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- 13351: The Merchant Of Venice-portia
- ... The women share many similarities as well as many differences which seem to be inevitable because Portia seems to be put on a pedestal that very few can reach. Portia is one of Shakespeare's great heroines, whose beauty, lively intelligence, quick wit, and high moral seriousness have blossomed in a society of wealth and freedom. She is known throughout the world for her beauty and virtue, and she is able ...
- 13352: The Mountain And The Valley
- In the Prologue of The Mountain and The Valley, we are introduced to David Canaan and his family. The novel takes place in Nova Scotia in a small farming community. The writer spends a great deal of time talking abpout the nature surrounding the town. This gives the reader a very good mental picture of where the story is taking place. The writer describes in detail the way the area ...
- 13353: Lord Of The Flies -
- ... He was made an outcast by his undesirable physique and his superior intelligence. This isolation and wisdom also helped Piggy to retain his civilized behaviour. As well, he was made painfully more aware of the great amount of injustice in the world. From these three characters, it could be seen that under the same circumstances, different individuals can develop in different ways depending on the factors within themselves and how they ...
- 13354: Lord Of The Flies 5 -----
- ... releasing toxins into the atmosphere unknowingly. Ultimately the entire island is destroyed by another fire, this time on purpose. "[Ralph] heard a curious trickling sound and then a louder crepitation as if someone were unwrapping great sheets of cellophane . Smoke was seeping through the branches in white and yellow wisps, the patch of blue sky over head turned to the colour of a storm cloud, and then the smoke billowed round ...
- 13355: King Lears Plot Synopsis
- ... placed in the stocks. Lear learns who put Kent there and boldly demands Gloucester to fetch Regan so that he may have a word with her. Regan purposefully denies Lear an audience and after a great delay she arrives. The two get into an argument during which Regan lets Lear know she will not take him in unless he reduce the quantity of his knights. She also demands that he apologize ...
- 13356: The Odyssey 5
- ... until Renoir s death in 1919 he painted and sculpted , and even though he is not here or alive to create more art, in many people s he is still and always will be a great artist.
- 13357: The Once And Future King - Mig
- ... theme of might vs. right until the very end. In White s own words the fate of this man or that man was less than a drop, although, it was a sparkling one, in the great blue of the sunlit sea (677). Too late for Arthur, might conquered right. Although his heart believed in the ideals that would free men, the forces of nature won. The journey that White creates reminds ...
- 13358: King Lear (play)
- ... piece of the kingdom. She also did not want Lear to stay with her, but out of pity she did offer Lear a place to stay. But Lear refused, because he had to have a great big army with him to fill his ego, and cytologically Lear needed to still live like a king, even though physically he was no longer a king. From Regan, Lear learned that at times humbleness ...
- 13359: King Lear -
- ... between the honest Cordelia and the dishonest King Lear. Lines 281 307 The register used by each character differs to represent the type of person they are playing. For instance, King Lear, a person of great significance and Cordelia, a virtuous woman, speak in verse to reflect their importance, whereas Regan and Goneril, people with low morality, speak in prose to mirror their personalities. The contrast between the use of verse ...
- 13360: The Once And Future King 2
- ... significant transformation to Wart s kingship occurs when he becomes a badger because the badger teaches Wart valuable lessons about human behavior. Wart s transformation into a badger provides him with insight to become a great king. The badger teaches him certain characteristics about humans which help him to rule his kingdom. For example, he states, True warfare is what happens between bands of the same species (194). The animals in ...
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