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- 12111: Book Report The 13th Warrior
- ... the Norsemen, or the Vikings. He describes them as gigantic people carrying broad swords, axes, and daggers. The Northmen's leader, Wyglif had died, and a young noble named Buliwyf was chosen to be the new leader. Then, one of Buliwyf's kin, Wulfgar entered the camp and informed Buliwyf of a dread and unnamed terror that was terrorizing his father, King Rothgar, and his kingdom. Then the Angel of Death ... the land of Venden, located around Scandinavia, where most of the book takes place. Many historical events were taking place in the 10th century in the settings of, The 13th Warrior. In Iraq, the Islamic world had begun to fragment into separate kingdoms called caliphates, and the most powerful caliphate was centered in Baghdad. During these times Baghdad was considered the City of Peace, and the center of one of the ...
- 12112: Sir Gawain And The Green Knight: The Role Of Women
- ... for shelter and a place to say mass on Christmas Eve. She answers his prayers and leads him to Bertilak's castle; however, his arrival at Bertilak's court throws him into a totally different world. Here, Gawain impresses courtiers of Bertilak's castle with his prowess in the field of courtly love rather than the feats of daring or his upholding of his honor, traits that would draw compliments in ... with scenes from Bertilak's hunts. It seems as if this is what the Gawain poet intended to suggest when he positioned the bedroom scenes within the hunt scenes. The hunt scenes show an unambiguous world of men and an appropriate venue for male chivalric action. The men are outside, in vigorous, heroic, manly pursuit, training for what is really the purpose of chivalry--the defense of the land and the ... bed, and this is mentioned in each hunting scene to emphasize the contrast. In contrast to the hunt scenes, Gawain's situation seems too pleasurable, bordering on the sin of luxury and representing a private world outside of the traditional hierarchies, rules and loyalties. The Lady is not just suggesting certain moral associations to the reader; she is a real temptress testing his chastity and a real object of courtly ...
- 12113: Shawshank Redemption
- ... film concerned with the repression of individuals within an institution- a prison in this case. It is concerned with routine, forced conformity, power abuse and the struggle of hope to exist in such a lifeless world.Characteristic of this "feel good" genre film, the "good guys", Andy Dufrense, and the "bad guys", the warden and his guards are also constructed. The viewers response to the above elements are shaped by the ... no more evident than when the men are tarring the roof in summer. The effect of this is to immediately evoke within the viewer, the idea that Shawshank exists to contain individuals from the outside world, to torment them with the beauty of nature, yet, force them to exist in a world of ugliness and hatred. Every scene within the prison is framed by bars and dark sombre grays or blues as backdrop, the effect of which is to indicate the oppressive nature of life in " ...
- 12114: School Ties
- ... barbed wire. He apparently creates an outpost of the labor camp, which in reality is a safe haven from the sinister Goeth, who regularly sends "unfit" Jewish workers to Auschwitz. Oskar starts to promote his new factory by sending baskets full of goods to many German leaders. That's how he started making friends in the first place, by buying them drinks in the restaurant and taking pictures with them when ... the healthy. The ladies pricked their fingers and rubbed their own blood on their faces so they would look healthier. The weak and sick Jews were killed so there would be more room for the new shipments of Jews arriving at the camp. All of the children were placed on trucks and sent away. Several of them attempted to hide so they wouldn't have to leave their family. Most were ... Evacuation orders are received. All the Jews from Plaszow are being moved to a different camp to avoid the advancing Russians. But Schindler creates a desperate plan. Digging deeper into his fortune, he constructs a new factory farther west and bargains with Goeth to "buy" all the Jewish workers he will need to staff it. With Stern, he draws up a list of names, "Schindler's List", consisting of more ...
- 12115: Roughing It By Mark Twain
- ... because Mark Twain's brother had a job as the Secretary of Nevada. This book, journal, started when they were leaving to go to Carson City; and ended when Mark Twain decided to move to New York instead of living in San Francisco or any part of the wild west. In between this time he talked about how they became rich and how they lost it and how they became rich ... they didn't want any more problems. As the leader of the Mormons Brigham Young added the doctrine of Polygamy, which is when you have more than one wife at a time. He supported this new doctrine by saying that Joseph Smith, the former leader, had a revelation of this doctrine but never put it in practice. After he accomplished everything thing else he wanted more and soon he claimed himself as a god. He believed that when he died he would have his own planet; he and his household would inhabit this new planet and would become the gods or rulers of it. This is only a part of the Mormon history. Having so many wives and children would lead to many problems. If you give one ...
