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- 5471: Sherlock Holmes
- ... public was also introduced to Holmes' colleague and biographer, Dr Watson. The Victorian public was fascinated by sensational crime and Holmes himself was described as having an immense knowledge of sensational literature. There was a great popularity in late-Victorian London for dismembering murder victims and distributing them around the town. One particular audacious murderer travelled in horse-drawn cabs with the head of his victim on his lap (wrapped in ... some of the drugs of the time. It is not hard to see why the Victorian public adopted him as one of their own. The Victorian public had fallen in love with Holmes and his great mysteries and it was no wonder that they were upset in the summer of 1892 when Sir Auther Conan Doyle decided to kill off what he called "a lower stratum of literary achievement". City gentlemen ...
- 5472: Shel Silverstein
- ... a ball, and the girls were not interested in him. He gave his energies to writing. He developed his very own writing style at a young age and was unfamiliar with the poetry of the great poets of his time. "I was so lucky that I didn't have anyone to copy, be impressed by. I had developed my own style, I was creating before I knew there was a Thurber ... forces in Japan and Korea during the 50's. While in the military, he was a cartoonist for the military newsletter, Pacific Stars and Stripes. In 1980, he produced a new folksong album entitled The Great Conch Train Robbery. His first play, The Lady and the Tiger, was produced at the Ensemble Studio Theater's annual festival of one act plays. Silverstein never planned on writing and drawing for children. His ...
- 5473: Shakespearean Tragic Heros
- ... Macbeth or any of Shakespeare s well-known plays were written. The literary term was actually discovered around 330 BC by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. Through his theory of catharsis, Aristotle debated that the great plays of Sophicles, Euripides, and other Greek playwrights contained tragic heroes similar to each other, which all portrayed four basic characteristics ( English Lit. ). These qualities were a tragic flaw, or harmartia, they all were from ... death scene that the tragic figure is transformed into the tragic hero (Desjardens). Although it was Aristotle who characterized the tragic hero, it was Shakespeare that made the tragic hero famous ( English Lit. ). Through his great many tragedies Shakespeare developed each tragic hero beautifully, making sure that each harbored a tragic flaw, were from the nobility, with identifiable human qualities, and faced their down fall with dignity. It is hard to ...
- 5474: Scarlett Letter Log Of Chapter
- ... uglier. They try to take her child. 1. I think that Dimesdale is the father. Chapter 9 The Leech Summary: Chillinsworth has become freinds with Dimesdale and his doctor. Chillinsworth is very smart and has great medical knowledge. They are best friends. They have offices next to each other. Chillinsworth wants to get closer to Dimesdale so he can find out more about him because he has a suspicion that Dimesdale ... up on the scaffold. They come up with him. Pearl asks him if he will come up on the scaffold with them next day and he says no he will stand with them at the great maker or something. There is a comment that makes the letter A in the sky. Chillinsworth watches them up on the scaffold. They blame the glove on the scaffold on the devil. 1. I think ...
- 5475: Scarlet Letter Scaffold Scenes
- ... own, pouring like a torrent into his heart, and hurrying through all his veins The three formed an electric chain. (page 105) The reader learns from this quote that Dimmesdale and Hester still have a great love for each other. It is also from this quote that the A on Hester has not worked as well as it was intended. Hester still has a great love for the man with whom she had an affair and this may never change. Furthermore, her banishment has given her time to focus on her love for Dimmesdale. Here the scaffold represents Hester s ...
- 5476: Scarlet Letter Chapter Summari
- ... the sacredness of the family. Thus, Hester's crime of adultery is punishable by death. Since her husband (Dr. Prynne) is reported to be dead, the magistrates extend to her what they consider to be "great mercy." Hester is a typical nineteenth-century woman of ill repute (as far as literature goes), for she has dark hair, and is of a passionate nature. Hawthorne describes many of the scenes as if ... He explains Dimmesdale's point of view that it is "wronging the very nature of woman to force her to lay open eer heart's secrets in such broad daylight, and in presence of so great a multitude." At this point, Governor Bellingham declares Dimmesdale responsible for obtaining Hester's "repentance" and "confession." All eyes turn to observe the young minister. He has a "very striking aspect," with a high forehead ...
- 5477: Romeo And Roseline Together
- ... which he is in love with, but who does not share that love, [o]ut of her favor when I am in love (1.1.166). Romeo learns that the Capulet s are throwing a great party, in which Rosaline is attending. Although it is dangerous for a Montague to appear in this assembly, Romeo risks his life just to see his love. Benvolio also persuades the young lord to go ... need not worry about Rosaline s love, because [a]t this same ancient feast of Capulet s all the admired beauties of Verona (1.2.84-86) will be there, and he will see the great diversity of women. However Romeo disagrees, and says, [o]ne fairer than my love? [t]he all-seeing sun/ [n]e er saw her match since first the world began (1.2.94-95). Romeo ...
- 5478: Romanticism
- ... profound change. This was called from Reason to Romance or Romanticism. With many contributions of famous writers such as Irving, Cooper, Bryant, and Poe composed the stories and poems which all of them had a great value in the American literature. What is the Romanticism and how dies it effect to the American literature? By taking some compositions from these writers, there will be good answers for those questions. According to ... s- a time that the Puritanism, especially the belief that a person life should be devoted to God, was being replaced by commercialism and the desire for personal gain. The Devil tells him about a great treasure of Kidd the pirate. Tom tells to his wife, and she tries to get the treasure by she dies because of her greed. Tom gets the treasure by selling his soul to the devil ...
- 5479: Roland
- ... more importantly, one's community went against the set code of conduct for a vassal. Early on, the writer shows the treachery of Ganelon, including the significance of this betrayal by the loss of the great Peers of Francia. The end of the poem completes Charlemagne's revenge of Roland's death when, for his treason, Ganelon must suffer death. However, the kings obligation is not easily accomplished because the nobles ... within the court. This concept of questing is alien to the barons of Roland. The life of a vassal is that of the life of a warrior, and as such, Ywain depicts the actions of great warriors during battle. However, the battles of knights take on a different appearance at the time of Ywain. The fact that the battle scenes are less bloody and display less emphasis on the weapons of ...
- 5480: Robert Frost Five Poems
- Five Great Pieces of Thought I think Robert Frost is a understandable, but yet an unconventional poet. Frost wrote in his own style, and as a result, he took quite a bit of heat from the critics ... rhyme scheme of the poem is ABAABCBCB. This poem is brief, but gets to the point (Silberner 78). This poem reminds me of the bud light commercial when the two groups of people say, tastes great no less filling . The reason why is because there are two sides to fire or ice. The Oven Bird shows that although Frost usually analyzes everything, he is capable of enjoying nature. Frost seems to ...
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