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- 5871: Beowulf - Christianity Vs. Paganism
- ... happiness and joy that Adam and Eve have in the Garden of Eden, Grendel is jealous of the happiness and joy in Heorot. Grendel, as with Satan, is an adversary of God and poses a great challenge to Beowulf. Grendel lives in an underworld as Satan lives in hell. Grendel is referred to in the poem as "the guardian of sins". The dragon is Beowulf's last and greatest battle. The ... evils that inhabit the pond. He knows he is faced with a greater challenge than before. He prepared as though he were preparing for death. Christ knew before his death that he was facing a great challenge, and he forgave his enemies. Beowulf's descent into the mere is similar to a baptismal rite. The immersion purifies him, and he overcomes the evil power of Grendel's mother. He rises from ...
- 5872: Beowulf
- ... Sure, it was at complete opposites of the continuum, but crazy enough as it seemed to be, that is the way Grendel expressed himself. When he slaughtered those thirty men in Herot, it gave Grendel great joy. However, next morning when the remaining residents of Herot found their lost friends, they were filled with sorrow. Furthermore, Grendel’s joy from that one night was not enough. He returned the following night ... with sorrow filling his heart once again, like the beginning. Beowulf now has been granted a "new glory." Furthermore, when Beowulf hung Grendel’s arm from the rafters, that showed the reader that there was great joy that filled the whole civilization of Herot. It was so overwhelming of joy, that people from all over the lands came to see the monster’s staggering tracks. This displayed the joy from which ...
- 5873: Beach Burial
- ... that COULD have something to do with national identity if the poet had actually CHOSEN to write about national identity. Basically a lot of windbagging- and as much I was looking forward to see how great my powers of persuasion were I finally realised that they wouldn’t be necessary. I realised that even though Slessor’s Beach Burial doesn’t ramble on about the Australian lifestyles and the Australian landscapes ... refers to the importance of every countries national identity and, in the long run, the unimportance of it. To give you a bit of a background, Kenneth Slessor was an eminent Australian Journalist for a great part of his life, and because of this, When World War 2 came around he was chosen be Australia’s official war correspondent. He was to report on the Australian activities in the War and ...
- 5874: Battle Royal
- ... that brought the black men into the ballroom with the words, "Bring up the shines, gentlemen! Bring of the little shines!" (1527). A few days earlier IM had given a valedictorian speech that " . . . was a great success. Everyone praised [him] and. . . . It was a triumph for [his] whole community" (1526). In the environment of the smoker though, he was just another "shine", nothing worth any notation of any kind. However, IM ... pursuing. The scene inside the ballroom, the battle royal, portrays ten black men fighting each other for the entertainment of whites. The scene has not been created to emphasize the schism between two societies, the great white populace and the bestial blacks. It is the battles between the men in the ring that the readers notice. "Everyone fought hysterically. It was complete anarchy. Everyone fought everybody else" (1529). IM as the ...
- 5875: Bartleby
- ... the normal progression of life. However, this attempt to exercise his freewill and break loose from the confines of typical societal functions, isolates Bartleby from society, which in turn places him in a state of depression and soon there after, death. Ultimately, by having Bartleby "prefer not to," Melville is commenting on the role of humanity in the work force. If man attempts to break free of his role and exercise his own freewill then he is severing himself from humanity which in turn will lead to depression and perhaps death, for he will have nothing but a wall always obstructing him. From the beginning Bartleby is isolated within the confines of his work place. "I procured a high green folding screen, which ...
- 5876: Babylon Revisited
- Can’t Buy Me Love The depression was an era of extremes. A person was more than likely extremely poor, or in the lucky upper 1% that was extremely wealthy. The middle class was virtually not existent. All of these income groups ... see a model rich woman: idle, sinister, bored, and scared, the perfect jezebel. Marion and Charlie’s relationship in "Babylon Revisited" seems to be the internal conflict between the rich and the poor in the depression. Charlie’s life is summarized as the pursuit of pleasure. He did not work hard; he played hard, where one might have worried; he would have been carefree. Until he lost "everything [he] wanted in ...
- 5877: A Rose For Emily -- Symbol Of The Past
- ... Grierson name was one of the most respected names in Jefferson. Throughout his lifetime, Mr. Grierson played various roles in the community to further the reputation of his name and to earn his family a great deal of honor. He also, however, had and air of superiority about him. His attitude toward women, as evident in the treatment of his daughter, reflects his old-fashioned ways and his inability, or his ... in the town he was still alive and refusing to accept the her father’s death. Although the law intervened and buried her father, the "crayon portrait of Miss Emily’s father" further emphasized the great effect he had on her lifestyle and mindset. Miss Emily was rarely seen by the public after the death of her father. She confined herself to her house to bask in the sentimental memories of ...
- 5878: A Rose For Emily - In Memory Of Emily Grierson
- ... into the past to explain why Miss Emily possesses her unique personality. He also contributes to the development of Miss Emily¡¦s personality through the introduction of her father, Homer Barron, and Miss Emily¡¦s great aunt who all influence her maturity and experience of life. The primary figure in Miss Emily¡¦s life is her father. Faulkner uses this relationship to reveal Miss Emily¡¦s reserved nature. Because her father ... of insanity, While Miss Emily¡¦s father and Homer Barron influences Miss Emily to have the confused personality she does, Faulkner also suggests her insane behavior may be inherited. The insanity of Miss Emily¡¦s great aunt, old lady Wyatt, suggests that Miss Emily¡¦s craziness may be passed on from her family line. By informing the reader about old lady Wyatt¡¦s insanity, Faulkner foreshadows Miss Emily¡¦s own madness ...
- 5879: A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man
- ... hero underscores this aspect of his character. His first name comes from St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr; many readers have seen Stephen as a martyr to his art. His last name comes from the great inventor of Greek myth, Daedalus, whose mazes and waxen wings are the kind of splendid artistic creations Stephen hopes to equal in his writing. Just as Stephen is a contradictory figure, we may have contradictory ... of poetry are at most the products of a clever but shallow mind. Stephen may martyr himself for art, but his martyrdom will be worth nothing because he is too self-absorbed to be a great artist. He is not Daedalus; instead he resembles Daedalus' son, Icarus, who, wearing his father's wings, soared too near the sun and died as a result of foolishness and pride. Or we can take ...
- 5880: A Modest Proposal
- ... account of circumstances which are as real as they are horrible." (Rosenheim 204) England’s consumption of Ireland is mentioned expressly, but in a single clause which certainly does not inform but transiently exploits the great central conceit at work in the "Proposal": "…although I could perhaps name a country that would be glad to eat up our whole nation without it [preserving the flesh of the infant carcasses]." (Swift) The ... victuals." (Rawson 196) In 1729, newspaper reports were saying that the unemployed in Dublin were forced to feed on grains, and blood from the slaughter-houses. Behind the pained compassion of the proposer lies a great deal of contempt for the Irish and their barbarous ways. There was also a tradition that the Scythians made "mantles out of the skins of their enemies," (Rawson 197) which doubtless gives additional irony to ...
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