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Son Of Man Mass Destruction
1,325 wordsPoetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things. Eliot, Tradition and the Individual Talent Eliot believed poetry should be a lot like archaeology, the process itself like a carefully excavated dig. His relics are no more than scraps of ancient texts, warped and distorted by time, like th...
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Milton Paradise Lost Lock Of Hair
696 wordsIn this poem, Pope pokes fun at female vanity. Pope wrote Rape of the Lock expressly at the request of his friend, John Caryll, in an effort to make peace between real-life lovers. The incident of the lock of hair was factual; Pope's intention was to mix humor with the ill feelings aroused by the affair. He was, in fact, putting a minor incident into perspective, and to that end, chose a mock-heroic form, composing the poem as a parody of epic poetry, particularly the work of Milton (Paradise Lo...
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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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Benjamin Franklin Youngest Son
1,678 wordsFranklin's memoirs, his Autobiography, project a Benjamin Franklin who is a highly self-conscious individual able to reason himself into a life of self-control, self-improvement, virtue, and multifaceted success. To what successful ends does this Franklin apply himself? Some may argue that Franklin takes no action but that which ultimately benefits himself. This paper argues, however, that the Franklin we see in the Autobiography-as author, as boy, and as young man-is not merely self-serving (in...
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Death Of A Salesman Tragic Hero
2,734 wordsAbstract: The sober treatment of a lowly, unheroic protagonist in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman flatters the audience. The more obvious way that it flatters us is by alienating us from the protagonist in his downfall so that we watch his destruction from a secure vantage. Less obviously, the form of the play, typical of modern American tragedy, romanticizes the protagonist through what I call the audience's paradox, that tension created when a serious work of literature employs an obscure ...
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Marijuana Abuse By Teens
1,467 wordsAn effective solution for marijuana abuse by teens must be found! "Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in America today (Nation 5). "Marijuana refers to the leaves and flowering tops of the cannabis plant. Marijuana is usually smoked on form of loosely rolled cigarettes called joints or hollowed out commercial cigars called blunts (Nation 5). " Marijuana is put into these forms because they look like ordinary cigarettes or cigars. It's like a disguise. The street names for marijuana...
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Tragically Inane The Cherry Orchard And Six Characters
2,006 wordsThe deconstruction of the conventions of the theatre in Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard predicts the more radical obliteration presented later by Pirandello in Six Characters in Search of an Author. The seed of this attack on convention by Chekhov are the inherent flaws of all the characters in The Cherry Orchard. The lack of any character with which to identify or understand creates a portrait much closer to reality than the staged drama of Ibsen or other playwrights who came before. In reco...
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Angel Of Death Lack Of Intelligence
1,838 wordsApplied Intelligence and Knowledge Conquers All In his novel, Eaters of the Dead, author Michael Crichton shows how the Volga Northmen were able to defeat their foes, the window, by using their intellect instead of their weapons. This is seen in four aspects. The theme of the novel is that physical courage is not enough to preserve your culture and lifestyle: intelligence and superior knowledge are absolutely essential. Conflict between the window and the Northmen shows which group has the intel...
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York Harper Collins Rape Of The Lock
1,562 words... his mourning people. They place the ashes of Beowulf and all of the dragon's treasures inside a giant mound of sand where they would be safe from the enemies sure to attack after hearing of the tragedy. (Russom 15) The contemporary mock epic like The Rape of the Lock is certainly quite different from the ancient epic such as Beowulf, and this illustrates how epic has changed with time. As the name indicates, the mock epic is a literary form that burlesques the classical epics by using charac...
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David R Slavitt Hardy Convergence Of The Twain Titanic
1,005 wordsProfessor Titanic Differences Dusty Ross Professor Reinhard English 1102 - 102 4 / 19 / 00 Titanic Differences Many times in life events occur which stimulate many opinions. In a painting by Picasso, one way see beauty while another sees a squiggle of lines. Two people see a movie and one is moved to tears while the other is bored stiff. People are often moved in different ways by similar experiences. This would explain the tremendous difference in theme of two poets about the tragedy of the Tit...
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Sir Toby Sir Andrew
987 wordsThe Truth About Foolishness In Shakespeare's Twelfth The Truth About Foolishness In Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. The Truth About Foolishness in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. William Shakespeare used a unique device to explain how foolishness is an unavoidable part of everyday life. He employed many specific examples of foolishness in his comedy play titled Twelfth Night. Each of the characters he created were all foolish in one way or another. Not only do the characters entertain the audience, bu...
