Essays 1141 - 1170
demonstrations and anti-Vietnam War protests. Majoring in political science at St. Paul, Minnesotas Macalester College, writing a...
the foot of power!/Nothing care I for Zeus" (Aeschylus). In other words, Prometheus will not succumb to tyranny and a power that r...
little concern for the development, the past, of the relationships that play a very important part in the stories. One could well ...
1918, but there are no existent early drafts until the 1919 version, which was published at this time in a Cambridge edition of La...
legal husband was not even in the country. She will not reveal the childs fathers name, however, out of sincere love for the man w...
truly a place of bliss where nothing but a good and wonderful existence greeted Adam and Eve each and every day. However, there w...
To an admiring Bog! (846). The subject matter features a person who feels inwardly lonely who does not wish to advertise h...
main point of the journeys) can be summarized as follows: Huckleberry Finn and his friend Jim, an escaped slave, start down the Mi...
played on him. Stephen Crane was born in Newark, New Jersey on November 1, 1871, the 14th child (only eight survived) of a Method...
reader, who has the benefit of hindsight, to wonder why German Jews, such as the Oppermanns, did not react earlier to the Nazi thr...
Chandler was famous for his evocative descriptions of L.A.; the heat and light, the flowers, traffic, noise and above all the vivi...
regard to the acceptance of reality, issues of morality and, perhaps above all, the concept of divine judgment and human guilt. I...
gloried in the proud history of the plantation South that secured a place of honor for the aristocrat, and yet he abhorred the opp...
This sets the stage for a pessimistic story, despite any optimistic elements. This sense of pessimism is also one that is very u...
are proud. The main character, however, although she wants to own the house someday, is embarrassed by the house because she feels...
charities was remarkable. She was coming into her own, moving out of the extremely heavy shadow cast by the royal family (particu...
bound to engage. While mythological women were strong of mind and spirit, they were not allowed to express their inner most being...
to return to the cave because its familiar and comfortable? The answer to all these questions is "yes." (Allegory of the Cave, 2...
whale (55). Naturally, this represents the books climax, but how would Melville fill the huge writing gap between the introductio...
audience" (66). The reversal refers to a reversal in fortune, which Aristotle believed was classically represented in a fall from...
a background. Woolfs imagery concentrates on light and dark, and various colors. She mentions "dark autumn nights," a "yellow-und...
of "Desirees Baby," Teresa Gibert observed, "The number and the intensity of the surprises that provoke astonishment in the highly...
she had no particular interest in helping or educating others. For Lau, her diary represented the ultimately self-expression her ...
actually ever addressed. The author states, for example, towards the beginning of the article, how "No gesture of style so prono...
another persons mind and perception. We each live isolated lives with only language as a bridge to understanding the worldview and...
This is not to say that the influence of European authors was not discernible in the work of these authors. For example, Melvill...
dress of the other extras (all men) identifies them as working-class people. Theres a mug on the counter and the usual accessories...
stanza, which pictures the listener, the person offering lifes big questions, emotionally stranded. The narrative voice states, "I...
moved out of reach. His journeys across the surface of England are overwhelmed by the difficultly of achieving pastoral consolatio...
others homely? The title of the episode "Eye of the Beholder," suggests that beauty is, as the clich? goes, in the eye of the beho...