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- 9681: Grunge Literature
- ... literature"? And why do so many authors of books which fall into this genre object so strenuously to the label? Grunge is the literature and fiction of young people living in inner cities around the world, it is not a new genre as publishers would have us believe, but traces its roots back through the history of the novel. There is one common thread which runs throughout all grunge novels, and ... integrity. It's a neatly woven stream-of-consciousness daydream. Ettler speaks of it as a more optimistic book. Marilyn's not obsessed entirely with herself, she has time to look around at the external world and react. The shared theme is an obsession with a man. That's why Marilyn goes to America. It's not hard, she knows she'll meet him. She trusts Fate, but she gets distracted ...
- 9682: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table: An Epic Hero for Modern Times
- ... young man who turns down Arthur's offer of knighthood because he's just not "that type." Mordred turns the knights against each other which destroys the Round Table and brings King Arthur's entire world crashing down around his ears. The mood and tone of Camelot and Morte d' Arthur are very different in most parts. The majority of Camelot is cheerful, bright, and hopeful as Arthur creates a new ... may have never been destroyed. The excerpt of Morte d' Arthur is a more mysterious, magical, and perhaps realistic view of the Medieval period than Camelot. However, both works provide a glimpse back into the world of one of the favorite "epic heroes" of modern times.
- 9683: The Golden Age Of Greece
- ... is represented as the god of justice and mercy, the protector of the weak, and the punisher of the wicked. As husband to his sister Hera, he is the father of Ares, the god of war; Hebe, the goddess of youth; Hephaestus, the god of fire; and Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth. At the same time, Zeus is described as falling in love with one woman after another and resorting to ... common to the details of sculpture of this period. The Blinding of Polyphemus. Polyphemus, a Cyclops, the son of Poseidon, god of the sea, and of the nymph Thoösa. During his wanderings after the Trojan War, the Greek hero Odysseus and his men were cast ashore on Polyphemus's island home, Sicily. The enormous giant penned the Greeks in his cave and began to devour them. Odysseus then gave Polyphemus some ...
- 9684: Taekwondo
- ... people who answer do not know the correct answers or the complete answer. Although many people do not know much about Taekwondo, there are hundreds of thousands of people worldwide getting involved. Taekwondo is the world s fastest growing martial art, with currently over fifty million practitioners and growing everyday. The majority of the practitioners who get involved do so to learn self-defense. Not only do the practitioners learn self ... officials of organizations worldwide. Many athletic competitions are starting to or already have included Taekwondo as an official event. Such competitions/games are the Olympic Games, Pan-American Games, Goodwill Games, Asian Games, and the World Military Games. Although people join Taekwondo to learn self-defense, they are also getting themselves involved in a international sport. Finally, the benefits that person receives from learning Taekwondo will stay with that person for ...
- 9685: Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Grim P
- ... into a protest against a quasi-utopian society and a totalitarian government. The book appears to be a satire at the start, similar to books such as “Gulliver’s Travels”, or Huxley’s “Brave New World”, but all too quickly the reader will “discover, quite unpleasantly, that it is not a satire at all.” Nineteen Eighty-four is not simply a criticism of what Orwell saw happening in his national government ... consequences of the contemporoary political paths we are following, or were at the time the book was written. The bombs in Nineteen Eighty-Four symbolize Orwell’s pent up rage about everything in the political world from the disasterous state of unemployment of the 1930’s, to the ignorance of the leftist intelligensia, stupidly justifing Stalinism. Some literary critics have attributed the book’s extreme grimness to Orwell’s declining Health ...
- 9686: Macbeth: Themes
- ... fear..................... (Act 3:Scene 1:Ln.52) Macbeth next hired two murderers to murder Bunquo, and convinced them to commit the crime saying that it was he who had prevented them from rising in this world. He attacked their courage and used his wife's philosophy to regain their confidence assuring them that everything will go fine. I will advice you were to plant yourselves, Acquaint you with the perfect spy ... when they become aware of it.It was and is always not easy to see a great man turn from good to evil. We admire Macbeth's courage, as he, with his wife dead and world collapsing, resolved to fight to the end and "die with harness on his back." Not all men are as heroic, after all !
- 9687: Forest People
- ... mother, provider of all that is good and bad. Influenced by long term customs and beliefs, they would always return to the forest after an extended amount of time in close relation to the outside world. At one point, when Turnbull returned for the second visit, he noticed some significant changes within the village. It was noted that some pygmies were physically working for the negroe villagers and adhering to their ... have many little quirks within their own sociocultural system. These have developed over time and have been reinforced through occurrence. The BaMbuti, children of the forest, hopefully maintain a boundary between them and the "outside" world. Their lifestyle is unique and one of great wonder for many people and should be appreciated for the time to come.
- 9688: American Dream
- ... it. The “American Dream” is different to all people but always involves one common factor, the almighty “buck.” Current times call for new techniques in gaining the “American Dream.” The possibilities are endless through the World Wide Web, and the booming economy make it possible for anyone to make a “well to-do” living. Henry B. Plant is featured in the article “Florida’s hidden treasures: Museums, cultural parks” written by ... millionaire before the age of thirty. He spends his money as he pleases; he recently bought an $8 million dollar apartment and a $7 million dollar mansion. With the ability to buy anything in the world what else is there to do to make yourself happy? You give the money away. Ewing has started several nonprofit organizations and is working on a “philanthropic master plan.” Ewing is not the only young ...
- 9689: Analysis of “The Road Not Taken” By Robert Frost
- ... know what might have happened if… In the first stanza of the poem the speaker must choose between two paths that diverge into a yellow dark wood. “In Frost’s poems, woods often symbolize the world in which we live. The dark woods represent the privacy of the self, the sacred domain where poetry is made.” (Contemporary Literary Criticism) The first of the two paths is the more common route compared ... that the speaker took the road “less traveled” over the more popular route shows what type of person he is. The one who chooses this path is more inclined to make a difference in the world. They are more daring, adventurous, and proud, and they don’t need to follow the crowd. This person knows what they want in life, and they know that following the crowd will get them no ...
- 9690: The Awakening 4
- ... wife as full devotion and self-sacrifice for your husband. Edna never adhered to societies definitions. For example, the other ladies at Grand Isle "all declared that Mr.'Pontellier was the best husband in the world" (689). And "Mrs. Pontellier was forced to admit she knew of none better"(689). By using words like "forced" and "admit", Edna has to acknowledge her true feelings towards Leonce. Edna's leaving Leonce's ... perceive herself as an individual human being. She possesses no sense of herself beyond her role as wife and mother. Adele exists only in relation to her family, not in relation to herself or the world. Edna desires individuality, and the identity of a mother-woman does not provide that. In contrast to Adele Ratignolle, Mademoiselle Reisz offers Edna an alternative to the role of being yet another mother-woman. Mademoislle ...
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