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- 5251: Spirits of the Night
- ... watched the procession. This time he closed his eyes and listened. He listened to the hundred voices that spoke to him from the celestial forms as they glided past him. They spoke to him of death, unrest and discord and the inability to travel beyond this world and into the next. They spoke of the hurt and disdain of being trapped. So melodic, so melancholy were their pleas that Elliott found ... back into the house. There had to be a way to help them on their journey, he thought, some way to assist them in finding peace, the peace promised to all by the finality of death. He wiped at his wet cheeks; he wasn't aware he had been crying. The following evening, he stood not on his porch but in the middle of the street. Not a branch stirred on ...
- 5252: Alex's Analysis of Any Abject Abuse
- ... for a society that values appearances and social frivolities, he uses these various modes of behavior to call attention to the behavior itself. Pope compares and contrasts. He places significant life factors (i.e., survival, death, etc.) side by side with the trivial (although not to Belinda and her friends: love letters, accessories). Although Pope is definitely pointing to the "lightness" of the social life of the privileged, he also recognizes ... satisfaction to be "in" on the joke. Besides, Po pe balances such abstract, Miltonian description with concrete images as well. He explains, for instance, that such female vanities as a "love of ombre" survive after death (56), certainly a specific, concrete image, and shows us "lapdogs giv[ing] themselves the rousing shake" (15). Particularly effective is when Pope combines the abstract with the concrete in a single couplet, as in such ...
- 5253: Comparing Henry David Thoreau and Herman Melville's Writings
- ... Such a pretentious and mysterious monster caused all my curiosity… the undeliverable, nameless perils of the whale."(pg. 16). Ishmael sees Ahab as a man possessed, almost demonic in a belief that he could overcome death and evil. For example, Ishmael sees Ahab for the first time: "He looked like a man cut away from the stake, when the fire has over runningly wasted all the limbs without consuming them… His ... his words, "I am monarch of all I survey, my right there is none to dispute" (p. 830) . In the end of their Quests Melville's conclusion about Ahab's encounter with nature results in death and a total lack of knowledge about what life, living and truth is all about. Thoreau on the other hand sees everything worth living for in his Quest and results at walden pond. Both authors ...
- 5254: The Beginnings of a National Literary Tradition
- ... contained more perfect poetry"(115, Guthrie). When Lampman died in 1899 at the age of 37, his third volume of poetry Alcyon was in the process of being published. In the years that followed his death there were poems that were found and published by friends and family specifically Duncan Campbell Scott who seemed particularly interested in discovering and publishing Lampman's work. Scott must have seen the influence and potential ... notable for its descriptive precision and emotional restraint. Lampman wanted very much to affirm the sweetness of life and the virtue of hope unfortunately his circumstances often made that difficult. Poor health, financial worries, the death of a son, and an especially painful extramarital attachment to fellow postal worker Kate, as we find out in the 1940's after the publication of a book of poems about her, took their toll ...
- 5255: Cinderella: A Comparison Of Multiple Cinderella Tales
- ... son. Although on the surface these stories discuss a girl who rises from the ashes and becomes a princess they are also largely about the manifestation of one of her parent\\'s love, even after death. In Perrault\\'s version the father is characterized as a nobleman though his role in Cinderella\\'s life is very limited. Her mother had died and the father had remarried. Perrault reinforces her father\\'s ... encounters a crisis that cannot be faced without the intervention of their guardian angel spouse, whose varied incarnations save the day. The comfort that comes from the belief in a love strong enough to transcend death might explain why this theme is universally popular in literature, cinema, and even religion. Works Cited Bettelheim, Bruno \\"\\'Cinderella\\': A Story of Sibling Rivalry and Oedipal Conflicts\\" Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum. 7th edition ...
- 5256: The American
- ... rise against and crumble. I want to destroy their cause, their existence. I want to rage. But I am left unaided to commune with my country, the world -- humanity. We weep amidst rubble and smoke, death and fear. We weep at the tragedy; we weep without justice. Do we strike? Bomb Afghanistan, bomb the Taliban, bomb countries that may have transgressed against us? There is our war! Do we not have ... their doubtful heads and shatter them into a thousand pieces like so much sand in the wind. But is that not what we should fear? From one hateful group, we spawn a thousand. In one death a thousand stand furious, determined. Will not their violence reap violence a thousand fold? And thus we will be forced to fight them all, tens of thousands, and one by one a thousand born. And ...
- 5257: Alexander Pope's Literary Works
- ... readers on a hatred filled epic. A robust piece of literature and love induced psychoses in, "The Rape of Lock." On the other hand, "The Eve of St. Agnes" told a tale of life, love, death, and eternal fate in heaven. These two brilliant writers have given two magnificent poems. Pope exhibits many characteristics of a narcissistic human being. His independence in life shows through his writings in fiction. Which inevitably ... for future considerations. His image of love and old age creates a stifled knot in the stomach of the reader. Enthusiastic resistance is overcome by Keats smooth flow, and harmonizing beauty in heaven. Angels and death are brought together like osmosis. His ability to start off in a cold bitter atmosphere of regret, and then sway the reader's emotion to a peaceful loving atmosphere is in itself astonishing. Desire brings ...
- 5258: Beowulf
- ... and Hrothgar points them out like in his treatment of the Danes. Not so kind was Heremod to the kin of Ecwela care heavy Shield Danes—he brought them no joy but baleful murder dark death sorrows to his Danish followers. With hot rage-thought she ravaged his people hearth-companions til hate severed him, jealous slaughter-king, from the joys of men though the great Measurer marked him for honor ... people. The Danes suffering falls upon the hands of Heremod. But Beowulf is nothing like this evil leader. The Geats are content with his leadership and feel no need to rebel. They even grieve the death of Beowulf and mourn him. The Geats praise him at his funeral showing that they valued his leadership. Hearth companions praised there lost one name him the ablest of all world kings mildest of men ...
- 5259: The Crucible: Background Notes
- ... a two time winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. His awards did not distract him from his work, as he continued to win awards such as the Pulitzer Prize, [from the story: Death of a Salesman (1949)] and the Antoinette Perry Award. Of all these awards, the one that he may value the most is the gold medal that he was awarded for dramatic arts from The National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1959. As an American writer, Arthur Miller published dramas including: All My Sons (1947) Death of a Salesman (1949) The Crucible (1953) A View from the Bridge (1955) A Memory of Two Mondays (1955) After the Fall (1963) Incident at Vichy (1964) The Price (1968) The Creation of the World ...
- 5260: Billy Budd
- ... was a respected and loved sailor with an embarrassing stutter, but was accused of conspiring to stage a mutiny. This changes Billy’s life dramatically resulting in him to kill an officer, and sentenced to death. Before he is executed though he blesses the man who sentenced him to death, which tells the reader that he had forgiven him and understands why he must be killed. Aristotle’s definition says a tragedy should have “incidents arousing pity and fear”. The incident with Claggart must have ...
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