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Rape Of The Lock Gods And Goddesses
1,797 wordsAs the name indicates, the Mock-Epic is a literary form that burlesques the classical epics by using characteristics of the epic -- the invocation of a deity, a formal statement of theme, the division of the work into books and cantos, grandiose speeches, battles and supernatural machinery- to reveal the ridiculousness of a certain subject. The main effect of employing techniques of an epic is, however, not so much to have fun with the epic, but to deflate a subject or characters that by contras...
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Conductors As Egotistical Comparing Conducting To Politics Stravinsky
742 wordsIn the passage about conducting, Igor Stravinsky expresses his total disrespect for conductors and their personalities. He exposes this irreverent attitude by his comparisons of conducting to such deceiving professions as politics and acting. Continuing his attack on conductors, he also presents the actual flaws in their character and outlook. Relentless in his criticism, Stravinsky uses his images throughout the passage to reveal his own disrespectful and scornful attitude toward the art of con...
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Epic Hero Taking Advantage
1,096 wordsIn the Odyssey, Odysseus was portrayed as an epic hero determined to get back to his homeland, Ithaca. Through out his journeys his crew and him were presented with many challenges and disasters that delayed his return home. While he was gone suitors were coming to his home everyday to try to win over Penelope and become the king of Ithaca. The suitors took advantage of everything they could while Odysseus was gone. Everyday the suitors returned to his home and dined and feasted at Odysseus expe...
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Gentle Yet Firm Reveal Her True Age Latour
584 wordsIn Willa Cathers Death Comes for the Archbishop, the contrasting personalities of Father Jean Marie Latour and Father Joseph complement each other and enable the men to accomplish certain tasks. Differences in the characters personalities thereby drive the events of the novel. Latour is described as a man of gentle birth brave, sensitive, courteous (19). He has an unassuming personality that allows him to deal with people in a gentle yet firm fashion. When speaking with Padre Martinez, Latour po...
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Ca Sage Statistical Analysis
2,079 words... aires tends to fall into two broad categories - facts and opinions - and it is that at all stages of using questionaire's the researcher is clear about whether the information being sought is to do with facts or to do with opinions. Factual information does not require much in the way of judgement or personal attitudes on the part of respondents. It just requires respondents to reveal (accurately and honestly) information: their adress, age, sex, medical status, number of children etc. Opini...
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Second Treatise Human Body
1,571 wordsGnostic writings of Jesus portray him as a heavenly redeemer made less of flesh than of spirit. The emphasis of Jesus' importance is not on his physical humanness but rather, on his ability to show people the way to the kingdom. Jesus put on flesh in order to give people gnosis and reveal to them where they come from and where they will eventually return. When it is time for Jesus to return to his heavenly home, he is crucified and resurrected before he finally ascends. His body's lack of import...
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Race Colored Mattered Reveal His Secret Wife
666 wordsPeople often make the categories of race, class, gender, sexuality, age, physical condition, etc. , contend for the title of most oppressed. Within race, various populations groups then compete for that top spot. Through the book, The Wife of His Youth, by Charles Well Chesnutt one can learn that racism existed within the race, colored mattered, and that racism evolves throughout the racial history. Racism existed within the race. People within the groups competed to be at the top. In The Wife o...
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Oedipus Rex By Sophocles Robert Fitzgerald
1,143 wordsOedipus Rex, by Sophocles, (as translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald), is replete with dramatic devices - one of which is known as Sophoclean Irony. Sophoclean Irony can be divided into two terms: unconscious and conscious irony. Unconscious irony occurs when a character speaks what he believes is the truth, but the audience (fore-armed with knowledge of the truth) knows that it is not. Conscious irony is evident when a character knows the truth but is reluctant to reveal it: thus, he...
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The Scarlet Letter Analysis
1,396 wordsAdultery, betrayal, promiscuity, deception, and conspiracy, all of which would make an excellent coming attraction on the Hollywood scene and probably a rather erotic book. Add Puritan ideals and writing styles, making it long, drawn out, sleep inducing, tedious, dim-witted, and the end result is The Scarlet Letter. Despite all these unfavorable factors it is considered a classic and was a statement of the era (Letter 1). The Scarlet Letter is pervaded with profound symbolism and revolves around...
