.... women, most notably Athene, do not stay at home or at least remain idle. Athene is the heroine in the story and the main woman that will be looked at, for it is she who protects Odysseus from harm. Homer writes: Pallas Athene, daughter of Zeus, who always stands Beside you and guards you in all sorts of troubles (page 181, lines 300-301). Up until World War II, women stood by the side and watched men go off to war and then waited hopefully for their return. But in the Odyssey, it is a woman who saves the day several times. The story starts with Athene interrupting the chief god, Zeus, and reminding him of Odysseus' troubles on Earth. She convinces them to b .....

.... to the text. In addition to establishing the genres, it is important to explain why and how these genres fit into Victorian culture. The term melodrama has come to be applied to any play with romantic plot in which an author manipulates events to act on the emotions of the audience without regard for character development or logic (Microsoft Encarta). In order to classify as a Victorian melodrama, several key techniques must be used, including proximity and familiarity to the audience, deceit rather than vindictive malice, lack of character development and especially the role of social status. The sensational novel is usually a tale of our own times. Proximity .....

.... This is the first of Ethan’s character flaw I have observed, he cannot take care of himself. A second flaw of Ethan’s that I have observed is that he is adulterous. This is demonstrated when he cheated on Zena with her cousin while Zena was away at the doctors. This is when all the trouble began. Zena found out about it and tried to push Mattie out of the house. Another flaw that Ethan shows in immaturity. This is demonstrated when he is trying to convince Mattie to run away with him to Florida. He tries to run away from his problems instead of facing them. A fourth flaw is reveled when Ethan and Mattie are sledding down the hill. Mattie .....

.... different from today’s hours. Many states sit divided in what humans then call the 20th century. Famine and war plague the earth, technology has become the ultimate power of the people, materialistic possessions carry the people, and the citizens of this new world have lost all heart. I am hesitant to describe the technological advances that take place in the future. The changes would shock you and cause you to disbelieve my experiences, so I choose to keep that to myself until a later date and describe to you the changes in government and morality. Citizens of the future have selfishly sacrificed themselves to the clasped fists of riches and wealth. .....

.... did not love him back and when Adam went into the army he did not come back home until his father’s death. Later on in the story Adam really loved his wife, Cathy, but she didn’t love him back and so when she tried to leave him and he would not let her, she shot him. Even though Adam survived he was demoralized for most of his life because he still loved her. Through Adam’s experiences of love in the novel, John Steinbeck shows that Adam Trask has an inability to handle love. When he first appears in the novel, Adam Trask is a young man who is not loved by his brother or mother but only by his father. Cyrus had punished Adam before and had tried to teach him .....

.... collected things for different reasons. Buddy collected things for survival and because you never know when you might need it. Cletus collected things because he felt everything had a story in it. He mostly collected pictures and pamphlets. Cletus and Calvin (from Monkey Island) are both a little "strange" but they both mean well. Cletus collects stories and Calvin writes them. Ob from Missing May and Clay's mother from Monkey Island both seemed lost. They were both caught in a world of disillusion and denial. Ob couldn't believe that May was gone and Clay's mother had a baby coming and was terribly confused. In the end, they both seemed to find peace. I pref .....

.... many emotions from the reader. His adventures are generic but his actions and reactions are original. Aeneus takes us from his burning home to the underworld to the shores of Italy demonstrating unanticipated passions and feelings. During this journey of endurance, Aeneus actions and surrounding actions in rage the reader, while also withdrawing pity and the satisfaction of justice. A reader can start to sense feelings of hatred towards a character, but lack of such emotion would be robbing Aeneus of his satisfaction. When Aeneus retells the loss of his wife, Creusa, he says, "She alone failed her friends, her child, her husband." (A, II, 963-64). Aeneus .....

.... everyone laugh, with her witty remarks. She’s a very intelligent person, and she knows it. So does everyone else for that matter. Beatrice always says, throughout almost the entire play that she could never get married, because she would never be able to find a man that could make her happy, in fact she is almost sure that the perfect man for her doesn’t exist. She doesn’t need a man in her life, and she’s perfectly happy being without a husband. Now don’t get me wrong, she isn’t a mean person, she’s just really independent. Well that was until Benedick, a very handsome military man with an attitude equal to Be .....