The passage I chose was Beowulf's fight with Grendal's mother, which to me was the most exciting. During this underwater fight, the second of his three fights, Beowulf and his adversary continually battle throughout her home. Although the conflict seems unrealistic because of the location...

Literary analysis of "Killings" by Andre Dubus "Killings" is an excerpt from a story called Finding a Girl in America. "Killings" is a story that involves elements such as sex, murder, and revenge. The title of the story, the way in which the characters are deve...

ESSAY In order for a story to be affective it must engage the audience. To engage the audience you must use certain ideas and features. The Lady's Maid written by Katherine Mansfield, Samphire by Patrick O'Brian, The Sound Of Thunder by Ray Bradbury, The Watertower by Gary Crew and Ball...

Like in all well written novels, the end is where loose ends are wrapped up and plot lines finished. Rebecca is no different. Throughout the last quarter of the book, pieces started to fit together in the puzzle; however, intrigue and suspense were never lost. I still was asking myself many qu...

There are many ideas and laws that are created to ensure a safe and pleasurable driving experience. Some are avoiding aggressive drivers, alertness while driving, and vehicle following distance, vehicle speed, and special driving situations. One of many factors in remaining safe on the roads...

?The text under interpretation is a short story called "The Wind Blows" written by Katherine Mansfield. Katherine Mansfield was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction. Her life and work were changed forever with the death of her brother during The Great War. She was shocked by the...

VERTIGO Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo is a thrilling film filled with mystery and suspense. However, Hitchcock left many unsolved issues at the end of this film. In contrast, when comparing Vertigo to more recent films of similar type, mysteries are usually always solved and thoroughly explained by ...

How does Chopin present the main characters and why? Miss Nathalie is together with a rich, but unattractive man called Brantain. She is sly, cunning, and a cat-like character. Chopin includes 'the cat that lay curled in her lap' in the story to relate it to the main character, Mis...

The poem "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden is very interesting because of the emotions the poem expresses. Hayden captures love as a possible theme in this poem, a unspoken love that could not be expressed in any language, the love between a father and his son. Rhythm is created in ...

A Man With a Curse - Thinner - Literary Analysis There comes a time when everyone has to deal with an uncontrollable catastrophe. In Stephen King's Thinner, Billy Halleck must try to take control of a disastrous situation that is not only unusual, it is also very shocking. Mr....

For this assignment, I chose to discuss Mozart\'s Concerto No 2 In D, K.314 Rondo because I truly enjoyed listening to the piece. There is no significant title to the piece, so the story I found was more a reflection of my mood and my feelings. Mozart used many dynamic orchestra performances throug...

In "Into Thin Air," Jon Krakauer effectively uses figurative language because he is extremely consistent and various which helps him deliver his story's message to the readers and enchant their minds. Krakauer's similes were so dramatic and convincing that they immediately caught the attention of t...

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, is a novel about teenage angst and the struggle to be accepted by society. Holden Caulfield, the protagonist, is a seventeen year old kid that has a problem with everything in life, from the books people read to the way people act. Holden has a language pro...

Utopia is completely attainable. Utopia, derived from the Greek words meaning no place, was always thought to be a model to strive for. Unfortunately human pessimism has never allowed Utopia to become a tangible place. Strangely enough it is this human aspect that is the barrier to a perfect existe...

Sometimes, it is necessary to have an omniscient narrator, someone who can read the minds of the other characters and explain to the reader exactly what is happening. Other times a narrator does not always know what is going on. This is more engaging for the reader allowing us to sort of "pl...

Analysis of "The Storm"In McKnight Malmar's frightening story "The Storm" she weaves a violent storm and murder together to heighten the horrific fear that engulfs Janet Willsom. The storm is a combination of mother nature, Janet's emotions and her heartbreaking dilemmas.The story begins with Janet ...

Physical JourneyIt is said that 'a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step' or 'Explore when you have the time, then you'll have time when you explore', ' there are goals and meaning in our journey - but it is the road, that makes it worthwhile' and 'an end to a journey toward is good - but...

Good literature is a piece that has an affect on the reader. A well written literary piece should be something that holds your interest and makes you think. A story does not have to be an action thriller to hold your attention, if it is well written it can have the same effect on you as a action p...

"Rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul."... Plato. Greek philosopher. He wrote that before modern music, before experimentation with different musical genres. I'm here today to convince you that music stirs and evokes inside of us powerful emotions, and therefore shape...

The Crucible is a play which delivers an astute philosophical discourse about the power of collective consciousness and the over bearing strength and control of a deluded ecclesiastical oligarchy. Miller achieves the powerful impact of such a universal theme by focusing on the personal. We observe t...

Romanticism and Realism At the end of the Baroque Period in the eighteenth and nineteenth century art was divided into two distinct categories, Romanticism and Realism. Romanticism, the passion-filled works illustrating stimulating accounts of specific events with symbolic gestures emerging from the...

HISTORY THROUGH MOVIESThe Last DaysThe movie "The Last Days" focuses on five Shoah survivors, each one of them telling their story to the camera. These five survivors are named Congressmen Tom Lantos, Alice Lok Cahara, Renee Firestone, Bill Basch and Irene Zisblatt. Each one of them came to America ...