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- 21801: Iliad By Homer
- ... aman crossing a wide plain, dismayed to find himself on the brink of some great river rolling swiftly to the sea." Up until this point Diomedes had been a potent force for the Greeks. His new found humility brought upon by the unsurpassable "river" of Hector's troops. It is enough to convince us that Hector's army is menacing in this facet alone, but to imagine that mass of fighting ...
- 21802: "Life is a Series of Tests and Challenges": A Critical Analysis of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- ... accept the consequences as a result of being unsuccessful. Gawain was not like this. When the year passed he gallantly mounted his horse and set off for the Green Chapel. This showed that Gawain was brave. This was preceded by the warning "Beware, Gawain, that you not end a betrayer of your bargain through fear." Along this journey Gawain faces peril and self-reluctance in the form of the elements and ...
- 21803: Pudd’nhead Wilson
- ... he wrote these chapters. He wanted to make sure he, and the readers, were talking about. Pudd’nhead Wilson takes place during 1830, in a little town called Dawson’s Landing. Dave Wilson was a new citizen. He had a law degree, but when he moved in he ruined his reputation by saying, “I wish I owned half of that dog, because I would kill my half”. Every one called him ...
- 21804: Housman's "To An Athlete Dying Young"
- ... earth has stopped the ears. (967) Leggett feels that "death in the poem becomes the agent by which the process of change is halted" (54). In the next stanza symbolism is used as the physical world is in Leggett's terms, "The field where glories do not stay" (54). "Fame and beauty are represented by a rose and the laurel, which are both subject to decay," Leggett explains (54). The athlete ...
- 21805: Beowulf: Link Between Traditions - Pagan and Christian
- ... that run through the poem contrast with the pagan system of values that underlies the actions of the kings and the warriors. The influence of Christianity was just beginning to make its mark in this world, and most of the characters are torn between their newly discovered religious feelings and their old, heathen way of perceiving things. The idea that there's a higher being that controls one's actions revolutionized ...
- 21806: Analysis of "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird"
- ... this poem, Stevens shows this connection by writing a first person poem about a poet's observation and contemplation's when viewing a blackbird. He does this by making each stanza an explanation of a new way he has perceived this blackbird. First, he writes about his physical perception of the blackbird as an observer. Then, he writes about the his mental processes during this time. These are as the thoughts ...
- 21807: Crime And Punishment: Complementary Characters To Give Raskolnikov His Redemption
- ... Raskolnikov confess or change his way. Instead she is available whenever Raskolnikov needs her. An example is when Raskolnikov confesses to Sonia and her response is “There is no one-no one in the whole world now so unhappy as you.” She also tells him she will follow him to Siberia and to take the cross. At this point is where the thought of bringing about the change comes in. From ...
- 21808: Analysis of the Poem: The Fly
- ... with "O hideous little bat, the size of snot," immediately introduces the atmosphere of what is to follow. The lines that follow describe a creature that is lowly and parasitic, yet well suited to the world it lives in and feeds off of. The second stanza depicts the fly flying as a minute messenger of filth and disease. It is described landing on the heap of dung, then contaminating all that ...
- 21809: Frost's Narrow Individualism In Two Tramps In Mud Time
- ... In Two Tramps In Mud Time Clare Clifford and John Miller English 102 18 January, 2000 In poems like "The Wood Pile" Frost gives the impression that humanity is the source of order in the world. Ironically, however, for all its rage for order, humanity seems to be able to achieve such order only momentarily. The division of humanity/nature gives a false impression of the completion of the analogy order ...
- 21810: Bruce Lee
- ... role model. This is due to his discipline, determination, and self- improvement. If one quote could sum up his life, it would be this, "I’m going to be the biggest Chinese star in the world" (20).
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