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The Odyssey by Homer
Summary of book 17
The Odyssey is one of the two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. This is partly a sequel to the book "The Iliad", also the poet Homer, or so I believed. From, the point of view of literary analysis must consider it ...
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Oedipus the King
Introduction
The play “Oedipus the King” is a play based on tragedy, which has been written by Sophocles. This play, first performed in the year 429 BC., was one of the three Theban plays was of Sophocles', and comes in the first place in the internal arts, followed by ...
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Homer's Odyssey
Homer's Odyssey is by far the best book a person has ever read about an animal, in this case a cat. Not just any cat, a special needs cat known as “A black blind cat”. This book taught people so much about the strength, and, courage of animals ...
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THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO
“The Cask of Amontillado”
“The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe
The Plot Line
The following essay examines the reason for Montresor's murder of Fortunato in "The Cask of Amontillado, suggesting that Fortunato is being punished for his arrogance and for insulting someone who is equal or superior to ...
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Kate Chopin's, “The Story of an Hour”
Seyersted, P. Kate Chopin: A Critical Biography, LSU Press: (1980) pp. 167-174.
Kate Chopin was a much-admired narrative artist on a national level short of the local-color school when, in 1899, she surprised the avid readers of United States of America with her work ...
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COMIC ANALYSIS
Comic Analysis
Comic Analysis
Introduction
Literary comics are often very individual to individual volumes, topics that are directed mostly at young people less than in adult readers. Their content can be part comic adaptations of literary works known, but also other comic book biographies of literary figures. It may be that comic ...
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CHARACTER INSIGHTS
Character insights of the novel “As I Lay Dying”
Character insights of the novel “As I Lay Dying”
Introduction
During the late 19th century and the early 20th century, many Mississippians had large families. The future writer and Nobel laureate William Faulkner was born at New Albany in 1897 (as William ...
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Book Review:" W. Doyle. Venality: The Sale of Offices in 18th Century France."
Book Review:" W. Doyle. Venality: The Sale of Offices in 18th Century France."
Book Review
The night of August 4, 1789 is justly remembered as the most radical legislative session of the entire French Revolution, when the National Assembly ...
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Review of the play 'Antigone'
Introduction
Antigone by Sophocles is a tragedy which acts and operates on the struggle between Antigone, who is a representative of the laws as regulated by gods, and the Creon, who is a representative of the laws of the state. The Play sets in 442 B.C, in ...
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LAWRENCE WRIGHT
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Introduction
The September 11th terrorist hijacking and attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon caught the United States largely by surprise. Once the dust had settled, and the shock and horror ...