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A popular topic expressed in poetry is that of Time and Death and the physical and mental toll that time has, on both the body and the mind. The physical destruction of time, and the angst in the imminence of death is drawn out from this sonnet. The abstract nature of both Time and Death attracts the use of metaphors to identify and clarify these concepts with the known world. Thus there is purposefulness in Shakespeare’s use of the Sonnet, broken up into three quatrains of metaphors. Each uses…

Have you ever watched television shows and noticed the genders of the main characters? If so, how does the producer create their personalities? Does he or she consider the actors as “crazy” or does he or she consider the actors as airheads? Two articles that discuss this topic are “TV’s New Wave of Women: Smart, Strong, Borderline Insane” by Heather Havrilesky and “Male-Bashing on TV” by Michael Abernathy. In Havrilesky’s article, she talks about how women are portrayed as “crazy” on television…

In evaluating my own writing, I suffer from both seeing it the way I envision it and being overly critical. I find it hard to evaluate my strengths. Though I have learned through this course, I realize that I still have much work ahead of me. My main difficulties with each essay are forming my thesis statements and topic sentences, finding the right words to convey my point, organization and a few grammatical weaknesses. My initial thesis statements were weak. In the first graded essay (the…

Alice Notley’s The Descent of Alette is an epic poem that shows the relationship between gender, sex, and the human body. By doing so, Notley challenges the traditional form of an epic poem through her use of a female hero and a series of lyric poems that create an epic poem. Here, we see two sets of binaries: female hero/male hero and lyric poem/epic poem. Additionally, these binaries are a function of hierarchy. By resisting traditional binaries, Notley shows equality through an open space for…

Comparison Essay on A Separate Peace and Dead Poets’ Society In the stories A Separate Peace and Dead Poets’ Society, the main characters influence others, create secret societies, and there are symbols for how the boys change during the school year. The characters influence others by having influential opinions about academics, friendships, and freedom. Individual characters create and improve secret societies that allow the boys to have a secure place to express themselves. There are symbols…

“ Respect is earned , honesty is appreciated , love is gained and loyalty is returned “ In the epic poem Beowulf most say it is written by a monk. The main characters in the poem is Beowulf , Hrothgar , Grendel , and wiglaf. In this epic poem there is a brave , loyal leader name Beowulf. Beowulf who slays many monsters arrived at the Herot to defeat a monster name Grendel. Beowulf many obstacles during his journey. The major theme in the epic poem Beowulf that makes up the character is loyalty.…

Scoliosis is an irregular curvature of the spine. Everyone’s spine has curves in order to maneuver their body. Without a spine, there’s no way you could walk nor run. However, the average human does not think that 3 out every 100 people spines have an additional curvature. Despite scoliosis can be prompted by the disorder of Cerebral Palsy and Muscular Dystrophy, Scoliosis case is unknown and painless. Scoliosis can be C-shaped (one curve) or S-shaped (two curves). Scoliosis can take place in…

An epic hero is someone who has supernatural qualities. Who values the people of his society, and who is larger than life itself. In Beowulf for example, they have faced many challenges and battles along the way. A prime example of an epic hero would be Beowulf. One way Beowulf is an epic hero is that he has larger than life qualities. One example is, Beowulf boasts about fighting Grendel with no weapons (16). Beowulf ended up killing Grendel by ripping off his arm with bare hands (18).…

In the Bible, God considered cruelty as a sin and a distinguishing characteristic of the evil. Since Christianity is a wide-spread religion, God’s belief is also well-known. Redundantly used as a trait of antagonists, cruelty is a tool to clarify who the malicious character is in a novel. Beowulf, written by an anonymous Scandinavian writer, also follows the norm of antagonists. Emphasizing the disgusting home and brutal personality of Grendel, Beowulf utilizes cruelty of Grendel to easily show…

Beowulf: A New Telling is a story that fits well with other classic hero stories yet also stands out for its creativity. It is different in how the hero isn’t the hero because he has powers or strength but because he admits his flaws. The whole story is based off of the moral that admitting your flaws allows for you to show your strengths. Wealhtheow even stated on page 56 that “He admits to his weaknesses and in the admitting they become strengths.” By admitting his flaws, Beowulf was able to…