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- 11521: The Fabliaux
- ... the plots are realistically motivated tricks and ruses. The fabliaux thus present a lively image of everyday life among the middle and lower classes. Yet that representation only seems real; life did not run that high in actual fourteenth-century towns and villages -- it never does -- and the plots, convincing though they seem, frequently involve incredible degrees of gullibility in the victims and of ingenuity and sexual appetite in the trickster ...
- 11522: The Odyssey and Gilgamesh
- ... string the bow that no one else could and uses his intellectual prowess by disguising himself as an old man to trick the suitors. Gilgamesh, as king is two thirds god and given a very high position as if he was a god. Gilgamesh, like Zeus was very fond of sex. Herbert Mason states, “He [Gilgamesh] demanded, from an old birthright, the privilege of sleeping with their brides before the husbands ...
- 11523: Character Flaws In "Long Days Journey Into Night" and "Death of A Salesman"
- ... get rich and support the rest of the family very comfortably. This was unrealistic because Willy expected Biff to do this by only being well liked. At one point Biff stole a football from the school, but Willy made it seem ok, because the reason for stealing it outweighed good morals for Biff in Willy’s mind. This is an example of a character flaw of Willy’s that interfered with ...
- 11524: Oedipus
- ... one else in the polis can do. Oedipus has a heroic confidence in his own abilities, and has good reason for such confidence, both from his own sense of past achievement and from the very high regard everyone has of the achievements. He is conscious of himself as a great man. As his situation gets more complicated and things don't work out as he has imagined they might, he doesn ...
- 11525: The Crucible
- ... case of Mary Warren. During the Salem Witch Trials each person had an important role to play. In Puritan’s society in this time, power was in conjunction with religion. Thus religious figures had a high amount of power. Supernatural and mystical ideas controlled society. Part of the reason why the Salem Witch Trials happened was that people could be easily convinced that mystical forces were present. The other reason was ...
- 11526: A Comparison of Hero Ethics: Ancient to Modern
- ... he does this so much that he has two different identities, one for public life and one for fighting crime. I think that this is ironic because it seems that nowadays we have a very high materialistic view on life and yet many of our heroes do not go after fame and fortune.
- 11527: Antigone: The Structure of Classical Tragedy and The Theme
- ... then responds, "I swear to God…I will have her killed," revealing to the audience that he would rather sacrifice innocent lives, even those of his family, before sacrificing his pride. Ultimately, Creon realizes the high stakes of his decision in a conversation with Teiresias. On line 1040, Teiresias predicts, "Not many hours will pass before your house rings loud with lamentation…Hatred for you is moving in those cities." After ...
- 11528: The Beat Generation
- ... in real life, has invited him to Denver for a visit. Dean is a fast-talking, womanizing product of Denver reform schools. Sal idolizes Dean for his cowboy style, his ease with women and his high-spirited joy in living. However, it took Sal traveling across America and back to figure out the magnetic character Dean Moriaty was only good for the good times. The joyrides became less exciting after Dean ...
- 11529: Greek Values in "The Odyssey"
- ... value of the Greek's shown in The Odyssey. An example was when everyone assumes Odysseus is dead. "So spoke Telemachos, and for his sake Zeus of the wide brows sent forth two eagles, soaring high from the peak of the mountain…But when they were over the middle of the vociferous assembly, they turned on each other suddenly and in a thick shudder of wings, and swooped over the heads ...
- 11530: Bilbo The Hobbit
- ... greediness, and how it gets you nothing in the end. Though this theme is encountered in many books, this story talk about it in a new way. The value of the theme is also rated high, with a B. The ending of this book was fairly predictable, with the exception that one of the main characters, Thorin, King of the Dwarves, was killed in the final battle. In this Area, I ...
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