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Lord Of The Flies: A Symbolic Microcosm Of Society

... interpreted as Freud's very concepts of id, ego and superego, respectively. As the id of the island, Jack's actions are the most blatantly driven by animalistically rapacious gratification needs. In discovering the thrill of the hunt, his pleasure drive is emphasized, purported by Freud to be the basic human need to be gratified. In much the same way, Golding's portrayal of a hunt as a rape, with the boys ravenously jumping atop the pig and brutalizing it, alludes to Freud's basis of the pleasure drive in the libido, the term serving a doub ...

Number of words: 1923 | Number of pages: 7

A Report On: Laurence's The Stone Angel

... plagued her throughout her life. Previous to meeting Mr. Lees, Hagar had no desire to listen to what anyone told her about religion. When the local minister, Mr. Troy, visits her, she is rude and uncooperative with him. However, Mr. Lees is able to communicate with Hagar about religion. Lees was a member of a religious group known as the Redeemer's Advocates, a name that will be representative of his role in Hagar's redemption with herself. Like Hagar, Lees has no actual faith in religion, and says that "I kind of mislaid it and when I wen ...

Number of words: 717 | Number of pages: 3

THE ILLIAD

... reciting his poetry in exchange for room and board. Crawford pg. 2 In this paper I will examine and analyze the use of words that create graphic pictures for the mind, and words that excite the imagination. I will illustrate how the use of such a graphic idiom is still popular today. Although we have entered a new millennium filled with special effects, and computer graphics , many of us continue to appreciate the excitement of the written word from those authors that produce masterpieces. The Iliad does just that. Homer’s use of language ...

Number of words: 711 | Number of pages: 3

Of Mice And Men: Loneliness And Friendship

... relationship between George and Lennie is unique in that the farmhand is usually an isolated person. It is emphasized that two workers are virtually never seen together. Lennie and george have an attachment and understanding between them; their relationship is different and valuable. Their basic relationship is seen to be the starting factor in their dream. “Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest men in the world. They don’t belong no place…. With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to ...

Number of words: 467 | Number of pages: 2

Billy Budd: One Needs To Have Morality And Virtue

... of balance between these two ideas; a person needs to have morality and virtue; needs to be in the world, but not of the world. To illustrate his theme, Melville uses a few characters who are all very different, the most important of which is Billy Budd. Billy is the focal point of the book and the single person whom the reader is meant to learn the most from. On the ship, the Rights-of-Man, Billy is a cynosure among his shipmates; a leader, not by authority, but by example. All the members of the crew look up to him and love him. H ...

Number of words: 2664 | Number of pages: 10

Was Sir Tomas More's Decision Correct?

... supremacy. Finally, More's family simply wants him to stay alive. Was More correct? Depending on which view point More's decision is looked at from, either the Church, the State or More's family there are differing opinions about his correctness. In the eyes of the church More's actions, or lack of action as the case may be, was looked upon very favourably. Catholics believe that the pope has the power to make rulings on points of religion and morality. The pope believed that the state had no business meddling in the affairs and powers ...

Number of words: 671 | Number of pages: 3

Battle With Fate

... the crew. " . . . the craft plopped her stern down again the spray slashed them. The crest of each of these waves was a hill, from the top of which the men surveyed for a moment a broad tumultuous expanse, shining and wind-riven. It was probably splendid, it was probably glorious, this play of the free sea, wild with lights of emerald and white and amber"(p. 246). This quote shows the oceans relentless pursuit of the crew never letting up, and even though the ocean had beauty in all its ferocity, the crew never had time to realize it. The ...

Number of words: 700 | Number of pages: 3

Geoffrey Chaucer And The Canterbury Tales

... “The Canterbury Tales”, one can not help but notice the explicit detail Chaucer uses in describing his characters. For example, the Summoner is described in the prologue to “The Canterbury Tales” as a man “Who had a fiery red, cherubic face, For excema he had; his eyes were narrow. As hot he was, and lecherous, as a sparrow; With black and scabby brows and scanty beard…” These vivid descriptions give readers a very precise idea of what the Summoner looks like. Not only can Chaucer’s exquisite detail be seen in the phy ...

Number of words: 1066 | Number of pages: 4

The Sacrilege: Caesar A Political Mastermind

... first, Decius doesn't believe that Caesar will amount to much in his lifetime. He believes that Caesar would rather live a luxurious and relaxed life. Although Caesar didn't think so. Burra, who thought that Caesar would be brilliant if he enlisted and controlled a legion, was exactly correct. Caesar, as history as shown, is a brilliant leader. Caesar believed that by leading you must not just make a plan, you must carry it out with his own manpower. He was always on his horse leading his pack through the bloodshed, not like many othe ...

Number of words: 554 | Number of pages: 3

Oliver Twist: Summary

... Dodger, who offers him a home with Fagin and his boys. Oliver was happy there until he found out Fagin and the boys were all thieves. While living with Fagin, Oliver is taught how to be a thief. One day Oliver tries to pickpocket Mr. Brownlow, an old man, but gets caught. Mr. Brownlow is so nice that he decided to take Oliver home with him. Fagin’s gang found out Oliver was staying with Mr.Brownlow. So oneday Fagin sends his boys to kidnap Oliver. In the months that follow, Oliver stays with Mrs.Maylie and her niece Rose. Then one of Fagin� ...

Number of words: 391 | Number of pages: 2

Bartleby The Scrivener A Stran

... of the basic functions required to sustain life. During each of these phases, Bartleby's actions are met with limited efforts on the part of the narrating lawyer, who endeavors to 'help' his odd employee. It is this interaction which poses the question of how much responsibility a human should have for his or her fellow man. Bartleby's focus passes through three main stages before his death, the first of which is his obsession with performing a single action to the exclusion of everything else. Initially, Bartleby works day and night ...

Number of words: 696 | Number of pages: 3

Macbeths Character

... Hail to thee that shalt be king here after. "Macbeth knows he is the Thane of Glamis but how can he be the Thane of Cawdor, the Thane of Cawdor lives a prosperous life and becoming king is just unthinkable. This gets Macbeth thinking about what they mean. At the start of the play the audience hail Macbeth as a hero but as he begins to think about murdering the king the audience feel he isn't so heroic after all, and they begin to dislike him. We learn from Lady Macbeth, the person who knows him best that he is too nice to be able to kill an ...

Number of words: 831 | Number of pages: 4

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