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Sweetening Castle has a very close tie to the Iliad and Greek gods and heroes. This can be seen when visiting the castles gardens. The gardens have statues and temples dedicated to Apollo, Zeus, sphinxes, and Athena. The placement of the statues in a garden in Germany shows the effect and values of the Greek…

In the short story “BabylonRevisited,” a man named Charlie Wales has come back to Paris with theintent of regaining custody of his nine year old daughter. She has been stayingwith her aunt and uncle since the death of her mother. Being in Paris bringsback memories of his previous lifestyle of drinking, late night socializing, andexcessive…

The average twentieth century man’s goal was, in a way, to live alone. The era was an age of growing wealth and exploration for the nation. For the first time, it was common for young men to leave their families and the places they grew up and were familiar with. They traded these locations in…

Reading is not only beneficial in making you a better person, but it also helps expand your knowledge and understanding of the world. It allows you to delve deeper into subjects that interest you, such as building self-confidence or improving planning skills. Through reading, one can gain a better understanding of various topics and acquire…

Min is a self-sacrificing person who keeps to herself and feels responsible for making Tian happy. Min says of her relationship with Tian, “Since our marriage, I had watched over his eating and sleeping habits, but I needed to spend more time mending his clothes and coaxing him to buy new ones” (21). Tian doesn’t…

On March 8th, 2020 I went to see. Love Quest was written by Mary Maguire and Steven McGraw. This romantic comedy is about the journeys of two women, Kate Crawford and Brook Davis, in the perilous world of online dating. The Theatre Jax cast includes Sarah Boone (Kate), Anna Hobbs (Meagan), Sara Beth Gerard (Brook),…

In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain envisioned a book that was to be taken as a satire (Hearn on Twain 355). Huckleberry Finn was not intended to be judged by its grammatical content but instead stir up unjust social norms of the post-civil war era (Arac 1). The novel itself serves to inform…

For as long as fathers have had sons the bond has been a strong and awesome one. It’s no wonder two authors from totally different periods of time have chosen this bond as their topic. After reading “Father and Son,” by both Homer and Mary Nagy, the reader would be able to pick out a…

In the epic poem, Beowulf an unknown author tells a story about a Geat named Beowulf. Beowulf travels from Sweden to Finland to help King Hrothgar. The problem the kingdom faces is a creature that is half man half animal that has been devouring King Hrothgar’s people. The kingdom has lived with this fear for…

The figure of women in Tennessee Williams’ work Analysis of the Glass Managerie, A Streetcar Named Desire and Baby Doll. “If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it” stated Tennessee Williams in the preface of The Dark at the Top of the Stairs by William Motter Inge (1957)….