The Libation Bearers is the second play in the Ancient Greek tragic trilogy, The Oresteia, by Aeschylus. Electra and Orestes meet on the grave of their father, King Agamemnon, who was killed by their mother, Clytemnestra. Servants have been pouring libations on the grave to appease Agamemnon's spirit after Clytemnestra dreamt that she gave birth to a snake which was now drinking milk and blood from her breast. The siblings enter the palace and kill Clytemnestra and her husband, Aegisthus, before being chased away by the Erinyes (furies).
Touching Spirit Bear is the story of Cole, a young man raised in an abusive home who, facing jail time, agrees to a parole officer's suggested sentence of effective exile to an Alaskan island. The punishment, a Native tradition, helps Cole to find direction in his life by driving him toward the brink of death after an encounter with a bear living on the island. Cole is able to collect himself and strive for meaningful life.
A journey is considered to be a period of travel from one place to another The embarkment of a literary journey can consume most of the work starting from the beginning and usually ending when the work becomes resolute Flannery OConnor uses journeys in many of her works these journeys correlate with the symbols used to portray what the character s faces through his or her expedition In The Violent Bear It Away Flannery OConnor writes of how Francis Marion Tarwater experiences a spiritual religi
Essay 4 Option A Charlotte Bronte the author of Jane Eyre alludes to the corridor in the story of Blue Beard by Charles Perrault This allusion plays an important function in chapter eleven of Jane Eyre and is connected with the rest of the novel The story of Blue Beard consists of a man with a blue beard who is deemed ugly and frightful to all the ladies of the village therefore is unable to obtain a wife After allowing many residents of this village including the ladies to take full advantage