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- 6191: Beowulf 3
- ... 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 ...
- 6192: Beowulf 13
- ... 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 ...
- 6193: The Raisin In The Sun
- The Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberrys novel, A Raisin in the Sun, revolves around a middle-class African-American family, struggling during World War II. By reading about the Youngers true to life experiences, one learns many important life lessons. One of the aforementioned would be that a person should always put familys needs before their own ... to destroy this baby because she feels that she and Walter just do not have enough money to support another family member, and feels that she and Walter will only bring the baby into a world of fighting. Beneatha also has influence on Ruths decision by asking,
where is he going to live? On the roof?(58). Beneatha feels that if Ruth has another baby it would just complicate ...
- 6194: Achilles And Socrates
- The concept of heroism is a central theme in Greek mythology. Achilles, the main character in Homer's The Iliad, accurately depicts the concept of a tragic hero. Throughout his many experiences during the Trojan War, he reflects heroic qualities, and earns his name as the purest, the highest and "the best of the Achaians." Similar to Achilles, Socrates demonstrates several heroic characteristics, in Plato's work The Trial and Death ... of Achilles. Socrates accepts the community's unjust actions. He believed that, "acting unjustly, returning injustice, and harming someone in self defense is never right." This belief is completely foreign to Achilles view of the world, because the majority of his actions in The Iliad are centered on his pride, anger and revenge. Similarly, The Iliad and the Trial and Death of Socrates both have heroic characters that stray from the ... inquiry lead to his ultimate rebellion against the King and all social norms. Achilles' actions were uncommon because honor within the community was vital to Homer's concept of a hero. The hero's whole world revolved around his relationship to his family and the city. If this personal honor awarded to him by the community was compromised, he felt life had lost its meaning. For example, Achilles felt he ...
- 6195: A Seprate Peace
- ... novel "A Separate Peace," by John Knowles, a boy named Gene visits his high school 15 years after graduating in order to find an inner peace. While attending the private boys school during the second World War, Gene's best friend Phineas died and Gene knows he was partially responsible. Phineas, or Finny as he was sometimes called, was the most popular boy in school. He was a handsome, taunting, daredevil athlete ... novel by tracing his seeming perfection, his strong beliefs, and his ability to forgive. Finny changed from being the best athlete in the school to being the only one who couldn't go to the war. Finny was a very good person. Finny was a very firm believer in what he thought was right. Finny was a very forgiving person, believing in the forgiveness of friends. Unfortunately, Finny died due ...
- 6196: A Seperate Peace
- ... A Separate Peace," by John Knowles, a man named Gene visits his high school 15 years after graduating in an attempt to find an inner peace with himself. While attending Devon, his high school, during World War Two, Gene's roommate and best friend Phineas died partially because of an accident involving Gene. Phineas, otherwise known as Finny, was one of the more popular and athletic boys in school. He was a ... novel by tracing his seeming perfection, his strong beliefs, and his ability to forgive. Finny changed from being the best athlete in the school to being the only one who couldn't go to the war. Finny was a very good person. He was a very firm believer in what he thought was right, a very forgiving person, believing in the forgiveness of friends. Finny was not perfect. He was ...
- 6197: Ariel By Sylvia Plath
- ... box car on her way to a concentration camp. She identifies with all the wounded and dead: "The tent of unending cries" (Plath 248). "What gives the speaker this solemn sympathy with the casualties of war is her female body. She knows these atrocities as a part of her very being, her genesis" (Bundtzen 249): There is mud on my feet Thick, red and slipping. It is Adam's side, This ... Lady Lazarus" and "Fever 103" involve taking over the old useless body and making it superior. In "Ariel" she is possessed by and in possession of the instant when the word is incarnated, when the world becomes a vision of energy unfettered by mortal substance, and in Plath's development as a poet, freed from the carnal sting. She is, in this moment, the presiding genius of her own body (Bundtzen ... emerges superior, whereas in "Ariel" the genders do not matter for poetry does not have "a sexual prerogative" (Bundtzen 255). In "Getting There" and "Cut," there are no images of carnage, nor is there a war motif, rather just the shedding of "Dead hands, dead stringencies, " things that prevented her transformation. The Ariel poems "do seem to leave no way out" except another transformation and that is perhaps what Plath ...
- 6198: A Raisin In The Sun 2
- The Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry s novel, A Raisin in the Sun, revolves around a middle-class African-American family, struggling during World War II. By reading about the Younger s true to life experiences, one learns many important life lessons. One of the aforementioned would be that a person should always put family s needs before their own ... to destroy this baby because she feels that she and Walter just do not have enough money to support another family member, and feels that she and Walter will only bring the baby into a world of fighting. Beneatha also has influence on Ruth s decision by asking, where is he going to live? On the roof? (58). Beneatha feels that if Ruth has another baby it would just complicate ...
- 6199: Achilles And Socrates
- The concept of heroism is a central theme in Greek mythology. Achilles, the main character in Homer's The Iliad, accurately depicts the concept of a tragic hero. Throughout his many experiences during the Trojan War, he reflects heroic qualities, and earns his name as the purest, the highest and "the best of the Achaians." Similar to Achilles, Socrates demonstrates several heroic characteristics, in Plato's work The Trial and Death ... of Achilles. Socrates accepts the community's unjust actions. He believed that, "acting unjustly, returning injustice, and harming someone in self defense is never right." This belief is completely foreign to Achilles view of the world, because the majority of his actions in The Iliad are centered on his pride, anger and revenge. Similarly, The Iliad and the Trial and Death of Socrates both have heroic characters that stray from the ... inquiry lead to his ultimate rebellion against the King and all social norms. Achilles' actions were uncommon because honor within the community was vital to Homer's concept of a hero. The hero's whole world revolved around his relationship to his family and the city. If this personal honor awarded to him by the community was compromised, he felt life had lost its meaning. For example, Achilles felt he ...
- 6200: Analysis Of Abe Kobos The Red
- ... which was occupied by the Japanese at the time. Being born in Japan, altough Abe felt strong ties to the chinese, he was left feeling like an outsider and rejected by both societes. After the war, Abe became more and more antinationalist and was interested in marxism and communism. Soon, he even joined the Japanese Communist Party ( Abe Kobo ). He was quite involved in political issues at this time and many of his early writings preceding the early 60 s deal with his issues about society says Clerk and Seigal in Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World (136). With this information about Abe Kobo, an interpretation of The Red Cocoon emerges with heavy political and social tones. The narators central problem of attempting to find out why he does not have a ... rest of the story. I have a difficult time determining what is meant by the narrator being unwound and wrapped in a cocoon other than the narrator s complete isolation from the rest of the world. I have inclinations to believe, though that there are politcal issues that are underlying this part of the story, but I m unsure exactly what. What is somewhat obvious, though is that Abe is ...
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