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Rainer Maria Rilke
... Charles University in 1895. By this time he had already published his first volume of poetry. 1896 brought about the decision to leave the university for the city of Munich, Germany where his poetic life and career would begin to unfold. Rilke spent the next years traveling to different places and meeting new people because he believed poetry was as much made up of experiences, as it was emotions. It was his travels to Russia, though, that marked the beginning of his serious works when the Book of Hours was published in 1905. Rilke would continue to travel to places such as Italy, Spain, Egypt, and Paris. While he was in Paris he developed a new style of lyrical p ...
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Literary Themes In All Quiet O
... it was made easier to kill someone just like you for no reason. But by depersonalizing the soldiers with their enemy, it left devastating effects on the mind and heart. Soldiers emotions were deadened and they became irrational. Throughout the story, Paul Baumer, the narrator does not talk about killing someone but as the story progresses, this changes. An example of Paul acting irrational because of the effect war had on him was when he was in the trenches and all of a sudden, a French soldier comes into the trench and Paul immediately stabs him without thinking about, for Paul is scared and emotionally scarred. After stabbing him, Paul leaves him alone to let hi ...
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Le Cid (French)
... réfléchissait avant de prendre leurs décisions.
Corneille croyait que les grands sujets importants devaient être au-delà du vraisemblable et il dit aussi . (Corneille lui même) Corneille créa toujours des situations dans laquelle les personnages devaient prendre des décisions importante soit entre la vie ou la mort. Ces décision portait toujours le risque de mauvaise répercussions. Ceci est appelé le conflit cornélien. Le conflit cornélien consistait dans le Cid consistait d'une décision entre l'amour et le devoir/l'honneur. Après la première mise-en scène du Cid, il y avait plusieurs critiques. L'une d'elle venait des Espagnols, ils accusaient Corneille du ...
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The Pearl
... they will go to his house. But the doctor refuses to treat Coyotito because Kino is too poor.
Later that day, while Kino and Juana are fishing in the Gulf, Kino finds an enormous pearl and cries out in joy. He believes will make him rich and enable him to provide security for his family. But Kino discovers otherwise. stirs envy in the villagers, and that night Kino is attacked in his hut by a thief. The following day, he tries to sell to buyers in town, but he is offered only a small amount of money for it. The buyers all work for the same man. They know is worth a fortune but hope to buy it cheaply by pretending that it is worth little.
Kino says he will s ...
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The Color Purple - Compared To Macbeth
... see different characters take advantage of his character flaw, naivete. Immediately we begin to see some of the major themes such as betrayal and manipulation and know what direction the play will take. King Duncan's naivete is first shown when we find out that the former Thane of Cawdor has betrayed King Duncan and that he did not have any idea of it. This incident then prepares us for King Duncan's meeting with Lady Macbeth, where Lady Macbeth deceives King Duncan. We know Lady Macbeth is not loyal, yet he considers her his "honour'd hostess.../Which still [he] thank[s] and love[s]" (I. vi. 9-12). Once again when naive King Duncan puts his trust into the hand ...
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Glass Menagerie 2
... Tom needed to find somewhere to escape. Perhaps, even more, the fire escape shows various things about Tom's personality. Since Amanda and Laura have their illusionary worlds inside, Tom can easily escape these worlds by going out on the firescape. He does not desire to be part of an imaginary world, which only proves to be the downfall of Amanda and Laura. He realizes that the world is not what Amanda has made it seem inside the house. Also, during his reflections on the firescape he is not really separating himself from the imaginary world because that metal frame is still anchored to the apartment wall. This shows that no matter how hard Tom tri ...
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Odysseus: Character And Development
... when he is with Kalypso for many years. When Kalypso asks him to stay, and if he would stay she would make him immortal, he politely refuses. But he didn't do it in a unprofessional mannor. He had to make sure he didn't upset her. Odysseus tells her that she is far more beautiful than Penelope, but he was in fact mortal and that he wanted to libe old and die old. His skills handling the situation was evidently sharpened to the tea.
Many othe journeys awaited Odysseus. In the height of his anger, he was unstoppable adn the amount of killing that takes place was undescribable. He also had a tendensy to boast profoundly of his accomplishments, such as the many ...
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Stephen King
... everyday life and places them into his unique stories.
Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine, on September 21, 1947, at the Maine General Hospital. Stephen, his mother Nellie, and his adopted brother David were left to fend for themselves when Stephen’s father Donald, a Merchant Marine captain, left one day, to go the store to buy a pack of cigarettes, and never returned. His fathers leaving had a big indirect impact on King’s life. In the autobiographical work Danse Macabre, recalls how his family life was altered: “After my father took off, my mother, struggled, and then landed on her feet.” My brother and I didn’t see a great deal of her over the ne ...
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Hamlet - Was Prince Hamlet Wacko?
... clarified, in the first act, by statements and feelings expressed within his dialogue. When asked about his depressed appearance and demeanor by Gertrude, Hamlet replies, "Seems, madam? Nay, it is. I know not "seems" (1037, line 76). This relates the idea that Hamlet is 'what he appears to be'. Later, he clearly makes a statement about his mental health when he commits himself to avenge his father's murder. This quote allows the reader to follow Hamlet's train of thought in regards to his role as student, mourning son, and Prince to the throne:
"I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past That youth and observa ...
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Cyrano De Bergerac
... looks. Enter Christian in the story, a young, average, yet handsome individual who also loved Roxane. The two made a pact with each other to create Roxane’s image of a perfect romantic hero—one that was breath-takingly handsome and at the same token, smart in a fun and interesting way. Together they charmed Roxane and she ultimately fell in love with Cyrano’s enchanting personality and Christian’s captivating appearance. Cyrano is portrayed as a great romantic hero because he died in silence to honor his friendship with Christian. When all the while he could have accumulated enough courage to pronounce his love for Roxane. During his life of silence, Cyrano looked ...
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