... an enormous boulder. In addition to that, Odysseus and his men stab the Cyclops in the eye and flee out to sea where Odysseus taunts him. Out of rage, the Cyclops tears off a hilltop and hurled it at Odysseus's ship. "The blind thing in his fury broke a hilltop in his hands and heaved it at us". The Cyclops is cool because he can beat up despicable people such as thieves and outlaws. The Cyclops is a gullible character. First off, the Cyclops believes Odysseus when he tells him that his name is Nohbdy. "Nohbdy is my meat and then I eat his friends". Moreover, he accepted wine from Odysseus and his men, people he was continuously torturing. "Three bo ...

... is rather too light, and bright, and sparkling; it wants [i.e. needs] shade; it wants to be stretched out here and there with a long chapter of sense, if it could be had; if not, of solemn specious nonsense, about something unconnected with the story: an essay on writing, a critique on Walter Scott, or the history of Buonapart‚, or anything that would form a contrast and bring the reader with increased delight to the playfulness and general epigrammatism of the general style". In 1809 Jane Austen, her mother, sister Cassandra, and Martha Lloyd moved to Chawton, near Alton and Winchester, where her brother Edward provided a small house on one of his estates. This ...

... From the very beginning of Othello, Iago is in the midst of his scheme to destroyOthello. He speaks with the muddy-mettled rascal, Roderigo. And from the very firstmoment Iago admits to not really being what he seems. He is not what he is. And whatdoes he use as his reasoning for his obvious ill towards Othello. Well, he is sort of mad that Cassio was chosen as a Lieutenant instead of him. It is interesting that Iago feels theneed to justify himself to a pantywaist like Roderigo, who entrusts him with his "purse"without really even knowing him. When he does not belief his daughter to be "making thebeast with two backs"(I, i, 113), as Iago so gently pu ...

... that he has never seen before. Faust takes it out and examines it and finds out it is a book of spells, With this spell book he calls on Mephisto. Faust finds out that Mephisto never wants to say his name just describe his great power and plans that he can give Faust. Mephisto fails the first time to get Faust to give in. He comes back the next day and tries again but doesn't gain his hand in this deed. After Faust calls on Mephisto they make a deal. Mephisto would serve Faust in this life and when Faust would die he would come to hell and help Mephisto in return for giving Faust all this power. Faust agrees and this is the start of the deed. Mephisto would do a ...

... place in life nor ever finding personal happiness. Elizabeth Bennet is a person worthy of our imitation. She is a model because she is different from all the other characters, except Darcy, and because she does not adhere rigidly to the standards set forth by society, "where the family and the community...tend to coerce and even predetermine the volition and aspirations of the self"(Tanner 125). She is self-reliant and independent, while "contemptuous of all the conventions that restrict the individual's freedom"(Litz 65). Darcy observes Elizabeth as "...sick of civility, of deference, of officious attention...disgusted with the women who were alwa ...

... come is just as pointless as not doing anything at all, just like Meursault who lives his life at the spur of the moment. Neither of them makes important goals in their lives. Meursault can care less about his promotion and Vladimir and Estragon could have done something worth while with the last fifty years of their lives. Because of this, they found ways of passing time. Vladimir and Estragon tries hanging themselves and call each other names while Meursault goes smoking, drinking with Raymond, listen to Salamando and have casual sex all because they do not have anything else to do. They all feel their very existence is insignificant. Whether they live or d ...

... who are waiting for Godot, are unsure of why they are waiting for him. This also foreshadows that they will be waiting a very long time. In some cases in literature, an idea can only be conveyed properly if those on the receiving end of the idea are able to experience the feelings that a character is experiencing in the work. For example, in order for a reader to feel how and understand why Vladimir and Estragon feel as though they do while they wait, it is essential for that reader to either understand or experience the same feelings that Vladimir and Estragon are experiencing. Vladimir and Estragon are waiting; waiting for Godot, to be exact; ...

... government at the beginning of the novel. He enjoyed his job burning books, but that would soon be changed after he meets Clarisse McClellan. Clarisse McClellan was Montag's next door neighbor. She elusively convinces Montag to question his own happiness. Clarisse also causes him to question the society he is living in. "Clarisse wonders whether Montag is actually happy leading a death-in-life, and Montag quickly realizes that he is not happy when he enters his sterile and fully automatic house" (Zipes 185). Clarisse opens Montag's eyes to a different world, a world full of books and people communicating with each other. In the novel Clarisse asks Montag if h ...

... which this concept is worked out in The Scarlet Letter. Hester Prynne's pregnancy forces her sin to public view, and she is compelled to wear the scarlet "A" as a symbol of her adultery. Yet, although she is apparently isolated from the normal association with the "decent" folk, Hester, having come to terms with her sin, is inwardly reconciled to God and herself. Hester does not isolate herself from the Puritan town; instead, her isolation is inflicted upon her. Hester tries to establish a normal and honest relationship with many of the characters in the story, but sometimes it becomes very difficult. Pearl, Hester's daughter, becomes so closely associated with ...

... (Shelley 17). "The circularity of Frankenstein underscores Mary Shelley's critique of the insufficiency of a family structure..." (Ellis 125). Since Mary Shelley grew up in a home with family struggles and tragedies, she writes in her novel about the broken family structure. She includes everything from "...the relation between the sexes..." to "...the relationship between parents and children" (Ellis 125). In her book however, the relationship between parent and child becomes creator and creation. "I felt what the duties of a creator towards his creature were, and that I ought to render him happy before I complained of his wickedness" (Shelley 70). One ca ...