the greatest king the world has ever known is now reduced to rubble; and not just the physical aspect but the glory of the king is also long forgotten. In Shelley's "Ozymandias",there are two speakers; the first speaker ... others of the consequences of poor human relations. Ozymandias is effective in its fight against resistance to our stubborn modes of thought. It forces the reader to probe into their psyche and come out with new answers to these near rhetorical questions. The only limitations that the philosophical critique is subject to is the beliefs and morals of different readers are often as different as their fingerprints. These differences cause different ...
- 11777: Othello-values And Attitudes
- ... attitudes and values are indicative of what a culture believes in and supports. By the time Othello was written the English were becoming more and more aware of the existence of other races in the world besides themselves. There had been a lot of travelling and blacks were beginning to be used in Europe for the slave trade. During the time the play was written, the Queen of England had banned ... as the plot would no doubt stand the same if you remove all the racist remarks, but I can't imagine approaching the play or the role from that perspective. For one thing, the Venetian world is somewhat racist, and Othello is widely considered the token "exception to the rule." More specifically , Iago knows how to fuel the racist fires in both Brabantio and Roderigo showing that those racist views were ... myth of women's insatiable lustfulness and women were seen as voracious monsters. It was thought that female sexuality was a threat to the patriarchal society, and must be safely contained. In the Encyclopaedia of World Mythology it says Women in male eyes, are supposed to be contrary and mysterious creatures, bewilderingly combining all sorts of characteristics, as changeable as chameleons, and yet somehow vexingly in touch with reality through ...
- 11778: Othello 7
- ... was right and virtuous and in contrast, the animal was representative of all that was wrong and self-serving. When Iago made the comment that, Hell and night must bring this monstrous birth to the world s light, (I, i, 394-395) his calling upon the forces of darkness to achieve his goal illustrates the imbalance in the conflict that rages in his soul. Iago is an individual who s perspective of the world is dominated by his animal nature. Due to his own lack of virtue, Iago does not believe that any virtue exists at all. In his actions, he seeks to bring all around him to the ... not understand that there was more to the relationship between Othello and Desdemona. Thus his lack of virtue limits his ability to see the intentions of the people who are around him. To him, the world around him is one that is governed by the basic rule of evolution, only the strong may survive. As far as he is concerned, there is no dignity in human beings; thus he sees ...
- 11779: On The Subway
- ... that could happen to anybody and contains many questions that many people ask their-selves everyday. I chose this poem because I liked the way that it was similar to everyday life in the real world. There is the speaker of the poem who is on a subway in the city and is a frightened by the appearance of another boy on the subway with her. In this entry it does ... her life. I think that she should never had judged this boy, because she does not know him. Work Cited Henderson, Gloria Mason, Bill Day, and Sandra Stevenson Waller. Literature and Ourselves. 2nd ed., 1997. New York: Addison-Wesley Publishers.
- 11780: Oliver Twist 4
- ... to Oliver's rescue. Nancy sees in Oliver the innocence of her own childhood being robbed by Fagin's deceiving malpractice. Nancy provides the story with a second chance for Oliver into a proper, honest world. It costs her, her life, but she prospers in helping Oliver as well as doing a lot of justice for society. Able to save Oliver from evil and putting evil itself in prison, Nancy triumphs above all her devilish acquaintances and is the pivoting point of Oliver's return to safety. Not only as a way to introduce new plots in the tale, but as well as the theme's greatest support, she is a genial character that could have only been created after much planning and thought. Fagin was a jew described by ...
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