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- 10411: Beowulf and Grendel: Craving for the Queen
- ... intimidated by Hygds intelligence. Queen Hygd was unlike Wealhtheow in the way in which she did not bare many gifts. Hygd was more concerned about the future of the people of her kingdom succeeding Hygelacs death than Wealhtheow. Hygd offered Beowulf the kingdom because she believed it was in the best interest of the people, she loved the warriors and wished peace amongst all the people. Wealtheow on the other hand ...
- 10412: The Masculine Dismissal of a Women's Quest in The Odyssey, A Room Of One's Own, and Northanger Abbey
- ... only a temporary and eventually insufficient refuge. She leaves it as she must, to rejoin her sister downstairs, and in unlocking the door, she paradoxically confines herself to the prison of her own home. Now death is her only salvation. Instead of "soaring free like the birds" (The Story of An Hour 31), Louise escapes the only way open to her. But this women, similar to so many of her time ...
- 10413: Disjunction vs. Communion in Raymond Carver's Short Stories
- ... Sexton, David. " David Sexton talks to Raymond Carver." Conversations With Raymond Carver. Marshall Bruce Gentry and William L.Stull, eds. Jackson, Mississippi: University of Mississippi, 1990. 120-132. Stull, William L. " Matters of Life and Death. " Conversations with Raymond Carver. Marshall Bruce Gentry and William L. Stull eds. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 1990. 177-191.
- 10414: Do You Have What it Takes? A Breakdown of the Educated Person
- ... tests until they ceased breathing. They were injected with lethal doses of typhus and jaundice. They were subjected to 'freezing' experiments in icy water or exposed naked in the snow outdoors until they froze to death." This also deals with the subject of values and will be discussed detail later. Probably the most positive way to utilize Science would be to take it to the next level, Technology. This is were ...
- 10415: A Haunted House: Treasures of Life
- ... Consciousness", revealing the lives of her characters by revealing their thoughts and associations. We learn about the ghosts past by seeing what they thoughts and associated with there pasts. For example when they were discussing death she put " "Here we slept," she said. And he adds, "Kisses without number." "Waking in the morning_" "Silver between the trees." "Upstairs-" "In the garden-" "When summer came-" "In the winter snowtime-" "( A Haunted House ...
- 10416: A Modern Day Odysseus
- ... a heroic attempt, it loses hope and motivation. It is simply unfeasible for one man to revolutionize an entire nation without support from other people. Odysseus's men followed him around the seas to their death. In modern times, presumably no one has died in connection with Phil Zimmermann, but the devotion of his followers is still great. His $100,000 in legal fees was largely paid for by his supporters ...
- 10417: King Lear: The Element of Disguise
- ... character, but in the case with Kent, it is not so. Kent is still as loyal as he ever was, and it is clear from this scene that he will fight for Lear until his death. The element of disguise, was used extensively within the first two scenes. It shows how Regan and Goneril used this factor to decieve Lear, and it showed how kent used it to help the king ...
- 10418: Oedipus Rex
- ... man, who knows nothing", yet knowing more than he realizes by the end of the story. Throughout the story, Oedipus' haste or lack of patience is most evident. Wishing to end this mystery of the death of Laios as quickly as possible, Oedipus passes an edict to kill or exile anyone who withholds information. Teiresias tested Oedipus' patience in the beginning of the story with the information he was holding; "You ...
- 10419: Greek Myths
- ... comics and the legend is Thor's brother Balder. According to legend, this god was killed by a blind god (with the help of Loki god of mischief) and the gods begged Hela, goddess, of death to spare Balder the beloved. Hela refused and Balder entered the land of the dead. In the comics Odin, the all father (Zeus), was able to save his son by sacrificing a part of his ...
- 10420: King Arthur
- ... is the one responsible for the portrayal of Arthur as a splendid King who conquered the British Isles and much of Europe Introduced by Geoffrey are Guenevere, Merlin, information about Arthur's strange birth and death and the concept of chivalry. Due to the tremendous popularity of Geoffrey's book, authors like Robert Wace and Chretien de Troyes continued on with the development of King Arthur and his life, adding yet ...
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