... Grendel. His reaction to this leads to one of his most dramatic emotional reactions: “I believed him. Such was the power of the Shaper’s harp! Stood wriggling my face, letting tears down my nose, grinding my fists into my elbow the corpse of the proof that both of us ere cursed, or neither, that the brothers had never lived, nor the god who judged them. ‘Waaa!’ I bawled. ‘Oh what a conversion’”(Gardner 51)! Grendel then cries for mercy from the Danes. He wants their forgiveness as well as unification with them, which represents the good in him. The Danes reject him by confusing his outburst of sorrow as an attack. A ...

... end of the play. In Biff’s youth, he accepts and adores Willy because that is the nature of a small child. Even though we later realize the error in Willy’s credo, his initial instincts to teach his son success are pure. Willy provides Biff with an ego because of excessive praise, and that makes Biff conceited. Such great praise allows Biff to have pride in himself and his family, which eventually leads Biff to feel content and fulfilled in his younger years. Biff believed, due to his father’s pride, that he was too good for mediocre tasks, and should not settle for them. Biff stated, "I never got anywhere because you blew me so full of hot air I could never st ...

... problems and outcomes. Steven Crane’s naturalistic conventions are best seen through the hardships Maggie endures throughout the novel. Maggie in the beginning of the novel is determined not to do two definite things: “be like her mother or be a prostitute” (10). Maggie succeeds at first, but Maggie’s environment takes control, forcing her to make the decision to get a job or go to hell. This was the first sign of her turning into her mother, and Maggie knew it. This caused her to begin losing hope, and then when Pete turned his back on her she lost all hope. With no hope, the environment forced her to what she set out not to become, a prostitute. Here Maggie ...

... and growing too fast. Cathy tries to talk to Linton, but he ignores her, causing her to get angry. She threatens to leave, and Linton becomes terrified, and begs her to stay. He tells her to let Heathcliff know that he is feeling better, and swears to Cathy that he really is. Cathy and Nelly leave, promising to come back the following week. Edgar is dying, and Cathy doesn’t leave his side until the day of her appointment with Linton. Edgar tells her to go, even though she doesn’ t want to leave him. Linton once again acts cold and ignores her, and Cathy demands to be told why he keeps begging her to come if he doesn’t really want to see her. He confesses tha ...

... than his friend, concerned with details of daily life more than with theories and ideas, though those things hold a distant interest for him. He has his own life, but he is loyal to Holmes because he finds Holmes' eccentricities and mind interesting, and because they have been friends for some time. Being with Holmes gives him a chance to see the man's brain, which Watson openly admires, in action, as well. He also gets a chance to test his own mind against the problems they encounter. He seems to enjoy the drama of his friend's life and work, speaking of Holmes as a fascinating creature, more machine than man at times. Unravelling the mystery of who Holme ...

... the name of progress”, states the CEO to Jarra, showing the clear message that nothing will stop the capitalist machine from destroying the sacred land. With full government support, the mine goes ahead, and quickly Shoemaker realises what this will lead to. The corporate tactics continue to ensure a smooth running of the mine, even to the extent of killing Mariba’s wife. The resolution of the book fits in well with the theme. Namarrkon: The Lightning Spirit, the guard of the sacred site, stirs up a freak electrical storm, and totally destroys the mine. Furthermore, the CEO, Sir Peter Gables, gets killed by the storm whilst in a helicopter trying to esc ...

... or a bully at school. This novel is unique to Hegi because of her background. She lives in a “suburb of “Dusseldorf” before she immigrates to the United States in 1965” (Simon 1). It was unusual for her to write about this because the people who survive the holocaust never will talk about the past, they all believe in the ‘tight lip’ philosophy. In the novel Jews, Catholics, and Protestants become victims of the Nazis. Religious prejudices are common throughout the novel. However, Hegi portrays Catholicism as the primary faith. The author scatters many fairy tales and stories inscripted about the different types of relig ...

... a tragic hero is not a bad person deserving of his impending misfortune, but instead, has made a series of mistakes leading to his downfall. We can see that Willy does not purposely create this harmful situation for himself, he is only ignorant that certain actions of his are wrong, which contribute to his self-ruin. Willy Loman thusly personifies the attributes of a tragic hero as proposed by Aristotle. Willy, with a house, a car, a job, two sons whom he adores, and a supportive, caring wife, seems to have everything that any man could ever want. He manages, however, to alienate himself from these things that he loves near the end of the play as he slips into a ...

... his childhood and other emotionally blocked parts of his mind. He gets a new awareness of himself and others. He also makes the realization that some people he had put on a pedestal are not as good as they seem. He also starts to think about romance. Miss Kinnian, or Alice as he later in the book calls her, is Charlie’s night school teacher and then a romantic interest and then a teacher again. She liked the old Charlie, but when he starts becoming smart she finds it harder and harder to keep up with him. Being with him makes her feel strange, inadequate at times. She’s almost afraid of him. She thinks she knows Charlie, but discover ...

... psychologically and finacially. Zeena seems to have a form of paranoia that makes her think she is much sicker than she actually is. This problem has gotten to Ethan at many points in the book. She has also become a finacial burden on Ethan because of her almost monthy commutes to Bettsbridge, where she sees a doctor about her failing health. In Ethan Frome, Zeena seems to be the one that is always oppressing Ethan. Zeena never lets Ethan do what he wants, when he wants. In the book Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie is basically oppressed by society and the laws of society. She is oppressed mainly because she is black, but also because she is a woman. ...