The Flood stories from the Genesis and the Epic of Gilgamesh There are a lot of flood stories around the world We have read two of them one from the Epic of Gilgamesh told by Utnapishtim and one from the Genesis in the Bible about Noah The first thing to think about is why the flood arrived and how the hero was warned In the story of genesis from the bible the people were to violent and mean except Noah So god noticed that and decided to destroy all human beings on earth except Noah Noah was ni
Memories Bridge the Past with the Present Memories are precious and unique to everyone Memories remind individuals of who they are and where they came from The senses whether it is taste touch sight hearing or smell can physically bring back memories E B White the author of Once More to the Lake and Scott Russell Sanders the author of Inheritance of Tools recall their memories through the senses In each essay both authors are struggling with the present but look back on the past to help cope wi
Analysis of the Queen Mab Speech from Romeo and Juliet O then I see Queen Mab hath been with you This powerful statement is the beginning to one of the most historic and significant poems in Shakespearean history Mercutios famous Queen Mab speech Various reasons can be given as to why Shakespeare would place such a lengthy poem in Romeo and Juliet This talk of dreams is essential to the play as it develops theme foreshadows the story and ultimately alters the entire pace of the play Also Shakes
In the first scene of the play Antigone makes her case clear that she is going to bury her brother no matter what Creon has put as law After she tells her sister Ismene that she is going to bury Polyneices Ismene has her own thoughts about it as shown when she says The law is strong and we must give in to the law in this thing and in worse I beg the dead to forgive me but I am helpless I must yield to those in authority Antigone is reluctant to give in to the laws Creon has put forth and believ
The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee has many impressive characters however the one that stood out for me as a reader was Atticus Atticus Finch is one of the prominent citizens in Maycomb during the Great depression As a result of his penetrating intelligence calm wisdom and exemplary behaviour Atticus is a highly respected lawyer He functions as the moral backbone of Maycomb a person to whom others turn to in times of doubt and trouble It was to be his powerful conscience which makes
Harper Lees novel To Kill a Mockingbird published in the year of 1960 is the American classic novel awarded the Pulitzer Prize in fiction as well as the Brotherhood Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews The racism which is prevalent in many small American towns in the 1930s is illustrated with profound imagery in To Kill a Mockingbird Although there are several characters in the book the true main character is the young narrators father Atticus Finch a man of great integrity a
Boo Radley Boo Radley is one of the harder to understand characters inTo Kill a Mockingbird and slowly reveals himself throughout the novel Arthur Radley also known as Boo Radley appears as a very quiet reclusivecharacter who only passively presents himself until the childrens final interaction with Bob Ewell Most of Maycomb believes he is a horrible person due to the rumors spread about him and a trial he underwent as a teenager It is implied during the story that Boo is a very lonely man who
The sample of emotive prose which has been chosen for stylistic analysis is a short story Cat in the rain by Ernest Hemingway It has been chosen because it is suggestive and contains a definite psychological implication The story is interesting from the point of view of the authors approach to conveying the main idea to the mind of the reader It is always implicit and remains unspoken It is the reader himself who should find it behind the simple at first sight description of the events Hemingwa
Kate Chopins character Louise Mallard in The Story of an Hour is made realistic through her internal conflict over how she is expected or supposed to feel about her husbands death as opposed to how she actually feels It is her revelations that really make Mrs Mallard relatable and complex Her unexpected new feelings are the keys to her complexity without which she would be flat and dull Mrs Mallard is a young woman with a heart problem whom is expected to be devastated and destroyed over the su
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier depicts a story of a teenage boy named Jerry struggling to fit the characteristics of the social norm As the story unfolds you see Jerry battle his fear of isolation by conforming to his peers As the battle continues Jerry faces the moral dilemma of abandoning his values to fit in or defy their constraints and be isolated Jerry soon starts to reach a level of a mature state until he gives in to something he truly doesnt agree with doing From Trinity High Scho