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Francis tried to resume his former practices and his old life, and briefly considered a military career, but the call to a religio...

things in daily life that he does. Despite this, he and his classmates have a lot in common: they all need to sleep, drink and e...

In sage debates...To save the state" (Homer Book I). The reader begins to see that Telemachus is not wise enough to be prepared fo...

stories they remember from men who are from an older generation. Barker (1993) highlights the psychological effects of this popul...

says, knows he is telling the truth about the murder, but because he is trying to justify it so strongly, and madly, we know he is...

practice losing farther, losing faster: places, and names, and where it was you meant to travel. None of these will bring disaste...

20). The lyricism and imagery in this opening section are romantic, seductive and certain to appeal to the ego of any woman. Howev...

author or both; the last suggested interpretation is that "Ulysses is an Ancient Mariner who has never learned his lesson" (Landow...

was time to allow Odysseus to return home. Should he be allowed to go back to Ithaka to be reunited with his wife Penelope and hi...

consider myself a failed woman and a failed poet, or to try to find some synthesis by which to understand what was happening to me...

levels. First of all, a virginal is an early form of the harpsichord that was a preferred instrument among young ladies during the...

present Beowulf as a young hero, who is called upon by his fathers old friend King Hrothgar of Geatland, to defend his subjects ag...

of four lines known as quatrains, and each stanza comprised of alternating iambs or an unstressed syllable immediately followed by...

is presumably himself, as an adult, looking back at the things his father did for him. These are things that the child clearly nev...

ceinture is a cloth belt), strikes a romantic note, but again, these are what the gowns do not look like. This may indicate the gl...

held public education of the period in great disdain, which is expressed in a poem dubbed "Saturday Afternoon:" "From all the jail...

resulted from the Spartan takeover of Athenian silver mines; therefore, the need for the minting of replacement, silver-plated bro...

forthright and courageous. Coupled with these admirable characteristics, Desdemona also harbors a significant moral sensitivity a...

a wondrous season. In this poem Keats also brings sounds into play in a very powerful manner that speaks to us of nature and of...

out with flowers and shod with dainty little slippers? (Aristophanes). As this indicates, women, at least the upper class women,...

a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by ththroat the circumcis?d do And smote him thus" (Act V. ii. 334 - 352)...

are similar to Emilys. The characters discussed are Carrie, from the film "Carrie," Norman Bates from the film "Psycho," Eleanor f...

particular woman but does not possess her. Another may clearly see that the woman he describes is his. Regardless, however, of whe...

be one of the social issues that Ross recognizes, but the ways in which corporations function in modern society are inherent to th...

He plots to have the Bohemian king poisoned, but Polixenes manages to flee Sicilia unharmed and return to the safety of his homela...

and Social Structure and Social Mobility. The second part deals mainly with the social structure of racketeering; the racketeer in...

possibility that Desdemona is cheating on him, and in domino fashion this suspicion turns to jealousy, hurt, anger, rage, and even...

an outsider, a theme which is emphasized in most critical analyses of the play, Othellos identity as the Moor in Venice was "not a...

and most of her poetry concerns her love and admiration and gratefulness to her husband. However, later in life she began writi...

to allow him to survive. Pojman draws a distinction between ethics (or morality), on the one hand, and etiquette, law, and religio...