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- 6981: Odysseus: A Hero
- ... you hold, enticing into your chamber; to your dangerous bed, to take my manhood when you have me stripped. I mount no bed of loved with you upon it. Or swear to me first a great oath, if I do, you will work no more enchantment to my harm.' She swore at once, outright, as I demanded, and after she had sworn, and bound herself, I entered Circe's flawless bed ... voice is no deeper that a young puppy's, but she herself is a fearsome monster. God or man, no one could look on her in joy. Her legsand there are twelveare like great tentacles, unjointed, and upon her serpent necks are borne six heads like nightmares of ferocity, with triple serried of rows of fangs and deep gullets of black death. No seaman ever, in any vessel can ...
- 6982: Epics The Aeneid and Metamorphoses: A Comparison
- ... BCE it was ruled by Etruscan kings and was only "... a little hill town." (Short Histories, p20) Lines 390 through 549 in The Aeneid deal with the crossing of the River Styx. This represents a great transition period in Rome. It symbolizes the founding of the Republic. The multitude of rushing and swarming people (Line 402) represents those that suffered the "internal turmoil" in the early stages of the Republic. (Short ... is to come in the near future. Anchises lists the descendants of Aeneas, leaving special mention on Caesar by placing him directly after Romulus. Augustus is glorified as the son of a god, and many great deeds are spoken on his behalf. The epic ends on a sad note: that of Marcellus' death. (Lines 1148 - 1182) This sad ending foretells that Rome will never achieve its full potential, yet it will ...
- 6983: Martin Luther King and Patrick Henry: Cry for Freedom
- ... Luther King, Jr. keep his audience attentive and highly interested. Patrick Henry uses biblical allusion when he states, "It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our Country." Another rhetorical device that Henry uses well is imagery. A good example of Henry's imagery is, "The next gale that sweeps from the north will ... sense was that one calls for a change through violence and war, while the other calls for a peaceful solution. Patrick Henry's speech to the Virginia House of Burgesses calls for a revolution against Great Britain. This must have been a difficult speech for Henry to deliver because he was speaking to a group of people who were opposed to his ideals. They gave the speech pre-revolution and was ...
- 6984: Oedipus: The Mysteries of Fate
- ... his word, and like a man, he dethroned himself as king, and banished himself from Thebes. Once again, he was destined to be dethroned and banished. Comparing my life with Oedipus', I've discovered a great deal about free choice and destiny. I learned that one day, you can be the richest person alive, yet be the poorest person the next day and vice versa. In life, anything can happen, whether ... I learned more about their manners, customs and ideals. I've grown to appreciate their love of beauty, their joy and laughter, as well as the sorrows they experienced in life. I also realized how great of power destiny and fate have over free will. The moral of this play I learned is that if it's destined, it will sooner or later happen!
- 6985: A Critical Analysis of Tension's In Memorial A. H. H.
- A Critical Analysis of Tension's In Memorial A. H. H. During the Victorian Period, long held and comfortable religious beliefs fell under great scrutiny. An early blow to these beliefs came from the Utilitarian, followers of Jeremy Bantam, in the form of a test by reason of many of the long-standing institutions of England, including the church ... careless of life, will someday become, High nature amorous of the good (109.10-11). These words suggest a slow process, not to be accomplished in the life of merely one man, no matter how great he may be. Tennyson seems comforted by the contemplation of the golden age to come, though, saying, And all is well, though faith and form / Be sundered in the night of fear (127.1-2 ...
- 6986: Voltaire's Candide: "All is Not for the Best"
- ... decides to build his own life around the principal of being productive. He decides that all he needs to be happy is a garden to cultivate so that he, too, can keep from the three great evils. Candide's garden symbolizes his surrender to the world and his acceptance of it. He eventually realizes that his former ambitions of finding and achieving a perfect state of happiness were fulfilled, though his successes were not as great as he had wished. Instead, he has found happiness in a simple way of life. He also learns that everything in life is not evil, which he perceived to be the case while undergoing misfortunes ...
- 6987: Voltaire's Candide: One Man's Search For True Happiness and Acceptance of Life's Disappointments
- ... be secluded from the rest of the world to preserve their happiness. Cunegonde leaves Candide for a man of wealth but that turns out to be the beginning of her ruin. Candide is robbed of great wealth and, when he tries to help others, he finds that they are not appreciative of his efforts. Candide's doubts about Dr. Pangloss' theory continue to grow. He learns to make his own happiness ... would be a miserable place if people passively accepted that everything was for the best, shrugging off responsibility. We see, in contrast to Dr. Pangloss, Odysseus in Homer's The Odyssey, is a man of great courage who masters all situations and even searches for new adventures and challenges. Voltaire believes that people should not allow themselves to be victims. He sneers at naive, accepting types, informing us that people must ...
- 6988: New England: A Matter of Perspective
- ... for hunting that give plenty of food to live on, and rich furs that could be traded for money. Mr. Smith declares the land free, so anyone could come to the New World and accumulate great wealth. John Smith envisioned a land where all men would live in peace and harmony, a vision that would not be fulfilled in New England or any of the New World. William Bradford's history ... of New England and Of Plymouth Plantation are so few that it is hard to believe they are even about the same general area. Both men see the colonization of the new land as a great religious expression of faith and virtue. After the pact is made with the Indians, the Pilgrims begin to reap some of the benefits promised by Smith, but it all takes much work. The Pilgrims begin ...
- 6989: Beowulf and Grendel: Craving for the Queen
- ... did so as if they were her own people. She was not a Scylding, nor did she desire to be one, but she never made her unhappiness known, as described in Grendel. There is not great detail on Queen Hygd in Grendel, but from what the reader can gather from Beowulf, she is as much of a female role model as Queen Wealhtheow. She was young but very intelligent. In fact ... was much focus on Queen Wealhtheow's outer beauty in the novel Grendel. It went into much further detail than in the poem, Beowulf. From Wealhtheows entrance into the novel, the reader was told in great detail of her physical beauty. Beowulf primarily focused on her inner beauty. She was described as "having hair red as fire, as soft as the ruddy sheen on dragons gold. Her face was gentle, mysteriously ...
- 6990: Acronyms, Idioms and Slang: the Evolution of the English Language.
- ... is a sign of the decline of the English language, that people are becoming less and less literate. As R. Walker writes in his essay "Why English Needs Protecting," "the moral and economic decline of Great Britain in the post-war era has been mirrored by a decline in the English language and literature." I, however, disagree. It seems to me that the point of language is to communicate to express ... Thus, in the writing of today there can generally be seen a more direct, seemingly less ambiguous tone and direction (save for the uneducated). The days when it was looked upon favorably to write in great length and use as many "big" words as were possible is over. That style, albeit elegant, does not suffice in this fast-paced society. Acronyms, idioms, and slang are constantly in the making, providing new ...
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