... accepts death as merely a part of living. Furthermore, the repetitious last lines serve to strengthen the speaker’s thoughts. In the first, third, and fifth stanzas, the last lines match each other; in the second and fourth stanzas, the final lines match. The final stanza combines the last lines from the odd and even-numbered stanzas for an additional line. This portrays the ongoing war between life and death. The old man went back and forth between life and death as the stanzas’ last lines switched back and forth. In the end, the two last lines join together as the old man and his son accept t ...

... be safe. It would eventually come to not having civilization, which would make people savage. And not only would human beings suffer, but the environment and animals would, too. Government doesn’t only keep people in line, but it makes sure that the environment is healthy too with laws. Government also keeps technology and education going. Money would be a big problem without a strong government, because it wouldn’t always go where it needed to schools and businesses. Money would probably go to waste and not to things that would help economy. Without the money businesses need, people would soon lose ...

... Bovary, the only son of a middle-class family, became a doctor and set up his practice in a rural village. He then married a women who was quite older then himself. He was unhappily married to her saying that "Her dresses barely hung on her bony frame", This coming right before her death. Upon his wife's death, Charles married an attractive young women named Emma Roualt, the daughter of one of his patients. Emma married Charles with overwhelming expectations. She thought marriage would be filled with three things, "bliss, passion, and ecstasy". Emma had a character that was 1) dissatisfied 2) adulterous an ...

... her writings, but for her outspokenness, her distinct way of dress, and her refusal to be ashamed of her culture. Many critics considered her works politically naïve, and the black community was often angered by her representations of blacks, which was not directly associated with the advancement of the race. Richard Wright began his career in the early thirties publishing poetry and short stories in such magazines as Left Front, Anvil, and New Masses. Unlike Hurston, Wright was propelled to international fame while still in the prime of his career. His works were acclaimed by numerous noted individuals; often c ...

... of refugees from all over Europe converged on Dresden for protection (Klinkowitz 2-3). Dresden's neutrality was broken and the resulting attacks laid waste, what Vonnegut called, "the Florence of the Elbe." Kurt Vonnegut was a witness to this event and because of fate, had been spared. He wrote Slaughterhouse Five to answer the question that resounded through his head long after the bombs could no longer be heard. "Why me?"- a frequent question asked by survivors of war. Vonnegut was tormented by this question and through Billy Pilgrim, the protagonist in Slaughterhouse Five, he attempts to reconcile the guilt ...

... but on the matter of his faith he will not give in. He is a martyr. He dies for the sake of his principles. Eliza - A beautiful young slave who works in the Shelby house. She is a special favorite of Mrs. Shelby. When she learns that her son Harry will be sold, she takes him and runs away to Canada. On the way, she is reunited with her husband, a fellow slave from another plantation who had already run away. George Harris - A slave on an estate near the Shelby’s. He is Eliza’s husband. As well, he is intelligent and has learned to read and write. He heads for Canada without his wife and son, hoping to ...

... the many struggles of black Americans in the early 1900’s. For example, the Civil Rights movement was a long and Worn Path. Did the Author know that the hardships of life during the early 1900’s would also mirror the hardships that we all experience today? I would imagine the answer to that question is that life is what you make it! If old Phoenix Jackson had not cared so much for her little grandson, she would have given up the long trip to town a long time ago. But because she loved her grandson very much, she made regular trips down the worn path. The hardships she came across along the way made her life ...

... from those conflicts he greatly matures. Ralph always has the strong belief that all the children will be saved from the island sooner or later; he is so sure that he even insists that they should have fire at all times to signal. However, when the boys abandon the fire which is symbolic of Ralph’s hope of getting saved, Ralph faces an internal conflict that makes him fear about their future; perhaps they will not be rescued at all. By insisting that the children should keep the fire going, he creates an external conflict with Jack whose values are different. Jack is enjoying life as a leader of the savage ...

... left of that man, but what was chopped up inside Grendel. The next person Grendel wanted was Beowulf, and he was ready for him. Grendel was able to ahold of Beowulf. He went right for him and grabbed his arm and had a good grip on him. Grendel want to run off with Beowulf, but he couldn't, because Beowulf had a good hold on him. The monster was so powerful that no weapon to do any harm to the great monster. Since Beowulf had a good hold on his arm he just ripped it off. After that Grendel had took off running to the lake where he had once lived to die. Now Beowulf has gotten Grendel's mother ...

... to charm her "beloved" into his doom. "Let the red streams flow!" (TNAWM, p572, line 901). Agamemnon had three counts against him, according to his wife. Firstly, their daughter, Iphigenia, was sacrificed to Artemis so that the winds would carry the Spartan forces to Troy. Secondly, while fighting for ten years, Agamemnon was unfaithful to Clytaemnestra a number of times. Evidence of this is Cassandra, the concubine that returns with Agamemnon. Cassandra is the daughter of Priam, King of Troy. She was taken after Troy had fallen. Finally, Agamemnon is in great competition with Aegisthus, Agamemnon's cousin and the ...