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- 14471: The Tempest 4
- In Shakespeare s play, "The Tempest," an underlying theme of barbarism versus civilization appears. Shakespeare creates characters that exemplify symbols of nature or nurture. The symbolism of the characters is derived from their actions. These actions show Shakespeare s view of the uncivilized and the civilized, as well as help the reader develop his own opinion of each side. In this whimsical play, Prospero, the former Duke of Milan, after being supplanted of his ... the representation of the wild; the side that is usually looked down upon. Although from his repulsive behavior, Caliban can be viewed as a detestable beast of nature, it can be reasonably inferred that Shakespeare s intent was to make Caliban a sympathetic character. During the first encounter, Caliban comes across very bestial and immoral. While approaching Caliban s cave, Prospero derogatorily says, " [he] never/Yields us kind answer," meaning ...
- 14472: Beowulf and Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot
- Beowulf and Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot Reading a work of literature often makes a reader experience certain feelings. These feeling differ with the content of the work, and are usually needed to perceive the author's ideas in the work. For example, Samuel Beckett augments a reader's understanding of Waiting For Godot by conveying a mood, (one which the characters in the play experience), to the reader. Similarly, a dominant mood is thrust upon a reader in Beowulf. These moods which ...
- 14473: How To Kill People
- ... in the murder. He then lies about it to save himself, not thinking about his cousin. The parents in the novel are selfish and self-centred and therefore do not become involved in their child's life, as a result of this the children make bad decisions and get into trouble. Kumalo is too concerned with his own life to get involved with Absolom's. When he does try to save him, it is too late. For many years Kumalo had been peacefully living with his wife and not really giving Absolom a second thought. He wondered why Absolom had ... he is in, he does try to help. But it is too late to save Absolom, whose bad lifestyle is established and taken effect on him. Had Kumalo thought to get involved in his son's life earlier, Absolom probably would not be in the trouble he is in now. Kumalo's self-centeredness is clear when he learns of the trouble Absolom is in: "Perhaps his son and the ...
- 14474: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe
- ... poetry was written when he was still a schoolboy. It was during this time that he lost his first love, whether she loved him in return is unclear. Her name was Jane Stith Stanard. Poe's affection for her may have stemmed from her kindness toward him at a time when he felt more "tolerated than desired, suffered rather than sought." (James A. Harrison, p.xiii vol.7) He was at ... Art of Poe," believed that "Poe here intends to teach. . . that Beauty is to be ranked above Love."( James A. Harrison, p.xvii vol.7) It should be noted that at this point in Poe's life beauty was a hard to come by, he spent most of his time around other men, women were not a big part of his life. Over the next fifteen years Poe wrote many poems ... as well. Many of them had to do with the death of beautiful woman, most can be said to be concerned with the death of Jane Stith Stanard. Some can be attributed to his wife's failing health. Of these the most famous is probably "The Raven," in which Poe tells of man who has lost a loved one. This man is being visited by a supernatural raven which constantly ...
- 14475: Canterbury Tales (reeve Charac
- In The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer’s descriptive technique used to present the Reeve emphasized his physical characteristics as well as the success he attained in his occupation. It is evident that Chaucer gives two different perceptions of the Reeve, one perception is of his physical makeup and the other is of his success achieved in his occupation. In Chaucer’s introduction of the Reeve, he immediately begins with the Reeve’s physical makeup, as shown in this excerpt from The Canterbury Tales: “His beerd was shave as neigh as evere he can; His heer was by his eres ful round yshorn; His top was dokked ...
- 14476: Examination Of Twenty Lines Of
- Examination of twenty lines of VolponeIn lines 78 to 8 on page 28, Jonson s unique style of writing is present. Secondly, there is the characters themselves to analyse. As always, the whole of the story line is present within these lines.The first thing that I have to comment ... his greed that he is in fact an invalid whom can not do any more then he is already doing. The arrival of Corbachio prompts Volpone to say the vultures gone and the old raven s come . This line in it s self exemplifies Jonson s writing of ncredible depth, as well as Volpone s ability to say bold things.Volpone and Mosca s ability to create such meaningful and vivid images in the story is ...
