Nature is an undeniable force that is uncertain and unjust This is shown in the poem Home Burial by Robert Frost with the lines Three foggy mornings and one rainy day Will rot the best birch fence a man can build 96 97 Frost is telling the reader that nature will destroy the greatest things man can create even something as great as life In The Iliad by Homer Achilles knows that if he fights he will die in battle Despite his given prophecy he decides to go Why Achilles search for immortality is
Let the Birds Fly Free A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini tells the story of an Afghani woman Mariam who lived to experience the history of Afghanistan from before the Soviet War until after the Taliban rule Windows and Mirrors Reflections on the War in Afghanistan is a collection of 45 murals sponsored by American Friends Service Committee drawn and painted by U S and international artists and collection of drawings by Afghan youth These paintings strongly express the old time saying
Giving an informed explanation of the dramatic monologue Compare and Contrast Alfred Lord Tennysons Ulysses With Tithonus Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote Ulysses and Tithonus as dramatic monologues A dramatic monologue involves a single character giving an extended speech at a critical moment to a silent listener and is used to characterise the speaker Indeed this form of poetry was favoured by many of the poets in the Victorian period including Matthew Arnold 24 December 1822 15 April 1888 who wrot
White Noise The fear of death is undoubtedly the most feared topic in human existence In White Noise that fear is so strong it becomes the controlling factor in the lives of Jack and Babette Gladney Both of them are in such a constant battle to overcome death and their fear of it they let life slip right by and never get the chance to live that life to its fullest Death and the Gladneys morbid fear and fascination with it are present throughout the entire book going so far as to lead Babette in
Margaret Laurences The Stone Angel is one of the most acclaimed Canadian novels of all time In this novel the most prevailing theme is that of pride this is seen predominantly through the protagonist Hagar but also through other characters such as Jason Currie As John Moss states What gives Margaret Laurences vision the resonant dimensions of universal truth is theinterlacing of the destructive and constructive effects of Hagars recalcitrant pridePride is a double edged sword Indeed her great p
The Odyssey While with the Phaeacians Odysseus relates his trials and tribulations since the fall of Troy However when he arrives in Phaeacia he arrives alone all of his men have died He has had a violent and gruesome journey home Despite this loss however his effectiveness as a leader is evident He is powerful clever and determined in everything he does Odysseus shows his cunning throughout his various adventures One example is the way he escapes from the cave of the Kyklops When asked his nam
Another personal virtue that is a major theme in the epic is loyalty The most striking example of loyalty in the epic is of course Penelope who waits faithfully for 20 years for her husbands return Another example is Telemachus who stands by his father against the suitors Odysseus old nurse Eurycleia remains loyal to Penelope and her absent master Eumaeus the swineherd and Philoetius the cowherd are exemplary in their loyalty to their master and his possessions Also an excellent if humble host
A Gods Mentality To possess beauty is a gift to have strength takes hard work to be brave takes courage to be a leader takes loyalty To be all this at once is a blessing a blessing from the Gods above that is what ever God or Gods you may believe in The obstacles that Gilgamesh conquered seems nearly impossible for any man but for a man who is 2 3 God anything can be done This courages epic of Gilgamesh not only tells us but shows us that man can do many things that are out of reach even if tha