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- 12971: Frost
- Explication of The Road Not Taken Robert Frost, a poet from the early Twentieth Century, is well known not only for his elegant style, but for his use of great symbolism throughout his works. In The Road Not Taken, he depicted his theme and meaning through a four stanza poem which consisted of a set rhyme scheme (A, B, A, A, B). This poem has ...
- 12972: Sophistication
- ... 18, he began to see himself as just another soul to live and die. Willard realizes that unless he does something to change the course that his life is taking, he will never be a great man in anyone's eyes. More than anything else, he needs someone to know what he was going through, and understand how he felt. "There is a time in the life of every boy when ...
- 12973: Fifth Business Character Foils
- Robertson Davies novel, Fifth Business, revolves around guilt, competition, and two men who are foils of each other. Although Dunstan Ramsay and Percy Boyd Staunton are parallels to each other, they contrast in a great number of ways. Their awkward relationship plays a significant role in the number of elements which make Fifth Business such an interesting story. While Dunstan Ramsay had never been too interested in competing with Percy ...
- 12974: Frankenstein
- ... instead of all of man kind. "Begone! I do break my promise," (pg. 162) states the doctor angrily. Not thinking about himself but the world unselfishly breaks his promise to the monster. Possessing such a great mind the doctor is able to realize that a greater evil will be realesed upon the earth then upon himself. "Your threats cannot move me to do an act of wickedness,"(pg. 162) says the ...
- 12975: Faust
- ... man who under a personalized definition of a hero fails miserably. A hero is someone that humanity models themselves and their actions after, someone who can be revered by the masses as an individual of great morality and strength, a man or woman that never sacrifices his beliefs under adversity. Therefore, through his immoral actions and his unwillingness to respect others rights and privileges, Faust is determined to be a man ...
- 12976: Fahrenheit 451
- ... that...Until one day he meets a young girl of seventeen who changes his mind about everything. Clarisse McClellan knows many things that Montag has never considered. For instance, she recites poetry, the ideas of great philosophers, and most importantly, facts about the worlds history. When she first speaks to Montag of these illicit things, he is taken aback and begins to question all that he has been told. Not ...
- 12977: Fallstaff Friend Of Fatherfigu
- ... is an emancipated spirit, free of all the conventions, codes, and moral ties that enwrap us
What we chiefly admire him for is his abounding vitality. Falstaff is more than man; he is, like all great mythological figures, the incarnation of a principle of the universe. He is the Joy of Life, exuberant, intoxicating, and irrepressible." (cited in Hemingway 439)
- 12978: Sophocles - Antigone
- ... up for her family but also her beliefs. Antigone is not concerned with the edict because, [she] did [not] think [his] edict had such force/ that [he], a mere mortal, could override the gods, /the great unwritten, unshakable tradition. (Sophocles 503-505) This is the moment when Antigone chooses her personal conscience over state law. That goes true for our society today isn t there a little part of everyone that ...
- 12979: Animals Are Good Metaphors In
- ... Marx's belief that the Church will just go away after the rebellion. Jones first used Moses to keep the animals working, and he was successful in many ways before the rebellion. The pigs had great difficulty getting rid of Moses. "Moses, who was Mr. Jones's especial pet, was a spy and a tale-bearer, but he was also a clever talker. He claimed to know of the existence of ...
- 12980: Fahrenheit 451 & Brave New Wor
- ... s values. His marriage is not the happy kind that couples today experience but more like a coexistence. He and his wife live together and he supports her, though he apparently neither loves her a great deal or expects her to love him. This relationship and living arrangement, with its lack of love, is Bradbury's way of showing what life could be like if people not only stop communicating but ...
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