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- 6711: The Decline of Chivalry and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- ... or his upholding of his honor, traits that would draw compliments in Arthur's court. Camelot is portrayed in its youth, long before it too is tainted by Lancelot and courtly love; Arthur is young, "child-like (86)" and the "fine fellowship [of Camelot] was in its fair prime." The analogy is obvious: Arthur's court embodies chivalry's pure roots, where martial exploits were the primary subject of interest, whereas ...
- 6712: The Odyssey: Odysseus Learns Patience, The Sanctity Of Life, And Humility
- ... was a definite change in his persona. Odysseus disguises himself to find who was loyal to him during his absence, and who was not. While in the disguise of a beggar, many men shun and abuse him physically. It took all of Odysseus’ might, but he “stood as firm as a rock” (195). It is because of this newly acquired patience that Odysseus is able to achieve rightful justice on all ...
- 6713: The Theme of Love In The Odyssey
- ... Odysseus hears of all the suitors devouring Telemachos's future fortune and mistreating him, he wants to return and revenge the misuse of his family and property. Odysseus, like any parent, also misses his only child while he is at war. Telemachos on the contrary also displays a lot of love for his father. Telemachos leaves Ithaca, inexperienced, to find any knowledge of his father in hope that he is still ...
- 6714: Eveline: Fear of Happiness
- ... of the stability she feels around her family. In finitely, Eveline fears being like her mother and sadly this fear holds her from finding happiness in her life. Evelines feels captured in her life of abuse. Some how she finds the little, comfort she needs by doing daily chores. The promise to hold the family together and the fear of venturing out of routine captures Eveline in her saddening wind. She ...
- 6715: "Why Don't We Complain": Man De-evolving?
- ... 1961, his argument definitely holds true today. Americans are spoiled by technological advantages. Children used to go to school to learn how to perform simple mathematical equations. However, due to man's past achievements, a child can perform the most complex problems on a calculator without the hours of straining. As I write, I am using a technological advance that I have become dependent on: the computer. If not for this ...
- 6716: "The Yellow Wallpaper": Decorating the Ugly Truth of Oppression
- ... and mentally. With this as justification, men controlled every aspect of the woman's life. The husband in Gilman's story is no different. Here the husband regards his wife as little more than a child, calling her "little girl"(1577), and saying her ideas are "foolish fancy"(1577). He devised a "prescription for each hour in the day"(1572) as he saw her as being incapable of seeing to her ...
- 6717: Small Groups of Committed People Changing The World
- ... as if they were dirty animals as some did, but treated them as real people. She didn’t care in many cases if they were sick. Once she even picked up a small starving black child and held him. She caressed him as if he was her own, with such warmth and love. She was like a rainbow, after torrents of rain, the sun finally shined through for everyone she touched ...
- 6718: Voltaire's Candide: Satirical Literature
- ... to make a living and "what it's like to be forced to caress without discrimination and old merchant, a lawyer, a monk, a gondolier, or a priest, to be exposed to every kind of abuse...". The worst of the hypocrisy comes when the monk himself begins to talk to Candide. "Father," Candide says to the monk, "you seem to be leading a life that anyone would envy: you're obviously ...
- 6719: The Fall of the House of Usher
- ... Poe. His upbringing has allowed him to delve deeper and deeper into his thoughts. For this particular reason he must leave an impression on his audiences. Gloom and pain encompassed his life as a young child. In the Fall of the House of Usher, this is apparent. This house was an actual mansion, huge in appearance with an eerie presence. It was also, the Dynasty of the Usher family. There were ...
- 6720: The Theme of Love In The Odyssey
- ... Odysseus hears of all the suitors devouring Telemachos’s future fortune and mistreating him, he wants to return and revenge the misuse of his family and property. Odysseus, like any parent, also misses his only child while he is at war. Telemachos on the contrary also displays a lot of love for his father. Telemachos leaves Ithaca, inexperienced, to find any knowledge of his father in hope that he is still ...
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