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Oedipus Rex

... that determine their happiness. In any case, Sophocles has provided a conclusive answer to those who suggest that Oedipus could, and therefore should, have avoided his fate. The oracle was "unconditional." it did not say, "If you do so-and-so you will kill your father," it simply said "You will kill your father and sleep with your mother." The ancients believed that whatever an Oracle predicts was bound to happen. Oedipus does what he can to evade his destiny, he resolves never to see his supposed parents again. But it is quite certain from ...

Number of words: 1103 | Number of pages: 5

The Lost World Thesis

... At first, Malcom is reluctant and thinks that the idea is stupid. After much coaxing, Malcom agrees to go. Levine arrives on the island first, after a lot of useless chatter and talk and the introduction of two young characters, Arby and Kelley, who are students of Levine’s and sometimes run errands for him. Almost immediately after they arrive, Levine and his assistant, Diego, begin to search for clues to what the science community calls “aberrant forms”, which many people have spotted but have been unable to identi ...

Number of words: 1328 | Number of pages: 5

East Of Eden

... his father while he is on his deathbed. All three of these characters show a form of change in growing up. We all have the ability to grow up, some just take advantage of this opportunity. The key is how you decide to grow up. Either for the better, like Cal, or the downside, like Aaron did. Aaron is the only character who shows a reversal, going from the good son with sweet girlfriend to a drunken fool. It might have been for shadowed by the way he showed his love to Abra, it was a false love. He was with her because that is whom he was s ...

Number of words: 666 | Number of pages: 3

Story Of An Hour 2

... of Kate Chopin, her works do not seem so strange, in comparison with her life and grief. Seemingly death and isolation fuel her writings and her disgust for contemporary society. Though she was born in 1850 into an upper-middle class family, they were Irish1. Being an Irish immigrant was the worst Ethnicity during the middle and late nineteenth century in America. This period was full of hatred towards the Irish always being depicted as thieves and scoundrels. This hate escalated to the "Molly McGuire" murders and the hanging of over ...

Number of words: 1084 | Number of pages: 4

Comparing Edgar Allan Poe And Ralph Waldo Emerson

... Anti-Transcendentalists. He felt that God should be feared, and that God was waiting for humans to make mistakes so he could punish them. Edgar Allan Poe also thought that humans were a destructive force, and they would mess up nature. Poe also had extremly Anti-Transcendentalist philosophical views. When he examined the human nature he found evil, darkness and greed,a nd felt that all humans were naturally bad. He illustrates this in many of his stories and poems, like "The Pit and the Pendulum," and "The Raven," by showing the psychol ...

Number of words: 337 | Number of pages: 2

Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

... that dominates the core of this poem (43). The biblical symbolism found in this poem mainly reflects the apocalypse, as it deals with the Mariner's revelation that good will triumph over evil, and his acceptance of all nature as God's creation. It is impossible to believe that Coleridge was not thinking of the mysterious wind that blows on the Mariner, without any awareness of the wind as a Biblical symbol of the Holy Spirit. Coleridge could also not associate the murder of the albatross with the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The reader is ...

Number of words: 1046 | Number of pages: 4

Knights In Shining Armour

... used these element well creating a dangerous combination, creating some of the most legendary Knight girls could only dream of. To be a Knight in shining armour you have to perform many darning deeds. In First Knight Sir Launcelot started his courageous deeds with fighting a man three times his size and bets him. Then he rescues the queen, rescues the queen again and just to make thing better rescues her one more time and still manages to fight in wars and save Camelot from invasion. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight performed by both Si ...

Number of words: 830 | Number of pages: 4

Great Gatsby

... for you" attitude. She refused to marry him until he made his first million. Since he had fixated on her as his goal, he did not realize that could not be the basis of a healthy relationship. According to his letters to his daughter Scotty, he did finally realize this but not until too late. He realized that she demanded to much from him. She expected everything to be done for her, because that's what she was used to. Gatsby couldn't keep that up, she was sucking everything out of him, including his other dreams and goals. That is what ...

Number of words: 435 | Number of pages: 2

Captivity And Restoration Of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

... shown by the complicated character who has a struggle in recognizing her identity. The reoccurring idea of food and the word remove, used as metaphors throughout the narrative, could be observed to lead to Mary Rowlandson’s repression of anger, depression, and realization of change throughout her journey and more so at the end of it. The idea of food is constantly used throughout the Mary Rowlandson’s narrative, because it was the only essential need that she was concerned everyday to survive. Before the captivity, Mary Rowland ...

Number of words: 1406 | Number of pages: 6

Analysis Of Clockwork Orange

... all juvenile offenders are out robbing, rapping, and murdering people (although an argument could be made that today’s offenders are as bad, if not worse), but because he can do such things and feel no remorse until he is caught. His parents provide for him, but only in a financial light. What good is it if his parents don’t get involved in his extracurricular activities. He goes out all night doing wrong, and his parents think he’s out working, c’mon!! In today’s society, many parents are at the source of why a child may start ...

Number of words: 1215 | Number of pages: 5

Sonnet 72

... shall not fade, e Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st; f Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade, e When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st: f So long as man can breathe, or eyes can see, g So long lives this and this gives life to thee g 3 Sentences: 1st sentence: line 1 2nd sentence: lines 2 - 8 3rd sentence: lines 9 - 14 This is a Shakespearean sonnet with no characteristi ...

Number of words: 1091 | Number of pages: 4

Death Of A Salesman - A Dead End Dream

... Success, though, requires one to work hard and be dedicated to both his/her professional life and family life. Yet, the illusion of the Dream is that attaining material prosperity defines success. Failing to acknowledge the importance of hard work in achieving the American Dream is another aspect of the illusion. By ignoring the present, Willy fails to deal with reality. He has a tendency of living in the past and thinking of the future. He always thinks that if he had done something differently then this could have happened, ...

Number of words: 994 | Number of pages: 4

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