Penelope's Dual Role as Wife and Mother Homer's Odyssey is a story of the homecoming of Odysseus after the Trojan War. Odysseus left his wife, Penelope, and their young son, Telemachos, almost twenty years before the telling of this story to fight in the Trojan War. His absence places Penelope in a rather precarious position. Faced with many different circumstances,...
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Many people may say the truth about the same story, and their truths can vary depending on the narrator's credibility or how much of the truth is being told.. “Everyone holds a piece of the truth.” (Mahatma Gandhi) There are always two sides to a story and a result of that is different truths. Truth is molded by your perception...
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October 30, 2019 People frequently prior put social stability at the first place, but the fatal effect is what would eventually cause the destruction worldwide.The development of science and technology has already brought human society into a highly streamlined super-fine division of labor society. Through the development of bioengineering technology, humans have abandoned natural fertility, and the offspring are reproduced...
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To begin, William Golding portrays Jack as being very evil in the novel in several ways. Jack is very rude and disrespectful to most of the boys on the island. Jack is described by Willam Golding as tall, thin, and bony, his hair is red, his face is crumpled and freckled, and is silly. He has light blue eyes, that...
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The poem “Beowulf” is an epic poem. One of the characters in the poem is named Grendel. Some people might think that Grendel is a monster, a wicked man, or a symbol of immortality. However, in my opinion, I think that Grendel really is a monster. Grendel is a descendant of Cain and is described as a grim demon who...
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“A Rose for Emily” shows the concept of isolation and separation. Emily Grierson's father was many of her problems. Emily Grierson lived her life with her father's expectations. Her father thinks that no man is good enough for his daughter. Therefore, he kicks anyone who comes closer to his daughter. 'We remembered all the young men her father had driven...
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The Crucible is a play written in pre-modern times, which is still relevant in the postmodern era. Arthur Miller wrote the play during the time of the Red Scare, in which multiple people were being convicted of communism without evidence or proof. The increase in the use of social media and the easy access to the news can start chaos...
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Catcher in the Rye focuses its story on young Holden Caulfield on his adventure through his school and New York City during the post-war era of the 1950s. Author J.D. Salinger illustrates Holden’s adventure using dominant literary techniques to help the reader interpret and understand the concept of ‘coming-of-age’ and youth culture in this Bildungsroman. Such literary techniques include J....
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Lord of the Flies is a historical yet fictional novel written by Nobel Prize award-winning author William Golding. It is a symbolic novel that was inspired by and influenced by Golding's experiences as an active member of the Royal Navy during World War 2. The replica film directed by Harry Hook conveyed similar themes and key conceptions. Lord of the...
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Homer’s The Odyssey is a book that’s based primarily in ancient Greece, which means that Greek culture is a prominent part of the storyline. Characters in the story can be seen portraying these cultural values such as Xenia and praying to the gods. This story transmits Greek culture’s values by having important characters carry out these actions which are cemented...
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In a world where humans are conditioned based off their social class, the futuristic society in Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley demonstrates the sacrifices one must take to insure stability. The mass-production of individuals and “hypnopaedic” are used to structure their ideal civilization, where they are taught what to believe, ensuring contentment throughout the society. With the conditioning they...
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Often times we overthink and criticize ourselves when it comes to making a decision to the point of having regret and sorrow. When we are up against a fork in the road distress kicks in, creating a heavyweight and burden that brings doubt and concerns if we made the right decision. What if the decision we regret is actually the...
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It is often a challenge for movie producers to create a movie exactly the same as a book; therefore, they try their best to make the story have the same meaning, to let the audience explore the same questions as a book, and to give the same experience of empathy. The movie adaptation of the book “To Kill a Mockingbird,”...
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Alice Walker’s Everyday Use, included in the In Love and Trouble short story collection, was published in 1973, a moment in history known as the ‘Black Power Movement’. This movement encouraged racial pride and equality. Everyday Use relates the struggles of African American women due to their racial identity, although the story is about the contrast between two sisters and...
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Nearly everyone experiences the loss of a loved one in their lifetime. And, this traumatizing experience can have adverse effects on adolescents, as seen through the life of Holden Caulfield. The Catcher in the Rye portrays the long-term consequences of such traumatizing events and living a life filled with the lingering effects of grief. Grief is a process with 5...
