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- 6181: Moby Dick
- ... assembly of the characters for the crew of the "Pequod" was done with a specific purpose in mind. Through the wide range of characters, Melville was able to represent the American society, possibly even the world, and furnish it with contrasting figures that would set the scene for all the episodes that Melville will create in "Moby Dick" to set forth his ideas. Basically, the "Pequod" is a miniature of all ... well serve for us as a guide to the folly of Americanism. To reconstruct his biography is to understand the reason behind his ambition translating into obsession. Growing up in the age of post-Independence War expansion, Ahab was directly subjected to the American expansionistic ideals and capitalistic virtues. He becomes a part of the process of material progress growth, devoting all his energy to mastering a dangerous and difficult craft ... though not free of responsibilities, he was not isolated from others because of the loftyness of his status. The crew themselves are a great symbolic representation of society. Collected from all different parts of the world, they represent the diversity of the American workforce upon which the country relies. The influx of immigrants kept the wheels of American capitalism turning in the same fashion the multiethnic crew of the "Pequod" ...
- 6182: Macbeth
- ... for the King. Duncan announces that Macbeth is to be given the title of Thane of Cawdor. Cawdor is to be executed immediately. IMPORTANT TERMS: 1. newest state: latest news 6. Bellona: Roman goddess of war 2. broil: struggle 7. Thane: title of nobility in Scotland 3. choke their art: make it impossible to swim 4. kerns and galloglasses: lightly armed soldiers and heavily armed soldiers 5. all's too weak ... the best knowledge 2. deliver thee: report to you 3. metaphysical: supernatural 4. compunctions ... of nature: natural feelings of pity 5. wait on nature's mischief: attend on the disasters and evil possible in the world 6. hereafter: of the future IMPORTANT QUOTE FROM THE SCENE: "Only look up clear; To alter favour ever is to fear. Leave all the rest to me." (Lines 69-71). Act 1 Scene 6: Duncan ... I had lived a blessed time, for from this instance, There's nothing serious in mortality". (Lines 84-86). Act 2 Scene 4: Ross and an Old Man discuss the extraordinary confusion in the natural world. They draw a parallel between it and the unnatural human acts of the night. Macduff enters and reports the suspicion for the responsibility of the murder rests on the departed Malcolm and Donalbain. Macbeth ...
- 6183: Comment Paper On Everything Th
- ... the bus. O Conner uses a good example on page 208, He stared at her, making his eyes the eyes of a stranger. He felt his tension suddenly lift as if he had openly declared war on her. The reader feels the anger building in Julian s mother beginning on page 209. It reads, Her eyes retained their battered look. Her face seemed to be unnaturally red, as if her blood ... at the end of the story. O Conner ends the story with a strong sentence, The tide of darkness seemed to sweep him back to her, postponing from moment to moment his entry into the world of guilt and sorrow. O Conner leaves the reader understanding the main point to the story, and reveals the biggest irony of the whole story. Another element of plot in this story is causality. Causality if important because it shows how one thing effects another. Since Julian s mother was caught up in her old world, this causes Julian to feel angry towards her, which leads him to want to teach her a lesson. Which then lead to his mother s death. Repetition is also very prominent throughout this story. ...
- 6184: Comedy
- ... ample tear trilled down her delicate cheek."(IV,iii, ln 12-13). Cordelia then orders for some of the French soldiers to bring Lear to her so that she can look after him before the war between Britain and the French soldiers begins. Her love was further displayed when she says, "But love, dear love, and our aged father's right. Soon may I hear and see him!"(IV,iv, ln ... he wishes that he had never given away his power or disowned Cordelia. This can be seen when he states, "No, you unnatural hags! I will have such revenges on you both that all the world shall-I will do such things-What they are, yet I know not; but they shall be the terrors of the earth.(II,iv, ln 273-277). It would take an entire book to explain all the ramifications of his great folly. However, I can say that the deaths of Goneril, Regan, Cordelia, and of himself may be attributed to his mistake. He also caused a war between Britain and France that should not have occurred. I believe it is clear that Lear acted as a fool when giving his land to Goneril and Regan, but not to Cordelia.
- 6185: Irish Literature And Rebellion
- ... in the hearts of the Irish and came to a boil in the writings and literature of the sons and daughters of Ireland. The Literary Renaissance of Ireland produced some of the greatest writers the world has seen. John O’Leary said it best, “literature must be national and nationalism must be literary” (Harmon, 65). Although there is an endless stream of profound poets and playwrights; John Synge, Lady Gregory, Oscar ... 1886 he met John O’Leary, an old Fenian leader. O’Leary had been a Young Irelander and fought in the insurrection of 1849. He took Yeats under his wing and introduced him to the world of fenians and fenianism. His influence on Yeats’ writing is undeniable. Yeats began to write “in the way of [Sir Samuel] Ferguson and [James Clarence] Mangan” and evolve his nationalism and anti-English sentiment (O ... and wanted them to be one. Yeats never gave up his belief of uniting Ireland through language or on Ireland. However, he was troubled at the thought that his pen could be the cause of war. Although he was politically active, his focus was more on the cultural and literary realms than on a violent rebellion “At the end of his life he was still wondering if his early writing ...
