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- 5621: Beowulf
- Beowulf's Dark Side In Beowulf, Beowulf, the great warrior, encounters three supernatural creatures that reveal the true dark side of human kind. Beowulf encounters these creatures with the driving force of greed and heroism. All of the monsters go through some events that ... Hrothgar that he has had experience in combat against water-monsters. …They have seen my strength for themselves, Have watched me rise from the darkness of war, Dripping with my enemies' blood. I drove Five great giants into chains, chased All of that race from the earth… (416 - 421). Although Grendel shows his "dark side" by killing everyone because of the jealousy he has of not having any friends, Beowulf also ...
- 5622: Billy Budd
- ... style and point of view of Billy Budd can be dealt with together b/c of the strong narrative voice determines both. The narrator of the story is clearly a highly educated person with a great knowledge of mythology. Though the voice of the narrative is consistent in this novel, the point of view is constantly changing. Sometimes we are put inside the heads of the characters (he tells us Claggart ... rather handsome (except for the difference stated about Claggart to view Billy’s appearance see chapter 1). Both had no real background, all we know of Billy is that he use to work on the Great man and now moved to the indomitable as a result of war. As for Claggart he seems to be quite intelligent, and no one can figure out how h got to the navy. Rumor has ...
- 5623: Brave New World
- ... by his side ingested a dose of mescaline while on his deathbed. Aldous Huxley’s, Brave New World shows humanity, that an obsession with a utopia, as they world they live in, will come with great cost and is near impossible as he shows that the problem is knowledge destroys value of life. As man has progressed through the ages, there has been, essentially, one purpose. That purpose is to arrive ... of science along with his imagination to show society how a utopia would be. All through life everyone tries to obtain a world in which one can live with enjoyment, equality, fairness, and happiness. Many great writers have created utopian worlds that the reader can consider and explore. To create a perfect place compels the writer to write novels that deal with utopia. People see them selves in a place where ...
- 5624: British Literature Women Of Lo
- ... strength. His main concern is to reach “some harborage where haply (he) might hear mass. The time is close to Christmas; Gawain’s need for a proper place to pray to display his faith, is great because of his situation. He “meekly” asks this of Christ and Mary. Gawain’s praying is closer to begging than anything else. He implores God to guide him to shelter. He also prays to Mary ... power in relationships. If we look behind the lives of men, we find “history” is often “herstory.” He said his prayer with sighs, Lamenting his misdeed; He crosses himself, and cries On Christ in his great need… (Gawain 204)
- 5625: Charles Dickens Hard Times And
- ... shall be free!" Dickens' has a more exact view of the educational system from a speech on November 5, 1857 he states, "I don't like that sort of school - and I have seen a great many of these latter times - where the bright childish imagination is utterly discouraged,. . . . . where I have never seen among pupils, whether boys or girls, anything but little parrots and small calculating machines." It seems even ... Westminster Review in 1854 states, "that Mr. Dickens launches forth his protest, for we are not aware of such a system being in operation anywhere in England. They believed that there might have been too great a part of the studies dedicated to mythology, literature, and history. "In almost every school in the kingdom passages of our finest poets are learned by heart; and Shakespeare and Walter Scott were among the ...
- 5626: Beat Poetry
- ... it something that has influenced the youth of the world not only in Western countries but Eastern countries as well. (www.charm.net)" Music has been influenced greatly by Beat writing. The lyrics of many great songs have forever been changed by the writing of the Beat Generation. "Bob Dylan's favorite poet was Allen Ginsberg. Ginsberg became one of Dylan's greatest friends. He worked on many projects with Dylan ... shaping a poetic consciousness and she became a mentor to thousands of women, enabling them to 'speak the unspeakable,' to authenticate their unique experience of reality. (www.rohan.sdsu.edu)" Beat writing has made a great impact on the writing of today's generation. It has allowed people to be more open with themselves and the people that are reading their works. It is also allowed people to be more open ...
- 5627: Brave New World
- ... and suffering from Utopia or his own hell. His individual will slowly diminished against the pressures of Utopian ways. As a final resort John takes soma and partakes in an orgy-porgy. This was of great devastation to John. Everything, which he ever believed in, in his fight against the pressures of Utopia, was shattered in a split second. He had failed his personal egotism was defeated and the dread and ... in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. The nature of John’s conflict involves his personal beliefs and the contrasting Utopian’s beliefs. Being from a world of art individuality, and literature, John is in great disappointment upon his arrival at the “boring,” “ordinary” Utopian world. Art, individuality, and literature do not exist. There is lack of variation among the refined social class. Sex is rather a pastime event and is ...
- 5628: Beauty When The Other Dancer I
- Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self The narrative "Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self", represents the specific story from Alice Walker's autobiography, which had a great impact on her life. The story emphasizes how low-self esteem can effect person's life. Alice Walker used to be a cute little girl at the age of six. At six, she already memorized ... fun of her. Her relatives kept telling that she did not change at all. Although, they knew that Alice changed. Throughout the story the reader sees that Alice felt bad about herself. She had a great lack of confidence. Walker's fixation throughout life made her an oversensitive person. At the end of the story Walker mentions that she was afraid that her own daughter might make fun of her. It ...
- 5629: Bookreport On The Spy Who Came
- ... become more careful with Mundt. He noticed that Mundt killed captured British spy’s long before they could be interrogated by Fiedler but never really got enough proof to accuse him. Due to Mundt’s great success Fiedler also had to be careful with his accusations as well. While he interrogated Leamas, Leamas at first shows great hatred against him but then starts to like him. Fiedler is very good at interrogating and gets out a lot of information from Leamas. What he doesn’t know though, is that Leamas is extremely ...
- 5630: Beowulf
- Beowulf Beowulf and his men, when they finnally arived, met up with a man named Wulfgar, that the king had sent. Wulfbar sent them to the great king of the Danes. The warriors would tell the king that they would kill the best known as Grendel and save them from this madness. That night they would drink and feast as Beowulf would ... on him. Grendel want to run off with Beowulf, but he couldn't, because Beowulf had a good hold on him. The monster was so powerful that no weapon to do any harm to the great monster. Since Beowulf had a good hold on his arm he just ripped it off. After that Grendel had took off running to the lake where he had once lived to die. Now Beowulf has ...
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