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- 10431: The British Renaissance Produced Many Types of Literature and Was Influenced By Shakespeare, Marlow, and Spenser
- ... nor age no need, Then these delights my mind might move, To live with thee and be thy love. Also in contrast to Marlowe's poem, Raleigh implants the scenery of winter, which denotes the death and devastation that comes along with it. Winter has always been linked to the dreary side of life and the Nymph's reply, by making a blunt reference to this, clearly states that her love ...
- 10432: Arthurian Romances
- ... De Troyes, Arthurian Romances, Trans. William W. Kibler (New York: Penguin Books, 1991) p. 89 The knight prays constantly to his God for protection. He fights others in battles with an extremely high risk of death, so he likes to profess a faith. Erec of Lac is honored by his community of Christians for his heroics and courage. His faith is necessary to keep his beautiful wife. They use religion to ...
- 10433: An Analysis of Hawthorne's Short Stories
- ... the removing of the Birthmark, Georgianna dies. Once again Hawthorne uses a woman as the possessor of an evil characteristic, but it is Aylmer's insistence on trying to distort nature which leads to the death of his wife. Aylmer is the character who possesses the evil flaw, he insists that the Birthmark must be removed. And therefore it is obvious that Hawthorne doesn't direct his evil characteristics only on ...
- 10434: Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
- ... of a miscarriage(387). Other enlightening examples of the use of the children as commodities lay throughout the text, each one bringing the gruesomeness of the proposal to life (while taking the children to their death). Swift described here nonchalantly the proposed abusive and inhumane treatment of the babies, just like the treatment of livestock or commodities. Those who are more thrifty (as I must confess the times require) may flay ...
- 10435: THe Knights of the Round Table
- ... chairs were of the same height, to symbolise the equality and comradeship amongst the knights. Originally built for Arthur's father, Uther Pendragon, the Table was passed on to King Leodegrance of Cameliard upon his death. When his daughter Guinevere married, the Round Table came to Arthur as part of her dowry. Adopting a code of chivalry, the knights were required to be more than just brave, skilful and strong, but ...
- 10436: Marquez's "100 Years of Solitude" and Allende's "The House of the Spirits": Satire
- ... them it was necessary to point." This parallels the political naivety of the newly formed Colombian republic. Macondo is a garden of Eden "…so peaceful that none of us has died, even of a natural death." In this Garden Ursula Iguaran is the Eve and Jose Arcadio Buendia is Adam. Macondo's innocence is ended with the arrival Don Apolinar Moscote, the first magistrate sent by the Government. He orders them ...
- 10437: Living in the Present Causes More Harm Than Good
- ... you can do about it except learn from it. In the last year I have spent countless hours contemplating what I could have done different to change the events that took place last October. The death of Jen Elliott, my friend, was the hardest thing I have ever experience in my short life. I would have given anything and everything to go back and change those events, and I still would ...
- 10438: Cause and Effect of Speeding
- ... officer assigns you a day to appear in court, if you choose to fight the ticket rather than pay the fine. Waiting in the courtroom to see the judge can be very close to a death sentence. The wait is long, and the company can be frightening. Once you plead your case, you generally end up paying the fine. This only leads to another line, and another wait. This has to ...
- 10439: 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 ...
- 10440: Cry Wolf
- ... to be in the right place at the right time to catch a wolf in a kill. It is even more unlikely that a rancher would witness the kill of his own animal. Yet the penalty for defending a neighbor's property is the possibility of up to one year in prison and $l00,000 in fines (Richardson 30). Another problem critics point out is the exorbitant cost of implementing the ...
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