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Historical Significance Of Beo

... of Germanic warriors of the Teutonic tradition. Each of the characters in Beowulf also have importance in both lines of thinking. The Anglo-Saxon poetry allows the reader to get a picture of the beliefs held by society of that time, and these beliefs are exemplified through the uses of the main characters. Though it's a poem full of entertainment, once one looks beneath the surface and past the excitement found in Beowulf's battles with mysterious monsters of the shadows, many more applications can be found within Beowulf's pages. Beowulf te ...

Number of words: 1799 | Number of pages: 7

The Birthmark 2

... by having surgical procedures done on daily basis. These surgeries allow for almost any cosmetic transformation. For example a person can have anything from removing a birthmark to inserting breast implants to having a tummy tuck done on their body. Society manifests their obsession with physical perfection by having these procedures done to them. These procedures enable society to achieve “perfection”, much like Georgiana in the “Birthmark”. In the “Birthmark”, a story that is more than a cent ...

Number of words: 388 | Number of pages: 2

Duddy Kravitz

... respect. Outside of his class he would be no different. He would cheat and lie and get away with almost anything he did. One example of this is when he told everyone about his fake brother Bradley. "Duddy told the boys about his brother Bradley. I got a letter from him only yesterday aft. As soon as I'm finished up at Flectcher's Field he wants me to cume down to Arizona to help out on the ranch like."(Pg.14) Duddy was also a teen who was hard to handle in life. As Duddy got older he began to know more about what to do in his life. He decid ...

Number of words: 1231 | Number of pages: 5

The Yellow Wall-paper

... physician, is unwilling to admit that there might really be something wrong with his wife. This same attitude is seen in her brother, who is also a physician. While this attitude, and the actions taken because of it, certainly contributed to her breakdown; it seems to me that there is a rebellious spirit in her. Perhaps unconsciously she seems determined to prove them wrong. As the story begins, the woman -- whose name we never learn -- tells of her depression and how it is dismissed by her husband and brother. "You see, he does not b ...

Number of words: 989 | Number of pages: 4

The Color Purple - Compared To Macbeth

... The setting character appears in the beginning of a piece of literature to give one a feel and sense of how the piece will reach out to the reader. King Duncan sets the atmosphere in Macbeth when we see different characters take advantage of his character flaw, naivete. Immediately we begin to see some of the major themes such as betrayal and manipulation and know what direction the play will take. King Duncan's naivete is first shown when we find out that the former Thane of Cawdor has betrayed King Duncan and that he did not have any idea ...

Number of words: 1159 | Number of pages: 5

A Friendly Enemy

... and the nurse hear Medea wishing for death as if it were a treasure or something valuable. The nurse and women are not in agreement with Medea’s view of death. To them, death would be something that lurks around anything and anywhere waiting to strike. "He strikes from the clear sky like a hawk, he hides behind green leaves, or he waits around the corner of a wall"(12). To a Greek woman death is personified as a hunter or killer. She uses an animal, the hawk,to compare to death. A hawk is a swift predator that attacks unnoticed, but to M ...

Number of words: 513 | Number of pages: 2

The Book Elements Of Style By

... Strunk's rules deal more with the mechanics of writing and White tends to talk about the presentation of the writing, it comes together to make the book complete. From the book I have learned some things about writing that I did not know, but I have also refreshed my memory on some things that I already knew. Strunk states that we should form the possessive singular of nouns by adding 's. This shows that a noun is owned by a another noun. Placing a comma before a conjunction introducing an independent clause. If there is a comma ...

Number of words: 482 | Number of pages: 2

Barn Burning 2

... point of view, its characterization, and setting. Faulkner represents his point of view using both first and third person to translate his theme. The story is being told by Sartoris Snopes who is a boy at the time the story takes place. Throughout the story he shifts from first to third person narrative voices. At times in the story he would speak as only a child would, then something would be said by him which was too knowledgeable for a boy his age to know. This gives an impression that he is older and is remembering things of his p ...

Number of words: 512 | Number of pages: 2

The Intelligence Of Odysseus

... Odysseus created many unique stratagems and devices to overcome each problem barring his way to a peaceful homecoming in Ithaca. When Odysseus left the conquered Troy and landed on the island of the Cyclopsians, he utilized the resources near him to escape from the evil Cyclops Polyphemos. Odysseus drugged Polyphemos with a strong wine he had gotten from the plunder of Troy. While Polyphemos was sleeping, Odysseus and his men carved a sharp stake from a wooden pole. They then counted to three and shoved it hot from the fire into the Cyclop ...

Number of words: 578 | Number of pages: 3

Brave New World

... character makes is shown in the study, helping the reader understand that it is human nature to sacrifice something to live a more fulfilling life. One sees that all, except Helmholtz and John, are willing to give up an important part of them so they can feel fulfilled. Mond is willing to sacrifice the one thing dearest to him— science. He says he gave it up in hope of Controllership. He got what he paid for by continuing his interest in science, "By choosing to serve happiness. Other people’s—not mine." [235], or by ...

Number of words: 979 | Number of pages: 4

An Analysis Of Hawthorne's Short Stories

... in the stories have their own flaws which contribute to the flaws of the women in their lives. Ultimately, Hawthorne in the cases above can be seen as a misogynist who directs his maliciousness on only women, yet he also uses male characters as vile transmitters of evil, therefore he is not a misogynist and targets both sexes equally. In Young Goodman Brown, Faith, the wife of Young Goodman Brown is a character who loses her faith and submits to the Devil. Hawthorne, in this case directly uses faith as the carrier of a flaw. That is, s ...

Number of words: 801 | Number of pages: 3

Cathedral

... reveal the narrator's blurred view of his own life, his wife's life, and the entire world around him. The narrator, "Bub", seems to have an unhappy and insecure approach to everyday life. The narrator's blurred view of everything that happened in his wife's past life, shows the insecurity that plagues him. When referring to his wife's ex-husband he says, "Her officer- why should he have a name? He was the childhood sweetheart, and what more does he Want? -"(P721). By treating everyone generically and denying their importance, the narrator i ...

Number of words: 858 | Number of pages: 4

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