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- 4911: A Midsummer Nights Dream
- ... to love, as thoughts and dreams and sighs, Wishes and tears, poor fancy's followers." Lysander has an alternative idea. (I i,line 157-159) Lysander says, "I have a widow aunt, a dowager Of great revenue, and she hath no child; From Athens is her house remote seven leagues." (I i,line 164- 165) "Steal forth thy father's house tomorrow night, And in the wood, a league without the ... all my right of her I do estate unto Demetrius." Lysander suggests an idea. (I i,line 157-159) Lysander says, "A good persuasion. Therefore her me, Hermia. I have a aunt, a dowager Of great revenue, and she hath no child;" Hermia agrees with the idea. (I i,line 168-169) Hermia says, "My good Lysander, I swear to thee by Cupid's strongest bow," (I i,line 178) "Tomorrow ...
- 4912: Analysis Of King Lear
- ... would have prevented much tragedy, but Shakespeare has crafted Cordelia such that she could never consider such an act. Later in the play Cordelia, now banished for her honesty, still loves her father and displays great compassion and grief for him as we see in the following: "Cordelia. O my dear father, restoration hang Thy medicine on my lips, and let this kiss Repair those violent harms that my two sisters ... if thou dost As this instructs thee, thou dost make thy way To noble fortunes: know thou this, that men Are as the time is: to be tender-minded Does not become a sword: thy great employment Will not bear question; either say thou'lt do't, Or thrive by other means." Act V, scene iii, lines 27-34. Edmund has just instructed his captain to take Lear and Cordelia away ...
- 4913: Freedom And Liberty
- ... with limited freedom of expression is not, in any case, enjoyable. A Totalitarian society is a good example of such a society, because although it provides control for the people, it can deny them a great deal of freedom to express themselves. The fictional society in George Orwell’s 1984 also stands as a metaphor for a Totalitarian society. Communication, personal beliefs, and individual loyalty to the government are all controlled ... preserve Winston’s loyalty to the nation. Even Winston, who at one time was against his government, has now been "fixed" to support it and love his leader. The government of Oceania has gone to great lengths to change Winston’s mind, and as always, they have gotten what they desire. America in 1997 is much different from Orwell’s 1984 because, for one, freedom of expression is a dominating factor ...
- 4914: Uncle Tom; A Synopsis
- ... religious matters, in the neighborhood. Having, naturally, an organization in which morale was strongly predominant together with a greater breadth and cultivation of mind that obtained among his companions, he was looked up to with great respect, as a sort of minister among them. Uncle Tom disallowed his recognition as an authoritative figure to become egocentric. Tom prayed with, “touching simplicity” and “childlike earnestness” (Stowe 35). As Tom’s character develops ... came up and I, – some had lost their mothers, and some their husbands, and some mothers cried for their little children, –and when I heard about poor Prue, –oh, wasn’t that dreadful!–and a great many other times I’ve felt that I would be glad to die, if my dying could stop all this misery. I would die for them, Tom, if I could (Stowe 299). Here one can ...
- 4915: Uncle Toms Cabin
- ... question because she, as an American, was an expert on the issue of slavery. Abraham Lincoln met Stowe during the war and reportedly called her, "The little woman who wrote the book that started this great war."3 Even if it didn't cause the Civil War, this great American classic definitely popularized the abolitionist movement. 1"Uncle Tom's Cabin," Microsoft Encarta Africana, 1999 ed. Stowe's novel was insultingly exaggerated fiction. Ownership of the book was made illegal in the South. 2 ...
- 4916: Compare And Contrast Dystopian
- ... ultimately the party won. That is the message the reader is left with. The language in Nineteen Eighty-Four is simple direct and concrete. It presents the details of life in England in 1984 with great exactness with a careful attention to detail, so that the imagined world of the novel is given a sensuous reality as in the ways Orwell has Winston notice how one could always tell Parsons had been playing Table Tennis "By the dampness of the bat handle" Orwell is taking great effort to make this fantasy world seen as real as possible therefore enhancing the shock effect of it all. When Winston meets with Julia Orwell uses a more poetic style of writing especially in the ...
- 4917: Corruption Of Dorian Gray (The
- ... because the only reason he finds the Roman Catholic communion worthy of himself is that he enjoys looking at the alter boys who "in flowers, had their lace and scarlet, tossed into the air like great gilt flowers, had their subtle fascination for him." (185) His interests may vary from man to woman, but in the midst of all Dorian's "play" he has ruined the lives of others. It was ... novel that Dorian has become a dissolute and perverse man who cannot understand that vanity and the thrill of "new sensations" are not what run the world. BIBLIOGRAPHY Cohen, Ed. Talk on the Wilde Side. Great Britain: Routledge, 1993. Freidman, Jonathan (edited). Oscar Wilde: A Collection of Critical Essays. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1996. Pearson, Hesketh (edited). Essays By Oscar Wilde. New York: Books For Libraries Press, 1972. Ransome, Arthur. Oscar ...
- 4918: Call Of The Wild
- ... Buck to the Yukon where he was trained to be a sled dog. There were other dogs that Buck had grown to know well during his training. In a matter of time, Buck became a great sled dog. Francois and Perrault took the huskies and mix breeds from Dyea Beach to the town of Dawson. There were many conflicts with Buck and Spitz, who was the leader of the dogs. From ... about dogs and the arctic. I think that this book has to do with the love from a dog to a man than anything else in the book. Overall, I think that this is a great book and I recommend that you read it.
- 4919: The Odyssey And Its Themes
- The Odyssey and Its Themes Homer s great literary classic, The Odyssey, represents and illustrates many emotional and mental values. All of these values can be classified under three different main themes that are constant throughout the epic tale. These themes are: A ... the perils and difficulty of his journey. All through these times it seems that Odysseus will never get home, but he never loses hope. In Book 11, Odysseus ventures into hell to meet with the great prophet, Teiresias. Teiresias prophesizes, But anguish lies ahead: the god who thunders on the land prepares it As terrible as this sounds, Odysseus just accepts his fate and continues on with his journey. Just as ...
- 4920: When The Legends Die
- ... wrongly persecuted; because of this, their culture as a whole is suffering greatly. It is a shame to see such a once prosperous culture become insignificant in today's world. To understand what this once great culture consisted of, first one has to obtain a basic grasp of some of the ideals that were practiced by Native Americans. Philosophy of life, importance of nature, and the ways in which they can ... of trying to improve our understanding of these people while also amusing us. The main message these books portray is that the Native American cultures of today are much less eloquent than the majestic and great society of the past, but they will always be known as a respectful and caring society forever.
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