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- 10391: Camus' "The Stranger": Choice and Individual Freedom Are Integral Components of Human Nature
- ... will reveal that the key elements of the conviction had little to do with the actual crime Meursault had committed, but rather the "unspeakable atrocities" he had committed while in mourning of his mother's death, which consisted of smoking a cigarette, drinking a cup of coffee, and failing to cry or appear sufficiently distraught. Indeed, the deformed misconception of moral truth which the jury [society] seeks is based on a ...
- 10392: The Odyssey
- ... ship killing all his men “Zeus let fly/ a bolt against the ship....and all the men were flung into the sea.”(p.465, 688-691) Also the Sirens, sea nymphs, lured men to their death on the rocks with sweat songs. In The Odyssey the gods, goddesses, and monstrs influenced the lives of Odysseus, his men, and his family with their supernatural powers. They showed to be fierce, helpful, and ...
- 10393: The Odyssey Report
- ... hear of this they are obligated to go and kill Odysseus for what he has done. So as his punishment he must flee to his fathers estate and he must live with the fear of death at all times. In The Odyssey, the guest-host relationship is very important to safety and well being of the people. Then believe that if one of the two, either the guest or the host ...
- 10394: The Odyssey
- ... Helios, Odysseus warned his men not to kill the cattle which belonged to the god; but, unfortunately, his men disobeyed him and slaughtered the cattle, which they feasted upon. Zeus later punished his men with death. Trapped inside of Polyphemus' cave, Odysseus knew he had to be a good leader if he was to get himself and his men out of the cave. Originally he was going to kill Polyphemus when ...
- 10395: Lancelot and Odysseus
- ... to a place much less desirable. Another aspect worth mentioning is the vicious cycle in which Odysseus seems to be caught at the end of the epic. The family of Antinous seeks revenge for his death and Zeus is the only one, in the end, who can stop this cycle. When the events that occur in the adventures of Lancelot are closely analyzed, however, there seems to appear a substantially happier ...
- 10396: Hawthornes's Young Goodman Brown And Rappacini's Daughter: Solicited by the Devil
- ... he would not have offered to drink it. Giovanni did the opposite of what Goodman Brown did in his final confrontation. Giovanni chose good over evil yet, "as poison had been life, the antidote was death", and he too had to give up his love, his Faith, but through no flaw of his own. Goodman Brown was not an evil person, just a misguided one. He felt that his life would ...
- 10397: Beowulf: Unferth, the Same Martyr
- ... apple battle (he was beat by flying fruit for god's sake!!!) and then again in the cave. In the cave Unferth begs Grendel to take his life but Grendel gives him fate worse than death. Grendel leaves him alive and impotent. Unferth knows that he cannot kill Grendel yet he cannot be a martyr to Herot either. All during the first year of Grendel's siege, the smell of apples ...
- 10398: Mythological Heroes: Achilles and Hercules
- ... that was dipped in the blood. When Hercules received the gift from his wife he was overjoyed and put it on, almost immediately his skin started to burn and he caught on fire. Knowing his death was near he called his servants to bring him a funeral pyre which he placed himself on. As the pyre burned it was carried up to Mount Olympus where he became the god of strength ...
- 10399: Ah, Woe Is Me
- ... in a similar situation before, but now that her mother is unable to provide for the disintegrating family (her father has lost his job and her sister has married and moved away), the life and death of her family depends solely on her and her brother who are the only ones working. Janet is of course very depressed and sad, but she cannot give up now. Her last hope is that ...
- 10400: 18th Century Literature
- ... Pope, and Pre-Romantics. The literature of the Restoration period covers a time span from Charles's recovery of the throne to the years until the expulsion of James II in 1688 or until the death of John Dryden in 1700. The literature of the Restoration was characterized by wit and elegance influenced by French classical taste. This period pertained to traditional values and "wit". The Diary of Samuel Pepys written ...
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