- 14477: Gold And Its Uses
- Gold's great virtues of malleability, ductility, reflectivity, resistance to corrosion and unparalleled ability as a thermal and electrical conductor mean it is used in a wide variety of industrial applications consuming close to 300 tonnes annually ... the most ductile of all metals, allowing it to be drawn out into tiny wires or threads without breaking. Consequently, a single ounce of gold can be drawn into a wire five miles long. Gold's malleability is also unparalleled. It can be shaped or extended into extraordinarily thin sheets. For example, one ounce of gold can be hammered into a 100 square foot sheet. Gold is the most reflective and ... electronics. Although new technology has enabled plating thickness to be pared down to less than one-thousandth of a millimeter of gold, gold consumption has been maintained because of the myriad new electronic applications. Gold's other main role in electronics is in semi-conductor devices, where fine gold wire or strip is used to connect parts such as transistors and integrated circuits, and in printed circuit boards to link ...
- 14478: Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison
- ... the administration. Dr. Bledsoe, the prominent Black administrator of his school, becomes his mentor. Dr. Bledsoe has achieved success in the White culture which becomes the goals which the narrator seeks to achieve. The narrator's hard work culminates in him being given the privilege of taking Mr. Norton, a White benefactor to the school, on a car ride around the college area. After much persuasion and against his better judgement ... the first people he meets is Brother Tarp, a veteran worker in the Harlem district, who gives the narrator the chain link he broke nineteen years earlier, while freeing himself from being imprisoned. Brother Tarp's imprisonment was for standing up to a White man. He was punished for his defiance and attempt to assert his individuality. Imprisonment robbed him of his identity which he regained by escaping and establishing himself in the Brotherhood. The chain becomes a symbol between the narrator and Brother Tarp because the chain also symbolizes the narrator's experience in college, where he was not physically chained down, but he was restricted to living according to Dr. Bledsoe's rules. He feels that he too escaped, in order to establish himself again ( ...
- 14479: Chesterton's "On Lying in Bed": Understanding Human Nature
- Chesterton's "On Lying in Bed": Understanding Human Nature In this short essay, G.K. Chesterton is able to display his absolute understanding of human nature. He explains this nature through humor and wit in this particular ... the most normal of places, the ceiling above his bed. In the essay he realizes that he has found his object of desire in a rather ordinary place. In a similar way, people in today's society can find their desires in places that are rather customary. We, however, are not looking for a place to paint. In the many items we covet, many can be found in regular locations. Frequently ... look in unusual places for these items, when they are actually located directly "under our nose." This shows the first part of the human nature presented by G.K. Chesterton. The second part of Chesterton's essay displays his next theory on human nature. This second theory, that humans promote unimportant values and cheapen important values, is shown by examples in the next part of the essay. He interweaves this ...
- 14480: Are Fit Women Feminine
- ... imperative to define what ‘fit' and ‘feminine' represent in this context. If the definitions of ‘fit' and ‘feminine' are similar then it is quite possible that a ‘fit' body is more ‘feminine'. In Helen Lenskyj's Women, Sport, and Sexuality, she uses words such as slim, trim, and fashionable to describe what it is to be ‘feminine'. My definition of ‘feminine' is a little more all-encompassing, it includes a fashionable ... tissue, well-developed muscles, and strong bones. All of these features lead to a more shapely body and an upright posture. Keeping in mind the definitions of ‘fit' and ‘feminine' I will now explore Lenskyj's ‘commercialized fit' and my distinction between ‘being fit' and ‘looking fit'. Helen Lenskyj's article Women, Sport, and Sexuality explores the commercialization of the ‘fit' body. She traces the image of the physically fit woman as it transforms from the 1960's to the 1990's. The 1960' ...
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