Beowulf: Link Between Traditions - Pagan And Christian
.... enemy. Like most people in a time of crisis they slip back into
old ways of thinking. Instead of praying to God for support, they
sacrifice to t he stone idols of their pagan past.
The Christian motifs that run through the poem contrast with the
pagan system of values that underlies the actions of the kings and the
warriors. The influence of Christianity was just beginning to make its
mark in this world, and most of the characters are torn between their newly
discovered religious feelings and their old, heathen way of perceiving
things. The idea that there's a higher being that controls one's actions
revolutionized .....
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Beowulf: The Ultimate Hero
.... he wants to uses his God given strength to the best of his
ability. As soon as Beowulf heard of the troubles in this land he set sail
immediately. Beowulf continues to show his thankfulness by thanking God
for giving them safe travel across the sea. Beowulf is lead to Hrothgar
and offers him is "services."
"-Now sit down to the feast, and, in due time, listen to lays of warriors'
victories, as your heart may prompt you. (15)
Beowulf is asked by the warriors to tell of his past defeats while eating
in Hrothgar's palace. Beowulf is already a hero to the people of this land
for he is about to rid them of their enemy. The war .....
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Beowulf: Character Analysis
.... His spirit of
adventure was part of the reason that Beowulf went to fight Grendel.
Beowulf's strength and spirit of adventure had also led him to glory in
many battles, including that with Grendel. Beowulf used his glory in
previous battles to justify himself when coming to help Hrothgar. In
addition, his self assurance, and known bravery probably guided his
decision. Beowulf's spirit of adventure gained him a lot of glory, however,
it could have gotten him into trouble, if he were to have taken an
adventure too far.
While in his young age, Beowulf used his strength for glory and
recognition. As he became older his .....
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"Babi Yar" By Yevgeny Yevtushenko: An Analysis
.... There is still terrible persecution of the Jews in
present times because of their religion. These lines serve as the
transition from the Biblical and ancient examples he gives to the allusions
of more recent acts of hatred. The lines also allude to the fact that these
Russian Jews who were murdered at Babi Yar were martyrs as well.
The next stanza reminds us of another event in Jewish history where a Jew
was persecuted solely because of his religious beliefs. The poet refers to
the "pettiness" (line 11) of anti-Semitism as the cause of Dreyfus'
imprisonment. Anti-Semitism is his "betrayer" (line 12) when he is framed,
and anti- .....
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The Works Of Poet Carl Sandburg And His Effect On American Poetry
.... of a long line of poets and authors to use the words and phrases
that he created in his poetry.
Sandburg's style of writing is what changed the course of American
poetry. Before Sandburg, most poetry and other literary works were
considerably similar, along with dull and boring. He carried poetry to
"new horizons." He, many times, wrote of reality, which was not always
what people wanted to read, but it was reality and it had to be dealt with.
This is how his writing became so known, because he dealt with what was
real in our fantasy world.
Sandburg was not afraid to express his true feelings and thought on
people, society, na .....
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Characteristics Of The Beowulf Poem
.... since his name is written on one
of the folios, Lawrence Nowell, the sixteenth-century scholar, may have
been responsible for Beowulf's preservation."(Raffel ix) An interesting
fact that is unique about the poem is that "it is the sole survivor of what
may have been a thriving epic tradition, and it is great poetry."(Raffel
ix)
The poem was composed and performed orally. "Old English bards, or
scops, most likely began by piecing together traditional short songs,
called heroic lays; they then gradually added to that base until the poem
grew to its present size. The verse form is the standard Old English
isochronic: each line .....
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Comparison And Contrast Of William Blake's Poems
.... "Night is worn,
"And the morn
"Rises from the slumberous mass.
"Turn away no more;
"Why wilt thou turn away?
"The starry floor,
"The wat'ry shore,
"Is giv'n thee till the break of day."
The Chimney Sweeper (Innocence)
When my mother died I was very young,
And my father sold me while yet my tongue
Could scarcely cry "'weep! 'weep! 'weep! 'weep!"
So your chimneys I sweep & in soot I sleep.
There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head,
That curl'd like a lamb's back, was shav'd: so I said
"Hush, Tom! nev .....
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Compare And Contrast: "Dead Man's Dump" By Rosenberg And "dulce Et Decorum Est" By Owen
.... In "Dulce," the
regiment are tired and marching like "old hags" because they are fatigued.
As the enemy discovers them they attack by dropping a gas bomb on the men.
As they scatter for their masks one man doesn't quite make it. He goes
through an agonizing process of dying. Like the soldier in Rosenberg's
poem his cries out for his troops, his friends, to help him. To no avail
does he get any help and the whole squad is forced watching his
excruciating process of death.
In both of these poems death comes, but in two different forms. In
"Dulce" death is the gas that is thrown upon them. In "Dead Man's Dump"
death are th .....
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Contrasting Poets Lawrence And Shapiro In Their Views Of Nature
.... troubles put on
twentieth century poetry. The poets wrote of science fiction, anti-war
protagonists, and ridicule of authority. Leading poets in the twentieth
century are D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, Joseph Conrad, Dylan Thomas, and
H.G. Wells.
D.H. Lawrence views on nature are more humanistic, rather than
natural. He loves individuality and "inner self" (Magill, 1686). His
writing were pure because of his adolescent puritan environment (Becker, 5).
D.H. Lawrence, although in the twentieth century, is a die-hard romantic
(Albright, 1). To Lawrence, nature was an item of beauty and creativity.
He respects nature. In Lawrence's po .....
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Critical Analysis Of "The Indifferent" By John Donne
.... among the critics. While most critics believe that
the audience changes from men, to women, then to a single woman, or
something along those lines, Gregory Machacek believes that the audience
remains throughout the poem as "two women who have discovered that they are
both lovers of the speaker and have confronted him concerning his
infidelity" (1). His strongest argument is that when the speaker says, "I
can love her, and her, and you and you," he first points out two random
nearby women for "her, and her", then at the two that he is talking to for
"you and you."
The first stanza begins rather simply. Donne starts every .....
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Critical Analysis Of "The Eagle" By Lord Tennyson
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The Theme Of Death In Poems
.... this hundred
years seems as no time at all. Finally she accepts her death, and is able
to pass into eternity. To her death wasn't harsh like some see it, but a
kindly, gentle soul, taking her for a carriage ride to her final home.
A child experiences death much differently than an adult. Children
aren't quite able to see death as the sad even that it is. "First Death in
Nova Scotia" tells of a young boys death, and his cousins view of it. We
are shown Arthur's death through the eyes of a child. The little girl, our
narrator, describes the scene of her cousins funeral. Her focus however is
not how we might think that she wou .....
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