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- 13281: The Untrusted Suitor - The Ody
- ... beggar and wants to try his chance with the bow, Eurymakos gets very angry. "Our ears burn at what men might say and woman, too. We hear some jackel whispering, 'How far inferior to the great husband her suitors are! Can't even budge his bow! Think of it, and a beggar, out of no where, string it quick and made the needle shot!' That kind of disrepute we would not ...
- 13282: Things Fall Apart
- ... 56-8). Hence, Shylock conforms "no more than an opportunity for bringing him to life" because Shylock like the other characters, once created, determines the plot and the plot determines them (Palmer 114). With a great importance of first impression or lines of a character in Shakespeare's plays, Shakespeare reveals Shylock's personality through his economy of works and actions. Living in every word that he utters, Shylock's distinct ...
- 13283: Analysis of Three of Hawthorne's Works: Solitude and Isolation
- ... must wear, makes her "...an outcast from social joy forever (Stoddard 8). However, this "[shame, despair, and solitude] made her strong and taught her much amiss" (Martin 21). Being on her own teaches Hester a great deal. unfortunately, "the price of her new intelligence...is isolation" (Ringe 91). Through this isolation from the community, Hester acquires an intellect which enables her to look at human institutions with a fresh point of ...
- 13284: Mercutio In Romeo And Juliet
- ... have made worms meat of me. I have it, And soundly, too. Your houses!" This statement proved to be true in the end with the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. Due to Romeo s great friendship with Mercutio he sought out Tybalt in vengeance for Mercutios death. Romeo described Mercutio as, "A gentleman, that loves to here himself talk and will speak more in a minute than he will stand ...
- 13285: Madness In King Lear
- ... singing aloud, crowned with rank fumiter and furrow-weeds, with hardocks, hemlock, nettles, cuckoo-flowers, darnel, and all the idle weeds that grow in our sustaining corn." [Act iv, iv, 1-6]. This gives a great description of King Lear's state of mind. Cordelia gives a description of King Lear dressed in flowers, and weeds, and she explains to the guards that he is singing aloud. All of these characteristics ...
- 13286: Macbeth 13
- ... Hamlet and Polonius Hamlet questions Polonius by asking him have you a daughter. (Act II, Sc.2, 182) In this discussion Hamlet shows antic behavior towards Polonius by mocking him when Hamlet would usually show great respect for him because of he age and heis high position in the court. This sudden question to Polonius has caused Polonius to believe that Hamlet has a form of love-sickness and that Polonius ...
- 13287: Things Fall Apart Things Fall
- World Civilization II Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe's first novel, tells the story of an Ibo village of the late 1800's. It also tells about one of its great men, Okonkwo, who has achieved much in his life. He is a champion wrestler, a husband to three wives, a title-holder among his people, and a member of the select egwugwu. In this novel ...
- 13288: Symbolism Use In: "Young Goodman Brown" and "The Lottery"
- ... to stress the theme of each story. Hawthorne uses names and objects to enhance the theme, and Jackson mainly utilizes names to stress the theme, although she does have one object as a symbol of great importance to the theme. The stories both contain symbols describing evil. The majority of Hawthorne's symbols describe religion (both good and evil), but Jackson's symbols reflect the evil nature within society as a ...
- 13289: Monsters Point Of View
- ... reader that the monster would go to any lengths for a shot at friendship, and he is willing to give up all of his revenge for it. Shelley is implying that the monster is in great misery because no one will accept him, and, although his creator won't except him, he would be contempt if some living thing will except him. Shelley's novel is significant in many aspects to ...
- 13290: Things Fall Apart- The Meaning
- ... Okonkwo completely rejected his father, and also his own feminine side. It was this deep-rooted antipathy toward anything considered weak or feminine that played a key role in his eventual downfall. He became a great wrestler and warrior in his tribe, and began providing for his family at a very young age, while at the same time starting new farms and beginning to amass wealth. He was very successful, soon ...
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