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isolated as a result. In many ways, it is the men...

see a subtle hint that Stanley, while something of a macho male, is one who is not ignorant about the ways of people. He sees thei...

tale is primarily told in a book titled "The Hobbit," wherein he has many adventures and comes into possession of the one ring of ...

These innate classifications can represent significant social power, as in the case of beauty, wealth and status, or they can symb...

of their relationships with him. They meet in...

(Anonymous Joseph Conrad 47.htm). In the beginning we Marlow as a very energetic and eager young man who wants adventure and excit...

The bleakness of the apartment also reflects the prospective bleakness of the survivors lives, since both have been left to cope w...

or knowledge which is essential to him if he is to complete his tasks and become a true hero....

self and applies a moral message to his way of being in the world. Others may not agree with this moral message, but a man of cha...

Tom rescues his daughter (Little Eva) from a drowning death. St. Clare is one who believes in paying his debts and, in fact, promi...

and finds that his father has not eaten much in the past three months. His father confesses that Dantes had left a debt when he l...

we meet the main characters, Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders, two boys with similar backgrounds who meet at a baseball game. Dan...

tries to conceal his guilt before hes forced to acknowledge it or go insane (fortunately for him, the love of a good woman "saves"...

who has always studied hard and done what is right in order to get ahead. He has gone to college and is a successful lawyer. In es...

and how they interpret life and art. In focusing on this subject we incorporate two essays which discuss aspects of art and life f...

this unusual technique sets up interesting prospects for the reader. The experience of Nurse Ratched, for example, gives one a sen...

In six pages this paper examines the ties to the South northern based characters have in The Bluest Eye, Jazz, and Beloved by Toni...

peers by acclamation rather than divine right. The thane is spoke of as a "giver of treasure in gladness" (Beowulf 46). In other w...

he will gild her horns as part of the sacrifice (Homer). Such sacrifices were meant as "gifts" to the gods, which were designed to...

men encounter comrades who were killed and left unburied, meaning that their spirits are doomed to wander. The first thing that st...

reacts to the presence of the men by eating two of them, Odysseus attacks and manages to blind Polyphemus by stabbing him in his e...

a thumbnail description of the rise of modern science beginning in the sixteenth century. This discussion offers insight into this...

Telemachus says: "But come, stay longer, keen as you are to sail, / so you can bathe and rest and lift your spirits, / then go bac...

story of Odysseus sets him up as a noble man, regardless of what someone may know about Greek codes of conduct. He was a noble man...

lay there / lifted up his muzzle, pricked his ears..." (17.317-318). We read that the dog is lying on a dung heap; hes full of tic...

home, as though they own everything. One would perhaps expect Penelope, or Telemachus (the man of the house so to speak), to ins...

sees the development of his character because this is the focus of the story and his journey. One reads as Odysseus moves through ...

not tell Polyphemus his name, rather indicating to the Cyclops that his name is "Nobody." When Polyphemus friends respond to his c...

the end of the Gita, Arjuna says "The delusion is gone...by your grace I have recovered my wits. Here I stand with no more doubts....

in the cave by night, it was she, not he, that would have it so" (Homer V). In this we get the impression that while Ulysses may h...