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- 13161: The Aeneid
- ... mourning when the ship of Aeneas washed up on the shores of Carthage, an event that would effect the queen of Carthage forever. When a love affair breaks out between Aeneas and Queen Dido the great queen has an internal conflict between passion and responsibility. This is shown through guilt, lack of confidence by her people, and tragedy. Didos guilt shows her conflict. Throughout the beginning of book 4 Didos sister ...
- 13162: Archetypes
- ... peace comes during the falling point. In the play of Hamlet war is used many times as a archetype symbol. Hamlet struggles with himself and in a way at war with himself. He shows a great deal of distress throughout the whole play. When the ghost first appears to him, he is shocked. He does not know weather or not to believe what he is told. He is very weary about ...
- 13163: The Scarlet Letter 5
- ... longer two people (Hester and Arthur) but one "of the same sphere." The metaphysical conceit is resumed. "The shadow of the woods" represents the shadow of Dimmesdale's sin. Dimmesdale, who is a man of great reverence, has now embodied the guilt that will soon consume his life (line 15-17). There is an allusion to the Bible as well, the "shadow of death" (Luke 1:79). This, in turn, foreshadows ...
- 13164: THE GRAPES OF WRATH
- ... was no longer able to compete, lacking the capital to buy productive machinery. Small farms lost their practicality, and many farmers were forced to consolidate to compete. Fewer, larger farms resulted (Reische 51). During the Depression, unemployment grew while income shrank. "An extended drought had aggravated the farm problem during the 1930s (Reische 52)." Congress, to counter this, passed price support legislation to assure a profit to the farmers. The Soil ...
- 13165: Medea
- ... the legend of the Golden Fleece, and the love between Jason and Medea, from beginning to the end. She also brings them to the present state Medea is in, which is of complete despair and depression after Jason remarried. And she hates her children now, and feels no joy at seeing them. (Oates, 292). In Antigone, one of the purposes of the chorus is to provide history to the audience. Although ...
- 13166: Night
- ... is no way that anyone could possibly find it in their heart to defend or forgive the Nazis for what they did. It was absolutely horrible. I thought that the quality of this book was great. It was very interesting. There is one case in the book that really made me think of how bad the camps were. It also effected Elie the most, in my mind. This incident is the ...
- 13167: Isaac Asimov
- ... he died and they were published a year later. Some of the stories had already been published in Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazine. So he died with no work left undone. Asimov lived a great life and gave us a good foundation for much science fiction today. Works Cited Allen, David L. Isaac Asimov. Science Fiction Writers. Ed. Richard Bleiler. New York: Macmillan Publishing USA, 1999. Bloom, Harold, ed. Twentieth ...
- 13168: Agamemnon
- ... stay awake. He awaits news from Queen Clytemnestra. The Chorus of Argive elders enters, singing of the war. They sing of the gods, asking for them to help them win the war, and of the great army. They anxiously await the news from the Queen. In the song, they tell how Agamemnon killed his child. He sacrificed his daughter to Apollo so that Apollo would make the winds blow for his ...
- 13169: The Scarlet Letter 6
- ... longer two people (Hester and Arthur) but one "of the same sphere." The metaphysical conceit is resumed. "The shadow of the woods" represents the shadow of Dimmesdale's sin. Dimmesdale, who is a man of great reverence, has now embodied the guilt that will soon consume his life (line 15-17). There is an allusion to the Bible as well, the "shadow of death" (Luke 1:79). This, in turn, foreshadows ...
- 13170: The Pearl
- ... I have reed, Of Mice and Men, the characters were not developed thoroughly and stood as more of symbols than actual characters in the story. However, the strong symbolization made by the pearl is a great asset to the story.
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