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The Ideals Of Knighthood In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight
<view this essay>.... that he is the least wise of all the knights. While asking the court for his claim, Gawain utters:
“Though you tempted thereto, to take in on yourself…
I am the weakest, well I know, and of wit feeblest;
And the loss of my life would be lest of any;”
Gawain’s willingness to accept definitely sets him apart from the other knights. Gawain cleverly chooses his most courteous words to release Arthur from the challenge. Gawain’s devotion and loyalty is clearly evident as he offers his life for the king.
The poet reveals that Gawain is not only loyal, but also courageous, and worthy to have his attributes put to the test. This is done in the description of .....
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Grapes Of Wrath
<view this essay>.... of them, their poverty and willingness to work.
The combines Steinbeck adoration of the land, his simple hatred of corruption resulting from materialism (money) and his abiding faith in the common people to overcome the hostile environment. The novel opens with a retaining picture of nature on rampage. The novel shows the men and women that are unbroken by nature. The theme is one of man verses a hostile environment. His body destroyed but his spirit is not broken. The method used to develop the theme of the novel is through the use of symbolism. There are several uses of symbols in the novel from the turtle at the beginning to the rain at the end .....
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Review Of A Time To Kill
<view this essay>.... the black and the white, of different races in our world.
The film is set in the town of Canton, Mississippi. The movie begins with the cruel rape and attempted murder of a ten-year old girl. Her attackers are quickly found but, just before they are brought to trial, the girl's father guns them down and is himself put on trial for murder and attempted murder of a one-deputy. A simple story of revenge - except that this is the South, the murdered men are white, and the girl and her father are black. Thus begins a tale that might have been an examination of vigilantism, and might have been a story about the possibility of equal justice under the law for.
Carl .....
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Negro Essay
<view this essay>.... of what it is
truly like to be a Negro in 1959. Once in the state of Mississippi,
Griffin witnesses extreme racial tension, that he does not fully
expect. It is on the bus ride into Mississippi that Griffin first
experiences true racial cruelty from a resident of Mississippi.
It was late dusk when the bus pulled into some little
town
outside of Hatteisburg for a stop. "We get about ten minutes here,"
Bill said "let's get off here and stretch our legs" The driver stood up
and announced "Ten minute rest stop,". The whites rose and ambled off.
Bill and I led the Negroes toward the door. As soon as he saw us, the
dr .....
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Iliad
<view this essay>.... hatred in battle, they also have numerous similar traits that logically lend themselves to a comparison between the two men. They both display behavior that could be described as heroism. The first way in which Achilles, who fights for the Greeks, and Hector, who fights for the Trojans, act differently is how they approach war and the inevitable violence and death that accompany it. Although Achilles knows that he is fated to be killed in battle, when his faithful and devoted friend Patroclus is mercilessly and dishonorably cut down in combat, he puts aside his pride and chooses to temporarily forget about his previous feuds with Agamemnon that have, up until .....
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The Caucasian Chalk Circle By Bertolt Brecht
<view this essay>.... versus class justice.
The title has links to other parables and stories before it. The Chalk Circle, a Chinese play involved a legal action where the false claimant was granted custody due a bribe to claim her dead husbands estate. This however was overturned by the emperor, the guarantor of the law, in a retrial as the emperor was the father. This particular story is a whisper to the result of Grusha's trial. The emperor is portrayed as the epitome of justice and gives a true verdict. The trial scene is also adapted from the parable of King Solomon. Solomon the paragon of justice and truth oversees the trial of two mothers, one child is dead the other ali .....
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The Outsiders By SE Hinton
<view this essay>.... the book too. The Outsiders is about a gang. They live in a city in Oklahoma. Ponyboy Curtis, a 14 year old greaser, tells the story. Other characters include Sodapop and Darry, Ponyboy's brothers, Johnny, Dallas, and Two- Bit, that were also gang members and Ponyboy's friends. This story deals with two forms of social classes: the socs, the rich kids, and the greasers, the poor kids. The socs go around looking for trouble and greasers to beat up, and then the greasers are blamed for it, because they are poor and cannot affect the authorities. I hope you would enjoy and learn something about the book from reading this analysis. Plot Development The plot deve .....
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Humiliation For Humbleness?
<view this essay>.... This was a way of correction and punishment during our Puritan age.
"… was sentenced to be 'whipt, & branded with a hott iron on one of his cheekes.' … convicted of blasphemy … was ordered "to stand in pillory, have his head and hand put in & have his toung drawne forth out of his mouth, & peirct through with a hott iron.' … pleaded guilty to adultery … ordered 'fifteen stripes Severally to be laid upon her naked back at the Common Whipping post."
These were several examples Jacoby provided. Currently, we as a society, read about these situations and we are appalled. Even if he or she is guilty, the citizens of this country cannot stand for this k .....
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