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- 12201: Dover Beach By Matthew Arnold
- ... wind' .Here the poet builds up a clear picture of the wind being personified , 'to the breath' and taking this faith down to the ' vast edges' and with it also the 'naked shingles of the world' This idea of naked shingles , is perhaps how the poet feels himself to be . Isolated from anyone else, left stripped naked to have all of his ideals taken away from him by the simple element ... is the poet is trying to explain.The final stanza , begins like that of the opening stanza , using a very appealing , gentle opening , as well as words to support this , ' love , true , dreams ,beautiful and new'.However again like the stanzas preceding it , changes mood again, to try and tell us that not matter what happens , whether we are true , or in love , we will never understand the this beauty , either ...
- 12202: Don Quxiote
- ... and nothing would satisfy him but that he must ride abroad on his old horse, armed with spear and helmet, a knight-errant, to encounter all adventures, and to redress the innumerable wrongs of the world. As is the case in this epic tale by Cervantes, modern man is not immune to prolonged sustained suggestion. All irony criticizes the imperfect ideas and theories of mankind, not by substituting for them other ... novels. Every one sees the irony of Don Quixote, and enjoys it in its more obvious forms. This absurd old gentleman, who tries to put his antiquated ideas into action in a busy, selfish, prosy world, is a figure of fun even to the meanest intelligence. But, with more thought, there comes a check to our frivolity. Is it possible that the criticism is double-edged, and that what we are celebrating with our laughter is the failure of the world? But, Don Quixote, it may be objected, is mad. Here the irony of Cervantes finds a deeper level. Don Quixote is a high-minded idealist, who sees all things by the light of his ...
- 12203: Dog Logic
- On Saturday October 16, 1999, the Marsee auditorium played host to the San Francisco Opera and their production of, Don Giovanni. The San Francisco Opera features the world’s major operatic talents in its annual season. The San Francisco Opera Center represents a new era in which young artists of major operatic potential can develop through intensive training and performance. Fortunately, for the people of Southern California, these professionals came to us. Don Giovanni, a classic opera created by ...
- 12204: Death Of A Salesman -Characters
- ... for 34 years. He is now 61 years old and his job has been taken off salary and put on commission. He has a family and he boasts to them that he is "vital in New England," but in fact he isn’t vital anywhere. Willy has many strong beliefs that he strives to achieve. He wants to own his own business and he wants to be "bigger than Uncle Charley ... is himself. Willy had great goals (ideals) in practice, but the only thing that he didn’t realize is that if he didn’t achieve those goals it wouldn’t be the end of the world. Willy took it a step to far though, he thought that his life wasn’t worth living anymore, therefore Willy Loman was definitely destroyed by his own ideals.
- 12205: Death Of A Salesman - Symbols
- ... in Death of a Salesman. Arthur Miller is an interesting author in the sense that many of his plays reflect or are a product of events in his life. He was born in 1915 in New York City and was the son of a successful businessman, up until the Great Depression when his father lost most of his wealth. This greatly impacts Miller’s life, and influences the themes for many ... first bought their house. Another symbol reflecting society is the fountain pen that Biff attempts to steal. That pen comes to represent everything Biff rejects about their society – not only stealing, but also the business world in general because of all of its corruptness. The emphasis placed on these social forces is what leads to the downfall of Willy, and the tragedy of the play (Steinberg, 295). As the reader sees ...
- 12206: Death Be Not Proud
- ... cheerfully greet those around you. Johnny's inner struggle and turmoil was something that no one knows nor will ever know. Throughout his many medical treatments and moments of pain, Johnny was always strong and brave. He always smiled and hung in there fighting. Even with his final unconcious breath, there was still animation in him, he was still determined to live. Thankfully he died with a smile on his lips, without pain, with dignity, and with courage and strength to face the next world he would enter. Johnny's gallant fight for life, against the most hopeless odds, should convey a message to anyone who has ever been ill. Through a child's hope, determination and courage when about ...
- 12207: Dawn
- ... from 1948-1951. Since 1949 he has worked as a foreign correspondant and journalist at various times for the French, Jewish, periodical, L’Arche, Tel-Aviv newspaper Yediot Ahronot, and the Jewish daily forward in New York City. Francois mauriac the Roman Catholic Nobelest and Nobel Laureate convinced Wiesel to speak about the Holocaust. Wiesel wrote an 800 page memoir which he later edited into a smaller version called "Night". In ... Jew Today", "Souls On Fire", 5 Biblical Figures", and "Somewhere A Hero". Eventually Wiesel went on to win an Nobel Peace Prize. The book Dawn concerns about the experiences of a survivor just after the World War who joins the Jewish Underground efforts to form an independent Israeli state. This novel is closely related to the one "Night". The Novel is about a character named Elisha who like Wiesel’s life ...
- 12208: Fried Green Tomatoes Human Nat
- ... s our instinct, our reaction, our thoughts, and our ability to make decisions. It has been examined from every conceivable angle. It has been scrutinized, interrogated, glorified and even corrupted by every medium in the world, but none so extensively as the written word. Literature has explored every component of human nature from pride to envy and insecurity to depression. Fannie Flagg s novel FRIED GREEN TOMATOES pays particular attention to ... over by a train and loses his arm, Idgie once again uses her sense of humor to help him look at the situation from a lighter side. When he was little and there was somebody new in the café, Idgie would bring him in and have him tell this long story about going fishing on the Warrior River, and he d get them all caught up in the story and the ...
- 12209: Daddy
- ... shoe. The reader is positioned to see that life can become very grim growing up without an important figure in a person's life such as their father. The second part of Daddy deals with World War II, a prominent event in our recent history, but was a negative one as it was filled with destruction, bloodshed and trauma. Firstly to set the scene vivid imagery is used. The phrases "It ... With this example of Plath's use of imagery, she has been able to develop a picture of war and its horrific nature. As a race, the Jews arguably went through the most suffering in World War II. Millions fell victim to an attempt of ethnic cleansing ordered by Hitler. However Plath believed her suffering from the loss of her father was just as great as what many Jewish people went ... be a Jew. The similes within this stanza position the reader to see the great degree of suffering the speaker went through, as it is compared to the torment and anguish millions went through during World War II and in turn, sympathy is drawn from the reader as everyone deserves to grow up with two living parents. When the persona describes her father, she again draws upon war imagery in ...
- 12210: Crime And Punishment - Style
- ... state, and that he wants to be exposed before his peers for the good of society, which allows the reader to see him not as evil, but terribly misguided as a tainted product of the world he has been forced in to. First, he forgets to lock the door and is forced to kill another woman who walks in unexpectedly during his crime. Next, with the door still open, he dallies ... him in his room and declares that he has no evidence that could convict him, the author states that: "The thought that Porify thought him innocent began to frighten him suddenly." (245) Porfiry discovers some new information, which acts as a catalyst, allowing him to see everything from a different perspective. All of Raskolnikov’s prior actions fall into place. Most importantly, the clues show Porfiry how to handle his suspect ...
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