Hag

only be lax about their usually uptight maternal habits, Susan rejecting to perform any household tasks and Marion failing to care for her furniture. When the effects of the euphio wear off, the main character sees his wife as a “dreadful, dirty old hag” (201), and describes her as being a witch after she fails to make herself look like the protagonist’s attractive wife that she is supposed to be. The way women are still restricted in stereotypical roles show how developed as characters they are…

World War I is known as one of the bloodiest wars in history, claiming over 17 million total casualties. It was a conflict between global powers that produced mass destruction and casualties on a completely unprecedented level. So much so, that the generation of young, surviving soldiers became known as the “lost generation”. Towns and cities lost whole generations of young men. Wartime has been the producer of many hardships, but critics and historians have often found that wartime also serves…

Good morning to the editor and others receiving this message. My suite of poems, specifically Dulce et Decorum Est and Insensibility invites the reader into the world of frontline bloodshed, exposing the unbearable mental and physical effects frontline warfare has on the human condition. My poems provoke their audience to acknowledge the importance of telling the truth by exposing how superimposed war zeitgeist by glorious war author’s led youthful solder’s to the frontline with perilous…

and women see themselves in “Haunted house” by Plautus, we can see that women was only considered as the secondary gender in ancient Rome societies. Women characters in the haunted house include Philematium (a girl of joy), Scapha (her maid, an old hag), and Delphium (a girl of joy to Callidamates). In the conversation between Philematium, Scapha, and Philolaches, we can see that women always consider…

dragged him underwater. If it weren’t for his lustful desires, Beowulf would have won the race. Another instance where his lust for beautiful women occurs is when Beowulf enters the cave of Grendel’s mother. He soon realizes that this “hideous” demon “hag” that he was ordered to slay turns out to be an extremely beautiful creature. Grendel’s mother seduces him and offers him a deal. She promises to make him the greatest king that has ever lived. As always, there was a catch. In order for…

Wilfred Owen has numerous poems that have to do with showing the dark and dismal times soldiers have on the battlefield. Unlike poets that glorify war and make it seem like a heroic endeavor, Owen puts his real experiences into a poem and shows how unsavory war can really be. Before being in the military, he had attempted to get scholarships to further his education only to fail twice and join the Artist’s rifles, later to be commissioned into the Manchester Regiment as a lieutenant. Owen is…

The poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owens is about Great Britain's involvement in World War 2. This poem has graphic imagery that may be sensitive as it talks about the war in detail. The poem talks about a fleet of British soldiers being attacked. It explains in horror detail what was happening as the soldiers were attacked, in one of the soldier's perspective after the war was over. The soldiers marched with blood on their feet half asleep when gas grenades hit them and each soldier…

Grendel and Frankenstein’s monster are creatures that society rejects because they are different. The two monster’s try to find a place in society, even learning human language to fit in. Even though both monsters have learned to speak English fluently, humans still frown upon the creatures. The only reason why the two monster’s path goes astray is that they do not have any mentor’s or parents that guide them throughout their life. Grendel tries to adapt and fit in, he observes the humans,…

The rain was coming. Angie heard the sky’s cow mooing, as her mother used to call thunder when Angie was a little child. The wind had been blowing for some time. In front of her huge window, Angie was able to see the green garden, or at least what was left of it, the fence, the road, the cars strolling peacefully, some people in their coats walking, and a white cat running… She had a book in her lap and frankly for the last 30 minutes she couldn’t move beyond that one page in chapter 3. It was…

However, in the movie he possessed a flaw that would drastically change the story’s course over time. His love of women changed the tale dramatically. In the poem, Beowulf battles Grendel’s mother, who was portrayed as a hideous hag, and killed her. While on the other hand, in the movie, Grendel’s mother is a cartoon version of the beautiful Angelina Jolie. Unfortunately, he gave into temptation, which resulted in him fathering her child. This is when Beowulf’s flaws become relatively…