.... that the gods made the human race from a hybrid of themselves and the primitive man. The primitive man could be compared to Enkidu before he was tamed; "Enkidu ate grass in the hills with the gazelle and lurked with the wild beasts at the water hole…" Gilgamesh was derived from a relationship between a god and a mortal human. It is said that he was two-thirds god and one-third human. Unfortunately, the human portion kept him from enjoying the long life of the gods. It was Gilgamesh's mortality that tormented him and sent him on a quest to find the eternal life he felt he deserved. To accomplish this task, Gilgamesh set out on a venture to find the .....

.... times in the story where Nick is happy and at peace with himself is when he is by the river, “Nick walked back up the ties to where his pack lay in the cinders beside the rail-way track. He was happy.” (134) Nick comes to terms with things while he is in nature and is able to think. He contemplates the separation of he and his friend Hopkins and after thinking it through, feels settled about it. “It made a good ending to the story.” (142) In fact, Nick doesn’t necessarily have to analyze his problems for his life to suddenly simplify, just being in nature and by the River calms him down. “From the time he had down off the .....

.... home, beginning a lasting, if not frustrating, friendship. This complex relationship introduced Thoreau to the literary world, as well as to the art of lecturing, as performed by Emerson. One such lecture, delivered by Emerson in 1837 to a Harvard audience, spoke about the past, present, and future of “The American Scholar.” Twenty-five years later, in 1862, shortly after his death, a monthly periodical published an article constructed from Thoreau’s journals, entitled simply “Walking.” Though very different in general subject matter, both pieces contain very similar philosophies, applicable to many areas of life a .....

.... being, yet he is also the lonely victim of a judgmental world. Grendel is a descendent of Cain and is forced to live with the inherited curse of being denied God’s presence. Cain’s lineage has been known to spawn monsters, trolls, giants, and other undesirable beings, all of which were rejected from society. Beowulf and Grendel both speak of Grendel’s ancestor Cain, almost as if using it as an excuse for his rash and murderous actions. Beowulf told of a Grendel that mercilessly attacked Hrothgar’s meadhall killing men without reason. Grendel also speaks of this evil monster, but in a more sympathetic and excusable manner. Grendel is .....

.... and Norma Jean couldn't keep their relationship going for two reasons. First, due to Leroy's unfortunate accident, he has much more time on his hands and has noticed the many changes that have been going on in his life, and is unwilling to accept them. Now that Leroy has been sitting home and wasting his life away, he has started to take time and ponders his past. He remembers the good times and still wants his life to reflect those same good times. He especially remembers his late son Randy, who died because of premature birth defects. He can't accept the fact that his life has changed and he must move on. On the contrary, Norma Jean has taken up new h .....

.... to attack the King, he would be seen to be attacking and rebelling against God. This is seen in Act One, Scene Two, when the Thane of Cawdor rebels against King Duncan, where the Sergeant says – "Ship wracking storms and direful thunders break" (L.26). This thunderous weather symbolizes God’s anger at his representative of Scotland being attacked. The darkness during the play (all but two of the scenes are set in darkness) shows how the night is strangling the earth, representing the anger of God at the events in Scotland. The "Dark night strangles" (Act Two, Scene Four, Line Seven) the earth, showing God’s, overall grip on the world. The Ki .....

.... through the birds, through sleep, and through images of the moon. Edna Pontellier, the main character of the novel, struggles all summer at Grand Isle to learn to swim. She has been assisted by many people but was always too afraid to swim on her own. One Saturday night, after attending an evening in the hall, Edna swims out for the first time by herself into the inviting ocean. Realizing how easy it is and due to her "excited fancy," (Chopin, 30) she accidentally swims out very far. At that moment, "a quick vision of death smote her soul, and for a second of time appalled and enfeebled her senses." (Chopin, 30) For the first time she comes face to fac .....

.... Holden reacts to this question by saying, "Boy, she was depressing me"(Salinger 169). The only three things he can name that he liked were Allie, James Castle, and sitting there chewing the fat with Phoebe. The reason this is a time when Holden falls is because he gets really depressed when he can barely think of anything he liked. The reason I think Holden gets so depressed is because two of the people he names are dead. That's why he is so lonely all the time. Holden finds things in common with Allie and James Castle and since they're both dead he feels, in the back of his mind, that he should also be dead which makes him depressed. Another example of a fall .....