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The Author’s craft among the article “everyday use” uses transition and flashbacks as a result of throughout the story someone is either puzzling over the past or puzzling over the long run. Introduction In 'Everyday Use,' Alice Walker stresses the importance of the main character's heritage. She employs varied ways that during which to reveal many aspects of heritage that...
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Basically, Frost's writing is very much colloquial but at the same time very suggestive. And, The Road not Taken is not an exception for this but one of his finest works. First of all, it is a Lyrical poem and we find one of his personal experiences in the poem. In the poem, the poet has done the job very...
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The Odyssey is an ancient Greek epic poem of Homer. It is the continuation of the Iliad, the other Homeric epic poem. In the Odyssey, we can see the journey of the heroes and the literary representation of the ideal woman. It can be said that women in ancient times were not considered equals to men. In Homer's Odyssey, there...
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During Edgar Allan Poe’s time, most writings and books were about the bible or related to religion. However, Poe wrote twisted, grotesque short stories that had a recurring theme: a narrator with a mental illness. In his short story, “The Tell-Tale Heart”, the narrator has a mental illness, specifically schizophrenia. Looking at this story in a present-day court case point...
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Many people have been in a position where they don’t know if it's best for them to lie or not for the sake of someone they care about, due to the fear of what the consequences may be. Elizabeth Proctor had been in that position trying to do what's right to defend herself and her husband, but instead, it led...
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The audience for this poem could be identified as people of all ages, making decisions are a part of everyone’s lives. Due to trends being so easily followed in today's society, if a reader were to come across this poem the trend would be taking the road that is more traveled. The poem is very relatable to many people in...
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Macbeth is a play created by Shakespeare that emphasizes and brings out the true tones of humanity through greed, ambition, and wanting, however through the use of figurative language as well as the combination of dramatic techniques, Shakespeare is able to express the dire emotions of Lady Macbeth as she begins to fall into madness and despair as for she...
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The short story Everyday Use written by Alice Walker, is written in Mother's point of view. As the story starts, she reluctantly anticipates the arrival of her oldest little girl Dee. Mother remains close to her pulled back and physically scarred more youthful girl Maggie. As they anticipate Dee's arrival, the peruser is given insights regarding Mother's life and her...
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Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play written by the reigning poet of the sixteenth century by William Shakespeare. The play depicts a story of forbidden love from two opposing families, which ultimately results in catastrophe. Throughout the course of their romance, multiple forces influence the fates of these “star-crossed lovers”, contributing to their eventual deaths. Through violence, hatred, and...
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The question I chose for this essay was “Is Macbeth powerless in meeting his downfall or are there other circumstances and outside forces that contribute to his fate?”. The author or playwright of Macbeth's play was William Shakespeare and was one of the most well-known writers of all time. The play introduces us to Macbeth, who gets told about prophecies...
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The enigmatic dynamism of power will inevitably plague the human psyche distinguishing any form of human experience. Affected by his context, George Orwell mirrors Soviet Russia’s regime through his imposed panoptic society where deliberate class systems are imposed by the ruling authority to limit political rebellion and insist on societal control. The world of 1984, consists of three classes; the...
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The stories we tell and the stories we are told enable us to see ourselves and our surroundings through a new lens. Orwell utilizes storytelling in 1984, employing the thematic concerns of dehumanization, personal autonomy, and love to explore the dangers of conformity. Moreover, Orwell highlights the importance of resisting oppressive narratives in order to live our own human experiences...
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Introduction: The Interplay of Dreams and Guilt in "Crime and Punishment" What are the true meaning of dreams? Why do people experience them? An Austrian neurologist from the nineteenth and twentieth century, Sigmund Freud, is the father of the Theory of Dreams. In Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel, Freud’s Theory of Dreams is highlighted throughout the book by revealing the characters inner...
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In the prologue of “Romeo and Juliet”, we are already given a glimpse of the ending of the play and what is to come. It states: “A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life…” and the mention of the word ‘star-crossed’ implies that Romeo and Juliet’s fates are written in the stars and they cannot truly control their destinies. The...
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INTRODUCTION Background of the Study The psychoanalytic criticism is one of the points of view in literature which applies a few methods of therapy. According to Fakhruddin (2015:11), this theory can watch an abstract fills in as a mental exercise. He implies that the literary works have a similar capacity with brain research, which is can depict a human identity...
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