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- 7981: Creon Vs. Antigone In The Buri
- ... with honor like his brother. He forbids the people of Thebes to touch him, to say a prayer for him, or to bury him, Anyone who goes against his commands will ultimately be put to death. Creon is speaking for the best interst of the state, not in terms of family. He feels that he has to set an example for his people to deter cowardly actions like Polyneices' in the ...
- 7982: Chaucer
- ... people and times have such a great influence on the writers and their work. The time in which Chaucer lived was "one of the most disagreeable periods of our national history" (Legouis 80). The Black Death destroyed a third of the population and many people turned to the church for help. Goeffery Chaucer, being "the great poetical observer of men, who in every age is born to record and eternize" (Blake ...
- 7983: Beowulf
- ... described as evil in this excerpt: [ Grendel] was spawned in that slime, Conceived by a pair of those monsters born Of Cain, murderous creatures banished By God, punished forever for the crime Of Abel's death. The Almighty drove Those demons out, and their exile was bitter, Shut away from men; they split Into a thousand forms of evil--spirits And feinds, goblins, monsters, giants, A brood forever opposing the Lord ...
- 7984: Bless Me, Ultima, A Review
- ... fish were sacred to the gods. However, becasuse of a drought and no food, the people had to eat the carp to survive. This angered the gods. They wanted to punish all the people by death but "they relented from killing the people. Instead, they turned the people into carp and made them live forever in the waters of the river-" (74). The god who loved the people wished to become ...
- 7985: Butterbox Babies
- ... babies illegally by using a hotel as their front, but on a much smaller scale than before. The Youngs had borrowed $6,000 from a friend, Edward Corkum, for renovations to the Home. After the death of Edward his children initiated legal action against the Youngs to recoup the debt. The Youngs were unable to pay the debt and were forced to give the five properties that they own to the ...
- 7986: Brave New World
- ... of the reservation. Bernard and a friend introduce John to the new world. Lenina tries to make advances toward John but his savage attitude doesnt allow it. The downfall of John begins with the death of his mother in the new world. John goes crazy and tries to induce a revolution among the utopians that work at the hospital. He leaves to escape his nightmare, but cannot avoid the people ...
- 7987: Beloved
- ... emanating from and inhabiting it. Everything that Baby Suggs had preached, believed, and lived had been thrown in her face and decimated, thus causing her to lose the spirit and will to live. With the death and burial of Baby Suggs came the final insult to the community. "The setting-up was held in the yard because nobody besides himself would enter 124-an injury Sethe answered with another by refusing ...
- 7988: Beowulf And Gilgamesh Comparis
- ... section of ancient Babylonia. He "was a tyrant to his people" and "demanded the privilege of sleeping with their brides". At times he could be even crueler that that by "pushing his people half to death with work". This type of strength derives from his reign. The author used words such as 'demanding' and 'pushing' to bring on a negative, basically condescending tone. Although Gilgamesh portrayed strength in a powerful way ...
- 7989: Beowulf
- ... on the simplest term. It is a contrast description of two great moments in life, rising and setting, an elaboration of the ancient and intensely moving contrast between youth and age, first achievement and finally death. Beowulf in reality is just a fictional story that someones grandfather sung to warriors before going into battle. This fictional poem has helped people to realize the importance of loyalty, courage and respect to ...
- 7990: Brutus, An Honorable Man
- ... to one of Romes most dishonorable citizens. By commiting this act Brutus avoided any grilling he may have received from Octavious and Antony had he lived. Instead of getting a firm talking to, his death may have tricked everyone into believing that he felt remorse for his crime. This may be true because toward the end of the play Antony sais " This was the noblest Roman of them all". Although ...
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