... form, without any distinct temperament, trait, or type. This simplest form comprises Oneness, which Poe believes to be the only natural condition of the universe. However, this simplest form gradually loses its Oneness and is willed by God into ¡±abnormal condition of many¡±. The transition of universe from natural to unnatural, from normal to abnormal is accompanied by individualizations of all spiritual and material matters in the universe. Being in an unnatural and abnormal state, these spiritual and material individuations long for, and eventually return to the Divine Unity, which is, as I mentioned above, the only natural condition of the universe in Poe¡¯s c ...

... experience. He also believed that a person's experience's existed only in the person's mind. Hume believed that there was a world outside of human conscience, but he did not think this could be proved. Hume grouped perceptions and experiences into one of two categories: impressions and ideas. Ideas are memories of sensations claimed Hume, but impressions are the cause of the sensation. In other words, an impression is part of a temporary feeling, but an idea is the permanent impact of this feeling. Hume believed that ideas were just dull imitations of impressons. Hume also attacked the idea of casualty. This idea states that for all effects there is a cause. Hu ...

... in a bed” becomes “No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets.” These are a crystal clear examples of the novel’s dynamic use of verbal irony. The novel also has some good situational irony. A good example is when the pigs begin to walk, something that they vowed they would never do, or when they got drunk, again, something they vowed they would never do. In addition to verbal and situational irony, we can too find some dramatic irony. When Boxer is sent off to be slaughtered, the characters trust Squealer when he says Boxer is being taking off to a hospital, but the reader knows the truth. While that is a good example, the best, perha ...

... the artist says that he hasn't found any food that is enjoyable. His fasting is done then just because he can't find anything good to eat, but also because he was finally given the opportunity to test his limits of how long he can go without eating. Throughout the entire story the artist is kept inside a cage, and toward the ending of the story, he is treated less and less like a human being. Out of all three of these stories, the hunger artist is the most in control of his life and what he is doing. In "The Trial" the court and its officials are dragging Joseph K. about. In "The Metamorphosis" Gregor tries to take control of his life and do something abo ...

... Cholly's life until they moved "up North". Once they moved North everything changed. The colors went out of Pauline's life. "I missed my people. I weren't used to so much white folks...Northern colored folk was different too"2. Cholly only became "meaner and meaner and wanted to fight all of the time"2. He did not help the situation and contributed to his wife's dissatisfaction and disillusionment by not coming home. He found his satisfaction through other people, thus he neglected Pauline. To make up for this neglect and her own insecurities, Pauline sought comfort through movies. Here she would sit and watch the perfect "white" world of Hollywood. He ...

... far as I have learned, the guesses of his most intellectual readers have been almost as wide of the mark as those of the least apprehensive. It has been all the more provoking to the former class, that each surprise was the result of art, and not of trick; for a rapid review of previous chapters has shown that the materials of a strictly logical development of the story were freely given. Even after the first, second, third, and even fourth of these surprises gave their pleasing electric shocks to intelligent curiosity, the denouement was still hidden, though confidentially foretold. The plot of the romance is therefore universally admitted to b ...

... for public favoritism. The Anglo-Saxons believed that a hero should be strong, brave, and loyal, possessing the traits of the traditional hero. Beowulf is the true definition of an Anglo-Saxon hero. The traditional hero possesses a great deal of strength, as does Beowulf. Beowulf goes through the treacherous act of killing the monster Grendel without any weapons or help from others. Others had tried using swords and other weapons but were not able to succeed. All Beowulf needed was his “fiendish strength” (544) to slay the demon. He escaped this fight and the one with Grendel’s mother with “no harm to his body”(998). Realistically, no hero is able to fight without ...

... we try to make ourselves Gods in hopes that others will see us as divine, and hold us in high or higher regard. To pursue a fundamental project according to Sartre is to act in bad faith. Consequently, to act in bad faith, according to Sartre is to manifest our freedom inauthenticaly. Sartre assessed how when man acknowledges and accepts that he is a living being with a biological and social past. He can transcend beyond that to nothingness, the realm of the etre pour soi (the “being-for-itself”). At this point he is, according to Sartre, clearheaded and in good faith. Because he is acting in good faith, he is not pursuing a fundamental ...

... would compare and contrast the characters with social stereotypes already know at the time. It is in The Canterbury Tales that a reader can best understand the social, religious, and economic and political views of the different social societies during the Middle Ages. "Medieval society was traditionally and authoritatively represented as a body organized into three estates: those who worked to sustain the basic life practices of the community, those who were said to defend, and those who prayed." (Aers 233) Chaucer combines all three of these positions into a common place and provides them with the same goal: Canterbury. Class distinctions are apparent and ...

... the movie Defoe not only does the narration, but also plays Wade’s (Nick Nolte) brother. Defoe’s character grows up, moves away and becomes a schoolteacher. This was something different for Defoe, but by using a quite and soft-spoken tone it made his character fit smoothly into the plot. Flashing back to the night of Halloween. Wade is driving Jill his daughter (Bridgid Tierney) to her ex-school’s Halloween festival. It is obvious; Jill does not want to be there. She feels that her father is very confused and mixed-up. After Wade and Jill get into an argument, Jill calls her mom to come get her. When Lillian (Mary Beth Hurt) Wade’s ex-wife arrives, it is obvio ...