.... her,” we see that Edna thinks independently of outside interference. When she “was beginning to realize her position in the universe as a human being, and to recognize her relations as an individual to the world within and about her” she does just that—she realizes the world within her, not without her. That is to say, she does this entire “awakening” on her own. She does not directly receive any outside influence. Edna Pontellier, as a whole, is a woman completely different from any other in the novel. She stands alone a .....

.... and historical 'reality'. Charles Moorman writes that "the world in which Roland lives and fights is ... a very simple world, rigidly, and comfortingly, described by the laws of the Church and Emperor". Although elements of 'the miraculous' appear in the epic, they result in no more than a heightening or aggrandizement of reality. The epic heroes of Beowulf … [and] of Roland go down to defeat and in some sense are responsible for their defeat ....However, we know that even in defeat partially of their own doing. they are heroes nevertheless—men abov .....

.... band of Geats left him in his final battle with the dragon, Wiglaf was the only one that choose to stay and help his great King. In contrast, the characters of Grendel, Grendel¹s mother, and the dragon, represent evil throughout the poem. Grendel is the main representation of evil in the epic poem. He is a man-eating monster who haunted the halls of Herot for twelve years. Grendel¹s mother attacks Herot out of grief for her son. Beowulf was called upon again to free Herot from the evilness of Grendel¹s mother. The dragon was up roared by a common thie .....

.... A utilitarian would argue that Raskolnikov has not reached an acceptable solution because he has not accurately solved the problem. On the other hand, a non-utilitarian would reject even the notion of deliberating about the act of murder in such a mathematical manner. He might contend that Raskolnikov's reasoning, and the entire theory of utilitarianism, cannot be used to judge morality because it rejects individual rights and contains no moral absolutes. A utilitarian bases his belief upon two principles: the theory of right actions and the theory of valu .....

.... and also an inner gloom, “evident in the somber tone of Beowulf,” (from the text). Recently, philosophy has broken away from the more religious idea of destiny and moved toward a more logical aproach to life. Obviously, death is still inevitable, but logically, the future should be altered with each decision. Man has become too egocentric to believe someone, besides himself, can control his life. Loyalty, unlike fate, is still respected as it was in Beowulf’s time, but can get overlooked in modern society. The idea to honor those close was the most Christian .....

.... lose my daughter to him: Be you and I behind an arras then; Mark the encounter: if he love her not And be not form his reason fall’n thereon, Let me be no assistant for a state, But keep a farm and carters And in Act II, scene 1, Ophelia tells Polonius how Hamlet has scared her, making Polonius believe that Hamlet has gone insane. Thus the death of Ophelia is a tragedy because she did nothing deserving of her horrible death, besides allowing herself to be used by others. One of the most important elements of tragedy, according to Gage Canadian Dictio .....

.... down river on the raft. Huck while off on a little excursion in his canoe runs into two men running away from some angry villagers and their dogs. When they plead and beg for Huck to save him and he finally accepts they are very gracious. When they arrive on the raft and notice that Jim is a black slave they inquire about him. They ask Huck if he's a runaway slave and they seem interested in selling him for a good price. Huck being the great thinker he is argues, "why would a slave be going south?". That really stumps the two men and they leave it at that. .....

.... these three parts cohere, and many have faulted Tolstoy for including the lengthy essays, but readers continue to respond to them with undiminished enthusiasm. The work's historical portions narrate the campaign of 1805 leading to Napoleon's victory at the Battle of Austerlitz, a period of peace, and Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812. Contrary to generally accepted views, Tolstoy portrays Napoleon as an ineffective, egomaniacal buffoon who believes human beings are meager pons whose purpose is either to live or die on his behalf. As vividly displayed in chapter six when forty horses and men drowned cr .....