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- 9341: Sea Fever - Analysis
- ... the sea through its theme, but also through use of complex figures of speech, imagery, and meter. "Sea Fever" is an excellent example of varied meter which follows the actions of a tall ship through high seas and strong wind. Lines one and two contain the common iambic meter found throughout the poem. "Sea Fever" may be categorized as a sea chantey due to its iambic meter and natural rhythm which ...
- 9342: Romulus And Remus
- ... restored Numitor to the throne. They then decided to build a city on the Tiber River. Realizing that only one of them could be its ruler, they sought guidance from the gods. Each climbed a high mountain to see what he could see. Remus saw a flight of six vultures, but Romulus saw twelve. Therefore Romulus, judging that the gods had favored him, began to lay the foundations of the city ...
- 9343: Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry
- ... the house believed that a store owner was cheating him with his money. Another example of racism shown in the story is the white children being able to attend better schools and take buses to school, while black children walk. The readers may become very interested in what this entire book is about and what it was like back then. People may have always wondered how bad the prejudice and racism ...
- 9344: Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
- ... foe, And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled. And now there came both mist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold; And ice, mast high, came floating by, As green as emerald. Without the warmth of God it grows cold, and without his guiding hand, all is confusion. For those in his fold, God will guide them to the right ...
- 9345: Remains Of The Day
- ... a rigid written code of social protocol does not mean that many of us, consciously or not, do not behave in ways similar to Stevens in everyday life. Generally unquestioning obedience to the "household" --the school board, board of directors, union committee, in short, the cultural structure of most jobs—means that Americans’ jobs are a lot more similar to Stevens’ than we would like to think. Fortunately, we are usually ...
- 9346: Red Badge Of Courage
- ... also to enhance the readers involvement in the novel. The first major use of this religious imagery appears at the end of the seventh chapter. "After running at length, he reached a place where the high, arching boughs made a chapel." "Near the threshold he stopped, horror-stricken at the sight." "He was being looked at by a dead man who was seated with his back against a column-like tree ...
- 9347: Reading The Light
- ... found the spot where I think that Laurie first started to tell his lie. "The teacher spanked a boy, though, ... For being fresh" was Laurie’s replay to his mother asking him what happened in school. "Laurie thought. "It was Charles"" (14) When I reread this I thought that this was where Laurie decided to put on his act. I know that young children are capable of a lot of things ...
- 9348: Pride And Prejudice: 5 Married Couples
- ... Charlotte and Mr Collins’ marriage was convenience. The marriage of Lydia and Wickham was mainly that of desire, attraction and financial reasons. Lydia married Wickham as she believed he was one with large fortune and high social status. For example, ‘…their elopement had been brought on by the strength of her love, rather than his,…’ p256. Lydia believed that a man of this fine countenance could not go unnoticed and was ...
- 9349: Pride And Prejudice
- ... Mr Collins may not be raging moron that he was to be taken for, but merely a highly accentuated reflection of everything in society that Elizabeth Bennet rejected. Mr Collins is a reflection of English high society, all it's puerile facets. The chapter in question also shows us the depth Elizabeth Bennet's constitution, she is not going to be pressured into a loveless marriage for the security of her ...
- 9350: Pride And Prejudice
- ... Charlotte once said to Elizabeth, "happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance" (Austen 16). Thus, it is clear that like Mrs. Bennet, the logic behind her marriage is purely based on maintaining a high social status at almost any cost. Mr. Collins on the other hand, proposes to Charlotte only to satisfy and impress Miss DeBourgh. "To Collins only one person is worthy of deference" (Johnson 372). He has ...
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