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Reverend Dimmesdale Scarlet Letter
1,587 wordsThe Scarlet Letter shows many types of sin. Some is only sin in the Puritan eye, some is internally blamed sin and some is sin only defined back in the time period of pre-Romanticism. Three main characters; Hester Prynne, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth are the 'sinners' of the Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Nathaniel Hawthorn gives each one very different a consequence and remedy for each ones sin. Hester is publicly punished right away, Dimmesdale has to dwell on...
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Nineteen Eighty Four Ministry Of Truth
1,205 words"On each landing, opposite the lift shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran. " (Orwell 4 "Nineteen"). George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four presents a negative utopian picture, a society ruled by rigid totalitarianism. The government which Orwell creates in his novel is ruled by an entity known as Big Brother and consists o...
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The Use Of Irony And Humor Drunkard
971 wordsIn the story, The Drunkard the author Frank OConnor uses a point of view to primarily reveal humor and irony. In the story, OConnor uses first person point of view. First person point of view is told through the eyes of the main character in this story. The main character is named Larry. Larry is a young boy who has to go along with his father one day to a funeral. Larry's father Mick is the person referred to as the drunkard. Larry seems to know what will happen when he goes with his father but...
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Journey Into Night Goneril And Regan
1,557 wordsThroughout history novelists and playwrights have to created dysfunctional families. These families lead tragic lives. Within these families, there are both internal and external battles to be dealt. In William Shakespeare's King Lear and Eugene Oneill's Long Days Journey Into Night, the authors reveal truly dysfunctional families. In these plays both authors portray the problems and between each member of the family and the consequences the problems will have. In King Lear there are two familie...
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One Of The Great Cinematic Techniques
1,111 wordsGriffiths pioneering technical work includes: the special use of subtitles graphically verbalizing imagery, the introduction of night photography, the use of outdoor natural landscapes as backgrounds, the definitive usage of the still-shot, the technique of the camera iris effect (expanding or contracting circular masks to either reveal and open up a scene, or close down and conceal a part of an image, moving, panning camera tracking shots, the use of total-screen close-ups to reveal intimate ex...
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Lesbian Or Gay Gay Or Lesbian
2,149 wordsMatter of Choice Introduction In todays progressive society we can talk about who we are, what we like and dislike. But when it comes to our sexual orientation especially if we are not heterosexual, we may find it difficult to talk about it freely, despite the fact that today there is a large number of gay communities, where you can meet people who have a lot in common with you and who might help you in your difficulties. For gay people, there have always been issues of social acceptability, esp...
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Four Principles Bottom Line
1,096 wordsThese Are the Facts, This Is the Outcome Abstract Since its inception in 1981, BATNA has proved to be a useful tool in solving potential conflicts. A win / win situation which is much sought in organizations is much easily achieved by utilizing options before coming to the negotiation and choosing the option that will best serve the purpose. In our case scenario, Troy could have developed a deep misunderstanding with his staff that is not only counter-productive but may well become personal as w...
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Lewis And Clark Meriwether Lewis
1,283 wordsStephen E. Ambrose, the best-selling author of D-Day and the distinguished biographer of Richard Nixon and Dwight D. Eisenhower, has now written the definitive account of the most momentous expedition in American history -- Lewis and Clark's pioneering journey across the North American continent from the Mississippi to the Pacific, carried out under the personal direction of President Thomas Jefferson. In this book, the authors thesis was to reveal to the reader the numerous adventures while exp...
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Gay Or Lesbian Lesbian Or Gay
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Edmunds False Letter Betrayed His Brother Edmund
452 wordsKing Lear: The Use of Letters William Shakespeare used letters as a dramatic device to reveal the characters loyalty and betrayal in his play King Lear. The purpose of the letter is to develop the plot and reveal the characters attributes. Three letters help to develop the plot and reveal the characters of Edmund, Gloucester, Goneril and Albany. The first letter that appeared on the stage is Edmunds false letter. The letter talked about Edgar's plan to kill to his father, Gloucester. Edmund made...
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Id Ego And Superego Freud
1,557 wordsSigmund Freud was Freud Psychoanalysis: Sigmund Freud was the first to developed the idea of psychoanalysis. Many physicians at that time turned down Freud? s idea, that one could have mental and physical problems which dweller from deep with in a person. However, Freud continued his studies, and has contributed a lot to the world of psychology. Freud has shown the world that the mind is a powerful tool, and he also proved that physical illness could be a link to mental thoughts. (Hacker) Since ...
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