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- 5851: Divine Comedy
- ... the other, ripped her garment off, exposing her as far down as the paunch! The stench pouring from her woke [him] from sleep. (Purgatorio 19.25-33) The traveler Dante surely is no heathen or great sinner-he has been chosen to embark on a journey culminating in the Beatific Vision-yet he is unable to overcome the great temptation manifested in the Siren without heavenly aid. Even Virgil, a pagan who has no belief in God, realizes that the power of the Siren has the potential to overcome him, and he therefore fixes ...
- 5852: Deerslayer
- ... that Judith and Hetty Hutter possessed never seemed to reach its full potential. This may be due to the fact that they were sisters who were different in every way possible. This sisterly conflict creates great diversity and themes for the book "The DeerSlayer" by James Fenimore Cooper. Due to the fact that their mother died when they were young, Judith being the older one, naturally took the leadership and mothering ... her. The favoritism of Judith over Hetty by their father is constantly seen in the story. Hetty had belongings said to be "plain and simple, and of not much value," while Judith possessed "items of great worth and pride, belonging only to a woman of such exquisite beauty." Ironically it was Hetty who adored and loved the father who favored her sister over her. At Tom’s death, he confessed that ...
- 5853: Death Of A Salesman -Characters
- ... vital anywhere. Willy has many strong beliefs that he strives to achieve. He wants to own his own business and he wants to be "bigger than Uncle Charley" and especially he wants to be a great success and he tries to emulate Dave Singleman. He wishes to die the "Death of a Salesman" and have many buyers and salesmen mourn for him. He also tries to be a good father, and ... nobody can help him except for him. Willy Loman, is indeed a ‘low man’. He has a very low self esteem and the only person that really doesn’t love him is himself. Willy had great goals (ideals) in practice, but the only thing that he didn’t realize is that if he didn’t achieve those goals it wouldn’t be the end of the world. Willy took it a ...
- 5854: Death Of A Salesman - Father-Son Relationships
- ... successful" makes Biff’s role extremely important The play also spends quite a bit of time focusing on Biff’s own conflict, which is basically his father. In his youth, he shared his father’s great aspirations for himself. He was captain of the football team, and had plans for college and then a career in business afterwards. Biff was absolutely obsessed with pleasing his father, who was flawless in his ... that, Biff "laid down and died like a hammer hit him "(1392). Biff had never dreamed for himself, being concerned only with fulfilling his father’s wishes. When Biff realized that Willy was not the great man that he thought he was, his dreams became nothing to him, as had his father. And so, Biff became a drifter, living only on a day to day basis. Lastly, Biff is the only ...
- 5855: Damsels In Address
- ... the introduction of the prince and her eventual happily ever after status. Rewards only pertain to those who have struggled, and therefore prove worthy. In Brier Rose, the heroine of the tale suffers through a great sleep to be eventually rejuvenated and rewarded for her passivity by the prince. Upon her birth, the heroine receives four gifts from fairies: virtue, beauty, wealth, and the curse of a seemingly endless sleep. Three ... imprisonment (391). Whether mentally or physically imprisoned, the heroine of Rapunzel strongly relies on others, specifically and initially; she relies on a handsome prince driven by beauty. In fairy tales marriage is not without its great rewards. Proclaiming, "good, poor and pretty girls always win rich and handsome princes," Lieberman presents marriage as a reward (386). This not without its drawbacks in the development of young children’s perceptions of marriage ...
- 5856: Damsels In Address
- ... the introduction of the prince and her eventual happily ever after status. Rewards only pertain to those who have struggled, and therefore prove worthy. In Brier Rose, the heroine of the tale suffers through a great sleep to be eventually rejuvenated and rewarded for her passivity by the prince. Upon her birth, the heroine receives four gifts from fairies: virtue, beauty, wealth, and the curse of a seemingly endless sleep. Three ... imprisonment (391). Whether mentally or physically imprisoned, the heroine of Rapunzel strongly relies on others, specifically and initially; she relies on a handsome prince driven by beauty. In fairy tales marriage is not without its great rewards. Proclaiming, "good, poor and pretty girls always win rich and handsome princes," Lieberman presents marriage as a reward (386). This not without its drawbacks in the development of young children’s perceptions of marriage ...
- 5857: Cyrano De Bergerac
- ... the same token, smart in a fun and interesting way. Together they charmed Roxane and she ultimately fell in love with Cyrano’s enchanting personality and Christian’s captivating appearance. Cyrano is portrayed as a great romantic hero because he died in silence to honor his friendship with Christian. When all the while he could have accumulated enough courage to pronounce his love for Roxane. During his life of silence, Cyrano ... the loveliest girl he had ever seen. In the same fashion, Charlie fell in love with Roxane the minute he laid his eyes on her. When he found out later on how incredibly smart and great to be around she was, he fell in love with her even more than before. The minor difference between Charlie and Cyrano is that although they both loved Roxane, they fell in love with her ...
- 5858: Cry, The Beloved Country
- ... They did not care about the natives families the only time they would care was when it affected them. So when crime started from the natives started to affect them they came up with these great plans to make all natives have a pass to go into certain areas and they said the natives needed more recreational centers. They came up with many great ideas but none of them dealt with the real issue. They could eventually make crime lower among the natives if the educated them. The natives would have better jobs with better pay and they would ...
- 5859: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
- ... life with the rest, the same old laughing, gnawing, sleeping, Plays the part that still looks back on the actor or actress, The same old role, the role that is what we make it, as great as we like, Or as small as we like, or both great and small.(82-85) This demonstrates how we all play a part in our life, but yet we all experience the same feelings. We are trying to play a role we are not. We hide ...
- 5860: City Of Ladies
- ... on to comment on the subject of the character of women by flattering her male contemporaries. She writes, "…it would be impossible that so many famous men--such solemn scholars, possessed of such deep and great understanding, so clear-sighted in all things, as it seemed--could have spoken falsely on so many occasions…" (4). Christine intelligently uses this "sugar coated" method to emphasize the point –- the point that these men ... women is by alluding to powerful, mythological women throughout her text. She mentions a city governed by powerful queens, "…very noble ladies whom they elected themselves, who governed them will and maintained their dominion with great strength" (de Pizan 11). This example of powerful women portrays them in a masculine role –-as leaders and successful rulers. Pizan uses this example to foreshadow the building of the "City of Ladies" that Christine ...
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