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What did Homer think about the atrocities of war? Prove your thesis with examples from the text. Homer regarded war as an necessary, foolish evil. He laughed at the men foolish enough to go fight for a girl for ten years, but also said that war was the quickest way to honor, which was all…

Helen Keller’s life is one of immense challenges and trials. She lost her sight and hearing, but through it all she kept going. Helen’s story is one of inspiration and perseverance, going on where others would fail. Her legacy challenges all of us to strive no matter what our circumstances are. Helen Keller will never…

In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, one of the main elements of the plot is a fire created by the boys. While the fire’s foremost purpose is for rescue, it also represents other underlying symbolistic themes. Order is one of the first things established once the fire is built. The fire’s…

‘The theme of kingship is examined in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth’ discuss this statement with reference & quotation. Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth details the fall from grace of its tragic hero, as he struggles with his conscience and ambition in his quest for the throne of Scotland. Macbeth’s desire for power and King Duncan’s unpolluted goodness are…

One of the reasons that the works of Shakespeare are so renowned is simply for the fact that he can beautifully create moments of happiness, sadness, glory, agony, misery, love, betrayal – and anything else which may fall In between (Krause 09). There are numerous situations in real life In which one person may fall…

Anne Frank Remembered: ReviewAnne Frank Remembered is the autobiography of Miep Gies, the woman whohelped the Frank family survive during their two years in hiding. Her book is aprimary source or first hand account of the persecution of Jewish people in Nazioccupied Holland during the second world war. It is also the first hand accountof…

Sitting with a smile on her face, her mouth opens and her viewers heard “I’m not dumb now;” her first full sentence which was recorded. Her eyes sparkle as the ones around her stare in astonishment. A deaf-blind person just spoke a sentence that’s so powerful it brought tears to the ones who were listening….

Both novels, Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’ and Melville’s ‘Moby Dick’, have two pivotal characters that have an amazing mirror-like similarity between each other — more than what would be originally realized. Although the two characters have many relating aspects, there is one specific category which both of these characters fit very well into when both…

Alice Walker is known world-wide for her literary protrayals of the African American Woman’s life. She was born in 1944 on February 9 in Eatonton, GA to Willie Lee Walker and Minnie Lou Tallulah Grant. Walker was one of 8 children and her parents worked as sharecroppers and maids making their money situation very tight….

Thus self-examination enTABLEs one to find what makes them an individual, and with the help of mentors it can go even further. In a sense, Bradbury exploration in self-examination expresses that individuality is a unique and hard-to-achieve treasure that must be worked for, rather than given to by neither the government of mass media. Today…