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Beowulf
Number of words: 1010 - Number of pages: 4

.... to be right, moral, and just. In the time of the Anglo-Saxons� reign of England it was noble and expected for a person of high honor to be more than loyal to his king. In fact, it was considered noble to be loyal to anything that was significant to humanity. In , is loyal to Higlac. "Higlac is my cousin and my king�(142)" says in his preparation to do battle with the threatening monster, Grendel. Loyalty to the Anglo-Saxons was heroic; however, the tale of has lived on so many years for a greater reason than being a loyal individual. Heroes t .....


Canterbury Tales - Courtly Love In Chaucer
Number of words: 1784 - Number of pages: 7

.... "hir love" (250) and Arveragus distinguishes between "his lady" and "his wyf" (125). Immediately, Chaucer signals the practice of chivalric courtship as the knight who is of noted "heigh kinrede" (63) ceremoniously completes the "many a labor" (60) of a courtly lover. The description of the duties that must be undertaken by a classic courtly lover seeking a wife for social fulfillment corruptss the image of courtship being motivated by the existence of true love. The emphasis on the inconvenience with which Arveragus, "dide his payne" (57) suggests he performs .....


The Mayor Of Casterbridge By T
Number of words: 638 - Number of pages: 3

.... Newson exhibits his worthy personality which gives Newson a prosperous life as the recognized father of Elizabeth-Jane. Appropriately, honesty provides for a life of pleasure. Allowing him to live a successful life, Newson admits his plan of letting everyone think that he was lost at sea. After Farfrae�s dismissal, Farfrae remains loyal to Henchard in that he promises not to detract from Henchard�s business which is inevitable; however, because of Farfrae�s sincerity, Farfrae leads a successful life. Most significantly, man�s intellect results in an enjoyable .....


The Romanticism Movement
Number of words: 219 - Number of pages: 1

.... and forms of classicism, and rebellion against established social rules and conventions. Romantic writers usually involve one or more of 7 different ideas associated with Romanticism in their writings. These ideas are: a profound love of nature; focus on the self and the individual; stress on emotion and not reason; fascination with the supernatural, mysterious and gothic; yearning for the picturesque, the exotic, and the misty past; deep-rooted idealism; passionate nationalism, or love of country. The stories and poems of Poe, Irving, Cooper, and Bryant involve these characteristics. In "The .....


The Merchant Of Venice
Number of words: 2420 - Number of pages: 9

.... “Master young man, you, I pray you, which is the way to Master Jew’s?” (Pg. 21, lines 29-30) for he was looking for his son, Launcelot. Surprisingly Old Gobbo did not know that he was speaking to his son. Old Gobbo is nearly blind, which is the physical part of the blindness, which was one of the reasons why he unable to recognize Launcelot’s features. He is also mentally blind because a father should recognize his own son’s voice. Launcelot briefly jokes with his father before confessing “[he is] Launcelot – [his] bo .....


Bradbury's "August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains" And Poe's "Masque Of The Red Death": Elements And Techniques To Create And Convey The Theme
Number of words: 429 - Number of pages: 2

.... the fire broke out in the house the man made machines tried to put out the fire but they failed. The house was burned even the machines. When the bomb goes off the people of the town are doing normal activities because they don't know the bomb even went off. The people die from the bomb and all but one house is left standing. Ray Bradbury uses the conflict man v.s. nature to convey his theme that technology will outlive humans. In The "Masque of the Red Death", Edgar Allen Poe conveys his theme through the setting. The seven rooms of Prince Prospero's castle s .....


Is Human Nature Simply The Enjoyment Of Sin?
Number of words: 1735 - Number of pages: 7

.... will always be compelled to sin (breaking laws, harming others, etc.) because of the feeling that something can be gained out of it. Thucydides embellishes this concept even more, stating "�men were often killed on grounds of personal hatred or else by their debtors because of the money that they owed" (241). This is a direct example of personal wants and greed leading to massive sin. It is exactly this selfish concept which lays the foundation for defining human nature according to Thucydides. Augustine, much the same, uses his own personal experiences to sh .....


The Brothers K
Number of words: 557 - Number of pages: 3

.... bad thing is, the real humdinger, see, is that I tried for CO status, being a Christian and all. And weird things happened. And�well�I didn�t get it." Page 358 The dramatic realization of the fact that the war will affect a member of the Chance family is apparent in this quote. The amount of sorrow and emotions felt by the Chance family, and for that matter, all families who had children, brothers, husbands, or fathers, drafted into what many felt was a needless war. The novel brings to life what heartache many Americans had to face during the Vietnam era, .....



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