.... Geats need someone to believe in and who would believe in someone with low self-esteem or someone who didn’t believe in themselves. The people need assurance and they found that assurance in . reassures his people that the Dragon will be dealt with and gives them courage to withstand this threat. “ I lived in my youth through hard war-moments--- now here I am ready battle weary king battered with winters for final glory-time if that grim hall burner will come to meet me from his mound of gold” (pg. 81). wants to reassure his people that he can once again s .....

.... important reason is that he has good news for Odysseus, relative to what has happened so far. On the other hand, in Oedipus the King, Tiresias skirts around telling Oedipus the truth. In fact, he initially refused to tell Oedipus anything at all, seen in such lines as “You’ll get nothing from me” and “I’ll never reveal my dreadful secrets.” The important thing is that when Oedipus got Tiresias angered, Tiresias bluntly stated that “[Oedipus is] the curse, the corruption of the land.” When Oedipus responds to this, .....

.... for one's own advantage ( Webster's Universal College Dictionary. New York. Gramercy. 1997). This is an element of human nature that is found in the interpretations of this story that I read. The miller, The king and Rumpelstiltskin all exploit the girl (Esmeralda) in different ways for personal gain. She too uses them, as well as others around her to gain what she wants. The miller, in both versions tells people that his daughter has a wonderful ability to make gold from straw so that he can become a rich man. "It happened one day that that he came .....

.... imaginable”. (Perrault, Sleeping 66) As well, after fairies had been summoned to serve her, each one gave her a gift: to be the most beautiful person in the world, have the wit of an angel, as well as wonderful grace in everything that she did. The author creates the portrait of a shallow character which has been blessed with cursory traits. It is important to note that the princess was not born with such characterisitcs, but the fairies, looking out for her best interest and serving her, use their supernatural powers so that she might possess these apparently es .....

.... to realize, however, that both the frame narrator and Marlow absent information as affected by their own background and white, European upbringing and also personal experiences. Hence negative views on women and (unconsciously) African natives and strong views on colonialism and to a lesser extent racism arise. Marlow quickly expresses his view on colonialism that "The conquest of the world which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it to .....

.... and Hach (public prosecutor). The minor sources are Katharina’s brother, Else Woltersheim, etc. The subterranean streams are the ‘leaks’ from the offices of the law e.g. police department. Of course this could also be criticizing contemporary Germany for allowing such things to occur. The sources “that can never come together” are the ones that can never be used in a court of law e.g. the phone conversations. The narrator or author uses this metaphor make the story flow and as a way a telling the reader why something has to .....

.... they held in highest regard. "Now, good Sir, our Massachusetts magistracy, bethinking themselves that this woman is youthful and fair, and doubtless was strongly tempted to her fall; - and that, moreover, as is most likely, her husband may be at the bottom of the sea; - they have not been bold to put in force the extremity of our righteous law against her. The penalty thereof is death. But, in their great mercy and tenderness of heart, they have doomed Mistress Prynne to stand only a space of three hours on the platform of the pillory, and then thereafter, fo .....

.... the early 1900's, Germany, Europe and France were highly imperialistic. There was one problem to there imperialistic minds. They all wanted a piece of the same land. That land was Morocco. All three of these countries wanted it, but only one of them could control it. This created conflict between these countries. Imperialism isn't always a good thing. As a result of this conflict, it led up to WW1. What Hitler did with Germany is a textbook example of Nationalism plus capitalism equals Imperialism. Hitler used propaganda to influence his people that they were .....