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- 10221: Women in the Odyssey: Valued Beings or Forgotten Slaves?
- ... Up until World War II, women stood by the side and watched men go off to war and then waited hopefully for their return. But in the Odyssey, it is a woman who saves the day several times. The story starts with Athene interrupting the chief god, Zeus, and reminding him of Odysseus' troubles on Earth. She convinces them to back her against Poseidon, who is angry with Odysseus, and allow ...
- 10222: Beowulf: A Man of Many Values
- ... Hrothgar...“I should altogether fulfill the will of your people or else fall in slaughter...I shall achieve a deed of manly courage or else have lived to see in this mead-hall my ending day.” First of all, Beowulf displays his loyalty to his country by stepping in to fight Grendel when no one else desired or had the ability to do so. Although Grendel seemed like an indestructible force ...
- 10223: Hedda Gabler and Phaedra: Death and the Heroine
- ... least get a professorship so that their monotonous life takes an unexpected turn, and leads to some form of excitement. The dream of becoming a hostess, of keeping thoroughbred horses, is shattered the very first day after they return from their honeymoon. She turns to Judge Brack, leading him on, she lets Eilert Loevborg - her old suitor , back into her life again, she reunites with her old school mate Thea Elvsted ...
- 10224: Pleasantville and The Scarlet Letter
- ... and judgments or actions from society. Both societies had their strict visions of a Utopia. Pleasantville was a society based on a classic, but unrealistic, 1950’s television show, where everything is perfect, and every day is the same. It was their perfect and pleasant utopia. The Scarlet Letter’s Utopia followed the Puritan’s strict beliefs and the people never sinned. These utopias were totally unnatural and unreal, which is ...
- 10225: Irony In Poe's Writings
- ... an obvious irony. It is most ironic that he could have disposed of the body in any other way- but he chooses to hide it under the floorboards where he will walk over it every day. His heavy conscience causes him to confess to the police. This is a great example of his talent with ironies. “The Cask of Amontillado” is another of Poe’s great works. This murder took place ...
- 10226: The Journey of Odysseus and Telemachos
- ... that he could travel to Sparta to speak with him, accompanied by Peisistratos. He arrived at Sparta two days later, sleeping in the house of Diocles the first night, and arriving by nightfall the second day. He reached the island just in the middle of a double marriage ceremony of Menaleuss daughter and son. At this point, Homer cleverly compared Menaleus to Odysseus in the readers mind by suggesting the similarities ...
- 10227: Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
- ... it is a melancholy sight to see beggars and their children on the street. The sarcastic paradox in this statement is whether it is a melancholy object for him, having to see homeless people every day, or for the beggars lifestyle? Upon first reading this one may be led to believe that Swift is a compassionate writer attempting to feel the pain of the beggars. But as the story continues, a ...
- 10228: Eudora Welty: Her Life and Her Works
- ... looked down as though he thought of Hazel with the shining eyes, sitting at home and looking straight before her, like a piece of pure gold, too precious to touch" (Welty,176). After the long day of dragging the river looking for his wife, William returns home to find his wife safe. The whole experience teaches each of them a lesson about love. "Through dream, as through art, man can express ...
- 10229: Traditions in "A Moment Before the Gun Went Off" and "The Lottery"
- ... detail is not only mentioned in both stories, but looked down upon by communities that still follow the traditions. In the story "The Lottery," the tradition is to hold a lottery on a specific summer day, but instead of winning a cash prize or some other good thing, the winner gets to be stoned to death by the members of the community. The character that is mentioned most in this story ...
- 10230: Review of Ernest Hemingway and Writings
- ... before him, Nick Adams grew up around the Michigan woods, went overseas to fight in the war, was severely wounded, and returned home. Earlier stories set in Michigan, such as "Indian Camp" and "The Three-Day Blow" show a young Nick to be an impressionable adolescent trying to find his path in a brutally violent and overwhelmingly confusing world. Like most all of Hemingway's main characters, Nick on the surface ...
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