1. “When it is said that it was done to please a woman, there ought perhaps to be enough said to explain anything; for what a man will not do to please a woman is yet to be discovered.”
This quote is from “The Passing of Grandison” by Charles W. Chesnutt and it signifies why Young Owens attempts to free Grandison from slavery. In the beginning of the story Young Owens is trying to win the affections of a young lady and he is willing to go to any lengths to prove himself worthy of her hand in marriage. Once he learns that she requires a heroic act, he tries to free Grandison, his father’s slave, by luring him to run away to Canada. In the very essence of the quote, Owens knows no limits when it comes to pursuing Charity’s affection as he crosses many boundaries to rid himself of Grandison and “heroically” free the slave from bondage. …show more content…
Religious view of how the world will end versus scientific view. “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost is a poem that represents the religious verses scientific way the world will end. Religious views predict a fiery ending with war, violence, and passion. Hell is also a religious flaming doom that is a predicted way people or the world might end. Ice, however, is the scientific prediction for our planet’s demise. The theory calculates that the sun will die in a whimper and the earth will have an eternal ice-age that is unconducive to human life. Either way, Frost demonstrates the world is expected to end in on a devastating last
This quote is from “The Passing of Grandison” by Charles W. Chesnutt and it signifies why Young Owens attempts to free Grandison from slavery. In the beginning of the story Young Owens is trying to win the affections of a young lady and he is willing to go to any lengths to prove himself worthy of her hand in marriage. Once he learns that she requires a heroic act, he tries to free Grandison, his father’s slave, by luring him to run away to Canada. In the very essence of the quote, Owens knows no limits when it comes to pursuing Charity’s affection as he crosses many boundaries to rid himself of Grandison and “heroically” free the slave from bondage. …show more content…
Religious view of how the world will end versus scientific view. “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost is a poem that represents the religious verses scientific way the world will end. Religious views predict a fiery ending with war, violence, and passion. Hell is also a religious flaming doom that is a predicted way people or the world might end. Ice, however, is the scientific prediction for our planet’s demise. The theory calculates that the sun will die in a whimper and the earth will have an eternal ice-age that is unconducive to human life. Either way, Frost demonstrates the world is expected to end in on a devastating last