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- 5191: Comparison Between Virginia Wo
- ... is to be locked out... and how it's worse perhaps to be locked in;" about the safety and prosperity of the one sex and the poverty and insecurity of the other; and of the effect of tradition and the lack of tradition on the mind of the writer. Woolf concludes the book with a return to her most famous image, suggesting that Shakespeare s sister lives in the woman, and ...
- 5192: Interview And Death
- ... A once strong, handsome, and athletic man, he now weighs close to 100 pounds, his appetite having fallen victim to rigorous treatments of chemotherapy. David speaks slowly, at times obviously in great pain, a side effect from drugs which are a last ditch effort toward a miracle. He composes himself and explains, “No one can ever truly know what the feeling of death is like until they actually feel it for ...
- 5193: Importance Of Being Earnest
- ... is that of s relationship between a man and woman, but however the underlying real issue is that of their class and society. The play makes a great example for a Marxist criticism on the effect of classes on literature. Wilde's own wit and intellect make for an excellent view of the classes of the previous era. It is a work that will be a not only viewed as a ...
- 5194: Iliad As A Dictate Of The Fath
- ... every value the heroes have. Paternal injunction is the cause of the readiness, and fearlessness before death, with which the warriors go to war. Identification with the father and the father’s name is the effect of the patriarchal society, which created the Iliadic epic.
- 5195: Irony In Animal Farm
- Animal Farm is a classic portrayal of how power can effect the goals and hopes of a society. In this essay, I will explore the irony of Animal Farm, and how it used to satirize communism and dictatorships. The story begins with a revolution, and high ...
- 5196: Irony Of Dickens In Oliver Twi
- ... street gang, and workhouses. Through his life he has people and groups of people who both help and deceive him. Charles Dickens uses a technique known as ironic reversal of values to make a profound effect in the way the novel is perceived. That is, characters with the responsibility to aid Oliver don’t, those expected to treat Oliver harshly do the opposite, and characters in the upper class fall to ...
- 5197: Iliad
- ... fragmentation of attitude or feeling. It is as if his famed hero’s will were itself disintegrating on the battlefield. Homer uses the epithet “proud” to modify the Trojan lines, an adjective that intensifies the effect of Paris’ action of retreating by mentioning its opposite. Homer further reviles Paris by calling him, ironically, “magnificent” and “brave,” thereby heightening the indignity of his cowardly retreat. Another contrast in Paris’ character is represented ...
- 5198: Ironclads Of The Civil War
- ... hurt. Then the Monitor ran the Merrimac into the mud out of the narrow channel. Her bow was lodged firmly in the mud. While confederates tried to fee. The union blasted at her but no effect. The flaming propeller to pull her loose. The Monitor tried to hit the Merrimac in the wooden deck and make her unmanageable but when he shot he missed. As the two ships got closer the ...
- 5199: Is Macbeth Responcible For His
- ... have been a time for such a word" If Macbeth had taken more notice of Banquo trying to help him, instead of having him killed, then he might have been able to recover from the effect that the prophecies of the witches had on him i.e. making him power crazy. The evidence of Macbeth having Banquo killed is shown below, where Banquo dies. "O, treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly ...
- 5200: Ideals Satirized In Candide
- ... wants to marry me"(361). The reason for the brothers' anger is that Candide can not trace his lineage. For some reason this was important to the nobility of the time so they could in effect "stay in the family" and keep there line pure. Unfortunatly that inbreeding resulted in birth defects and sickness later in life. I guess the moral is not to date your friends sister. After arriving in ...
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