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Odyssey 5

... the way in which a host treats a guest, the religious aspects, and finally, the Greeks’ view on life, revealed in The Odyssey which shows and defines their culture One of the most prominent of the mental characteristics the ancient Greeks valued was the cleverness and the wit of an individual. This can be discerned from The Odyssey because of many instances and events in which Odysseus uses his brain’s wit and other tricks to get himself out of a risky situation. Examples of this are when he tells Polyphemos the Cyclopes that ...

Number of words: 1649 | Number of pages: 6

The Plague By Albert Camus

... about it. Eventually the dead rats began to pile into large masses and burned. Soon after there were some people that got very sick, which made Mr. Rieux very curious. These reports of these ill people and the death of the rats were the beginning of the parallelism for this story. Since Bernard was a doctor he was the first to actually attempt to help one of these sick people. Michael was his first patient in this matter. He was the sickest person that the doctor had ever seen. Michael was pale white and vomited often, he hurt so much from ...

Number of words: 498 | Number of pages: 2

Turn Of The Screw- Henry James

... in Newport. James was unable to enlist in the Union army with his two younger brothers due to a back injury he received when putting out a fire. In 1863, James and his older brother William attended Harvard. James did not complete his studies to pursue his writing career. William graduated from Harvard and became one of the most prominent American philosophers and psychologists of his time. James began his professional writing career with book reviews for the North American Review. His first short story, “The Story of the Year, ...

Number of words: 2474 | Number of pages: 9

Character Analysis Of Falconer

... Farragut, also, has to deal with his loneliness from the outside world. He tries to solve this problem by engaging in a homosexual relationship. Even though Cheever does not judge his characters, he treats them with understanding and compassion. Cheever's characters are uncertain in their desires, so the stories themselves are unclear, presenting no clear resolution ("Overview" N. Pag.). Finally, at the end, Farragut miraculously escapes from prison, and the unpleasant world he was living in. Farragut's actions tend to add emotional te ...

Number of words: 972 | Number of pages: 4

Othello, Analysis Of Iago

... characters and uses this to his advantage. For example, he knows Roderigo is in love with Desdemona and figures that he would do anything to have her as his own. Iago says about Roderigo, "Thus do I ever make my fool my purse." [Act I, Scene III, Line 355] By playing on his hopes, Iago is able to swindle money and jewels from Roderigo, making himself a substantial profit, while using Roderigo to forward his other goals. He also thinks ...

Number of words: 923 | Number of pages: 4

Inherit The Wind 2

... other. Thus, we simply cannot refuse to make a judgment before looking critically into the logistics surrounding the propaganda of each theory. God’s diplomats, the Bible-thumping, prophesizing blow-hards much like Brady in Inherit the Wind, are as much the bigoted and biased, sacrilegious and amoral attention-seekers as they proclaim the evolutionists to be. However, their chosen doctrine cannot be overlooked, as I myself am deeply devoted to it’s teachings. Brady and others like him fight from the backbone of Faith. ...

Number of words: 839 | Number of pages: 4

To Kill A Mocking Bird Atticus

... general feeling of the town, Atticus sees past a man’s colour and looks into the depth of his character. In the beginning of the novel, on page 34, he tells Scout “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” He manages to do this even though it means going against most of his neighbours and his family. Which shows that Atticus is a man of strong morals and principles and a man who will stand up for what he believes is right. ...

Number of words: 490 | Number of pages: 2

Views From The Bridge

... to overcome something about themselves, metaphorical blindness, and the themes of the plays. These are the three main similarities faced in both plays. In the play A View from the Bridge, Eddie the main character, dealt with being metaphorical blind throughout the play. To be metaphorically blinded is someone who is blinded by something or someone around them that are happening. The person who Eddie was being blinded by was Catherine his niece. The fact that he was blinded by his love for her. This love that he had never existed on the out ...

Number of words: 1486 | Number of pages: 6

The Development Of The Warrior

... of Achilles to be that kind of hero in every sense of the word. As the novel begins, we first meet with Achilles in his interaction with the great king, Agamemnon. It may be said that Achilles shows himself to be a horribly hard-headed individual, and this is obviously true. But, in this encounter with the powerful king, Achilles also shows some of his more respectable qualities; such as courage, honor, and a sense of justice. Achilles does not feel that it is right that he or the rest of the soldiers should be punished for the brashness o ...

Number of words: 763 | Number of pages: 3

Antigone

... disobey Creon’s order not to bury her late brother, who has found as a traitor of the city. “Imagine it: I caught her naked rebellion, the only one in the whole city. I’m not about to prove myself a lair, not to my people, no, I’m going to kill her!” (731-734) Creon believes that if he does not follow through on his word the people of Thebes will not respected his authority as a king. Creaon want so bad to gain respect from the people in his city. That he decides to take ’s life. Which this idea led him to lose all the people that ...

Number of words: 804 | Number of pages: 3

Lord Of The Flies, Piggy -

... This is because the boys are changing. They changed from what use to be a civilized society, as represented by the conch, into violence and savagery. This event shows how evil and violence are hidden in everyone. Secondly, the break up in the tribe also enforces this point. They break up because, for many, they do not want to be civilized. By the mislead from Jack, they have escaped from what they used to be, to a world of killing, and evil, in another word, the evil sector of them had been released. This event shows how evils ...

Number of words: 359 | Number of pages: 2

Flowers For Algernon

... brain can't do much difficult thinking, proving that he is "dumb" enough for the test. 5. What was the Thematic Apperception Test? It asked that Charlie look at pictures of people and make up stories about what they are doing in the pictures. This test also proves that Charlie is not very smart. 6. Who is Algernon? How does Charlie race against Algernon? Algernon is a mouse. Charlie is given pictures of a maze that Algernon must run through to get food. Charlie must draw the proper route out of the maze in the picture before Algernon finds it ...

Number of words: 1902 | Number of pages: 7

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