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Robert Frost

... life he could take. As in everyone’s life, Frost had to make decisions like the one listed above. I would say all in all, he did a pretty damn good job of it. But in order to understand his poetry, you need to know about the man. Robert Lee Frost, born in San Francisco, Mar. 26, 1874, was one of America's leading 20th-century poets and a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. An essentially pastoral poet often associated with rural New England, Frost wrote poems whose philosophical dimensions transcend any region. Although his verse form ...

Number of words: 933 | Number of pages: 4

A Visit To A Small Planet

... of it. He thought the humans liked war, so he thought that was right and went along with it. Besides violence, Kreton liked to talk about how primitive and uncivilized the people on earth were. Kreton showed no respect for the state of civilization of the people on Earth. Again, Kreton showed no sign of knowing right from wrong. “He is morally retarded”, said the visitor, who gives away the theme near the end of the play, which is exactly correct. At no point during the play does Kreton show any sign of knowing anything about morals ...

Number of words: 372 | Number of pages: 2

American Dream In Great Gatsby

... Dream, we could have a better understanding of what American dream is all about, in those down-to-earth Americans' point of view. The characterization of Gatsby is a representative figure among Americans as he devoted his whole life to achieve his dream. However, pathetically he failed to make it came true at the end, just like most of the Americans, who misunderstood what the real meaning of American Dream is, did. The Great Gatsby, written by Scott Fittzgerald, is a portrayal of the withering of American Dream. The American Dream promi ...

Number of words: 900 | Number of pages: 4

Good Vs. Evil Miltons Paradise

... in the Garden of Eden when she was enticed by Satan to eat the fruit off of the Tree of Knowledge (Milton 255). The later introduction of The Almighty had the readers change their feelings towards sin, as the ways of God were introduced to them and these ways were shown to be the way to feel and believe. This levy of good vs. evil carried on throughout the poem with the interaction of Satan and his fallen angels with God and his son in Heaven. The common representation of sin and evil came from the lead character in the battle against God, ...

Number of words: 2075 | Number of pages: 8

Broken Angel

... The next morning his mom offers to take him to get a small refrigerator for his dorm room at Stanford. He cannot take the pressure anymore so he tells his parents he does not have any money. Then he tells them what happened and they are very disappointed in him. His father fires him from his job at the garage that his father owns. Tia and Conner meet ant the café and try to think of ways to help Angel. Finally when everything seems hopeless Conner thinks of a good idea. Conner’s mom is in all kinds of charities that give out scho ...

Number of words: 1162 | Number of pages: 5

Taming Of The Shrew

... in settings like the relationship of Kate-Petruchio and Bianca-Lucentio, and the contrasts in events like 'the marriages of Kate and Bianca'. The most important way that Shakespeare developed his play's theme is through Bianca and Kate. In the beginning of the play Kate is known as a shrew and she appears harsh, cruel and frightening. Even his father is scared of her and he begging anyone to marry her, but as her relationship with petruchio grows she began to be much less of a shrew, and she become an obedient and lovely person to everyone. At ...

Number of words: 913 | Number of pages: 4

The Awakening

... place to look after children, whose on earth was it?¡¨(13). Edna, instead of telling her husband that she had taken care of her children, began to cry like a baby after her husband reprimanded her. ¡§Mrs. Pontellier was by that time thoroughly awake. She began to cry a little¡Kshe thrust her face, steaming and wet, into the bend of her arm, and she went on crying there, not caring any longer to dry her face, her eyes, her arms,¡¨(13,14). These tears made Edna look as if she was still a child and that she is tired of being treated as ...

Number of words: 1136 | Number of pages: 5

Heart Of Darkness

... with people in the sepulchral city after his journey to the Congo region because he discovered, through his work, the reality of the universe, such as the great virtue of efficiency, the darkness in society and individuals and the surface reality. When Kurtz found himself on his deathbed and he said gThe horror, The horror referring to his life in inner Africa, which caused him disintegration. Marlow emphasized the virtue of gefficiencyh throughout the story because he thought of it as the only way to survive in the wilderness. A ...

Number of words: 1091 | Number of pages: 4

The Metamorphosis -

... while Gregor himself serves as a direct representation of anyone who does not fit into the norms of society, in particular those people who suffer from AIDS. In the beginning of "The Metamorphosis," the main character, Gregor, is transformed into a bug overnight and soon learns the difficulty of not being "normal." He learns to live in a way that does not disturb society, or even his own family. Prior to becoming a bug, Gregor was a hard working salesman who was under appreciated by his family. After his transformation, Gregor is neglected ...

Number of words: 583 | Number of pages: 3

Arthur Koestler Darkness At No

... thirties. Revolutionary ethics or the issues faced in revolutionary movements are timeless, and as an incentive to writing his novel, Arthur Koestler was troubled by this theory, and also by the regime of terror that was governed by Stalin this century. This issue of whether a noble end justifies ignoble means is the revolutionary predicament that Koestler refers to, and was the question that he aspired to resolve. From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land. About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, & ...

Number of words: 964 | Number of pages: 4

Mengele A Psychological Analys

... Mengele is described as a very methodical practitioner of all of his duties. His personality is characterized as "dual." An inmate doctor characterized him as "the double man" who had "all the human feelings, pity and so on," but also had in his "psyche" an "impenetrable, indestructible cell, which is obedience and received order." This description, of a gentle man, is exemplified by the almost father like way he treated the twins in his captivity. The methodical monster side is best shown by a case of a set of male twins who showed a ...

Number of words: 502 | Number of pages: 2

Monsters Point Of View

... beast who had no reason for survival. This man is simply known as the "monster". In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, a brilliant student by the name of Victor Frankenstein follows his ambition of creating life in order to one day find a cure for death. Frankenstein states that he wanted to "in process of time renew life where death had apparently devoted the body to corruption" (36). From the ambition of wanting to save lives, Frankenstein decides to create a being from a lifeless matter in hopes of one day being able to enhance ones life ...

Number of words: 1232 | Number of pages: 5

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