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- 5371: Generosity, Courage, and Strength in Beowulf
- ... he smote with sword; his steel drove in bright and burnished; that blaze began to lose and lessen... So had they killed it, kinsmen both, athelings twain: thus an earl should be in danger's day! -- Of deeds of valor this conqueror's-hour of the king was last, of his work in the world. Slaying the great dragon was not only Beowulfs last act of courage, but also Wiglaf ... lifetime and they also furthered his fame, glory, and story. Beowulf was not only courageous, but he was also the strongest man in the world. He was the mightiest man of valor in that same day of this our life, stalwart and stately. This strength brought him great respect from all. It was the one thing that truly set him apart from all the other men. If one lacked generosity, strength ...
- 5372: The Work of Poet and Philosoher Archibald Lampman
- ... particular of his works but I feel it necessary to discuss the conditions in which he lived in order to fully understand what he was trying to express and/or symbolize. Lampman really hated his day to day life, he lived only for his friends and his works. Trapped in a city for which he had no love, he often reflected his loathing of it in his numerous works situated in cities. A ...
- 5373: Oppression (native Son)
- ... So the only way that she can express herself is to pray. Also Bigger s girlfriend has many problems with the oppressive world that she lives in. Her name is Bessie and she works all day and almost everyday just to pay for a roof over her head. She cooks for a family all day long, they work her like a slave. Bessie tries to not to express herself, but tries to run from this problem by chronic drinking. You can see this because the first time she comes into ...
- 5374: Francesco Petrarch
- ... the Archbishop. Petrarch was included in a welcoming committee of the Cardinal Gil Albornoz. Along with the Archbishop and other noblemen greeted the Cardinal and his men. The Cardinal asked to speak with Francesco one day. During this time Petrarch did not ask for anything of himself but asked that many petitions from his friends, including Nelli, be signed. Shortly after the visit from a Genoese envoy came to Milan asking ... come from the classical writers, Cicero, Virgo but also from a woman named Laura. Petrarch apparently was in love with this woman but his love was not returned by her: Ah! Said to himself one day, was I to see the laughter of those bright eyes extinguished by are; those golden locks changed to silver; the flowers painted on that complexion faded away; was I see Laura without her garland, without ...
- 5375: Of Mice And Men 6
- ... was I ? Oh that s right, they go from place to place, to ranch to ranch, making a bit of money here and a bit of money there. Their one lifelong dream is to one day make enough money, to get a ranch of their own. So they one day come across a ranch where they plan to work, and work they do and this is where the story begins. They meet lots of people in this ranch, friends, nobodies and people they know they ...
- 5376: Mergers
- ... of cars. The company was obviously losing sight of something important, the demand for that color of car. Big corporations are less than perfect. As a business gets bigger, the more cons may surface from day to day business operations. As the company gets bigger, one find oneself having to manage unrelated businesses, losing strategic focus, dealing with agency costs, administrative costs, having unbalanced capacities, and ultimately one has a lack of control ...
- 5377: Francisco Franco
- ... on a range of political families running from those on the center right to extreme reactionaries. Franco balanced off these groups against one another, retaining for himself a position as arbiter above the affairs of day-to-day politics. Helped along by the general prosperity of Europe, Spain enjoyed rapid economic growth in the 1960 s. However, in the early 1960 s, opposition to Franco became more outspoken. Miners and other workers went ...
- 5378: Rosa Parks
- ... woman. Rosa Parks hated the ways of her life. She had always dreamed of having freedom in her life. As she grew up, she went through different experiences that gave her courage and strength. One day, Rosa Parks had so much courage and strength that when her bus arrived to pick her up, she got on the bus, put her money in the slot, and sat in the front of the ... sit in the back. The bus driver told her to move to the back, but she just sat there and refused to move. The driver called the police and they arrested Rosa Parks. The next day, Raymond Parks went to pick up Rosa from jail. When they got home, Rosa spoke about her time in jail. She had stood up to get a drink of water and the guard told her ...
- 5379: Poet's Use of Mockery As Diction in Poem
- ... When the reader completes his mental picture of the majors in the best hotel, the imagery of glory hogs is complete. The poet's diction choice, "Reading the Roll of Honor. `Poor young chap, ' I'd say - ` I used to know his father well; Yes, we've lost heavily in this last scrap.' " of casual language attempts to make the war seem carefree and nonchalant. The word "chap" conveys an casual ... makes it seems as if the soldier's death occurred on a playground, not a battlefield. It seems to trivialize war in general. "And when the war is done and the youth stone dead, I'd toddle safely home and die - in bed." The poet's last lines give the reader an insight into the true wishes of the soldier. The youth stone dead allow the reader to acknowledge the finality ...
- 5380: Song of Solomon: Milkman Dead - Respecting and Listening to Women
- ... his family's dependence on him is natural At last he discovers that Hagar's homicidal urge is justifiable: "if a stranger could try to kill him, surely Hagar, who knew him and whom he'd thrown away like a wad of chewing gum after the flavor was gone she had a right to kill him too" (276-7). Milkman learns what it means to be human when he is left ... responsibilty for others, specifically the women in his life. As Pilate dies, he sings for her, an act of kindness, signifying a new paradigm in his relationships with women. She tells him,"I wish I'd a knowed more people. I would of loved 'em all" (336), reinforcing the significance of kindness and responsibility. He realizes that she can fly, but that she also embraces responsibility for others: "Without ever leaving ...
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