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- 6811: Benvenuto Cellini
- ... silver statues (subsequently lost) of Jupiter, Vulcan and Mars. Characteristically, Cellini became embroiled in disputes with those around him and in 1545 he returned at last to his native Florence, where he remained until his death in 1571. At Florence Cellini created one of the most celebrated works of his long career and one of the notable monuments of the Italian Renaissance, the bronze figure Perseus holding the Head of Medusa ...
- 6812: Red Badge Of Courage
- ... the boys. He starts walking next to Jim Conklin, a soldier that he knew pretty well. They are talking, when all of a sudden Jim runs away. He falls onto the ground and dies. This death has a very big affect on Henry. Jim was his first friend to be killed in battle. He feels guilty that Jim was put through so much pain, and he just ran away, like a ...
- 6813: The Pearl Book Report
- ... In a cruel fight Kino murdered all his enemies. When he returned to Juana, he saw Coyotito with his head shot away. He could hear the hysterical cry from the little cave , the cry of death. When Juana and Kino reached La Paz, all people were present. Kino took the pearl in his hand, drew back his arm and flung the pearl with all his might. They saw the little splash ...
- 6814: The Natural
- ... and he thinks nothing of the possibility of food poisoning. Roy winds up in the hospital that night with severe food poisoning and this begins his rapid decline from the high ranks of baseball. The death of a bird in Greek and Roman mythology meant something terrible would happen. In the novel, the meat that looks like dead birds spell the end of Roy Hobbs as an athlete. Perhaps the least ...
- 6815: Understanding Holden Caulfield
- ... symbol of phallic plentitude and as such is related to the imminence of castration" (Mellard 259). As is "Allie's broken hand" (Strauch 25) Kennedy 4 which "is related to castration … as it is to death" (Mellard 260). Caulfield's subconscious desire for "catharsis through castration" (Furst 80) may be encouraged by the "self outpouring in the course of the psychological treatment he is undergoing (Wakefield 74). Holden's inability to ...
- 6816: Comparison Of The Scarlet Lett
- ... you." (77) Relationships in both works were not the main focus of the stories, although they were evident, and both were not appropriate in the Puritan society of the time. Both were often punished for death or public humiliation such as that of Hester Prynne. After a complete analysis of such themes of The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible, one would be able to better understand the viewpoints of both authors ...
- 6817: Comparative Essay On The Lord
- ... was able to accomplish this impossible task because a small thrush perched on his shoulder and told him of the one weak spot of the dragon, the hollow of its left breast. Bard then inflicted death upon the terrible Smaug with his last arrow and was nearly killed himself by the tremendous weight of the beast in the process, but he jumped out of the way and into the water just ...
- 6818: Call Of The Wild
- ... the arctic. Buck was very ambitious to be the leader. In some ways, I find that Buck can be satanic. To become the lead dog of the sled team, he would fight to the bloody death of the lead dog, and that was what he did later on in the book. When I was reading, I noticed something in the writing of Jack London. Francois and Perrault must of came from ...
- 6819: Contrasting The Characters Ral
- ... civilisation. Jack's accomplice is Roger, a boy who soon forgets the standards and morals he once knew and becomes inhumane, throwing rocks at people and even killing Piggy without any remorse. (After Piggy's death) "See? See? That's what you'll get! I meant that! There isn't a tribe for you anymore! The conch is gone- (Golding pg. 200)." Jack (and his tribe) represent anarchy. Jack did not ...
- 6820: Candide The Satire Of An Age.
- ... of predestination is the antithesis of the Enlightenment period, and thus it is only natural that Voltaire, a typical Enlightenment writer, harangue these notions by means of a person who believes in this until his death- Candide. Finally we can see that Voltaire is writing a typical Enlightenment work because Candide is a jeremiad against those people that are lacking Enlightenment knowledge, by this of course, lacking the epitomes of the ...
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