- 6186: Influences On Early American L
- ... by the very processes which led a certain type of person to come to America. The non-conformists were people who would not allow themselves to be goaded into directions the monarchs of the old world wanted them to follow. This type of person has to be and individualist because a conformist would just remain in the old world content to follow the lead of others. The effect of settling a wilderness also was a contributing factor to the formation of this trait. Being isolated from others and most of the time totally dependent ... are actually a nation of conformists is actually very repugnant to most individuals. As a society grows more complex it grows proportionally more interdependent. Unless we have a cataclysmic event such as a meteor, nuclear war, or invasion of aliens we will continue on this road to conformity no matter what our original founders intended. You can see this unintended ambiguity of Jefferson’s in almost all of his political ...
- 6187: Conflicts
- ... find the good inside themselves. Magwa was later able to turn the children back on to the good side. With the help of mother nature it gave the children back there lives in the real world. The two children became Magawa projects. The children became his apprentices for the year. Black-Bull was outraged and there was the great war that many great medicine men died in the wars not counting the thousands of soldiers. The war ended two days after starting. No one won and Magwa and Black-Bull never actually fought but he new Black-Bull would come for him. Magwa taught the children all the potions and spells ...
- 6188: Beowulf
- ... he thinks he can do this job. Beowulf tells Hrothgar that he has had experience in combat against water-monsters. …They have seen my strength for themselves, Have watched me rise from the darkness of war, Dripping with my enemies' blood. I drove Five great giants into chains, chased All of that race from the earth… (416 - 421). Although Grendel shows his "dark side" by killing everyone because of the jealousy ... is no braver, no stronger / Than I am! I could kill him with my sword; I shall not…" (676 - 677). Beowulf starts saying things about himself on how he is the best warrior in the world and that he could be the only one who could kill Grendel. Beowulf probably thinks that there could be someone better than him that is why he does that. He might be jealous that he ... can notice that he probably fought with the dragon just for the treasure. Beowulf probably knew that if he kills the dragon and lives, he could be the richest and most powerful king in the world. Both the dragon and Beowulf wanted revenge for things that one had done to the other. The dragon's greed forced him into revenge once the thief had stolen a little cup that had ...
- 6189: Beowulf
- ... need assurance and they found that assurance in Beowulf. Beowulf reassures his people that the Dragon will be dealt with and gives them courage to withstand this threat. “ I lived in my youth through hard war-moments--- now here I am ready battle weary king battered with winters for final glory-time if that grim hall burner will come to meet me from his mound of gold” (pg. 81). Beowulf wants ... They even grieve the death of Beowulf and mourn him. The Geats praise him at his funeral showing that they valued his leadership. Hearth companions praised there lost one name him the ablest of all world kings mildest of men and most compassionate most lithe to his people most loving of praise. (Pg. 100) The Geats preferred Beowulf to any other King so therefore revered him and praised him for his ... wealthy and without worry. But Beowulf still wants to fight the beast alone. “Our old gift lord meant to manage this monster hot battle alone once again with his great wonder strength armed with a war name earned through a lifetime forged now with deeds” (2642-46). Beowulf is not fighting these monsters because he believes he is a god but because he wishes to carry out a promise he ...
- 6190: Bouchards View Of Canadian His
- ... money and authority were English." These factors, he realized, were a major part of the nationalism in the area that would surface. Lucien grew up in an area of isolation from the rest of the world, an area with a different history and a different sense of themselves. The Kingdom of the Saguenay, as it is called, was separated from the rest of Quebec by the natural barriers of the mountains ... by the ancient Greek heroes and civilizations. As an adult Lucien was filled with awe that the people of such a small country could play such a huge part in the future of the entire world. "His soul was awakened, he concluded that this was a dream to follow."(Martin, 1997) Bouchard explained to the partners at his law firm that he could no longer support the liberals because of Trudeau's actions during the October crisis of 1970. Lucien believed Trudeau acted in an undemocratic fashion and with unnecessary force by enacting the War Measures Act. "I realized that Trudeau was not in Ottawa to bring about the blossoming of Quebec. He was there to screw us." From his decisions of the October crisis, Trudeau "revealed once and ...
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