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- 8331: Oedipus Rex
- ... evident later in scene I, when the King ironically condemns himself with his own proclamation: I make this proclamation to all Thebans: if any man knows by whose hand Laios , son of Labdakos, met his death, I direct that man to tell me everything, no matter what he fears for having so long withheld it. Let it stand as promised that no further trouble will come to him, but he may ...
- 8332: Obasan
- ... in humbleness and silence. The fact that Naomi struggles to understand her aunt shows that Naomi has been integrated into the Canadian lifestyle. Early in the book, Naomi describes her Aunt following her husband's death; "The language of her grief is silence. She has learned it well, its idioms, its nuances. Over the years, silence within her small body has grown large and powerful." (14). At a young age Naomi ...
- 8333: Lysistrata Of Aristophanes
- ... war began, Sparta and Athens each took advantage of their military strengths. Sparta ravaged Attica, the territory around Athens, while the Athenian navy raided cities in Peloponnesus. This strategy lasted for two years. Meanwhile, Pericles’ death in 429 BC left the democracy open for hostile factions and reckless leaders who pursued their own advantages. Chief among these leaders was Alcibiades, who was as irresponsible as brilliant. By 425 BC, Sparta’s ...
- 8334: Loving April
- ... written by Melvin Burgess, the main character of the story is April Dean. April was injured in an accident when she was five years old resulting in her disability. She has become frantic after the death of her beloved father, and things starts to get worse as time goes by. Burgess' novel is written in third person perspective. In the novel, Tony along with his mother, move to the village after ...
- 8335: Lord Of The Flies - The Beast
- ... in the novel because it now seems as if all sense of morals and civilized values have been discarded by the boys, who have allowed evil to take control of their minds. Following Simon’s death it becomes clear that Ralph and Jack are greatly different. Jack insisted that Simon was merely disguised as the beast and the beast is not really dead. Ralph on the other hand realised that he ...
- 8336: Lord Of The Flies - Piggy
- ... but Ralph and Piggy continue to be friends. In particularly, after the killing of Simon, Piggy tries as best as he can to support Ralph although he realizes they were a party to the violent death. He says, "You stop it. What good are you doing talking like that." Although his is wise no one seems to listen to him except for Ralph, those who didn’t respect him may wish ...
- 8337: Lord Of The Flies - Discovery
- ... the strong belief that all the children will be saved from the island sooner or later, but at middle part of the story he begins to doubting it. At end of the story, after the death of Piggy, Ralph’s encounter with the Lord of the Flies, he knocks over the pig’s skull. " A sick fear and rage swept him. Fiercely he hit out at the filthy thing in front ...
- 8338: Lord Of The Flies - Chapter Summaries
- ... a stake and leave it outside the beast's "lair" as a gift. Ralph planned a feast that night. He invited Ralph's group to come and eat with them. Chapter Nine: A View to Death. Ralph and Piggy went to the feast, and Ralph blew the conch to try and call an assembly. The rest weren't interested. They had their minds on joining Jack's tribe to hunt the ...
- 8339: Lord Of The Flies - Book Report
- ... of the fire-watchers) glasses so that they may have a means of making a cooking fire. One of the more vicious hunters roles a boulder off of a cliff, crushing Piggy, and causing the death of yet another rational being. The story concludes with the hunters hunting Ralph (the head and last of the fire-watchers). After lighting half of the island on fire in an attempt to smoke Ralph ...
- 8340: Lord Of The Flies
- ... of the fire-watchers) glasses so that they may have a means of making a cooking fire. One of the more vicious hunters roles a boulder off of a cliff, crushing Piggy, and causing the death of yet another rational being. The story concludes with the hunters hunting Ralph (the head and last of the fire-watchers). After lighting half of the island on fire in an attempt to smoke Ralph ...
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