... in the wildest areas, where nature has taken charge of everything, there is a peculiar composition of forms,—kósmos—that is reminiscent of a garden, then that is establishing Marías’ systematic view on how California is not a mere paradise but also having a bearing to the Garden of Eden. Furthermore, since there are wild, untrammeled, and rugged forest lands in the North Atlantic states; deserts in Arizona and New Mexico. California is another matter, truly an oasis, then once again we can see an image of California as being a desert garden. There are numerous accounts of examples across the pages that seem to expose a penetrating con ...
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... conflict is the murder of the former king, Laius. Oedipus, the present king, pledges to find the murderer. Oedipus declares to his people, "You shall see how I stand by you, as I should, Avenging this country and the god as well…" (33.137) "Whoever killed Laius might - who knows? - Lay violent hands even on me -and soon. I act for the murdered king in my own interest." (33.141) The rising action begins when the blind man, Teiresias, who is a prophet arrives. He is praised by Oedipus for his vast knowledge and then is requested the name of the murderer in order to rid the country of the plague. Tieresias professes to know nothing, which angers the king. Oedipu ...
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... narrator of the story. He is an Arab who “knows nothing of the ways of the world” (p. 77) because he has never truly experienced the world before that day, since he does not care for adventure. Having no experience with the world and having no knowledge, Ibn Fadlan slowly learns the Northmen’s way of life. In the end, felt he “had been born a Northman” (p. 152), having spent much time in their company and is no longer the coward he was when he started the trip. His lack of knowledge causes him to be a coward in battle, since he will be battling frightening, mysterious creatures. A better proof of this is that the wendol acts as ...
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... that special something needed to achieve. Charlie and his son Benard, on the other hand, enjoy better success in life compared to the Lomans. The play romanticizes the rural-agrarian dream but does not make it genuinely available to Willy. Miller seems to use this dream merely to give himself an opportunity for sentimentality. The play is ambiguous in its attitude toward the business-success dream, but does not certainly condemn it. It is legitimate to ask where Miller is going. And the answer is that he has written a confused play because he has been unwilling or unable to commit himself to a firm position with respect to American culture. Miller pr ...
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... of the story. Marlow arrives at the Company's Central Station, following a difficult 200-mile tramp. Upon arrival, he learns that the steamer he was supposed to command has been wrecked. He meets the local manager, who has no moral sensibility, only business sensibility. He mentions that Mr. Kurtz may be ill at his station upriver and that it is fundamental to reach him as soon as possible. Marlow learns a great deal about Kurtz in the time spent waiting for his steamer to be repaired. At one point he talks to a brick maker, who feels that Kurtz is admirable, yet he is resentful towards him because of his many talents which make him a likely candidate for promotio ...
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... she acted as if she needed him to re-teach her the whole thing. When he says to her “Watching you swing and dance the tarantella makes my blood rush”. This shows that he is more interested in her physically than emotionally. Then when she told him to stop he said to her, “am I not your husband?” Again, this is an example of Torvalds control over Nora, and how he thinks that she is there to fulfill his every desire on command. Torvald doesn’t trust her with any money and with the little money that he does entrust her with he is afraid that she will spend it on Macaroons, a candy that he has forbid her to eat. He calls her his “little squirrel”, “skylark”, and he say ...
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... to a summer’s day?" but decides against it in his second line because he feels his love is "more lovely and more temperate" that this day. He then proceeds to bombard us with images of natural nuisances such as windy days that "…shake the darling buds of May," hot weather magnified because it is coming from heaven, and changing seasons. Shakespeare has taken the idea of a warm breezy summer day and twisted it into a sweltering day with the sun beating down on us. However, in the lines after the destruction of a nice day, he makes us smile by the comments he showers on his love. He tells us that his love’s beauty shall remain the same at a ...
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... as soon as Alcee rode up on his horse. As Alcee stands on the porch, (the actual text notes that he had no intention of walking inside the house), the water beat through the boards forcing Alcee to enter the house. The water even went so far as to actually follow Alcee into the house, to the point where it was necessary to put something beneath the door to keep the water out. More instances where the storm relates with the characters is when Calixta is looking out the window, and a lightning bolt strikes a tree, and causes Calixta to fall into the arms of Alcee, foreshadowing the passion that is to come later between the two. Also, it introduces them to their lust ...
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... and liberate some guns from the National Guard Armory. Because at some time in the course of human events it becomes necessary to disassociate from the ties that bind us and keep us from true liberty. Now I don't wanna get off on a rant here, but it seems to me that when the local militia group has Uzi's, and tanks and all Deputy Bob has is a hangover from last nights eight hour long Happy hour at the Hoo Doo, and when he finally comes to and searches my house because he's still a little groggy and is confusing me with the “Rebels of The State of Idaho Brigand” and he finds my guns and I get arrested while the people I was guarding my liberty from go ...
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... was her only problem and had no one else to blame for what she had done to herself. She was the blame for her own shortcomings. She took the suggestion that were given to her: live and let live. now she has a new motto, which is to live her life one day at a time. Finally, after getting treatment, she understood that she needed support. When she got out of treatment, she attended her firs AA meeting, which was one of the suggestions that was given while she was in treatment. Today she still continues to attend my meetings. Taking her recovery very serious today. She feels as though she dose not attend her meetings, as she should because of her class schedule. Howe ...
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