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Sir Gawain And The Green Night

... a hero became more shady; therefore, while he is not anything like Beowulf, Sir Gawain is also in fact a true hero. Beowulf is a hero. That is an undeniable fact. His heroic image stands out notably because Beowulf is what could be called an active hero while Sir Gawain plays the part of a passive hero, but still a hero nonetheless. Beowulf has one duty: he must fight and win. If he succeeds, he is a hero; if he fails he is simply a failure (except when he fails at defeating the dragon because he has already proved himself and goes wit ...

Number of words: 1014 | Number of pages: 4

The Demons Within

... nothing about Marito interested me more than the demons that he possesses, or should I say seem to posses him and manifest themselves in his life as well as his stories. One of the many demons Marito possesses is his writing itself. he seems to constantly be in the middle of writing another short story to send to some newspaper or magazine. The thing is, none of these stories actually ever seem to be very good or successful. Throughout the novel, not one of them is ever actually publisher. Not even MaritoÕs friends really like his writi ...

Number of words: 1000 | Number of pages: 4

My Childhood

... knowledge, motives, and roles appropriate to their positions in a group or society. All humans go through the process of childhood socialization. It prepares us for the world we have to deal with as adults. There are three main agents of childhood socialization: the family, peers, and school. The family is the first and most important agent for the socialization of a child. Within the confines of the family, a child learns about love, protection, and security. In my household, concepts such as responsibility, honesty, and respect were ...

Number of words: 599 | Number of pages: 3

Was Hamlet Insane

... Hamlet replies “But I have that within which passeth show—these are but the trappings and the suits of woe.” (Act 1, Scene 2). Hamlet is incensed over his mother’s hasty remarriage to Claudius by stating “She married. O most wicked speed, to post With such dexterity to incestuous sheets!” He comments that he would commit suicide if his religious beliefs allowed it. To add to Hamlets problems, his girlfriend Ophelia refuses to see him anymore. She “did repel his letters and denied His access ...

Number of words: 921 | Number of pages: 4

The Tell Tale Heart: The Total Effect Of The Story

... eye and the murderer. The house was old and creaky, and, during the midnight hours, was pitch black. This creaky old house is a classic for horror stories and films, so it definitely adds to the total effect. The plot also gives that same feeling of horror. The way the murderer watched the old man night after night, for hours at a time. You got the total effect of horror when he flipped the bed onto the old man, and then chopped him into little tiny pieces and hid him the floorboards. Then the police came to see about a sc ...

Number of words: 606 | Number of pages: 3

Hamlet Polonius Family

... is Polonius. Although Polonius often acts in a deceitful manner when dealing with Hamlet, it is only because he is carrying out plans devised by the king or queen to discover the nature of Hamlet’s madness. Being the king’s Lord Chamberlain, it is his duty to obey the king and queen’s wishes and it is this loyalty that eventually proves to be fatal for him. An example of hoe Polonius’ innocent involvement with the royalty results in his death can be found at the beginning of Act III, scene iv, whe ...

Number of words: 901 | Number of pages: 4

Heart Of Darkness

... first symbolic masterpieces of English prose (Graver,28). In any event, this story recognizes primarily on Marlow, its narrator, not about Kurtz or the brutality of Belgian officials. Conrad wrote a brief statement of how he felt the reader should interpret this work: "My task which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel-it is above all, to make you see.(Conrad 1897) Knowing that Conrad was a novelist who lived in his work, writing about the experiences were as ...

Number of words: 890 | Number of pages: 4

The Color Purple By Alice Walk

... the torture that she faces, and begging him for some form of mercy. After years of abuse, both physically and emotionally, Celie discovers herself searching for some self-respect. Fonso, Celie’s abusive father, forces her to marry Albert, also abusive by nature. Celie finds a degree of hope through the depiction of Albert’s mistress, Shug. Shug serves as a tremendous force in Celie’s attainment of confidence, as the two eventually form a strong bond. Celie’s sister, Nettie, intelligent and caring who “mean[s] everything in the world ...

Number of words: 491 | Number of pages: 2

Slave To Painslave To Pain An

... able to break free of the slavery and pain by letting the pain go. Beloved is the embodiment of Sethe's pain. Beloved is the symbol, if not the child, whom she murdered, an event, which is closely tied to her worst pain. The action of killing Beloved occurred while she was trying to kill all her, children and it is the reason that two of her children run from her because they fear for their lives. Beloved wishes to consume Sethe, she wants to own Sethe, a relation not unlike that of a master and slave. "I am Beloved and she is mine," (Morr ...

Number of words: 463 | Number of pages: 2

Friedrich Nietzche

... discovered Schopenhauer’s World as Will and Idea. The work forever challenged Nietzsche’s view of the world. Schopenhauer’s philosophy was rather dark for its time; it became a part of Nietzsche’s world-view was it was well suited to his nature. It seemed as if Schopenhauer were addressing me personally. I felt his enthusiasm, and seemed to see him before me. Every line cried aloud for renunciation, denial, and resignation. -Nietzsche Nietzche was conscripted into the military at the age of 23. While he had hoped to avoid the dra ...

Number of words: 1408 | Number of pages: 6

Book Report On Strunk And Whit

... and don't overstate. Although 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 ...

Number of words: 488 | Number of pages: 2

The Use Of Irony In The Stone

... did not start out as a “stone boy”, by the end of the story the other characters’ actions forced Arnold to “build a wall” around himself so his feelings couldn’t be hurt anymore. George Orwell also used irony in the plot of Animal Farm. In the beginning of the story, Old Major talks about rebelling from Mr. Jones “administration”. Mr. Jones’ way of running things was in a sense a form of capitalism. The animals had an idea about a socialist form of government. This exist ...

Number of words: 469 | Number of pages: 2

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