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To My Dear And Loving Husband
Words: 1752 - Pages: 7.... of Puritans, metaphors used by Bradstreet, and many lines in the poem. This remarkable poem can be interpreted solely on the surface
level, however a deeper understanding may be evident after careful analysis of the hidden meaning.
When Bradstreet's poem is interpreted only on the surface level, a very literal meaning of her love comes across. It is inferred that she was writing a sincere love poem to her husband. After reading the poem, the reader will have an initial impression that Bradstreet thinks that the love she shared with her husband was bigger than life itself. The general perception from the initial reading is that Bradstr .....
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THe Knights Of The Round Table
Words: 454 - Pages: 2.... rescued by a poor fisherman. In youth, he made his way to
Rome where he obtained his education. Having been knighted by Pope
Sulpicius, he returned to Britain and the court of the High-King, Arthur,
where he was re-united with his parents
Sir Galahad
Sir Galahad was called a Grail knight because he went in search for
the Holy Grail. His father was named Sir Lancelot and his mother was given
to the name Elaine. His family lived in a big castle called Camelot. They
ate what was grown by the gardeners. The food was usally vegetables and
herbs. They also kept pigs, cattle, chickens and bees. They kept all these
things inside the castle .....
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Inspiration By Homer
Words: 1123 - Pages: 5.... of the Lock"is a mock-epic which depicts vanity, pride, and the never ending battle between the sexes. Pope engages the classic formulas of an epic to depict a tale of a great injustice, the unforgivable theft of a single lock of hair.
"The Rape of the Lock" burlesques elements of the epic in a variety of manners. The first elements encountered by the reader are the dream and the presence of supernatural beings. " . . . but Zeus could not sleep. For he was pondering how he could destroy crowds of men on the battlefield and cover Achilles with glory," Homer writes, "It seemed to be the best plan to send a bad dream to King Agamemnon" (tran .....
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Tradgedy 2
Words: 1820 - Pages: 7.... is no tragedy in the expulsion of evil: the tragedy is that this involves the waste of good.” (Bradley)
The three characters are not evil people, at least not when they are initially introduced, but are caught in a whirlwind of self-promotion. This windstorm is one that is powered not by weather fronts, but the fronts put up by the tragic heroes to portray themselves as worthy. From this storm of deception, out comes the evil and villainous nature of the reasonably good title characters. This is because even if they were fooling the populace they still doubted their own worthiness, due to the fact they, Oedipus, Macb .....
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William Faulkner
Words: 2796 - Pages: 11.... conscientiously at reading, spelling, writing, and arithmetic. However, he especially enjoyed drawing. When Faulkner got promoted to the third grade, skipping the second grade, he was asked by his teacher what he wanted to be when he grew up. He replied, "I want to be a writer just like my great granddaddy"(Minter 18). Faulkner took interest in poetry around 1910, but no one in Oxford, Mississippi, could tell him hat to do with his poems. Faulkner, who was very talkative, would always entertain Estelle Oldham by telling her vividly imaginary stories. Eventually, Faulkner grew very fond of Estelle. She became the sole inspirer and recipie .....
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Dead Boy, By John Ransom
Words: 560 - Pages: 3.... or see the child but realize what kind of a tragedy this death was. Ransom makes a statement at the end of the first paragraph "Nor some of the world of outer dark, like me". This is a strong statement for the simple fact that this shows how much of the town, city, world is affected by one child's death.
This next paragraph is by far the harshest. The voices are that of the town's people who say this child was helpless. His death was felt as the only alternative to some. He was called "a black cloud full of storms too hot for keeping". Just as in Mother Nature the people felt that this child could not be controlled. The following .....
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Brave New World
Words: 573 - Pages: 3.... American Academy of Arts and Letters in the year 1959.
His most famous book, "", was published in 1932.
In the "brave new world" of 632 A. F. (After Ford), universal human happiness has been achieved. Control of reproduction, genetic engineering, conditioning--especially with repetitive messages during sleep--and a perfect pleasure drug called "Soma" are the cornerstones of the new society. Religion, thinking and loneliness have been abolished. Reproduction has been removed from the womb and placed on the con-veyor belt, where reproductive workers tinker with the embryos to produce various grades of human beings, ranging from the super- .....
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Abstractions In Power-Writing
Words: 1259 - Pages: 5.... to do or effect something or anything, or to act upon a person or
thing" (OED 2536). Throughout the ages according to the dictionary the
word power has connoted similar meanings. In 1470 the word power meant
to have strength and the ability to do something, "With all thair
strang *poweir" (OED 2536) Nearly three hundred years later in 1785
the word power carried the same meaning of control, strength, and
force, "power to produce an effect, supposes power not to produce it;
otherwise it is not power but necessity" (OED 2536). This definition
explains how the power government or social institutions rests in
thei .....
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Antigone
Words: 754 - Pages: 3.... She then asked Ismene, her sister, to assist her with the burial, but was denied of any help. She was disappointed at first, but later on decided that she will do this with or without Ismene’s help. Creon was warned about this and later found the culprit. He issued the death sentence for ’s action. Creon informed his son, Haemon, of his fiancee’s deceit. Haemon, however, defended his beloved. He told his father that the whole city was on her side, but were afraid to say anything. He was instead accused of “being a woman’s accomplice”, “fighting on her side, the woman’s side.” Creon continued to threaten him with wit .....
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An Analysis Of British Literature
Words: 2731 - Pages: 10.... Beowulf. Beowulf, the main character, had no fear of the evil monster
Grendel because he believed "Grendel and I are called/ Together," by fate. He
also displayed his faith in the beliefs of society when he told Hrogthgar "Fate
will unwind as it must." When Grendel died, the soldiers "had no semse of
sorrow, felt no regret for his sufferings," because they believed Grendel was
destined to die, and there was no way to defy destiny. They also did not pity
Grendel because they considered him to be entirely evil because it was his fate.
The Anglo-Saxon's strong belief in fate led to them not fearing death as much as
during other ti .....
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