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- 5431: T.S Eliot's "The Waste Land"
- ... not loose focus from the sermon. The chapel could represent death as well, since you go in and cannot look back out. The rooster in lines 392 and 393 may symbolize the beginning of another day, or another life. Roosters crow in the early morning to wake people up and to alert that a new day has begun. However, the rooster's crow, Co co rico co co rico, in line 393 may just be here to foreshadow the upcoming weather. It has been said that certain animals can sense bad ...
- 5432: Billy Budd
- ... all good until he was hanged a crucifix by those who opposed his beliefs- again another stripped of his goodness. Last but not least, the comparison of Billy to Adam. Adam was a man, G-d first creation, and therefore is seen as one of the highest levels of hollies. He did not know evil, for he was the first, but what brought about his fall was the temptation of the ... at least three different lights. Vere as a stern but just judge, Vere as cold-blooded coward, and as a well-rounded man in a tough spot. Each give reason to why Billy stated, G-d bless Captain Vere. And through each it is easy to asset why in each it would make sense. Vere as stern but just judge; No one likes the fact that Billy hangs for killing Claggart ...
- 5433: Beowulf 3
- ... the dragon "...kept watch over a hoard, a steep stone-barrow" (Norton 55). Under it lays a path concealed from the sight of men. Over centuries no one had disturbed the dragons kingdom until one day when a thief broke into the treasure, laid Hand on a cup fretted with gold this infuriated the dragon. "The fiery dragon had destroyed the people's stronghold, the land along the sea, the heart ... the treasure, he says: "I speak with my words thanks to the lord of all for these treasures...for what I gaze on here, that I might get such for my people for my death-day"(Norton 63). Beowulf is saying that he will not be satisfied until all his people Receive these precious treasures. Beowulf then proceeds to take off his necklace, giving it to Wiglaf. This signifies that Beowulf ...
- 5434: Great Expectations
- ... that Magwich learned. Magwich had been a poor man and had worked for a rich man named Compeyson. Compeyson had the appearance of a gentleman. "He set up fur a gentleman, this Compeyson, and he'd been to a public boarding-school and had learning. He was a smooth one to talk, and was a dab at the ways of gentlefolks. He was good-looking too... but he'd no more heart than an iron file, he was as cold as death, and he had the head of the devil afore mentioned. " Compeyson's appearance helped him in a case against him and Magwich ...
- 5435: Animal Farm
- ... life where all animals will live in harmony, no longer enslaved by humans. Riches more than mind can picture, Wheat and barley, oats and hay, Clover, beans and mangel-wurzels Shall be ours upon that day. Bright will shine the fields of England, Purer shall its waters be, Sweeter yet shall blow its breezes On the day that sets us free. (pp. 7-8) The character of Major symbolizes the Soviet Union leader, Vladimir Ilich Lennin. Lennin too had caused his comrades to rise up in rebellion against the Czarist form of ...
- 5436: Tom Clancy: His Life, His Style, His Books
- ... It was an established business with around 1,000 clients. Tom was so effective, and the business so profitable, that he could accomplish all the work in the morning and have the rest of the day to devour all sorts of technical journals and papers.3 After his writing career took off in 1984, he eventually moved into a 400 acre estate on the Chesapeake Bay. He has two tennis courts ... think selling insurance would be an extremely boring job, where one would sell insurance to old even more boring people. Then there is Tom Clancy. He compressed his work into the first half of the day, then had the afternoon to read technical documents or write. He has been a fan of war and technology since a child16, and has expanded his hobby to computers with the war games Harpoon and ...
- 5437: George Lucas
- ... to cars. When he reached driving age, his father gave him a nice, small, safe car. However, passionate about cars and racing, Lucas revved up his engine and turned it into a hot rod. Each day following, he went cruising around town, drag racing often. However, this passion led him to a drastic change in his life. It ultimately led him to success. Lucas was in a car crash in 1962 ... fact he is quiet and reserved. Usually, I have a fear of being the center of attention and hide in the background. However, that is probably the only similarity between us. I hope that one day I can be as successful as he is with his career and gain his great amount of initiative and determination to get where I am going in life. Work Cited 1) Pollock, Dale. Skywalking: The ...
- 5438: A Queen Adored: England's Elizabeth II
- ... important aspect of the modern nation's identity. As she has proved neither conservative nor liberal in her stance, she has so come to symbolize a popular democracy. It was raining on the sunless April day in 1926 when Elizabeth Bowes- Lyon announced to her husband of three years that it was time. The Duke and Duchess of York were anticipating the birth of their first child. As the doctors were ... attributed to the amount of attention the Duchess was able to give the Princess. She had put all of her social engagements on hold due to her current disposition of pregnancy. In 1930, on a day not unlike that of Elizabeth II's birth, the Duchess gave birth to yet another daughter. Named Margaret Rose, she was to be Elizabeth's only sibling. The new sister would also bring many new ...
- 5439: The Works and Life of Charles Dickens
- ... robbery only later to be rewarded with adoption to a loving family. The reward for being truthful becomes very apparent in this work as shown when the narrator said "How Mr. Brownlow went on, from day to day, filling the mind of his adopted child with stores of knowledge, and becoming attached to him more and more
" (Dickens, Oliver Twist 479). This quotation shows the love and attachment that Mr. Brownlow, his adopted ...
- 5440: Great Expectations
- ... that Magwich learned. Magwich had been a poor man and had worked for a rich man named Compeyson. Compeyson had the appearance of a gentleman. "He set up fur a gentleman, this Compeyson, and he'd been to a public boarding-school and had learning. He was a smooth one to talk, and was a dab at the ways of gentlefolks. He was good-looking too... but he'd no more heart than an iron file, he was as cold as death, and he had the head of the devil afore mentioned. " (372-3) Compeyson's appearance helped him in a case against him ...
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