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Goneril And Regan Cordelia And Kent
1,067 wordsThough Shakespeare's plays were written hundreds of years ago, they are still very popular today. His tragedies are especially popular, and describe in great details, the consequences of ones decision. Its purpose is not only to appeal the emotions of the audience, but also to illustrate some types of moral lessons. According to the classical notion of tragedy, a tragic hero is a character of high social standard who processes a tragic flaw, which eventually results in his downfall. As we can se...
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Lock Of Hair Rape Of The Lock
1,703 wordsAlex? s Analysis of Any Abject Abuse The destruction of the grand style of the epic is just what Pope was after in his mock epic, The Rape of the Lock. Pope had no such universal goal, or moral pronouncements to make as did Milton. His purpose was merely to expose the life of the nobility of his time. While Milton chose blank verse to express the immensity of the landscape of his epic, Pope chose to utilize the heroic couplet to trivialize this grandeur. Popes quick wit bounces the reader along ...
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Angel Of Death Lack Of Intelligence
1,798 wordsApplied Intelligence and Knowledge Conquers All In his novel, Eaters of the Dead, author Michael Crichton shows how the Volga Northmen were able to defeat their foes, the window, by using their intellect instead of their weapons. This is seen in four aspects. The theme of the novel is that physical courage is not enough to preserve your culture and lifestyle: intelligence and superior knowledge are absolutely essential. Conflict between the window and the Northmen shows which group has the intel...
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Buchanan And Miss Miss Baker Wealth
346 wordsThe wealthy lifestyles of the Buchanan's and Miss Jordan have morally corrupted their lives. Money has created boredom for them. Their ways of perceiving life and their altitudes towards other is vain. But each of them shows off their vanity in different ways. Tom Buchanan, for example, believes that white civilization is going to pieces and will be utterly submerged by the other races. The Rise of the Coloured Empires has reinforced his perception that his race is more civilized. This book has ...
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Buchanan And Miss Miss Baker Vanity
358 wordsLiterary Critique of the Great Gatsby The wealthy lifestyles of the Buchanan's and Miss Jordan have morally corrupted their lives. Money has created boredom for them. Their ways of perceiving life and their altitudes towards other is vain. But each of them shows off their vanity in different ways. Tom Buchanan, for example, believes that white civilization is going to pieces and will be utterly submerged by the other races. The Rise of the Coloured Empires has reinforced his perception that his ...
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Mangan Sister Narrator
628 wordsThere James Joyce's Araby ARABY There are many statements in the story? Araby? that are both surprising and puzzling. The statement that perhaps gives us the most insight into the narrator? s thoughts and feelings is found at the end of the story. ? Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger. (32)? By breaking this statement into small pieces and key words, we can see it as a summation of the story? s major theme...
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Buchanan And Miss Miss Baker Vanity
352 wordsThe wealthy lifestyles of the Buchanan's and Miss Jordan have morally corrupted their lives. Money has created boredom for them. Their ways of perceiving life and their altitudes towards other is vain. But each of them shows off their vanity in different ways. Tom Buchanan, for example, believes that white civilization is going to pieces and will be utterly submerged by the other races. The Rise of the Coloured Empires has reinforced his perception that his race is more civilized. This book has ...
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Buchanan And Miss Miss Baker Quot
357 wordsThe wealthy lifestyles of the Buchanan's and Miss Jordan have morally corrupted their lives. Money has created boredom for them. Their ways of perceiving life and their altitudes towards other is vain. But each of them shows off their vanity in different ways. Tom Buchanan, for example, believes that white civilization is going to pieces and will be utterly submerged by the other races. The Rise of the Coloured Empires has reinforced his perception that his race is more civilized. This book has ...
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Goneril And Regan Tragic Hero
1,873 wordsMany tragedies have been written throughout history. The purpose of these tragedies were to illustrate some type of moral lesson. The tragic situation involves mans miscalculation of reality and the fatal results of those miscalculations. Our tragic hero must endure a great deal of suffering. It ends in his ruin or destruction. We must also understand that tragedy not only destroys the guilty, but also the innocent. The tragic hero represents what could happen to humankind. He is responsible for...
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