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"Dover Beach" By Arnold: Irony, Images, And Illusions
<view this essay>.... she is going to this romantic place to be wooed by
this man. Instead he turns to her and talks to her about Sophocles. She, not
understanding what exactly is going on, later realizes that he was getting to
the point of having each other and always being there for one another.
The poet uses visual and auditory images to mainly help the romantic,
fantasy-like place. “The sea is calm, the tide is full” and “Of pebbles which
the waves draw back, and fling,” is an example of images that appeal to the
visual sense. While “ Where the sea meets the moon-blanched land” and “With
tremulous cadence slow, and bring...” uses an auditory sense. “Come to the
window, .....
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An Examination Of Similes In The Iliad - And How Homer's Use Of Them Affected The Story
<view this essay>.... it is clear that the populace of his time were
highly emotional creatures, and higher brain activity seems to be in short, and
in Odysseus' case, valuable, order.
It is also wise to remember that history is written by the winners. In the
Iliad, there seems to be relatively little storyline from the Trojan's side. We
are regaled with story upon story of the Greeks, their heroes, and their
exploits, while the Trojan's are conspicuously quiet, sans Hector of course. It
could almost be assumed that throughout time most of the knowledge of the battle
from the Trojan side had been lost.
Considering the ability to affect feelings with similes, and th .....
Number of words: 1887 | Number of pages: 7 |
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Poem: The Fate Of Hamlet
<view this essay>.... father’s death,
Hamlet vowed to take Claudius’s last breath.
In the turmoil of all this.
His true affection for Ophelia found no bliss.
He could never share his thoughts,
Revenge made him overwrought.
All this pain caused him to plot,
He made the plan to end his lot.
But this scheme avenging death,
Took also Hamlet’s last breath.
Hamlet should have taken heed,
And become king indeed.
He never had a chance in Shakespheare’s plan,
A tragic hero, just another great dead man. .....
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Anne Bradstreet’s Expression Of Anger
<view this essay>.... her
thoughts and feelings on the events of her life. Anne Bradstreet’s poem
An Author to Her Book explains Bradstreet’s anger towards her brother-in-
law for publishingher personal poetry without her permission. In this poem
Bradstreet uses a combination of a metaphore, a paradox, and other literary
devices to express her anger.
Bradstreet expresses her anger mostly through the extended
metaphore which flows throughout the poem. This extended metaphore
compares Bradstreet’s poetry to an ill-formed child. “Thou ill-formed
offspring of my feeble brain,/ Who after birth didst by my side remain,/
Till snatched from thence by friends, less wise than true,/ Who .....
Number of words: 288 | Number of pages: 2 |
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Nature To Love Ones In Shakespeare's "My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun" And "Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?"
<view this essay>.... to humankind. In the poem "My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun"
the reader can assume that the writer thinks that the sun is more beautiful and
is better than his mistress' eyes. The sun is a symbol of happiness and the joy
of life. When the writer sees the sun's rays it gives him joy. By saying that
his mistress' eyes do not look like the sun it means that when he looks at her
eyes she does not reflect happiness or joy. Her eyes do not shine like the sun.
The nature appears more powerful than humankind.
In the title of the poem "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?",
Shakespeare is debating whether or not his love one is worth being compare .....
Number of words: 1135 | Number of pages: 5 |
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Sir Gawain And The Green Knight
<view this essay>.... questions concerning why the author would choose
to work within such guidelines and what the significance is of breaching
those guidelines. By employing the chivalric convention in romantic
literature and then going beyond it to reveal other ways of thinking, the
writer challenges the very notion of chivalric conventions of the
surrounding social climate. He demonstrates throughout the work a need for
balance. As symbolied by the pentangle worn by Sir Gawain, representing
the balanced points of chivalric virture, each being codependent of the
other in order to remain a whole, the narrative could be considered as a
What accompanies an appreciation for the .....
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"The Ruined Maid” By Thomas Hardy
<view this essay>.... Hardy continues with description of what is happening in the present stage of the lady, and then the poor lady gets a chance to defend herself and explain that the situation has another perspective, which is a negative one; “We never do work when we’re ruined” (16).
The narrator life is not wealthy, it can be understood by “you left us in tatters” and so she looks up with jealousy to her friend who has managed to change and to become a part of a higher society “high compa-ny” (11). Far more, there is a reference to not-knowing melancholy, and yet she defends that with “one’s pretty lively when ruined” (20), which contradicts with the melancholy tone of the .....
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Beowulf: First Literary Superhero
<view this essay>.... 81,82).
Despite the probability of Beowulf's death against Grendel, he
still insists on attacking him and defeating him. Beowulf kills Grendel in
an unusual way. Rather than attacking him with a sword like every other
Geat, he grabs onto Grendel's arm and squeezes until the torture is
unbearable. Grendel loses his strength, his body parts, and his blood in
this violent scene. He later bleeds to death. “Saw that his strength was
deserting him, his claws Bound fast, Higlac's brave follower tearing at his
hands.”(line 464-466)
Beowulf's unusual and courageous method of killing Grendel
demonstrates his bravery and physical strength. Before, Unferth had taunt .....
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