- 12116: Robert Frost
- Robert Frost was born in San Francisco in 1874. He moved to New England at the age of eleven and became interested in reading and writing poetry during his high school years in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He was enrolled at Dartmouth College in 1892, and later at Harvard, but ... Frost drifted through a string of occupations after leaving school, working as a teacher, cobbler, and editor of the Lawrence Sentinel. His first professional poem, "The Butterfly," was published on November 8, 1894, in the New York newspaper The Independent. In 1895, Frost married Elinor Miriam White, who became a major inspiration in his poetry until her death in 1938. The couple moved to England in 1912, after their New Hampshire farm failed, and it was abroad that Frost met and was influenced by such contemporary British poets as Edward Thomas, Rupert Brooke, and Robert Graves. There are probably three things that account for ...
- 12117: Roaring Camp
- ... Cherokee Sal, the camp’s prostitute, who died giving birth. Sometimes one doesn’t realize how much he needs to change until he gets a subtle push from fate. Just a little addition to the world can cause a regeneration of a lifetime. Bret Harte demonstrates this idea in the story "The Luck of Roaring Camp." In this story, Bret Harte shows that even the roughest men can regenerate into kind ... Many gave the baby a contribution. The sorry state of the camp and the men under went change immediately after the arrival of the baby. "Almost imperceptibly a change came over the settlement"( 9). The new baby was given the name Tommy Luck, but was known around the camp as "The Luck." The men made sure that Luck was scrupulously clean. The men decided it was time to under go changes ...
- 12118: Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
- ... the ship. The second part of this conversion process takes place at the greatest moment of hopelessness. At this point, the presence of divine love within humankind appears and emphasizes the appearance of the natural world (48). "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is not a direct religious sermon, but there are many strong references to the Christian religion throughout the poem, which stem from Coleridge’s own religious beliefs. Although ... religious symbolism in nature, Coleridge created an incredible poem which expresses how the realization of divine love within oneself has the power to heal pain and suffering. Works Cited Gardner, Martlin. The annotated Ancient Mariner. New York: 1965, 1-33,169-190. Harding, Anthony John. Coleridge and the Inspired Word. Mcgill-Queens University Press: 1985. 48, 146. Piper, H.W. The singing of Mount Abora: Coleridge’s Use of Biblical Imagery ...
- 12119: Catcher In The Ryes Holden Cau
- ... to protect, and realization that he can't be the savior of society's corruption. Although the scene in the elementary school halls hint to Holden that he can't make the imperfections of the world disappear, nothing provides the determining insight better than his little sister, Phoebe. Upon his departure, Holden giving up, as he always does, Phoebe makes him realize what it is he is really giving up. He isn't giving up on anything besides himself by running away and trying to disappear. Phoebe proposes to Holden that he cannot change the world, and he has to stop giving up on himself whenever he does not succeed at his impossible tasks. Phoebe is one of the only things in the world that truly mean something to Holden, and when he sees that he has let her down, the climax is hit in the novel; Holden decides to say home. Phoebe is Holden's crutch, and ...
- 12120: Rainer Maria Rilke
- ... brought about the decision to leave the university for the city of Munich, Germany where his poetic life and career would begin to unfold. Rilke spent the next years traveling to different places and meeting new people because he believed poetry was as much made up of experiences, as it was emotions. It was his travels to Russia, though, that marked the beginning of his serious works when the Book of Hours was published in 1905. Rilke would continue to travel to places such as Italy, Spain, Egypt, and Paris. While he was in Paris he developed a new style of lyrical poetry, influenced by the visual arts of the great sculptor Rodin. These poems would turn out to be New Poems published in 1908. In his later life, Rilke moved to Switzerland, where he completed Duino Elegies and Sonnets to Orpheus both published in 1923. These later works reflected culmination of the development of ...
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