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- 13681: Jonathan's Swift's Real Argument
- ... the government uses Christianity to pacify the commoners. Although Swift sarcastically interjects, "Not that I [agree] with those who hold religion to have been the intervention of politicians to keep the lower part of the world in awe," he also says that religion is, "[O]f singular use for the common people." In other instances, the government does not use, but certainly benefits from Christianity. In several ways Christianity is a ... of us" (Christians). Also, "[B]y an entire change in the methods of education," "the young gentlemen who are now on the scene seem to have not the least tincture of [virtue, honor, etc.]." This new generation, while not believing in the morals associated Christianity, still gain from their existence. While they disobey the laws associated with these morals, Swift asserts that breaking the rule wouldn't be nearly as fun ...
- 13682: Once And Future King: Analytical Paper
- ... evil person. Night and day he brooded over his ugliness, his malfeasance. The boy thought that there was something wrong with him. All through his life - even when he was a great man with the world at his feet - he was to feel this gap: something at the bottom of his heart of which he was aware, and ashamed, but which he did not understand.(p.315) As a result of ... attain in order to prove to himself that he was not impure. He wished to become a heroic miracle worker. He supported himself mainly on daydreams. He wanted to be the best knight in the world..., and he wanted one other thing which was still possible in those days. He wanted, through his purity and excellence, to be able to perform an ordinary miracle...(p.323) Lancelot had to prove to ... fault, my fault, my grievous fault.'(p.589) In the preceding quotation, Lancelot denigrates himself as he always does. He thought that he had subconsciously wantereams. He wanted to be the best knight in the world..., and he wanted one other thing which was still possible in those days. He wanted, through his purity and excellence, to be able to perform an ordinary miracle...(p.323) Lancelot had to pstakes ...
- 13683: Mythological Heroes: Achilles and Hercules
- ... was send a fit of madness upon Hercules who mistook his wife and children for enemies and killed them. When his sanity returned he realised what he had done he shut himself up from the world for a long time. After a long time in seclusion Hercules finally emerged and went to the Oracle of Delphi to beg for punishment for his crime. Hercules was sent to King Eurystheus and told ... by any weapon. His second labour was to kill the Hydra of Lerna which had numerous heads, one of which was immortal. Every time one of the mortal heads was cut off two or three new heads would grow in its place. The third of his tasks was go to the Ceryneian Hill and capture a beautiful bronze-hoofed hind without spilling one drop of its blood. For his fourth task ...
- 13684: Eveline: Character Analysis
- ... of her father's violence (Joyce 4). Ironically, her father has begun to threaten her and say what he'd do to her only for her dead mother's sake (Joyce 5). Eveline wants a new life but is afraid to let go of her past. She dreams of a place where "people would treat her with respect (Joyce 4)" and when contemplating her future, hopes to explore a new life with Frank (Joyce 5). When, in a moment of terror she realizes that she must escape (Joyce 6), it seems to steel her determination to make a new home for herself elsewhere. On the other hand, she is comfortable with the familiar objects from which she had never dreamed of being divided (Joyce 4). She rationalizes that: In her home anyway she ...
- 13685: Beowulf: Short Story
- ... tail knocked the sword out of his hand, while at the same time breaking his leg. Urther tried to fight the huge monster, but he was in quite a predicament. The beast picked up the brave warrior and flung him into his enormous mouth. Quickly, Urther grabbed hold of the monsters tongue and held on for dear life. Flying back and forth, the Filth-Sammich tried to fling Urther from his ... sword of the king and painfully crawled his way back to town where his victory was celebrated. The astonished Ventarians unanimously appointed him king. The story of Urther and the Filth-Sammich circulated around the world; giving Urther the glory he worked so hard to achieve.
- 13686: Analysis of The Astronomer's Wife
- ... beings, herself and the plumber being the former, and her husband being the latter. The theme is revealed in the way that these two classes of people, the toilers and the thinkers, react to the world. The people who work with their hands, when they see "weeds springing up, [do] not move to tear them up from life". In other words, people like Mrs, Ames, upon recognizing something that occupies the ... beautiful flower is. However, people like the astronomer "could balance and divide, weed out, destroy". This indicates that people with lofty ambitions, like the astronomer, do not regard the common people as necessary for the world to run smoothly, and would rather obliterate them. The astronomer does not realize that by unclogging pipes and performing other such chores, those people have allowed him to be free to think about large-scale problems. Interaction between the two types of people is necessary, whether either one realizes it, for the world to function. The "Astronomer's Wife" is an excellent short story that brings out the often forgotten point that both the practical people and the ambitious dreamers are important for each other's survival. ...
- 13687: Sociopolitical Philosophy in the Works of Stoker and Yeats
- ... vampires strike, they are tainting the blood of the pure and innocent, causing them to degenerate into undead savages who will take over and colonize until their race makes up the condition of the whole world. This was the fear the Protestants had of the rising Catholic class. They were seen as a lowly people and the fear was that they too would colonize and degenerate Ireland, and perhaps the rest ... words, for there were many nationalities in the crowd (13). Harker's inability to understand the language is one of the ways in which he loses control as he travels east. Back in the modern world of the West, even in foreign countries, Jonathan can understand what is being spoken and therefore has a sense of control over his situation. In the East, however, he has lost this control. If he ... westward into modern civilization. The modern, civilized group of people are the only ones who can stop Dracula from infecting their society. They all have qualities that show they are participants in the enlightened modern world. Harker is a rational and well-organized stenographer, Lucy is an assistant schoolmistress, Seward is a doctor, Morris is from the rapidly growing United States, and Dr. Van Helsing has an M.D., a ...
- 13688: Words and Their Implied Meanings
- ... dictionary a cult has one major characteristic, "A system of religious belief and ritual." A religion too has a single distinct quality, "Commitment or devotion to a deity, faith or observance." Unfortunate, In today's world, a cult will send you to eternal damnation while religion will save you from it. With deeper analysis, one might contrive that religion controls the masses about people with propaganda and messages of Satan whereas ... Thus, many pairs of words like "gang and club" and "religion and cult" that once possessed similar meanings have experienced a divergence in actual application. One way to more accurately defines words might involve publishing new dictionaries for each year, so libraries would discard superseded editors. Dictionaries could be created for people of different regions, different backgrounds, different philosophies, different occupations, and different biases. Could we each publish our own dictionaries ...
- 13689: Juvenalian and Horatian Satire
- Juvenalian and Horatian Satire "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind of reception it meets in the world, and that so very few are offended with it." Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Anglo-Irish satirist. The Battle of the Books, Preface (written 1697; published 1704). Satire is known as the literary style which makes ... very subtle and very simple; Swift's proposal is not at all modest. In order to ease the economic burden of his countrymen, he proposes to eat surplus children in the populace, thereby creating a new food market and reducing overpopulation. He even suggest to sell these people by poundage. He uses stern logic to earn the reader's approval even before the reader knows of that which he is approving ...
- 13690: "Indians" By Jane Tompkins: How Bias Affect Ones Concept of History
- ... savages who raped and tortured their captives. She then quotes someone who is favorable towards the Indians, said that Indians were a highly cultured group of people who helped the European settlers adapt to their new environment. My point for addressing these two points of view is to illustrate how these two people can have such diverse opinions regarding the same topic. Both of these people are saying the truth, yet ... you will consequently be able to learn more about the people who have these views. Consequently, you will be able to filter out such prejudices in the future. In order to learn anything about the world around you, it is imperative that you take in mind that different people will have these bias' and prejudices. Therefore when learning from them you may only see one point of view. To learn the ...
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