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Beloved

... of the slavery and pain by letting the pain go. is the embodiment of Sethe's pain. is the symbol, if not the child, whom she murdered, an event, which is closely tied to her worst pain. The action of killing 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. wishes to consume Sethe, she wants to own Sethe, a relation not unlike that of a master and slave. "I am and she is mine," (Morrison 211) is one of the more eerie statement ...

Number of words: 452 | Number of pages: 2

Crime And Punishment 8

... to do. Driven by his poverty and the shame of his mother's and sister's sacrifices for him, he plans a bold act: to kill a repulsive old pawnbroker. Her murder will accomplish two things: it will give him the money he needs, and it will prove he's a superman. However, the plan backfires. He kills not only his intended victim, but also her mild, gentle sister, who returns home too early and surprises the murderer. Made physically ill by the trauma of his deed, Raskolnikov is cared for by his old friend Razumikhin. However, his behavior be ...

Number of words: 593 | Number of pages: 3

Achilles And Socrates

... lives and dies in the pursuit of honor and glory. Achilles place as a hero depended upon the understanding of his place in society, and performing with the expectations society had for him. He freely accepted the natural pattern of a hero, consisting of a hero's suffering and a hero's death. In Greek mythology there is no concrete concept of afterlife, so winning and glory then becomes the way to a meaningful life. To Homeric Greeks, death symbolized the loss of all things that were good, but there was one thing that would have been ...

Number of words: 1249 | Number of pages: 5

Madame Bovary

... aristocrat, and has an adulterous affair with each. During this time, Emma spends Charles' money freely and incurs many debts. She keeps these secrets from Bovary and manages to gain Power of Attorney so she can have full access over all their financial affairs. Eventually, Emma's unpaid bills become overdue and her creditors put a judgement against her. Emma tries to raise enough money to pay the bills and even resorts to Rodolphe and Leon for help, not neither are willing to aid her. Out of shame, Emma poisons herself and suffers a ...

Number of words: 560 | Number of pages: 3

College Obstacles

... height of three feet, and what I could comprehend with the intellect and emotions of a newborn child. This, all thou secure, had not prepared me for the challenages ahead. After I made my decision to enter the band of college bound Students in Nevada, I found out that was the easy part. Since my grades in High School were not always the best, I had to take elementary classes first. My english and math needed some upgrading before starting my prereguistites. While I was attending these classes, I had to decide what else I wanted to do w ...

Number of words: 462 | Number of pages: 2

The Color People

... Now that a black person is writing about other blacks that are foretaking in acts that are, in their eye's, immoral and corrupt, the subject is brought into a new light. These actions are discussed out in the open, and the idea that all people have their own "flaws", is thought to be more fisable. Walker combines all of these issues in her story in a deceptive way. They all are linked together by way of a semi-believable story line with one major overlaying theme. Prescott sums it up nicely, "Love redeems, meanness kills"(p74). This ...

Number of words: 1560 | Number of pages: 6

Black Like Me

... was so brave. If Griffin went through with this project he could be killed, starve, get sick, etc. I say this because Griffin was going down into the deep South as a black man but he didn't know anything about how the black behaved. Griffin could look like a black man but he may not have been able to act like a black man or have the mindset of a black man at that time. Griffin could get food or shelter as a white man anywhere by paying money, but as a black man he could be cold, starving in a rich area of town, and wouldn't be able to get ...

Number of words: 1895 | Number of pages: 7

Beat Poetry

... brought to society a consciousness of life worth living. They offered a method of escape from the stultifying, unimaginative world we live in, through the exploration of one's intellect. Beat has had many different contemporary implications in music, poetry and literature. Literature has been liberated considerably. The poetic form has been changed to inaugurate a new poetic form, an American form. "There was less emphasis on tradition and more emphasis on the individual talent. (www.rohan.sdsu.edu)" One of the most important contributio ...

Number of words: 698 | Number of pages: 3

On The Left Side

... Friday told that he was O'Halloran's son, and the Catholics were terrified. On Christmas Eve during the Christmas Mass everybody except from Friday sat in the right half of the church. Bishop O'Rourke did not preach over Christmas but over the Day of Judgement. He told of the good on the right hand of God and the bad on the left hand of God. But suddenly some people began to move from the right side of the church to the left side, and O'Rourkes housekeeper took a statue of the black man of the Three Wise Men, and placed in front of the cri ...

Number of words: 1051 | Number of pages: 4

Achilles 2

... the perfect warrior, strongest of the Greeks, the poem spends more time on the man than on his reputation. I think the most obvious presentation of this occurs in the final book and is consistent with the character earlier in the poem. I believe the most speculation about inconsistencies in Achilles’ character would center on his savageness towards the Trojans, especially Hektor, after the death of Patroklos, and his sensitivity towards Priam’s plea for his son’s body. It could be considered odd that Achilles is so understa ...

Number of words: 1032 | Number of pages: 4

Leggatt As An Independent Char

... Secret Sharer," is either some sort of symbol of the captain's dark side, a kind of role model for the captain, or that he is part of the captain. In this essay I will first examine the captain's portrayal of Leggatt, then argue that Leggatt is none of these, rather, he is a complete person in and of himself, and not simply part of the captain's personality deficiencies. At first glance it would seem that Leggatt is either the antagonist or provides a criminal influence on the captain. By no means are Leggatt's decisions an ...

Number of words: 2343 | Number of pages: 9

Oedipus And Antigone

... relationship between them is incredibly superficial in that Creon is only proud of him because he is kissing up and says what his father wants to hear. It is blatantly obvious during their conversation where Haimon states; “I am your son father. You are my guide. You make things clear for me, and I obey you. No marriage means more to me than you continuing wisdom.” This statement is basically what Creon expects to hear out of his son. His reply of, ”Good. That is the way to behave: subordinate everything else, my son, to your f ...

Number of words: 752 | Number of pages: 3

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