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- 1371: Greek Gods
- Cronus-the supreme god until Zeus dethroned him; son of Uranus and Gaea in ancient Greek mythology; identified with Roman Saturn Ocean- A titan and grand father of Amphirite. He was the lord of the river Ocean, the great river encircling the world, his wife was Tethys. All daughters were river nymphs and sons were gods of the great river. Tethys- wife of Ocean and mother to river ...
- 1372: Gilgamesh 3
- ... as a precursor of the more sinister one that appears in the Garden of Eden, but because we comprehend it as a symbol. In the Sumerian world, Ningizzida, the god of the serpent, is "the lord of the Tree of Life" . While Gilgamesh himself has lost the ability to live forever, or the opportunity to pass on this ability to the men of Uruk, it is enough that the snake recalls ...
- 1373: Gertrudes Suicide
- ... the first round of the sword fight, Gertrude picked up the poisoned glass of wine and proposed a toast to the fight. Claudius told her not to drink it, but she replied "I will, my lord; I pray you pardon me." This was the first time that Gertrude didn t obey Claudius orders. The only logical explanation for this is that she didn t want to observe the death of her ...
- 1374: Genesis 2
- ... forward a serious inner meaning, in an informal manner. The tone of the poem is cynical and sarcastic, occasionally using wry humour to express the feelings of entrapment and unwillingness of the children "Stabbing first flies with new biros" (1.8). In the poem you can almost sense the children's lack of freedom when the poet describes them "Watching corner-eyed, the sun, No longer at their beck and calling ...
- 1375: Historical Analysis Of Jerzy K
- ... upon him by the man he is staying with) that prayer--Catholicism--is the answer to all his troubles. If he can only say enough Hail Mary¹s, all his misfortunes will disappear. Surely the Lord will hear him as he stores up indulgences in heaven as in a bank, guaranteeing himself both literal and spiritual salvation. But his prayers never save him from cruelty and brutality. The more he prays ...
- 1376: Jane Eyre - Nature
- ... the novel, it makes one ponder whether nature is really so simple and perfect. The concept of nature in "Jane Eyre" is reminiscent of Hegel's view of the world: the instantiation of God. "The Lord is My Rock" is a popular Christian saying. A rock implies a sense of strength, of support. Yet a rock is also cold, inflexible, and unfeeling. The second definition listed above for "nature" mentions a ...
- 1377: John Steinbeck
- ... a very common symbolism in his novels is Christian symbolism. Christian symbolism is used a lot in his novel The Grapes of Wrath. The title itself is a Christian allusion, Suggesting the coming of the Lord, revealing that the story exists in Christian context, and indicating that we should expect to find some Christian meaning. The meaning of the final paragraph, were in the barn they come across a boy and ...
- 1378: Karshish By Robert Browning
- ... also established by attempting to reflect the movement of the mind through abnormally involved or elliptical syntax. One such example: The reason why—“’tis but a word,” object— “A gesture”—he regards the as our lord. (166-7) Obscurity is created in Browning’s poetry using allusions, abrupt transitions, and abnormal involved syntax. Another tenet of Browning is to have a colloquial, discordant, dramatic style. Browning creates this style using several ...
- 1379: Moby Dick
- ... see the subtle complexities of Ahab’s obsession, Melville makes it clear that Ahab is not an inhuman machine of revenge. Ahab’s questioning of "what nameless, inscrutable, unearthly thing is it; what cozzening, hidden lord and master, and cruel, remorseless emperor commands me?" (685) replaces his previous portrait as the depraved lunatic. The reader is now left to question whether Ahab is indeed maddened by his obsessive hatred, or simply ...
- 1380: Patterns In Hemingway And Camu
- ... saying that we do not merely die we sometimes die painfully? And in the rest of the wounding scene do we not see just such a painful death in Passini's mutilated, twitching body? ("As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods, they kill us for their sport.") Passini calls out in pain to Jesus and there is no answer - only silence from the heavens and the eventual silence ...
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