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A myth reflects attitude of people to reality. At the time when they were created myths served for explaining the objects and events, which had no rational explanations. Myths reflect outlook of the people who have created them. Through comparing different myths of different cultures we can compare different outlooks and ontological systems of these…

The story’ “On the Rainy River” develops the theme of pride as a motivating factor, first introduced by Jimmy Cross in “The Things They Carried” and “Love. ” Just as Jimmy Cross feels guilty about Ted Lavenders death, O’Brien feels guilty about going to Vietnam against his principles. He even stated, “l feared the war,…

Joan of Arc is one of the most famous feminine figures in the world history. Her life was a road full of sorrows, deprivations and struggle for liberation and independence. Joan of Arc proved that there was always way out; all that was needed was struggle and hope for better future. In 1920 Joan of…

Agamemnon Essay, Research Paper In Agamemnon by Aeschylus, Clytaemnestra is the character with the bulk of the power because of her ability to pull strings the other characters. She is non influenced or swayed by Aegisthus to slay her hubby. She kills to derive justness for her girl s decease, as she feels their jurisprudence…

Thesis: Kesey uses machinery as a form of imagery to show the reader how life, in and out of the ward was supposed to be orderly with little variety among individuals. Quote: “Nine o’clock young residents wearing leather elbows talk to the Acutes for fifty minutes about what they did when they were little boys….

The Odyssey, an esteemed epic poem authored by the Greek poet Homer, is widely considered one of the greatest works ever written. However, this revered status remained unchallenged until Star Wars emerged – a futuristic interpretation of The Odyssey. George Lucas wrote and released this highly successful film on May 25, 1977, which gained acclaim…

The stories incorporated in the book, Hot Days Long Nights, which also comprises the two stories to be studied, relate different scenarios and pictures of the African continent. They are compact and precise, giving the readers an insight to the customary laws and traditions of its people. Some of them depict the painful collective memory…

William Faulkner’s Nobel Prize speech revealed to all who have witnessed or read it, the many duties of a writer. The most significant point that he made, to me, was that a writer’s duty is to connect. That includes both connecting with their audience, and other writers. Writers have the ability to put something out…

In the novella, Steinbeck employs various descriptions to depict Lennie Small. Comparisons to animals are prevalent throughout the text, as seen in one of the initial depictions of Lennie as a bear. The line, ‘He was dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws’, not only emphasizes Lennie’s physical size but…

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is one of William Shakespeare’s tragic masterpieces depicting the complications, conflict and fall of the protagonist; at the same time, voicing the universal pathos of a man trapped by the role and responsibilities of avenging his father’s assassination. Hamlet the prince of Denmark is often labeled as a procrastinator but throughout…