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I anticipate that the poem will center around an ox and its symbolic representation of strength. It is Christmas Eve, and an elder is sharing a story with the children alongside a cozy fire. Initially, the children fully embrace the tale of Oxen kneeling without any skepticism. As time passes and the children mature, they…

A very important part of being a hero is having human qualities, particularly faults and shortcomings. At times these larger-than-life heroes can make very mortal, human mistakes; they are victims of fate and chances as well (Oedipus). At times, these mistakes have grave consequences (death in the most honorable cases). However, it is this element…

Suspenseful, nerve-racking, tense, and scary are all words that can be used to describe The Tell-Tale Heart. The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe is a dark, eerie story filled with suspense and tension. Anyone who has read this story would be able to describe it using similar words; but that is not all that…

Similarly, in “Lord of the Flies”, the boys start out with an orderly violation but soon descend into chaos and violence resulting in the death of two boys, one on accident and one on purpose. “Lord of the Flies” demonstrates how once the boundaries and restrictions of civilization are ignored or shunned, humans will use…

The Puritan Ideal’s standards are almost unachievable by any individual. This ideal asserts that humans exist solely for God’s glory and should only fulfill His will to ultimately attain future happiness. The community and all aspects of life within it were governed by religion. Due to the near-impossibility of meeting this ideal, society was filled…

The subject of “shooting an Elephant” is to show how people can be manipulate Ted into doing actions that they would otherwise not do, to preserve their social I mage. This is exemplified by the group of people that followed the man to watch him shoo to and kill the elephant. The thousands of people…

The use of similes in the Iliad is very prevalent and much used, and in books fourteen and fifteen in particular those similes have been very interesting. They have been used to describe the great and mighty fighters like Ajax and Hector, and they truly are marvelous in their comparison to the similes of the…

Reasoning RevolutionThe age of enlightenment took place in the 18th century and was thought by many of the period to be long overdue. Spurred by writers wishing to “awaken” the public from their stupor, it was an age of change. Enlightenment writers tackled subjects from inconsistencies in religion to the oppression of women in society….

In every life situation, there is a follower and a leader. In Animal Farm, Boxer, the follower, and Napoleon, the leader, both contribute to the loss of freedom and equality. Boxer is a hardworking horse that demonstrates loyalty to Napoleon throughout the story. Although Boxer is submissive and sometimes simpleminded, he allows Napoleon to do…

A Marxist analysis of Frankenstein highlights the novel’s role in challenging and denouncing oppressive economic and ideological structures in society. The fear depicted in the novel actually represents a fear of revolution. Through the years, subsequent generations interpret this thought-provoking novel which originally caused horror and terror in a significantly altered perspective. What was once…